Weymouth and Portland DTS Gathering

A much smaller and more intimate gathering than previous ones, there were still may great opportunities for the participants to get involved in outreach.

The local churches have been doing great preparation work in readiness for the Olympic Games coming to the region next year. Those at the Gathering were able to slot in to these preparations. Outreach opportunities included:

• cream teas at the local church,
• Healing on the Streets,
• primary-school classes,
• cleaning the streets,
• gardening,
• youth groups,
• sports ministry,
• street evangelism,
• treasure hunting.

One or two comments from DTS trainees during the week:

“God really met me this week and spoke through the ministry times that we had. Thank God for how they were added into the week.” (Trainee, Harpenden DTS)

“Before coming here I was really scared and not looking forward to this week. But things have changed massively. I don’t want to leave now. I always felt like I couldn’t hear God’s voice but now I know that I can hear God’s voice very well.
“I went on a treasure hunt and got exact specific details about the guy I was meeting and I got to talk to him and he burst into tears. I didn’t get to pray for him because he got over-emotional and just wanted to go, but I prayed for him later.
“And since then I feel a calling from God about going to an SOE [School Of Evangelism] and I actually got three prophecies about doing something with evangelism.” (Christine, The King’s Lodge DTS)

“We met two girls while treasure hunting. One was someone God told us we would meet beforehand, but God impacted them both. As we spoke to them more and more truth, God touched their hearts and they started to cry. We finished the conversation with them wanting to do an Alpha course and they were interested in reading the Bible and finding out more.” (Kerry, Harpenden DTS)