Second week

Yesterday was the first day of week two at New Wine. This week there are several thousand more delegates than last week. This obviously led to the gates being more busy than last week. However, we have more stewards this week so the task of getting nearly 12000 people onto site went fairly smoothly. The team this week has more over 25's than last week so this will make things easier especially when manning gates late at night.  We also have a new shift system which means we have more time off which enables us to attend a morning or evening worship and seminars if we wish. Anyway just sitting in the crew room waiting for the influx of evening visitors so off the Venue 1 car park.

Thanks to the team

Week 1 at New Wine has finished and I am taking a break at home, recharging the batteries. It has been a great week, the weather being kind helped a lot. However, what really made the week run smoothly were the members of the team. I did not have the chance to thank them all individually so I am using this blog to send out my heartfelt thanks to all the stewards I was fortunate to have working in my team. I wish you all well for the coming year and hope you have gained as much I have from your participation in New Wine

New Wine

Just over half way through week one of New Wine and things are ticking along nicely. I am once again a team leader. I have a team of twelve stewards. This at times can be a challenge as it is effectively a supervisor role which is something I have never done. I find I have had to be 'fair but firm' at times. Although this is a voluntary role and most have taken their annual holiday to be here we still have a  responsibility to the delegates. My team appears to respect my decisions and to date I have had no major problems or issues. Yesterday the team leaders prayer walked the entire site. This was a real challenge for me as I have always avoided this, however, I found myself walking through the villages speaking aloud from the bible and praying for the delegates. So another week to go. I will try and post with any interesting events.