June 6th, 2009
The On The Move town centre free barbecue and worship event has had to be cancelled for this year. Difficulties suddenly arose with the Council at the end of last week, but the painful decision was made by the coordinating team on Monday. The co-ordinating team wrote:
“We know that 130+ volunteers will be disappointed, but by the crisis occurring at this stage, waste of further time and effort in preparation, and of money, has been avoided. The process has shown that volunteers from 14 participating churches were willing to respond positively to the challenge of again using their gifts and abilities for the Lord, to reach out to thousands of ‘not-yet-Christians’ in the local community – thank you!”
“Local churches have a good relationship with the local council, as shown by the Good Friday Witness, Café in the Park, the Hope Bedfordshire monthly market stall, free of charge, and the possibility of using the new permanent stalls on St. Paul’s Square, at the initiative of the Council. We did not want to destroy any of the above by our lack of flexibility.”
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May 31st, 2009
The latest Hope News for the second quarter of 2009 is now available. Download it, read and distribute it now!
Hope News May 09
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May 31st, 2009
We are excited to present an upcoming conference with internationally renowned speaker Colin Urquart on 17th-19th July 2009. It will be held at the Salvation Army Congress Hall, Commercial Road in Bedford.
For further details visit the event page, download the flyer or get in touch: s.elphick1@sky.com or 01234 314026.
Tags: Bedford, churches, Colin Urquhart, conference, July
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November 18th, 2008
We have two further upcoming planning meetings booked at Russell Park Baptist Church, 88 Denmark Street, Bedford. All are welcome to join us as we plan for events in 2009.
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July 21st, 2008
Adults and young people from churches across Bedford and the UK will be working together to provide a completely free family fun day on August 3rd 2-5pm at Longholme Way Circus Site, Bedford. The event, called ‘Re:Act’, has been organised in collaboration with Urban Saints, and will involve live entertainment, a bouncy castle, a barbecue, face painting and more. All are welcome to come along.
Most of those taking part in organising the day are volunteers, and many of the young people involved will be on a residential trip that includes running six of these days in different towns around the UK. Chris Johnson, one of the event organisers, said, “It looks like the day will be a fantastic opportunity for local people to come along and see the church working together and doing something positive for everyone in the community.”
None of the events on the day will be charged for, including the food and drink. After the fun day activities have finished at 5pm, an open air service will take place at 5:30pm, which people are welcome to stay for, if they like. For more information about the day, contact David Cavanagh on 01234 217519. For more information about Urban Saints, a Christian youth work agency, visit www.urbansaints.com.
Download a poster for the free fun day
Tags: Events, fun day, Re:Act, service, summer, Urban Saints
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April 7th, 2008
That was the comment heard throughout the week, as our team of volunteers headed out to clean up Bedford and it’s cars. ‘Most people we came across just couldn’t believe we really were doing everything for free!’
Hope on the Streets is part of a programme of events locally and nationally aiming to see churches working together to bring hope in our nation. Last week, a team of volunteers took to the streets of Bedford, picking up litter and offering a free car service from two church car parks. ‘Most people we came across just couldn’t believe we really were doing everything for free!’ commented Chris Johnson, the event organiser.
Around 20 different people of all ages and from many local churches were involved throughout the week in various ways, from making cups of tea and coffee at the free car wash, to picking up litter and catering for the team. Over 20 bags of litter and 4 of recycling were collected by the team, along with 73 cars washed for free.
Plans for the next similar event May are already well underway, and projects hoped to be undertaken include a free gardening service, more free car washing and painting a local subway. Mr Johnson said, ‘It’s a great start, now we’re looking forward to making an even greater impact in May. We’d really love to see 100 or more volunteers helping out then.’
The week has been deemed a great success by the organisers, who are looking forward to the next similar event from May 3-5. For more details, please contact Chris Johnson on 01234 217519 or register online here.
Tags: car washing, Events, litter picking, painting, Social Action
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February 20th, 2008
Due to some technical problems, they’ve taken a while to arrive here, but we’ve got them now. Here they are:
February 2008
This week please pray for…
Sunday
The marriage and parenting courses currently taking place. Pray that God would bless and enrich those families involved.
Monday
All the individual churches involved in Hope Bedfordshire and for the communities which they are serving this year.
Tuesday
Thank God for the growth of the Hope Bedfordshire team.
Wednesday
RE:ACT. Pray that every stage of the planning process with go smoothly.
Thursday
Thank God for the support we have received from the local authorities.
Friday
The two periods of social action, planned for March - April and May. Pray that these would provide excellent opportunities to serve Bedfordshire.
Saturday
Hope 08 in all parts of our nation, that God would become famous and the church would become known for what we stand for during 2008.
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January 3rd, 2008
Make Hope 2008 the talk of the town! Then come back and talk about it
here! Our new forum and comments system is now up and running, and we
can’t wait to hear what you think.
Just register here, check your email, then log in and go to the Engage section.
The website has since been migrated to a new system - and so the Engage section no longer exists.
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January 3rd, 2008
Want to get involved, but don’t know how? There’s loads of things you could do, from cooking a meal for some volunteers to handing out leaflets, but by far the most important is to pray! To help you out, we’re producing prayer pointers each month with suggestions for each day’s prayer.
Tags: January, Prayer
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December 29th, 2007
We’ve been busy coming up with a whole host of ideas for things to do across Bedfordshire next year - things that you and your church can get involved with!
We’re launching with a bang (or several!) with fireworks and worship at Russell Park Baptist Church on 31st December from 5pm.
On from there, we have prayer, a parenting course, blood doning, a week of social action, the Revelation Gig, more social action, a huge free fun day in the summer, a marriage course, and lots in the pipeline for Christmas 08.
Tags: get involved, ideas, launch
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