Changed Lives: Verity's StoryI had to go to chapel every day, which I found very boring Growing up, we went to church at Christmas, and to Sunday school. I went to a Church of England school so I had to go to chapel every day, which I found very boring. But my Mum and some family friends are Christians, so I always felt drawn to the church community. I never really knew why I felt this way, since I thought people who were Christians were geeks! Then I met a Christian at university who clearly wasn’t. She came out clubbing with us, and I didn’t think Christians did that until I met her. We were really close and she became a good friend. After I left university I saw a banner for the Alpha course on a church. I don’t know why but I called the number, and started the course in a local pub! It was full of normal people my age, the kind I could introduce to my friends, and they gave me common sense answers to my questions. I started to realise that God didn’t make prescriptive and unnecessary rules, He just wanted us to live our lives in a way that was best for us and would make us happier. Once I’d finished the Alpha course I knew that God existed and what happened to Jesus was real. However I continued with my old life, drinking late then going to church with a hangover. It was only when I moved cities that I made new friends who didn’t know me as anything other than a Christian. This encouraged me to make a fresh start and get connected with my new church. I started leading an Alpha group and helping with home group, so my change of circumstance really helped turn my life around. Being a Christian means a constant conversation with God. Asking Him for advice and support guides me to make the right decisions, and take risks I wouldn’t have taken before. I also have a support network of other Christians, real friends who I’m happy to talk to without fear of judgement. And its lead me to marrying James so it’s really affected my life! (Verity and James are now part of
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