Simply Mobilising Shares Summer Updates

A lot of exciting things have been happening! First we thank God that three members of our National Coordinating Team were able to join the European Simply Mobilising conference in early May. Following on from that, we received a very encouraging visit from Geof Gunton (Associate Director of SMI) and his wife Marion. They spent time with us at our office in Leeds and then with Ted and his church in Brighton. We are delighted to announce that during Geof and Marion’s visit, Keith Williams was confirmed as our new National Coordinator. However, we are sad to lose June Whittaker as our National Administrator. She resigned at the end of July to focus on her mission work with WEC International. Until our financial base strengthens, we will be relying on volunteers to fill the gaps. We value your support and prayers!
Enjoying a wonderful fellowship meal at the conclusion of our meetings in Leeds:
(left to right) June, Marion, Keith, Helen, Geof and Franki.
National Coordinating Team (NCT)

  • Our NCT continues to meet onling on the last Thursday morning of each month. For our May meetng, it was wonderful that those of us in Leeds could meet in-person as we welcomed Geof and Marion Gunton to our Leeds office while other NCT members joined us online. Wonderful too that Franki could drive up to Leeds to spend an evening with.
  • We were truly blessed and encouraged by Geof and Marion’s encouragement and as they shared their own experience with us. In particular, they advised us to build up the work again from where we have existing local teams. Although these are very few and only small teams at the moment,  we pray that as each person contributes their giftings and skills, others will want to join and be part of the ministry that God has called us to.
PRAYER
1. Thank God for Keith’s willingness to commit to taking up the role of National Coordinator.  Continue to pray for him and Helen as they take most of the responsibility for leading the ministry of SM UK.
2. Thank God for all June has done in the role of National Administrator and pray for her as she will now devote more of her time to preparing missionary candidates and in leadership training and development.
3. Pray for volunteers who can take over the different areas of responsibility June has been handling as well as the other areas where we need help:
  • Administration
  • Prayer Coordinator
  • Communications – social media – website
  • Fund Raising – researching and making funding applications etc
Helen, David and Ted were our delegates to the European SM conference from 10 to 11th May in Helsinki, Finland. They were especially inspired by the emphasis on mobilisation among the youth and are looking forward to launching The Unfinished Story for Youth in the UK very soon.