Farewell to Rachel

Our FP interns Rachel, Becki and Jonny have now completed their internship with us. We’re grateful to God for bringing them to us and to each of them for the service they’ve given to us as a church over the past year.

Rachel, pictured with her dad

In her final FP update, Rachel shares how her internship has concluded and what she’s going on to do next…

I can't believe my year as an intern has come to an end! I thought I would start this final update by telling you all what I've been doing over lockdown. One of the main ways I've been serving in this time is in youth work. I, alongside a great team of people, have been creating content to go through the first half of Exodus with the youth, and meeting with them via Zoom on Sunday evenings. It's been so fun to get to be with them every week, and I'm going to continue doing so over the summer.

Secondly, Jonny, Becki and I had our last ever training block last week, again via Zoom. It was so sad to say goodbye to everyone there, but it was a great 3 days. I got to give a talk on Genesis 1-3 and Revelation 21-22, which was really fun because it's what my dissertation was about, so it was great to get to share that with people!

Lastly, I had a job interview on Friday for a graduate scheme in Assurance at EY, and was offered the job later that same day! I have accepted it and so will start in September in Southampton. I will miss Durham and Emmanuel Church but hopefully this next stage of my life will be an exciting one.

Thank you so much for being my church community these last few years.

All my love,
Rachel

We wish Rachel every blessing as she relocates to Southampton.

April FP Update: Rachel and Becki

Find out what two of our interns, Rachel and Becki, have been getting up to in the last month in their latest update!

Rachel

Hi everyone,

For my update this time I've decided to share a piece of prophetic artwork that I made for a worship slot with other interns around the country (via zoom of course).

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Maybe God can use it to speak to some of you too?

Best wishes to all of you!

Rachel

Becki

Becki’s latest update is in the form of a video, check it out below:

Rachel's FP intern update

Rachel is one of our FP interns, spending a year serving our church community. Here’s her latest update…

Last week as interns we all went to Bedford for training. This time we covered loads of fun topics from prayer, to doctrine of scripture, to eschatology, or in other words the end of the world.

Rachel with her dad

I learnt a lot at this training block, and have taken the email address from one of the teachers to ask them more questions about eschatology. One afternoon is really not enough time to discuss the end of the world, judgement and new creation.

This time was also spiritually significant. I frequently suffer from bad dreams, and on the second morning of training I'd gone in and asked the other two Durham interns to pray with me because I couldn't shake the feelings of my dream.

As the session started, the woman leading it stopped and said "I feel prompted to pray for those struggling to sleep". God knows exactly what we need!

There were a few times God spoke to me across this week. One of these was in a prophetic word from a woman called Linda who came to teach us. I won't repeat the whole thing, but about half way through she told me I was creative, and she didn't know this but even as she said that she was stood right in front of something I'd drawn in worship the previous morning. I don't know what the significance of her saying that was, but it reminded me that God really knows us.

I also had the great joy of visiting Victory Hill Church in Edinburgh! It was so encouraging to see what God was doing there, and great to spend time with some of our regions beyond family.

Thanks,
Rachel