New Video at Broadway Youth TV

We haven't up loaded any new videos in a while, but here's the very latest one. First broadcast in Free* Cafe' last week.

What would the Bible say to Mario?



(Please click here for an important disclaimer about videos we link to, like the one above.)

This Friday

Youth Alpha are joining with Newtown Evangelical Baptist Church for a trip to Quasar in Hemel Hempstead.
You will need to bring £5 entry fee and a completed registration form (availible from the Broadway Youth leaders and fully email-able).

We meet at Newtown church at 7.30pm and pick up will be from Newtown at 9.30pm.
Please let Ben know if you are planning to come.

Youth Alpha this Friday

Here's the details for this Friday's event.
This will be our 3rd Friday night joint event with St Mary's Church. The other 2 were great so you won't want to miss this one!

Youth Alpha Social - bring your unwanted presents

True story:

My grandparents bought me 2 little wooden dolls dressed as Swiss children back from a holiday they went on when I was about 3 and I was a bit ungrateful.

From that moment on my parents rammed it into my head that polite people MUST accept any present with a smile and a 'thank you'.

Always one to over compensate, I got a bit carried away.
The following Christmas a (rather crabby) elderly lady my Mum knew knitted pink berets for me and my brother.



We both smiled and said

“Thank you, it’s just what I’ve always wanted!”

That was a lie kids, and I’d go so far as to say that lying is wrong!
Shame on me.

(Our family gave the elderly lady a box of chocolates. As soon as she opened them he said

“What have you given me these for? I only like soft centres!”

Charming old girl!)

Here’s the thing:
Did you tell any yuletide fibs?

Along with the presents you really wanted, did you get a couple that just aren’t you? Or are you one of those people who can’t throw stuff away and has a cupboard full of unwanted gifts dating back to your fifth birthday?

Well, read on because help is at hand!

For the first Youth Alpha of 2008 we’re running a present auction. We want every body to bring a present that you (or somebody in your family) received but didn’t really want. You’ll get to bid on other peoples unwanted gifts (one man’s trash is another man’s treasure & one persons rubbish is another persons radish, right?). So you could get to bring something you don’t want (and some cash) and then leave with something you DO want. Cool, huh. If you don’t have any unwanted presents then just bring yourself and a few quid to bid with.

All the money from the sale of the gifts will go to Nish’s Love Russia fund.

Right… I’m off to look through my presents.

The YA present auction is an event for young people in school years 7 to 11.
It will run from 7.30 to 9.30pm at Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham on Friday January 11th.
Enterance is via the back door, please ring the bell.

HAPPY 2008!

Happy New-Year folks.



Whilst it’s a bit disappointing that it’s 2008 now and we STILL AREN’T LIVING IN SPACE (!)

it’s great that the planet’s still here,

Chesham’s still here

and there’s another 12 months of marvellous Broadway Youth related stuff ready to go.


Youth Alpha starts back on Friday 11th January.
Our first night will be a special fund raising event for Nish, who’s planning to work with Love Russia in the summer.
More news on that in the next post.


Free* Café starts back on Wednesday 16th January with all the usual stuff

and Free* plus 1 starts the next Wednesday (Jan 23rd).

See you there.

Queen Victoria cordially invites you to shop ya’ guts out!

“Hello peasants. It’s HM Queen Victoria here.

One should like to take this opportunity to remind any and all grubby oiks who usually attend Youth Alpha on a Friday night that the aforementioned group is taking a short break. I believe the common parlance is as follows:

‘Youth Alpha ain’t happin’ this week. So don’t come!’

But one would like to extend to you my personal invite-a-tion to join the rest of your delightful provincial community in Ches’am high street to hang around in the cold, look at the Christmas lights and ride on the big merry go round. For this Friday is the Ches’am Victorian-Christmas-late-night-shopping-thingy. And a jolly nice evening it shall be.

One used to love a bit of late night shopping back in the day.

Should you feel inclined, you are welcome to spend some time in the charming company of your favourite Broadway Baptist church folk as their doors shall be flung open and they shall be serving drinks, cakes and singing carols at the top of their little voices.

So why not join them in the warm for a bit. All are welcome, even the chimey sweeps and apple cheeked street urchins in top hats. Once you’ve had your fill of cake and singing you can go back out side and buy one of those glow-in-the-dark-light-up-sword-thingys just like my own children had in Victorian Britain. That’ll be nice won’t it.

So come to Broadway Baptist Church during the Chesham Victorian night and tell them I sent you.

Ta’rah peasants!”

Disclaimer – some doubt has been expressed over whether these really were Queen Victoria’s own words. It might have been that Dame Judy Dench.

Saltmine Theatre tonight

Tonight’s a biggy at Broadway Baptist Church. We’re hosting Saltmine Theatre company who are on a UK tour with their latest play ‘3 Wise men and a Baby’.
Saltmine played the Chesham Elgiva earlier this year with their own adaptation of the classic book ‘The Cross and the Switch Blade’. It was a sell out and everybody I know who went thought it was great, so don't miss tonight's show.

The show starts at 7.45pm but you’ll want to get down here in plenty of time to buy your ticket and get a seat. Admission is £1 for under 18’s and £3 for everybody else. Quite the bargain huh kids!
If you go to Youth Alpha, Free* Café, Solid Rock @ Chesham Park school or Chesham High school Christian Union then come and say hello.

Here’s some pictures of the Saltmine team looking theatrical and a video about the work of the Saltmine Trust.

Pirates Trilogy-athon!

How evil is your TV?

There is a whole bunch of high quality stuff happening at Broadway Baptist church in the next couple of weeks and it all starts tonight with Youth Alpha.

From 7.30 till 9.30pm we’ll be thinking about TV – What’s good about it? What’s bad about it?
Would Jesus watch it if he had an evening to himself?

If you’re coming please bring along something that inspires you (or something that represents inspiration to you).

Then tomorrow it’s…….

YOUTH ALPHA IN NOVEMBER

For the next couple of Sundays YA will be taking a short break so we can join with the rest of the church in marking Remembrance Sunday and in celebrating the 15th anniversary of Chrysalis Arts Trust (click the link to find out about them).
But Friday nights will keep chugging away.

Tonight we start a new series taken from The Word on the Street by Rob Lacey.

Tonight is entitled NEEDLES and we’ll be looking at 2 Timothy 3:1 to 4 (along with some other stuff).
And playing a bit of…. Ah but that would be giving it away!


The next few weeks look like this:

Friday 16th 'The Crowd' – Ephesians 4:17-24

Friday 23rd 'TV' – Matthew 6:22 – 23 & Philippians 4:8-9

Sunday 25th 'Where did I come from?' - part 1 of a brand new thing, more news soon

Thursday 29th 'Saltmine Theatre present 3 Wisemen and a Baby'
£1 for under 16’s, £3 everybody else.

Friday 30th 'Victorian Shopping Night in Chesham'
No YA tonight but come to church to say hello and get yourself some hot chocolate.



For those who don't know:
Youth Alpha is a group for people in school year 7 to 11. It meets at Broadway Baptist Church on Friday nights from 7.30 til 9.30pm and Sunday morning from 10.30 - 12pm (during the main church service. All meetings are at Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham unless otherwise stated.

Doing the impossible

This Sunday's Youth Alpha will consider some impossible stuff from 1 Timothy 1 verses 12 to 17.
See if you can beat 'the impossible quiz'.
Apparently it can be done. Just not by me!
Play The Impossible Quiz

Youth Alpha Fireworks at Chesham United

Here's the flyer with all the details of this Friday's Youth Alpha trip to the Chesham United grounds for the fireworks display.

Youth Alpha Pirates trilogy-athon

9.30 - 7pm,
Nuff said.

FREE* CAFE'

It's back again this Wednesday. Jolly Good.

Cheerio HALF TERM

Good bye half term & hello again school.
I hope everybody related to the wonderful world of Broadway Youth (Youth Alpha, Free* Cafe', The Chesham schools Christian Unions, etc) had a great week. I certainly did.
There's no Youth Alpha tonight what with it still being half term & all. But we are back on Sunday morning and we'll be unleashing our events program for November & December. There are an absolute ton of quality things coming up, and we'll publish the November dates on the blog on Sunday afternoon so check back here from about 3pm on Sunday if you can't make it to church this week to get your paper copy of everything that's going on.

On Sunday we’re in REVIEW mode. The term is half over and the year is almost gone, so it’s a good time to reflect on where your life is at the moment.

See you on Sunday!

(Youth Alpha is a Christian group for people in school year 7 to 11 & meets at 10.30am till 12pm at Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham during the main service)

Youth Alpha this week - time & venue change!

On Friday night (5th October) Youth Alpha are meeting up with our friends at
Newtown Evangelical Baptist Church
301 Berkhampstead Road,
Chesham, Bucks, HP5 3AT

from 7.15pm to 9pm. Please note the different time to usual!!!!

Here's some directions to Newtown:

Driving north along the A416 from Amersham you pass through the town of Chesham. Pass the park and pond on the left, then two further roundabouts. Pass the neon loveliness of the Mighty Bite take on the right as you drive north along Berkhampstead Road. The church just after a zebra crossing and Newtown First school on the Right. There is a car park behind the church.

Approaching from Berkhamsted and the A41 drive down Nashleigh Hill into Chesham. Follow the road round sharp left at the bottom. You are now driving south along Berkhampstead Road, passing St Columbus church on your right. Newtown church is about 400 yards along on the left hand side. There is a car park behind the church.

By Underground (Metropolitan Line): outside the station turn left down into the main shopping area. Then turn right and follow the High St north, past Sainsbury's. Continue along Berkhampstead Road past the neon loveliness of the Mighty Bite take on the right. The church is on the right just after a zebra crossing and Newtown First School. The walk from the station takes about 15 minutes.

And here's some blurb about Youth Alpha:
YA is a group for young people in school years 7 to 11 run by Broadway Baptist Church. We meet on Friday nights during term time to have fun, build friendships together and learn more about Jesus Christ. We also meet on Sunday mornings during the main church service. For more info call the church office on 01494 772244.

Youth Alpha is (also) BACK!

From tonight Youth Alpha is back on Fridays (7.30 - 9.30pm) and Sunday mornings (10.30 - 12pm) @ Broadway Baptist Church.

Tonight we kick off the term with some chit chat, games and (most importantly and inkeeping with traditions dating back all of 18 months) we'll be dipping food into chocolate and eating it. For tonight is the legendary

YOUTH ALPHA CHOCOLATE FONDUE SOCIAL NIGHT.

Oh good.

On Sunday we start our regular program with a look at John 2 verses 12 to 25 from the bible and a think about 'Why do you come here?'.

Here's how the rest of the month is shaping up:

Friday 14th Sept - Anger night!

Sunday 16th Sept - Belonging to God from John 10 verses 1 to 30

Friday 21st Sept - The Source from John 15 verses 1 to 11

Sunday 23rd Sept - Trust and Faith from John 16 verses 17 to 33

Friday 28th Sept - a social night (give us your suggestions of what you'd like to do)

Sunday 30th Sept - Commercial break (a critical look at adverts and other things that surround us every day) from 1 Timothy 1 verses 3 to 11


(Youth Alpha is for young people from school years 7 to 11 and is part of Broadway Baptist Church, Chesham, Bucks, UK.)

FREE* CAFE' IS BACK

Here's a sneaky peek at the promo flyers for the new season of Free* Cafe'.
We're opening up ours doors again on Wednesday 19th Sept at 3.30pm
If your in school year 6 and above or (in more normal terms) aged 11 to 18 then come along and let us know what you think.


As ever Free* is based at Broadway Baptist Church in Chesham, and run in partnership with the the Parish of Great Chesham.

LONDON BABY!

Today was the Youth Alpha London shopping trip, high lights included:

Everybody arriving in time for the train (woot!)
A tone deaf man singing the theme from superman in order to sell little radio controlled helicopters which he claimed were 'the best toy in Hamleys'
Foam sword fight!
A bear that blew a whistle and played a drum, which Dan loved. Why?
Lauren brought a carrot
The Pizza Hut waiter who poured Pepsi on my hand. Bah.
Stephen blowing bubbles
Is a pocket sized hand sanitizer really such a shameful thing Sarah?
The electric shock dueling game
The filthy-dirt-filth smell by the cash point
Gob stoppers the size of tennis balls. Who has a gob that big?
Wondering if massive gob stoppers bounce, only to find out they don't (sorry Chris!)
Stephen's white lips.
We got the right train home at the right time. Cool huh.

Jango frets his way to 10K viewings

Like it says up there, our Jango's Frets video has finaly had ten thousand viewings.
Not bad for a throw away video made for a Sunday Morning Kid's Church lesson on the spur of the moment.
Why not watch it again to enjoy the cheap and cheerful production values!