Ichthus Newsletter Autumn 2019 | Page 4

How your donations make a difference! 2020 DIARY ORDER FORM GRANTS CASE STUDY: BEN WELLS 2020/21 LWPT Diaries will be in stock shortly, so order yours now for an expected delivery date of mid-October 2019. In this edition of Ichthus we hear from Ben Wells, a former student at Oak Hill College who received a grant from LWPT last year. My name is Ben Wells and I have spent the last four years training for ordination within the Church of England, studying at Oak Hill Theological College in North London. Please return this order form with your remittance to: LWPT, Unit 14, Orbital 25 Business Park, Dwight Road, Watford, Herts, WD18 9DA I love preaching God’s Word and seeing people grow in their love for Jesus. Having sat under excellent preaching over the years, I spent a year as a Ministry Trainee at a church and during this time got the opportunity to preach. Much of the feedback was overwhelmingly positive and people have encouraged me to further develop this gift over the years. Please send me *1 copy/* ...... copies of the LWPT Diary, for which I enclose The very generous grant of £350 has helped me to pay for important books to read as part of my courses at Oak Hill which will be of great use to me in the future as I come preach God’s Word. I have also used the money to spend on books towards keeping up my New Testament Greek which I have been learning here at College, as well as a book on “Reformed Preaching” – seeking to inform minds and engage hearts as we preach. I am convinced that all of these resources will continue to inform and shape me to be a more skilful, creative, faithful and engaging preacher of God’s Word over the years ahead. In June 2019 I was ordained within the Church of England and will God-willing shall take up the post of curate at St Stephen’s, Selly Park, Birmingham where I will be a regular preacher within the church on a Sunday as well as giving talks as part of the student group which I will be involved with. ■ LWPT my cheque for the sum of £........... made payable to LWPT, along with an additional sum of £.......... as a donation towards the work of the Trust. Please print Name............................................................................................................................................... We receive a very well rounded training at Oak Hill Theological College., from looking at Biblical Studies, Preaching, Ethics and Pastoral Counselling to name a few. All of these have helped me to ‘think theologically’ – training me to think more deeply about different elements of ministry that I will be involved with in the future. It is all with the aim of being the ‘best possible gift’ to the local church in the years of ministry ahead. 4 PRICES (incl. post and packaging) are as follows: 1-9 copies: £6.00 each | 10 or more copies: £5.70 per diary Address........................................................................................................................................... .................................................................................Postcode......................................................... Telephone....................................................Email........................................................................ *cheques payable to LWPT