Title: Information Evening
Description: Come and find out more about Street Pastors, what they do and how the scheme is about to grow. Whether you’re interested in volunteering as a Street Pastor, becoming a Prayer Pastor, finding out how you can support the scheme or you just want to know what’s going on, come along and find out more.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 29-09-2009
End Time: 20:30
Location: Newport Methodist Church, Quay Street, Newport
Help IOW Street Pastors – become 1 of the 100
Street Pastors is all about making our streets better, safer places to be, protecting the vulnerable and being a listening ear for those that need to talk. We rely on voluntary donations to keep our valuable work going, and to keep growing.
We are now urgently seeking 100 people who would be prepared to commit to giving £10 per month via standing order to support Street Pastors on the Island’s streets. If we can achieve our target of 100 supporters then we can pay for the ongoing management, training, support and supplies for over 30 Street Pastors – enough to put teams on the streets of two Island towns one night per week. What’s more we can use your donations to help draw in match funding and make an even greater impact on the Islands streets.
If you would like to read more, or are convinced already and would like to support us then please download our flyer and application form here.
Co-ordinators blog
Welcome to the Isle of Wight Street Pastors Co-ordinator’s blog. This area of the website will feature David’s random musings on life the universe and everything – mostly with a Street Pastor flavour but you never know what might turn up here! For updates on the scheme see the news and events sections. You can also keep right up to date by following us on Twitter.
22 Street Pastors Commisioned
On Friday 22nd May 2009, the first 22 Street Pastors on the Isle of Wight were commissioned and sent out onto the Streets of Ryde. The Street Pastors were blessed by Caroline Baston, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight in front of a packed congregation at Ryde Methodist Church. David Ouston, Isle of Wight Street Pastors Co-ordinator; David Pugh, Leader of the Isle of Wight Council; Chief Superintendent David Thomas and Gay Edwards, High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight also addressed the congregation.
Straight after the service the Street Pastors headed out onto the streets of Ryde to meet people and introduce themselves. The Street Pastors will become a regular part of Ryde’s Friday night scene from the end of June.
Presentation in Gurnard
Friday 5th June – 7pm – All Saint’s Church, Gurnard
Come and listen to a short presentation to be given by Alistair Bridle, a recently appointed Street Pastor, and David Ouston, Isle of Wight Street Pastor coordinator, about the training and work of the Street Pastors.
Also be entertained by contemporary worship music. This will be followed by refreshments.
All donations given will go to supporting the Street Pastors on the Isle of Wight.
First recruitment event
On Tuesday 3rd February 2009 Isle of Wight Street Pastors held its first Recruitment evening in Newport and, despite the snow and cold, over 90 people attended. There was representation from the Police, County Council, Environment & Neighbourhoods Officers, Community Safety Services and Christians from a wide range of denominations. It was a very successful evening with strong statements of endorsement from Chief Superintendent Thomas, Councillor Alan Wells and Archdeacon Caroline Baston.
Many people volunteered to be Street Pastors or Prayer Pastors and others expressed support for the scheme in different ways. David Ouston the SP Co-ordinator, who led the evening said that he was delighted with the response and everything is now in place to continue with, interviews, training and a launch onto the streets by May of this year.
