About www.myfishbites.com
Just so you know where we're coming from!
This website is run by a committed Bible believing Christian from the UK. This site started up in 2000. Its motto is 'Christian counter-culture youth work resources'. We are Holy Spirit-filled believers in Jesus who are passionate about young people, discipleship and relevant communication of God's truth - his Word, the Bible. Thanks to Andy Hood, who has helped with a number of games, sessions, ideas and more. This website is for the fame of Jesus and for his name alone!
This site subscribes to the Evangelical Alliance statement of faith.
Active member and on team of City Community Church, a local church in the UK. Have also served many other churches and Christians across the South West.
Please note: this website has a Christian ethos based on an evangelical Christian faith. However we work with all people from all Christian denominations and all people (regardless of religion, no religion, lifestyle, race, gender, sexuality etc) to try and demonstrate integrity, quality, reliability and Christ's love through this site and our lifestyle.
The Website - author
Currently working for my local church part-time, am a chaplain in a local high school and run a digital media business. Heart is to be a resource for the local church and to serve God as he leads!
Have worked in the youth work within the church and helped with many other inter-church events since. Worked for and with local Christian schools project. Have been a project worker and secretary with a Christian based inner city community project, working with and developing community initiatives around homelessness, care at Christmas and poverty. Was involved in a project working with young people at risk of exclusion at one school. Worked multi-agency across the city.
Was the senior Youth Leader at a church - have been involved in church youth work for 12 years. For around 6 of those years, led and was central in the youth work, developing many young people and leaders. Beyond that, supported the new youth pastor to transition youth work across.
Work on major city events, evangelism, clubs, camps, weekends away, detached work and more to make Jesus known. Worked across so-called 'secular youth work' in a wide variety of ways. A speaker at different youth work events. On leadership team of local church, worship leader, creative team, speaking, write and perform dramas, part of AV team and serve wherever God calls. Trained up and run young people worship bands, who now play events / lead themselves.
Have run outreach events with hip-hop performance, quality visuals, games and interactivity - along with the gospel presented relevantly - also supporting and empowering the young people from church in performance, testimony, audio, video and in ministry / prayer. Part of key team running 'FNX' which is a professionally run worship / outreach event involving many people from different churches. Have enabled, trained, empowered many young people in many areas and worked within churches, youth service, other agencies, schools to support, mentor and be there for young pepople, taking practical action with them where necessary.
Myfishbites is about team, and about God's fame, not anybody or anything else!
Myfishbites - who are ya!?!
1. Work on freelance basis such as web, design, video, supporting city-wide youth work, Christian work and in pioneering creative projects. Set up and initiated many projects and events. Work to very high standards, and support others in a professional and prosumer capacity.
2. On church leadership team (to serve - this is not about having a 'position'!!) Involved across the church in supporting people, young people and being like a 'Levite' in the house of God.
3. Worship co-ordinator at church, part of a team of worship leaders. Lead worship regularly at church and small events. Work to support musicians and trained young people's band, with others coming through.
4. Actively involved in creative projects around multi-media, video, DJ-ing, rap, bands and more to empower, enable, train, build up - and disciple young people.
5. Huge experience in digital media, web design, video & audio production and music projects. If you want help or projects completed in these areas please let us know.
6. Work within hip-hop culture with music production, performance, rapping, DJ-ing, training young people, running hip hop workshops, networking, music reviews, forums, advising, events, supporting and working in this global culture mission field. Do hip-hop reviews for UK online magazine. Have provided free beats to different people across the UK and beyond
7. Lead youth work sessions with relevancy and clarity - speak to both young people and youth workers in many areas of youth work - including in the areas of hip hop ministry and digital media ministry. Capable at assessing, diagnosing and troubleshooting youth work - and providing practical solutions.
8. Regular speaker and Bible teacher, able to work with young people across different backgrounds and in differing situations, according to need. Equally able to speak to 'adult' audiences as well. Teach the Bible relevantly, with fun and with personal and practical application.
9. Trained schools worker, both from 'in school' and 'Christian' perspectives. Experience with various forms of emotional-behavioural and autistic spectrum disorders. Have done teaching assistant training. Behaviour management qualifications.
10. Work in a limited way in chaplaincy / youth work role in a local high school, especially focusing on assemblies and those who are disengaged / and with behaviour team.
All this is about serving God and his will and kingdom. This info is about recognising God's heart and giftings in me and so that you know our God-given (God-glorifying, not self-glorifying!!) skills. These are given by and dedicated to God alone. Please contact by using the contact page.
Giving
Myfishbites strongly believes in not just giving money and time, but in being whole life disciples who cheerfully and joyfully give, as the Bible says, as led by the Holy Spirit. The projects we support can be found on the links page.
Shouts Out
To all those who have helped in the development of www.myfishbites.com over the last few years. I hope I have credited all of you. I want to credit everyone (adults and young people) who have been involved in coding, assembling, writing, supporting. Thanks to my parents and my sister for their total support and Godly wisdom. Thanks to those of you who have visited this site. Thanks even more to those who keep coming back!
Most of all I give my thanks and shouts up to the awesome God, one in three and three in one. Thank you Jesus for dying, rising and calling me. Thank you for inspiring. This is all about and for you.
