Today we were down in Langport again, at the lovely Art Tea Zen café. This was our second attempt at recruiting local young people to be part of the team (at our first attempt one person turned up). We had high hopes when about 15 people in school uniforms trooped through the door, but it turned out they were just there for a cup of tea.
Instead we met one more young person, and another young person's mum (as well as Annie and Jack). We still treated this as a success - young people can tell their friends, and parents can persuade offspring. I should also say that parents are welcomed and encouraged to sit in on meetings and even take part - that sort of communication embodies the idea of young people developing an asset for the whole community, speaking to other residents of Langport so as to collect as broad a base of information as possible. Absolutely.
Two days before this meeting, Peter passed a message on to me saying that Langport had been picked as a potential project for a fundraising video to be made for the CCT. This is great news for the project (which will be displayed to wealthy would-be sponsors across the country), but its also very early in the project to be able to find something that will look interesting on a screen! After a short emergency meeting with Melita we agreed to go ahead with the filming and present the plan to whoever turned up at the meeting!
News of the filming got mixed reactions - there were some young people who definitely didn't want to be on camera, and others were pointed out who might turn up just to be on camera. Generally the feedback was positive, so a date was arranged for the next meeting, at which there will also be a camera crew and someone wanting to interview me! It will also be a good (if early) mechanism to get the young people to start thinking creatively about using the church. Hope it works!
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