As you can see (assuming you're reading this in your inbox), we are now working from a new email address. You can get in contact directly with me, Andy Glascott, and Amy Pennenga through this address, and we can pass on email to any of the other members of the Breathe youth and children's team at Toton Churches. Both myself and Amy regularly check and use this email account. There's more about it further on, please make sure you read it.
This Week:
Tomorrow I'm back into the regular pattern of taking Tuesday as my day off.
Wednesday morning I'm up at George Spencer for sign-up day in the morning and CU at lunchtime in Room 65. I'll be at Costa in the afternoon from about 3. For those that are involved, or want to be, the Circuit Education and Youth Committee is meeting at Toton Methodist at 7.45 this evening.
Thursday brings the start of Showcase in Base 4 at George Spencer, from 3.30 to 4.30, for pupils in Year 7 and above. Cafe Breathe re-starts on Thursday evening as well, at Toton Methodist from 7.00 til 8.30 for anyone in Year 9 and above.
Friday sees youth club re-start at Toton Methodist for Year 3 to 6's. We're running from 6.15 to 7.45pm again this year. Amy won't be there this week, but will be back in the country from Friday all being well.
Sunday brings the usual Sunday morning groups at both St peter's and Toton Methodist for all ages, and Breathe Deeper is on at St P's in the evening from 7.00 til 8.30 pm for anyone in Year 7 and above.
A couple of dates for further ahead:
Wednesday Sept 29th I'm running a Powerpoint training evening at St Peter's from 7.30 pm for anyone interested in putting together Powerpoint presentations for use at youth group, cell group, worship services or indeed other situations as well.
Thursday Sept 30th brings Stefan McNally from Habitat for Humanity to Cafe breathe to talk about the work of Habitat and the possibility of a trip to Africa with them next summer. That evening will be open to anyone interested, though to travel with Habitat you have to be 16 at the time of travel.
Email, Facebook and Texting:
Over the summer we have been reviewing how we use the web and so on, and have made a couple of changes. Firstly, and most obviously given that you are (hopefully still) reading this email, is the new email address. Both mine and Amy's "Toton Churches" email addresses now point to this email account, and all youth and children's work related email should come through here.
We have also set up a new Facebook account - Breathe Toton. Again, both Amy and I have access to this and either of us could be logged on at any given time, and both of us will read the wall posts, the inbox etc for that account. If you have connections with Toton and/or Breathe and have friended either of us on our personal Facebook accounts, please re-friend us on the Breathe Toton account, and we will then remove the link through our personal accounts.
In the real world, as part of our child protection policy we avoid having one adult in a room with a single young person at any time, and we are extending this to the online world as well.
Many of you use text messages to keep in touch and check up on the latest information. Amy and I will continue to respond to texts, but please be aware that we will be sharing texts with each other and/or members of the youth work management committee. We won't respond to texts received after 10 pm until the following day, and we are unlikely to respond to texts received on a Tuesday, which for both of us is our midweek day off.
Opting in and Out
If you have received this email, and don't want to continue receiving the weekly updates and other announcements connected with Breathe, simply reply to this email saying "please remove me" and you will be removed from the list. Similarly, if you know someone who would like to receive this email and they haven't received a copy, please either forward it to them, or suggest they email us to be added to the list. We also post a copy on our blog - www.totonyouth.blogspot.com.
Thank you for your patience in reading this, have a good week, and hopefully we'll see you around Toton over the coming days.
God bless,
Andy
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