CHRISTMAS LINEBACKER

Putting Christ back into Christmas

MIXED ECONOMY – FRESH EXPRESSIONS NEW JOURNAL

Fresh Expressions says: Mixed economy is our new annual journal which takes a serious look at what it means to have new forms of church living alongside more conventional congregations, follow the link for your FREE downloadable copy:

http://www.freshexpressions.org.uk//standard.asp?id=4122&cachefixer= 

THERE PROBABLY IS, YOU KNOW

In response to the Atheist Bus Campaign, Rev Evan Cockshaw who is a Pioneer Minister in West Brom (Lichfield Diocese) and part of the Diocesan Evangelism and Outreach Team has developed a website www.thereprobablyis.com

 

What he needs now is testimonies! He says, "The idea I had for this website was to simply provide the testimony of 100 or more Christians from all walks of life talking about why they believe in God. Not from an academic point of view so much as just honest testimony about experiences in life they've had which causes them to continue to believe in God to this day despite being intelligent and sensible people. So can we please be promoting this and asking for contributions from people finishing off the sentence "I believe in God because ..." in no more than 500 words. There is a form people can fill in on the website which will submit the contributions automatically."

 

He is also intending to produce a design for some postcards for churches to buy and hand out to people as the campaign hits their area.

Free Advent Resources

Damaris have made 24 short videos on an Advent theme (one for each day of Advent) and have decided to give them to you FREE. (Grateful thanks to WesleyOwen who have provided some funding for this, and will be publishing each video day-by-day on their website through Advent.)

You can preview some at www.damaris.org/advent where you will also see how anyone can freely view them and republish them online - this is ideal for personal blogs and church websites during advent any subscriber to www.toolsfortalks.com can freely download high resolution versions to show in meetings or events

And it doesn't stop there! We have also created an Advent Service resource pack which contains exciting all-age friendly activities for advent services - built around our downloadable advent videos. This resource pack and associated powerpoints is totally free for anyone to download - at www.damaris.org/advent

Kibworth and Fleckney Praise

The next Kibworth and Fleckney Praise is being hosted by New Life Christian Fellowship on Sunday 9 November and will be held at Fleckney Village Hall, School Street, Fleckney, 7.30pm.The last couple of Kibworth and Fleckney Praise have been inspirational and Spirit led. If you are looking for something that conforms, then it is probably not for you. It you are looking for something inspirational and reinvigorating, with uplifting praise that will help you walk with Jesus - then this maybe just what you are looking for.

Recommended Reading

These books now available from Christian Resources:

SOUL PURPOSE by J. John at £8.99 aims to lead the reader from a prayer of commitment into the heart of Christian life. “He offers clarity to the journey of transformation which all of us are on. In his own unique style he tackles: How the Bible is relevant to the 21st century; Why and how we pray; Why Christians face difficulties and how to cope with them; and Going to church and loving it”.

BREAKOUT £8.99….”an amazing story of growth through mission-shaped communities. Written by Mark Stibbe and Andrew Williams we have here a proof that it is possible to move from being drawn to one place to ‘going out’, not individually but as a church fellowship. BREAKOUT is the story of one church’s move from a ‘come to us’ to a ‘we go to them’ model of mission”.

Contact: Peter Hebden, Christian Resources. 10 Bishop Street. Leicester,
LE1 6AF T: 0116 285 4499 E: enquiries@christianresourcesleicester.com

Bishop's Lay Congress 2008

St Luke's Quiz Evening

St Luke's Quiz Night takes place on Friday 14th November in Thurnby Memorial Hall. The annual quiz is very popular with teams of eight battling it out to become quiz champion. The quiz night raises funds for the Missions St Luke's supports. It would be great for other churches in the partnership to enter teams. Tickets must be booked in advance and the event does normally sell out. Tickets include refreshments but bring your own drinks and glasses. Tickets are £10 each from Terry Shaw on 0116 241 3960.

St Luke's Holiday Club

Mandy Wong talks about her experience helping out at St Luke's Holiday Club in Thurnby.

Holiday Club was so much fun. It was amazing to see how many kids there were and was really exiting to have a chance to teach them about Jesus in a fun way.

Every morning we would do aerobics and kids songs, which was a real work out and tiring, but I did miss it when the Holiday Club ended. I would be often humming kids songs through out the day too.

The kids were really good and were a joy to be around. They thoroughly enjoyed all the craft, teaching, sports, quizzes, jokes and songs.

It was also great to see so many of the kids from the Holiday Club at the Family Service the following Sunday. Some of the kids also showed interested in attending The Ark every Sunday.

The Holiday Club was a real success. Well Done to Ali and all the helpers that took part. Good job!

Mandy Wong