Jon Jolly

my life and youth work…

Entries Tagged ‘Personal’

Your Identity in Photos

Rosie has challenged people to sum up their identity in just four photos from their library. I found this pretty tricky and i guess my choices would change over time. I’m not going to explain each one, so take them as you like:

So, what photos would you use? Pete, Dave, Dan, Ruth, Kirsty, Mark, Sam, [...]

A quick tip…

Never try to remodel your kitchen while studying for a degree, moving jobs and helping organise a national conference. It gets a bit messy!

More about me

Due to my new post at Arun Community Church, I’ve been asked to write a brief profile of myself for the church newsletter this week. I thought I should post it up here too in case you’re interested:

I was born in 1979 and grew up in Littlehampton with my mum, dad, older sister Keren and [...]

New Job

Well, it’s been a long time coming but I can finally let you all know about my job change.
I’ve been working for Spurgeons at The WIRE since I was 19 and trained on the job as a youth and community worker. Over these 8 years I’ve learnt and experienced so much, that I can’t really [...]

Surreal Resuscitation

Yesterday I was on a 1st Aid refresher course. There were 9 other people in the group - all of them women. When we got to learning baby resuscitation all of us were given a ‘training baby’ and then together we practised the 30 chest compressions, rhythmically pumping the baby’s chests. To help us keep [...]

Lookalike?

Two times in my life I have been told that I look a bit like Jamie Oliver… both were this week by people totally unconnected to each other!
Jamie Oliver:

Jon Jolly:

It’s got to be something to do with the fact that my hair’s grown out a bit because I actually look nothing like the bloke! Still, [...]

Kirsty’s new monkey!

Kirsty’s new monkey!

Originally uploaded by bobweasel.

After reading Dave and Rosie’s blog posts on the new range of PG Tips monkeys that are available, Kirsty has just run down to Sainsbury’s to get her own mini-monkey!
It’s pretty cute and is a welcome addition to our monkey collection, but we now have a lot of tea to [...]

Rough Recordings

Today I was supposed to be laying down some vocals for the upcoming Spring Harvest Pre School Praise 2 Album. I did some tracks on two New Wine Kids recordings last summer which went quite well, so my mate Andy asked me to come back and do a session for this new album too.
Unfortunately, I [...]

Home Improvement

This week is DIY week as I am on “holiday” sorting out the kitchen I demolished at the beginning of January. So far I have ripped out the old kitchen, channeled conduit into the walls, built up a brick wall, and today I quickly learnt the art of plastering (sort of)! Hopefully tomorrow I’ll start [...]

Problems with Press Releases

Today the local paper ran a story about the closure of The WIRE. In all, it was a positive piece that focused on the good work we’ve achieved, however there are some problematic statements and halve-truths contained in the article that have already caused some consternation (and it’s only 12:30pm).
In particular, with personal reference, the [...]