Hello,
I have been involved in Christian youth work for over 25 years. I studied at Romsey House Bible College and was a youth pastor for 10 years. In 2001 I took on the leadership of Upcott, a Christian youth work charity now based in Minehead, Somerset, where I head up the team. Upcott’s vision is to encourage and facilitate young people to pursue God’s best for their lives working with children and young people from various parts of the country. I live at The Beacon (the home of Upcott) with my wife, Fiona, and our three children. Fiona and I founded the eXcellent Life gap year programme in 1998, which now runs at Upcott. We are also involved in our local church.
This website is a resource primarily for the young people that I meet at Upcott, in Minehead and at events around the country. There are free audio teaching downloads, a blog and links to other sites that I think you might find useful or interesting. If you would like to sign up to RSS feeds in order to receive notifications of the latest updates on the site then click here.
I pray that you will have a use for what you see or hear on this website. My desire is that as a result of being here you get to know Jesus a little bit better than you did before and are filled with a greater desire to live for Him.
If you’d like me to come and speak at an event or have any questions, please contact me.
Andrew