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Gemma

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About Me


I'm 24 years old (just had my birthday! Yay!). I'm originally from Worcestershire but I now live in Brentwood. I'm a Catholic Youth Worker and I travel all over the UK working in Schools and leading retreats etc helping young people get to know God better.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Ummm, this one's difficult...Definitely Jesus and maybe Martin Luther King or Ghandi - someone who stood up for what they believed in and made a difference to the world!mspmb allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" src="http://www.treborwear.com/newfridge.swf?user=lx11602399 62875" enableJavaScript="false" quality="high" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="500" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="never" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"

My Blog

Isn't God's faithfulness just astounding!!!!

I've just come back from one of the best missions ever, in St Cuthbert Mayne school in Torquay. Firstly it's a joint church school, which is really exciting, but also there are so many amazing young p...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:00:00 GMT

'Say yes more!'

I don't think i've read a book this quickly for ages! It is soooooooooo good and very funny. It made me think about a lot of things in my own life - opportunity's missed and experiences i could have h...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:58:00 GMT

Christmas and New Year...

I haven't blogged in ages so I thought it was high time for another of my (hopefully) thought provoking essays. I hope you all had a joyful and restful Christmas and enjoyed your new year celebra...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:04:00 GMT

Great new book!

Ok, I have to admit that I'm not great at doing any spiritual reading - I realise that I need to read spiritual books to help me grow in my faith, but it doesn't make it an easy discipline. ...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:07:00 GMT

I got my results today!

As some of you may know, last year saw me studying for a diploma in evangelisation and youth ministry from Maryvale Institute in Birmingham. After much hard work to get it finished on time and much wa...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:11:00 GMT

Are joint church schools the way forward?

Wow! My blogs at the moment all seem to be quite God focused, but never mind! Anyway - have been to torquay today for a pre-mission visit to a joint Church of England and Catholic school. We've never ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:42:00 GMT

Can Speed Dating ever really be Christian?

I got back from the Oct06 event in birmingham last night. It was a brilliant event - got to hear one of the greatest speakers ever, J Glenn Murray, and see loads of people that I know from all ov...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:55:00 GMT

Interesting Quiz on Theology

Found this interesting quiz on a friends profile and thought I'd take it for myself - am quite pleased with the results actually - at least I know I'm in the right Church!   http://images.qui...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:25:00 GMT