Combating loneliness
    
    
    
    
    
    
        A new scheme to help churches combat loneliness in their communities was launched by Christian charity Counties in April.
Neighbourhood Chaplains aims to equip and encourage church volunteers to reach out to people in their neighbourhoods through house-to-house work.
    
 
                
                    
    
        
            
            
            
        
        
            
        
    
    Family never gave up
    
    
    
    
    
    
        A  former  homeless  drug  addict  shared,  in
 early  April,  his  story  of  how  he  came  to
 Christ and how his life turned around. 
Justin  Battiste  grew  up 
 in  a  Christian
 home,  but  as  a  teenager  mixed  with  the
 wrong crowd and began taking cannabis.