Troubling times

On Wednesday just at the time that children were leaving school at Alexis St there was a very serious incident just by the school which involved a young man being shot

We're very proud of St James's School and the teachers who moved quickly  to herd children and parents back into school following the shooting and a car driving at speed down a narrow residential road.

Yesterday we visited every class to pray with the children and then, at playtime individual children had the opportunity to come and talk with us about their fears and concerns - quite a number did so and we talked with them and prayed with them individually and in groups. 

All had seen the ambulances, police cars, the helicopter, the armed response police, many had seen the injured man, and they had all heard the gunshots. 

 It was good to reassure them they were safe in school. It was good to pray for all involved.  

Here is Jacob's Bermondsey Daily Message where he shares what he told the children and what God's word says to us in troubling times