West End Impact

West End Impact is Morecambe Community Churches charity which we set up 10 years ago now, in response to the regeneration of Morecambe. Unfortunately not much of the regeneration that was being promised 10 years ago in Morecambe has been done. Morecambe is still a very beautiful place though - the Bay is one of the best views in the world!! :) There is such desperation in Morecambe though and we as a church and organisation really want to see 'More for Morecambe'!! Just today at our drop-in I was talking at length to a guy, who had given up all hope - he told me his life story and what a sad life he had led so far. There are so many people who have lost HOPE and any motivation to see that they have a future. There is so much family breakup, so many people with depression and mental health problems, people with addictions and hundreds of people who are just lonely. People are looking at all their issues and problems and feeling totally overwhelmed!! As a Christian organisation and church we want show people that the Church feels responsible to help, in a practical way. Of course we would love that everyone would see that God can set them free that the whole reason God sent his son Jesus Christ was to set them free from all their burdens, and past and guilt and fear etc etc. but God commanded that we just help!! It's no use saying to someone God bless you if they are riddle with debt, and don't know how to fill in their benefit form properly. We, as Christians, need to help in practical ways with no other motive than just to do what Jesus Christ did. We want to show people their worth and show them they CAN!! So many people are being told they can't, they can't learn a new skill, they are no use at doing this that and the other. It's all rubbish!! There is so much potential in every person we meet at Morecambe Community Church and at West End IMPACT  and it is our job to show what they can do. Everyone needs a purpose and ultimately our purpose is in God. I could write loads of what is going on on a weekly basis, but today it just struck me afresh the number of people in Morecambe, not just the financially poor and needy,who have lost all sense of HOPE.