We are truly grateful to three longstanding Trustees who have now stepped
down from the LWPT Trustee board. We give grateful thanks for the service
given by Philip Nuttall, Graham Evans and Jenny Benfield. Recruitment for
new Trustees with appropriate skills and experience is underway and we
look forward to bringing you details of new appointments in the next issue
of Ichthus.
How your donations are making a
difference!
GRANTS CASE STUDY - HEATHER MARTIN
Last year we awarded Heather Martin a
vocational grant to aid her theological
studies. Hear from Heather on the impact
your donations have made on her life.
Thank you for the grant you kindly awarded
to me. The money has been a massive help
towards the funding of my studies. Currently,
I am studying at Ridley Hall in Cambridge on
their Lay Ministry degree course from Durham
University.
After completing a Youth and Children’s internship at Bishops Stortford
Baptist Church following my first degree, I felt God was calling me on a
different path from PE Teaching which I had always been set on.
At the end of the first year of my three year degree course in Theology, Ministry
and Mission with a Youth Work pathway, I have managed to make some great
progress not just in my studies, but also in my ministry and my experience.
The grant has allowed me to focus on my ministry before the financial worries
of having to fund the course myself. I have been able to theologically reflect on
my ministry and have time to study.
Although I am still trying to work a part time job alongside both my studies
and ministry, and while I still have to raise the funds for the next two years
of my course, the grant has been invaluable. The grant has given me a solid
foundation on which to begin these studies and I wouldn’t have been able to
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GRANTS CASE STUDY -
DANIELA EISENTRAEGER
Thank you very much for supporting me in my third
and final year at Moorlands College. Through the
grant from LWPT, I was able to carry on studying
and graduated with a First Class Honours in
Applied Theology.
Last year God challenged me to change my
placement. After a time of discernment I followed
God’s call and finished my two placements with
the Hospital Chaplaincy and the Free-Evangelic
Pentecostal Church and joined an Anglican Church with its two sister
churches. It wasn’t an easy step as I was deeply rooted in my former church
but this change gave me a whole lot more opportunities to preach, to lead
and every so often to step out of my comfort zone.
The teaching at Moorlands gave me not only a deeper knowledge of the Bible,
it also helped to improve my leadership and preaching skills that equipped
me for my current job. Furthermore, the placements have provided many
experiences which were a base for my further learning and development.
Studying at Moorlands College was one of the best experiences I have had
in my spiritual journey so far. God taught me so much during these last
three years. My trust in his faithfulness and providing hands deepened
increasingly and his guidance lead me to the position I’m in now. I’m the new
Lay Minister of the Parish of Holdenhurst, here in Bournemouth. Part of my
role is the development of the church in line with the mission action plan of
the diocese and to assist the priest in charge in his capacities as the leader of
the three churches of the Benefice.
Thank you again for your support.
You can apply for a grant today or recommend applying to someone who
you think may benefit! Visit www.lwpt.org.uk/vocational-grants for
more information today.
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