Faith and Our Generation

Wednesday lunchtime saw the main hall packed with over 150 students and staff listening to the powerful message of ex-WFC student Dez Brown.

The multi-media "Faith and Our Generation" presentation started with an extract from Keeping It Real, a video showing in a humorous way how we are all wearing masks.

Then it was the turn of Ace to spit some inspirational lyrics, before Dez Brown took to the floor.

Dez described in a very passionate way how he had previously fallen into a life of crime and self-centred activities. He graphically explained how this had led to him being convicted of killing somebody.

He explained how he had destroyed not only the lives of the victim's family but also those of his own mother and father, his brothers and his girlfriend.

He underlined the point that a person's actions can be far reaching, and appealed to those who might think gang, gun and knife culture was cool to not be scared to think again.

Dez explained that, bizarre as it might seem, it was whilst he was out on bail that he had a dramatic encounter with God.

It was this that radically changed him and put him on a path of helping the youth. He believes they should not fear seeking the right path. A path away from the lifestyle he once chose.

Dez Brown is the author of the book "Convicted or Condemned" which is available from Amazon.