WELCOME
Thank you for accessing the website of North East of Scotland Youth for Christ (NES YFC). The
website content and access has been reduced while we as a ministry negotiate changes to our
ministry outputs and ongoing investigations as to how the ministry is to continue into the future.
WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHY?
With sadness, we have now come to the place where NES YFC’s participation in the ministry of
youthwork among young people in Tillydrone ceased on 31 July of this year. There are three
main factors which have led us to this place.
1 – The Lighthouse Support Centre have, after much prayer, decided that the time is right to
run the youthwork in Tillydrone themselves from now on. Consequently, our existing
partnership agreement concluded on 31 July. We have felt privileged to be part of this work
and pray for God’s blessing on the continuing ministry there.
2 – NES YFC have not been able to identify the additional financial income required to enable
us to fund a full-time youth worker’s role. That coupled with the fact that there would not be
work for Matthew to do in Tillydrone, has regrettably led to his redundancy and leaving NES
YFC at the end of July 25. We are very thankful to our Lord that He has called Matthew to take
up a pastor-in-training role at a church in Dublin, commencing at the beginning of September
25. It has been amazing to witness our Lord at work as He has brought everything together
for Matthew and His family.
3 – Membership of our Board of Trustees has been much depleted and we have not been able
to identify and recruit additional Trustees to support the management and running of the
Charity.
WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR NES YFC
We are currently carrying out investigations in conjunction with British Youth for Christ, as to
the feasibility of NES YFC continuing with a new and wider focus on Aberdeen City and Shire,
what the ministry outputs would be, and the identification of a new Board of Trustees to take
the ministry forward. We will update this notice as things develop.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US
Please pray for us that our Lord will guide us in how He would have the ministry move forward
and that He would give us the discernment to know and understand his will and directions.