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An Inside View of Working at a Jesus Centre
Drop-In manager, Stevo Scott, talks about his experience working at the Northampton Jesus Centre.Published: 30th Oct 2014
What made you want to work at the Jesus Centre?
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I felt very strongly the call of God to work at the Jesus Centre. Besides that, I had a growing feeling that I was wasting my life loading sand and cement into vans (I previously worked for a builder’s merchant). I wanted to do something that would positively influence people's lives and impact them with the love, hope and life of Jesus... -
Volunteering is “challenging, but rewarding”
Volunteer Esther is living proof that anyone can do something small to make a big impact, writes Hannah Lantsbery.Published: 22nd Aug 2014
A MUM of two young children, Esther Sohatee, 29, has her hands full with her busy day-to-day life, but that doesn’t stop her doing something positive for others.
Every Wednesday night, Esther leads an English conversation group at the Northampton Jesus Centre, where she helps people that can't afford English lessons and classes to speak better English. The group is free and welcomes anyone. It has been going for about nine months now, and will re-start when the holidays are over.
“The group can be both challenging and rewarding,” Esther explains, “It can be disappointing when there's only a small turnout of people. Because we don't charge anything the number can differ every week.
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A much needed welcome
Sue Withers has taught English for Speakers of Other Languages at Northampton Jesus Centre; she is currently doing the same in London Jesus Centre.Published: 11th Sep 2006
CAN YOU imagine yourself arriving, sometimes through difficulty, in a bewildering foreign environment where you can't speak the language?
"Can you imagine yourself grappling with incomprehensible forms, unable to understand the signs in a supermarket, baffled by the GP receptionist or dumb in the face of hostility?
"In my career as an ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teacher my students have told me stories like these.
"In the Jesus Centre our aim is to teach immediate survival English to those at the lowest level of speaking and listening, but also improve the literacy, pronunciation and grammar of more advanced students.
"Classes can be a shock to those who expect to...
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