Plymouth Street Pastors
NEWSLETTER
Awesome God………….a Comedy and a Tragedy (avoided)……….We don’t know what the future holds….and more. See our latest Newsletter
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A STREET OR PRAYER PASTOR?
Take a look at this short video to find out more and see our Get Involved page
TAKING LOVE TO THE STREETS
The Street Pastors Initiative is an interdenominational Christian response to today’s social problems, spearheaded by Ascension Trust. There are some 300 Street Pastor initiatives throughout the country (and some abroad) and more than 15,000 trained Street Pastors.
From Our Blog
A life saved?
Our team had quite a challenging incident with a young woman called H, who had apparently suffered a blow to the head having slipped off a concrete ledge she was sitting on. Although one of her friends had initially called an ambulance, the four others were intent on...
Someone took the time
We continue to be amazed sometimes that what to us may be the smallest thing, has such a huge effect on a person’s life, as shown by the story below One of our teams was approached and thanked by a lady who told them that some years ago, she was heavily into drink and...
Thank you for talking to me
We were talking to a street sleeper who'd already been given a space blanket by one of our teams. We gave him a bottle of water and chatted to him for about a quarter of an hour. When we left we shook hands and said goodbye and he called after us, "Thank you for...
Beginnings
After a launch meeting at the Council chambers in December 2007, attended by representatives of the churches, the Police and the Council; just under 50 people commenced training to become Plymouth Street Pastors in January 2008. Four months later the course was completed and on 23rd May; 48 newly commissioned Street Pastors began their patrols in the Mutley and Greenbank areas. Today those patrols have extended to include Union St, the City Centre, the Barbican, Bretonside, Warner Village and Sutton Rd. (all 10 pm every Saturday till 4 am on Sunday). We had also covered Plymstock via our School Pastors until Feb 2014 (see School Pastors page). We may also provide extra patrols on particular dates such as Bank Holiday Sundays, Halloween etc. In particular we would like to thank Shekinah for the use of their building during our patrols, for which we are very grateful