Food for Life

Our first OMG! event for young people took place on Sunday evening, and we’re already looking forward to the next one!

Some started to arrive before the pizza did, but the sun was shining so we spilled outdoors where a fire was already kindled – but that was for dessert, toasted marshmallows squidged and squeezed between two chocolate digestives!

Bang on time, the pizza arrived, and we tucked in and enjoyed the sunshine which belted down on the gardens of St Saviour’s.

This was OMG! a time for young people to get together, enjoy each other’s company, share food, and worship together. Some of our young people had recently been baptised and many of them confirmed, and so this was a particularly special time to gather together.

Following food we gathered inside at the altar table, a place common to each of us.  We gather around it week by week to share food that feeds the body and the soul. We meet Jesus in so many different ways in our lives – through prayer and worship, in the Bible, through Creation, in love and service, in friendships and fellowship, but the Eucharist is the beating heart of all that we do.

This was a time spent in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, when we enjoyed that snapshot from the Mass when we are shown the Body of Christ.  Now, we could spend a little more time appreciating the beauty of the gift that God gives us.

We were invited to write our names on a place-name-card and place it on the altar to remind us that we are welcome, wanted, invited and called by Christ to his banquet, his breakfast, his meal.  Each of us has a place at the table. Each of us is valued, loved and cherished by God.

And then, there, in the midst of our names and our reserved places, the Blessed Sacrament was placed upon the altar and, after a time of prayer, we received a blessing.

We had eaten and chilled out, sang songs and prayed. When we left the church, the sun was still shining.

We could still smell the embers of the dying fire which had toasted our marshmallows, squidged between two chocolate digestives.

But, above all, we had grown a little, moved on a bit, and discovered again the food which brings life, Jesus the Bread of Life. Food for Life.

We’re looking forward to the next OMG! event for young people.  Look out for news and updates or get in touch to find out more about our ministry with children and young people.