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The Newsletter for Through the Roof
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Bringing Life
Holidaymaker Sarah Jeal shares her life-changing
experience of our Center Parcs holidays…
I’ve been going to Centre Parcs with Through the
Roof since they began running holidays there 3 years
ago, and I love it! Going on these holidays has woken
a passion in me to stand in the gap for disabled
people, and particularly to help Christian holidays
and events become fully accessible.
Each June a group of people, some disabled, and
others not, go to Nottingham Center Parcs, staying in
two lodges for a great time of individual and group
activities (my favourite is archery), fellowship, and a
daily time of seeking God.
At mealtimes everyone plays their part in some way
– a few prepare the meal, while others lay the table
or wash-up, someone gives thanks, and then we all
eat. Often everyone from the two different lodges
comes together for dinner. It’s quite cramped to get
all of us round the table, but we can go outside if the
weather’s nice. On the last night we go to one of the
restaurants on site.
These holidays are a real blessing to me because it’s the
only holiday I go on, and it’s great to fellowship with
other disabled and not-disabled people who love the
Lord. It’s also a place where I can grow my God-given
gifts, so it has really impacted my life.
I love our Time With God sessions, having sung worship,
talks, prayers and activities to help us get closer to God. I
love being part of the team that prepares these, hearing
from God before we go on the holiday, and how He links
it all together during the week.
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Each year we look at a different topic and a Bible
verse. We put the Bible verse on the wall so that we
are able to remember it. Last year we talked about
Grace and how we need to ask God to be present in
everything we do. We used the Bible verse Philippians
4v13 which talks of us being able to do everything
God wants us to through His strength within us.
This year we focused on God being with us here
on earth as well as in heaven using Matthew 6v10. I
contributed by doing one of the talks out of a series
of four.
This holiday is a big group of friends going away
together where everyone’s gifts and talents are
valued, so everyone is making a contribution to the
smooth running of the week. God is always there
with us in everything we do, guiding, protecting and
loving us.
This holiday is a big group of
friends going away together
where everyone’s gifts and
talents are valued
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to
contribute by using the gifts and talents God has
given them. Until we get there we don’t know who
will be doing the same activites as you but I am
already praying for and looking forward to next year’s
Center Parcs holiday! You can find out more details
about the dates for next year’s breaks later on in this
newsletter.
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