Joyce's Insights
17th January 2011
Since my last blog, we have been in Nigeria, back to UK for Christmas, and now we are in Bulgaria with our family, and will soon be returning home.......
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Charles' Reflections
3rd February 2011
Linda (not her real name) was a lady who had come to Joyce and me with severe problems. She had been badly abused as a child, was fearful, subject to......
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History
History
Charles from Cornwall, and Joyce from Liverpool were married in 1965 and immediately became fully involved with a youth work centred on their home, which grew from small beginnings to over 200. During this time Charles was also working in the family business in Redruth.
The call to full-time ministry came when Charles was asked to be the Coordinator of Cornwall Mission, which was a county wide initiative to encourage evangelism, and culminated in 10 days of special meetings led by David Watson in Truro Cathedral. They then moved to Sussex to work with Colin Urquhart, where Charles travelled with Colin, and later led the Leaders Weeks which had a great impact on pastors and ministers from UK and abroad.
Charles and Joyce were closely involved in the Faith Camps held at Peterborough before pioneering Eagle Camp where many people met God in new and transforming ways. After their time in Sussex with Kingdom Faith Ministries they moved to the Bristol area and continued to travel widely in ministry, mainly on the continent in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary and East Germany as well as within the UK.
In 1990 they planted Living Waters Church in Clevedon and were the senior leaders until three years ago when they handed the responsibility to their son Daniel and his wife Tanya.
Charles first book, “A Man under Authority” focussed on equipping and enabling leaders to serve God more effectively. He has also written “Help yourself to Health and two Bible Reading Plans. Joyce’s first two books are practical teaching to enable folk to hear God’s voice more clearly; the title of her first book is “Can you hear God? and the second “Is there a Word from the Lord?
Joyce’s new book “What do these stones mean? was published on 31 July 2009. It was inspired by the account of Joshua leading God’s people across the Jordan, when twelve memorial stones were taken from the river to remind the people of God’s faithfulness. Joyce’s writes about the twelve key things that have impacted and moulded her life.
Charles and Joyce are still actively involved with Living Waters Church, where Charles remains in the leadership of the Church, and Joyce heads up the prayer ministry. In addition to ministry in UK, they regularly travel abroad and have recently spent time in Africa and Central Asia.
They have five married children and eighteen grandchildren.