remember the poor

Had a great day at the Christians Against Poverty Pastor's Conference in sunny Bradford (it was actually sunny!). To hear of the work CAP is doing nationally was truly humbling and inspiring. 

• £2.25million of debt is being paid back or written off every month through CAP;
• Every 23mins - a new client (family, single parent, student...) is registering with CAP.
• 54 new CAP centres were opened in the UK in the past year - there are now 190 in total. 
• The vision is to see 500 opened covering the whole country. 

John Kirby (Founder) giving the tour of the CAP offices 

We heard from a single mum who now doesn't need to eat her children's leftovers to feed herself, and who doesn't have to make excuses as to why her kids can't go to friend's birthday parties - because she couldn't afford to buy them a present to take.
We heard of the amazing transformation in people's lives as they have come to faith in Christ through contact with CAP.
We even heard from Prince Charles (ok, it was a DVD) praising the wonderful work CAP is doing throughout the UK.

What a privilege to have a CAP Centre operating from Greenview and to be part of this amazing work of God.