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Friday, 1 May 2009

STREET PASTORS

STREET PASTORS
Tuesday 5 May at 7.30pm
You are invited to explore the possibilities of putting Street Pastors on the streets of Stoke- on-Trent
Venue: Swan Bank Methodist Church, Burslem
Date: Tuesday 5 May at 7.30pm

What is a Street Pastor? - Street Pastors are Christian volunteers from local congregations who have a concern for their communities. After training, teams go out on the streets to engage with local people where they are, on their own ground. For more details go to http://www.streetpastors.co.uk/

Who is the meeting for? - Anyone is welcome to come and find out more and to listen to our guests from Manchester Street Pastors and ask questions.

Who to contact? - The meeting has been arranged by local church leaders from various networks and groupings who share a vision to bring the compassion of Jesus onto our streets. For more details contact:
Stuart Janes – 07595 309195
Revd Rod Clark – 01782 212639

BLUE TREE IN CONCERT

Bluetree in concert - Thurs 7 May

Date: Thurs 7 May
Venue: Bethel City Church,
Leek Road, Abbey Hulton, ST2 8BY
Details: Purchase by phoning 01782 537079
or http://www.ourc1ty.org/

Puppet Ministry Training Day

Puppet Ministry Training Day
Saturday 13 June 2009
By 'One Way UK'


This training day is one of 10 nationally and includes performaces and demonstrations on how to use various puppets.

This day is open to all denominations and designed to give hands on experience of puppetry within the following area:
Basic and advance puppet manipulation techniques
How to start a puppet ministry team
Props and scenery
Resources available for purchase
The day is for adults, young people, school workers, church leaders, sunday school teachers,
youth & children's workersand puppet team leaders.

It is not suitable for children under the age of 10 years old, unless they are part of a puppet team.

YOUTH WORK CONFERENCE

YOUTH WORK CONFERENCE
Date: Saturday 16 May 2009

Venue: St Andrew's Church Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Time: 10:15 - 4:10pm Registration from 10:30am

Cost: £15 per person

For more details contact Chris Gill 01782 625924
or e-mail chris.gill@tesco.net

Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Discovery Day - Saturday 21 February 2009

Discovery Day - Saturday 21 February 2009
A time to explore the call of God to discipleship and ministry
Saturday 21 February 2009 10.00 – 3.00

The Potters House, The Bridge Centre, Birches Head Road, Birches Head, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, ST2 8DD

Speakers:
Revd Stephen Poxon, President of the Methodist Conference
Mr David Walton, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference

Workshops on many areas of Christian and Church Life including:
Discipleship in the workplace
Youth Work
Working with children
Mission and Evangelism
Local Preaching
Deacons and Ministers
Church administration
Mission overseas
Prayer and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Community Chaplaincy
Hospitality and catering in Church life
Introducing new music and worship

Cost of the day £5 (advance booking required – forms from District Office)
More information from David Syson (01260 223343) dsyson@googlemail.com
Or the Methodist District Office (01270 627774) chester.stoke@btconnect.com

Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Nightchurch - Friday evenings

Nightchurch
Christian Outreach to Clubbers
"The Lounge"
Gitana Street, Hanley
Every Friday evening - 9.45pm-4.00pm

Come & be part of the team & make a difference in the lives of young people

Monday, 16 February 2009

LEADERSHIP TRAINING & ENCOURAGEMENT DAY

LEADERSHIP TRAINING & ENCOURAGEMENT DAY
Saturday 21 March

We are staging a special one-off leadership training and encouragement event on Saturday 21 March 2009. The event will last from 10.00am until 3.00pm and will be held at the Bridge Centre, Birches Head Lane, Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent. The cost will be £10 per person which includes a buffet lunch.

Our guest for the day is Dave Gilpin, leader of Hope City Church, which has branches in Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle-on-Tyne. Dave will be sharing inspiring and challenging insights into Christian leadership. Having spent most of his childhood in Australia, Dave was called back to the UK upon hearing of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. In the last 20 years, he has founded and built a group of strong churches in the north of England. You can find out more about Dave's life and work at www.hopecitychurch.tv or www.davegilpin.com

This training event is open to all current church leaders, emerging leaders and potential leaders. It presents an ideal opportunity to bring your entire church leadership team, in order to explore together around the issue of Christian leadership in the 21st century. It will be especially helpful and inspiring to younger and emerging Christian leaders.

This event forms part of the new 'Timothy' leadership training course, which is jointly sponsored by Phil Barber (Potter's House), Ashley Cooper (Swan Bank Methodist Mission), James Galloway (Bethel City Church) and ourselves.

Advance booking is strongly recommended. For further details and booking, please contact Jyoti Whicker on 01782 207200 or via jyoti@saltbox.org.uk

Every Blessing
Lloyd Cooke + Robert Mountford
(Saltbox) (City Vision Ministries)