I would like to introduce you to my dear friend, Pippa!
Not only is she a wonderful friend, but God has given her a big heart for prison ministry and a great vision for what God could do in that place!
This past year God has been calling her out of her role at St. Toms Church to focus on starting a prison ministry.
Enter - The Well
Her inspiration for The Well comes from the Bible passage in the book of John, Chapter 4:1-42, when Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus knows this woman and the events of her life to date but does not judge her, instead He says to her “whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring welling up to eternal life.” As a result of meeting him, the woman changed her ways, and the ways of the town in which she lived – opening it up to Jesus and His message of God’s Kingdom.
I believe this is how the young people we meet in custody will be changed, through an encounter with Jesus, and in turn impacting their family, friends, neighborhood or the whole town/city.
Pippa is in the beginning stages of getting The Well off the ground! This includes putting together a business plan, networking with churches all over England, raising up mentors for the young offenders once they get out of prison, and putting together a discipleship plan for the young men - just to name a few.
An added bonus - she can snowboard!
Another item on Pippa's to do list is raising support! As I have worked along side of Pippa - (helping her with the business plan details and thinking strategically) I can tell you it is well worth it to partner with The Well and the vision God has given her!
SO PRAY ABOUT IT!!!!
You can contact her at pippa.carter@stthomaschurch.org.uk for more information or if you want to give to her financially!
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