City Life Church is actively supporting the intiative of street pastors in Southampton.
Street Pastors is an inter-church project to listen and care for those that are vulnerable late at night in the city centre. Street Pastors have been operating in Southampton City Centre on Friday and Saturday nights since May 2009, going on duty to listen, care and help from 10pm to 4am.
The 63 trained volunteers are formed into 12 teams, each going on duty once per month. They are all members of local churches (so far 35 churches are involved).
When on patrol they make the streets safer by removing bottles and broken glass and being available to anyone who needs help. This includes giving directions, basic first aid, being a listening ear when someone is upset and helping drunk people find a way to get home safely.
The team on duty will typically get 3 calls to help members of the public throughout the night. These calls come from CCTV, door staff, police, taxi marshals, or the ICE bus.
Prayer for School Pastors
We need people who can pray in support of the School Pastor patrols. This can be either at the same time as the patrols, or in your own time.
