Matty Jay

I was brought up Christian, but I was ’whatever’ for the first 12 years of my life. Then my mate Alistair from school said, "Hey Matt, do you want to come along to this great camp, called Easter Camp?” and I was like “Yea sure, why not." I came along here to Youth Group at ROBC and my parents said I could go to camp, so I went along.

Easter Camp is where it kicked-off for me 'cause I didn’t know anything about following God, and up until then was  just like 'Oh, I guess I’m a Christian,' but now I’m getting into it. I thought about how my mates were getting to know God and wondered 'So what’s so great about Him?' I started to try and find out more and obviously I’m not saying I know everything now! There's still a lot I want to learn, but I’m learning a lot more about God and I’m really enjoying what I've learnt.

I'm also trying to help out others by giving what I know to them too. I would encourage others coming along to church on a Sunday, or come along to youth group and experience what I have been experiencing lately, and yeah, just get involved!

This experience through going with ROBC to Easter Camp made me realise that people who go to church, they aren’t just the old grannies who go along on a Sunday and have their cup of tea, there are other people who understand Christianity. It's not just those sort of people, everyone can come to know God. God's the man. He created everything. There’s not really words for it eh.


If you have always wondered how to go about finding out more about God, we run Alpha courses at ROBC which explain the basics of Christianity, which are open for anyone to attend with plenty of opportunity for discussion. Our doors are open, so come along and, like Matty said, 'experience' for yourself new things about God and Church!