Evangelism UK

'Prayer walks' - new website

Forever 2012 is a new website networking various initiatives for prayer in 2012: see http://www.forever2012.com/support/prayer-support/prayer-resources/prayer-walks/

Street Angels - CNI wins Big Society Award

This news, including a quote from David Cameraon is at: http://cninet.weebly.com/1/post/2012/03/street-angels-cni-wins-big-society-award.html

Queen's Diamond Jubilee Grace

A Grace has been written for the Big Lunch where 3,500 applications have been made for street parties and 6 million people may sit down together on June 3rd: http://www.cte.org.uk/Articles/304374/Churches_Together_in/News_Events/News/Grace_at_the.aspx

Festival resources list

Share Jesus International have produced a list of resources available to help local churches in mission through a festival: http://www.morethangold.org.uk/uploads/file/Artists2%5B1%5D.pdf

New video for Community Festivals

Fusion / More than Gold have produced a video about open crowd festivals suitable for the Jubilee and Games in 2012: http://www.fusionyac.org/2012/

Let's have a festival!

With the Queen's Jubilee and the 2012 Games a lot of churches are planning 'Open Crowd Community Festivals'. A resource to help churches do this together is at: www.cte/festivals

CMS Lent Twelve resource for transforming mission

Church Mission Society have a new resource about transforming mission and transforming communities in 2012: http://www.cms-uk.org/default.aspx?tabid=323

Hope asking if you are hosting a 'Big Lunch'

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend provides an opportunity for many mission events. Hope is encouraging churches to host a community 'Big Lunch' street Party and are now asking for churches to say if they are planning to do so. See http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/181443/HOPE/The_Big_Lunch/The_Big_Lunch.aspx

Inspire awards for local mission projects

Inspire, the magazine to inspire Christian witness, has awarded various local mission projects with a prize in Parliament, see http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=5753

Statement re mission legacy of Hope and MTG

How Hope and More than Gold can be 'wonderfully complementary' - leaving a positive legacy, see http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=284476

Mission Year web site

Mission Year is a framework equipping Christians to live in community with others - starting in October and run by Oasis: http://www.missionyear.org.uk/about/home/

RC 'Little Way' week of service for evangelisation

The 'Little Way' week (1st-7th Oct) encourages everyone to acts of service, see http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/content/download/8650/58985/file/Little%20Way%20Week%20Poster%202011%20Final.pdf

72million hours per year - church serving the community

The Cinnamon Network of 100 agencies and CEO's of Christian mission organisations estimate that UK Christians provide 72 million hours of vountary work in the UK per year. The network equips the church for social action in mission, see http://www.communityfranchising.net/

Hope promote Queen and 'Big Lunch'

Following the announcement that the Queen's  Jubilee Celebration will promote the Big Lunch, church leaders are being encouraged to get all churches involved:  http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/132614/HOPE/Stories/HOPE_Press_releases/HOPE_Press_releases.aspx

Hope launch online resource ideas

The 'Hope' team have put a list of ideas on their website with a story of how it has already worked in a local church, see http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/161047/HOPE/Resources/Ideas/Ideas.aspx

Love your Street launch and Eric Pickles endorsement

Adam May reports on the launch of Love your Street in the latest newsletter: http://resources.pihomebuild.com/sites/227/docs/march11newsletter.pdf

Deepening Discipleship .. bearers of the Word

A national Methodist initiative for Biblefresh, Deeping Discipleship aims to equip Christians to be bearers of the Word into our communities: www.deepeningdiscipleship.org.uk

'Just Map' new initiative

Adam May from Christian Nightlife Initiatives invites local churches to map their new missional social action initiative at http://www.justmap.org.uk/

Global Day of Prayer ... UK 2011

The GDOP Prayer Network have posted the major prayer initiatives currently planned for 2011 in the UK - seeking to transform communities with the Gospel: http://www.prayerforum.org/gdop-uk/

Hope Together survey 'be part of it'

Hope Together is asking churches to fill in a survey to say they will be part of the national initiative for word and deed mission: http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/

'Love your streets' launched

The Churches Nightlife Initiatives network - a network of 70 agencies - have launched a new initiative to encourage Christians to love their street: http://loveyourstreets.weebly.com/

Hope Together news inc Easter resource

The Hope Together website has various news items eg training events, forthcoming initiatives, and survey, including details of an Easter resource: http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/

Acts435 now a national initiative

The Yorkshire mission network that connects people in need with people who give, has been launched nationally: http://www.acts435.co.uk/

Transforming Governing from Go Ministries

Mike Simmonds from Go Ministries is encouraging and equipping Christians to be school governers. A website has been launched at: http://www.transforminggoverning.org.uk/

Community Mission conference 1st October 2010

A conference in London for anyone 'transforming community' orgainsed by the Community Mission network: http://www.communitymission.org.uk/shop/products/detail.aspx?id=33&name=Authentic-Church---the-community-mission-conference&category=Events

Launch of Hope Together press release

Hope 08 has been relaunched as Hope Together in a celebration of nearly 40,000 people at the invitation of Pastor Agu of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. See: http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/132614/HOPE_Together/Stories/HOPE_Press_releases/HOPE_Press_releases.aspx

Election leaders and Steve Chalke video

Steve Chalke interviewed the main party leaders about the role of church in society. The video is on the Faithworks website at: http://www.faithworks.info/form.asp?id=9076

'Discovery' from Tearfund to transform community

Tearfund have a resource course to helpf local Christians engage with their community. A leaders workshop is to be held 19/20th May: http://www.communitymission.org.uk/resources/courses/discovery.aspx

Communities voice heard in Government

John Denham has annonced a £1m scheme to help community faith groups have their voice heard. See: http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1507453

'Don't go to church Sunday'

A web site encouraging ideas for taking church out in to the community can be seen at: http://www.dontgotochurchsunday.org/