"Chocolate is central to what we do"

"Chocolate is central to a lot of what we do here at St Marks." - Craig Schaffer, Senior Minister

Craig's comment was made in best, but there's a bit of truth to it.  Chocolate has certainly featured highly in our mission this week.

As we greeted people on the way to the train station they generally didn't want to take the flyer.  But then a miraculous thing happened.  Their eyes registered the chocolate stapled to it, then they smiled and took the flyer.

Does it really work though?  Absolutely.  3 years ago a guy was given a flyer and a Freddo.  He decided to take his girlfriend and go to church.  A couple of months later they were both converted.  Today we joined them handing out flyers and Freddos.

Today Craig also shared some of the other things he's learnt about ministry over the years.

One of his key strategies is prayer.  He prays on his own.  He prays with the staff.  He prays with the congregation.  He is a great model of prayer.  And God has been answering his prayers.  It was a good lesson for us:  "Devote yourselves to prayer" (Col 4:2)