Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Monday, 28 September 2009
Bristol Nights Training Days 5th & 12th October
Bristol Nights
Training Days for volunteers at Bristol nights
Trinity College
Stoke Hill
Stoke Bishop
BRISTOL
BS9 1JP
7.45 pm
The 5th and 12th of October
Ecumenical Christian project
Listening and serving tea and coffee
A Christian presence in the city centre on Friday and Saturday nights between 23.30 and 3.00.
Faithnetsouthwest’s Annual General Meeting & Conference 6 October 2009
Faithnetsouthwest’s Annual General Meeting and Conference takes place on 6 October 2009, at the Taunton Catholic Centre, The Mount, Taunton TA1 3NR – highlighting the themes of Inter Faith Week and the events taking place during the Week.
The AGM starts at 10am. The conference will start between 10.30am-45am, depending when the AGM ends, please arrive prepared for the earlier start time. The conference will end at 3.30pm.
One of the key aims of the conference is to promote the aims of Inter Faith week and to ensure the aims and objectives of the week are pursued beyond Inter Faith Week itself, these aims are:
to strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels to increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society to increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious belief.
Presentations will be made by the Right Reverend Mike Hill - the Bishop of Bristol, Warwick Hawkins from the Cohesion and Faiths Division of the Department for Communities and Local Government and Farooq Siddique from the Government Office of the South West. There will also be an opportunity to hear more about the work faith groups are doing to support the local community, and workshops on engagement with faith communities and how faith communities can raise the profile of their work in the community and get their voices heard. There will be workshop sessions to enable everyone attending to give their views, as well as an opportunity to give questions to the presenters. The conference should be of interest to all faith groups and organisations who want to work with them on community issues and find out more about them.
This will be our first event since the creation of our new membership structure. Membership is free and the criteria for membership are set out in our objectives and membership code of conduct. Full and associate members are entitled to participate in our interactive website, have priority booking for forthcoming events and access to briefings and other information provided by Faithnetsouthwest – including our quarterly newsletter and fortnightly e-bulletin. Membership also gives the opportunity to have a say in forming priorities for the work of Faithnetsouthwest and receiving advice on developing community projects and working with faith communities. Full members are also eligible for nomination for membership of the Faithnetsouthwest Board of Directors.
For more information contact Faithnetsouthwest. Please pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested.
Details are also on our website: www.faithnetsouthwest.org.uk
The AGM starts at 10am. The conference will start between 10.30am-45am, depending when the AGM ends, please arrive prepared for the earlier start time. The conference will end at 3.30pm.
One of the key aims of the conference is to promote the aims of Inter Faith week and to ensure the aims and objectives of the week are pursued beyond Inter Faith Week itself, these aims are:
to strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels to increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society to increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious belief.
Presentations will be made by the Right Reverend Mike Hill - the Bishop of Bristol, Warwick Hawkins from the Cohesion and Faiths Division of the Department for Communities and Local Government and Farooq Siddique from the Government Office of the South West. There will also be an opportunity to hear more about the work faith groups are doing to support the local community, and workshops on engagement with faith communities and how faith communities can raise the profile of their work in the community and get their voices heard. There will be workshop sessions to enable everyone attending to give their views, as well as an opportunity to give questions to the presenters. The conference should be of interest to all faith groups and organisations who want to work with them on community issues and find out more about them.
This will be our first event since the creation of our new membership structure. Membership is free and the criteria for membership are set out in our objectives and membership code of conduct. Full and associate members are entitled to participate in our interactive website, have priority booking for forthcoming events and access to briefings and other information provided by Faithnetsouthwest – including our quarterly newsletter and fortnightly e-bulletin. Membership also gives the opportunity to have a say in forming priorities for the work of Faithnetsouthwest and receiving advice on developing community projects and working with faith communities. Full members are also eligible for nomination for membership of the Faithnetsouthwest Board of Directors.
For more information contact Faithnetsouthwest. Please pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested.
Details are also on our website: www.faithnetsouthwest.org.uk
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Faith community responses to the economic crisis Bristol, Homes or assets? Restoring faith in housing, 11am – 3.30pm, 20 Oct
"In the face of the current unprecedented economic crisis, it is important for faith communities to reflect on the many challenges that we are now faced with – and which will have profound impacts on families, communities, jobs, housing, financial services and wider economies for years to come."
"The Churches have rich resources to draw on – not least the succession of commissions and reports on church, society and economy. What insights can we gain from revisiting this work – and how much does the new situation require new thinking?"
Bristol, 11am – 3.30pm, 20 Oct : Homes or assets? Restoring faith in housing
Roundtable event on future of affordable housing, with Neil Griffiths, National Housing Federation and Jacqui McCluskey, Homeless Link, organised with Housing Justice.
For more information, go to
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10229
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
BCAN: USING BUSINESS TO FIGHT POVERTY & TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES Transformational Business Network, Thursday 8th October, 12~1.30pm
Thursday 8th October, 12~1.30pm
The Upper Hall @ Woodlands Church,
Belgrave Road, Clifton. BS8 2AA
Hosted by the Bristol Christian Action Network
The great non-conformist Victorian entrepreneurs showed how faith-based business could bring community transformation and tackle poverty. Can faith and business co-exist in today's economy and make a difference?
Transformational Business Network, a network of business and professional people who use business to alleviate poverty, is showing how it can. Since 2003, TBN members have created 13,000 jobs in 20 countries, providing a 'hand up' rather than a hand out.
Jerry Marshall is a 'Kingdom Entrepreneur' and General Manager of Transformational Business Network. He will present inspiring and challenging examples of how sustainable business projects are transforming communities.
Chris Egitto, a Bristol businessman and leader of the newly formed Bristol TBN group will talk about his involvement in Hagar, a project in Cambodia where businesses provide training and employment for ex-trafficked women, and TBN developments in the Bristol area.
Join the discussion and see you you and / or your church could be inspired and involved.
Parking can be limited (working day, lunchtime, etc) however there is good parking at the nearby Sainsbury's just a short 5 minute walk from Woodlands as well as some on street. The event is open to all who may be interested, so do feel free to share this with people.
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Download the PDF poster (3.7MB)
http://www.bcan.org.uk/downloads/tbn_081009.pdf
Media training Day, November 21
Media training Day, November 21
Bristol Evangelical Alliance Media Training Day, at St. Michael’s Church, Stoke Gifford, on 21 November, 09.
"Do you want to see what your local church or organisation is doing covered in the local media?
Or perhaps you need to know how to keep the media at bay? Can you write a compelling press release? Or do you want to learn how to?"
Whatever the media needs you have, come along to the BEA Media Training Day. Speakers to be confirmed but will include Sam Holiday, Editor of The Bath Chronicle.
Cost - £10. Numbers are limited so book early.
To reserve your place please contact Ali Hull on 0117 904 8989 or email alihull@worthers.com
Bristol Evangelical Alliance Media Training Day, at St. Michael’s Church, Stoke Gifford, on 21 November, 09.
"Do you want to see what your local church or organisation is doing covered in the local media?
Or perhaps you need to know how to keep the media at bay? Can you write a compelling press release? Or do you want to learn how to?"
Whatever the media needs you have, come along to the BEA Media Training Day. Speakers to be confirmed but will include Sam Holiday, Editor of The Bath Chronicle.
Cost - £10. Numbers are limited so book early.
To reserve your place please contact Ali Hull on 0117 904 8989 or email alihull@worthers.com
AN EVENING WITH STEVE CLIFFORD - Friday 16th October 2009
Friday 16th October 2009 at 7.15 p.m.
Easton Christian Family Centre
Beaufort Street, Bristol BS5 0SQ
(Refreshments and Exhibition For more details call 01275 399897)
Steve was appointed as the Alliance's new General Director with effect from April 2009 and has asked to come and share his vision with the churches in Bristol. He also chairs the Board of the national HOPE08 initiative, and is involved with Fusion, Spring Harvest and Soul Survivor. As part of the leadership of the Pioneer Network of churches across the UK and abroad, he is a member of the Inspire Core Group.
Dance Into The Night - 17 October 2009
Please find below information on ngm’s Dance into the Night event. We would be really grateful if you would publicise this in your church. As a church leader, if you wish to attend our VIP reception from 5 – 6pm on the day, please email zoewickham@ngm.org.uk. We would love it if you and your church could join us for this fantastic event.
Held on Saturday 17th October, matinee 2 – 4pm and evening 7 – 9pm, this is an event not to be missed. A chance to come and experience the work of ngm and hear the heartbeat of all we do. It is set to be an exciting, challenging and hugely entertaining event, held at ngm’s Caedmon Complex. Tickets are £5 (suggested donation) and available by calling 01454 414880
Fore more information go to www.ngm.org.uk
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Simplify - a new EA resource
"Credit crunch. Housing crash. Debt. Redundancy."
"As the recession bites, instinct tells us to hold tight to every penny we've got, and dream of the stuff we can buy when it's over."
"But Jesus challenged us not to worry about money, but to think first of the needs of others."
"Simplify is a call to discipleship; to examine the spiritual hold money has on our lives by taking a month to consciously spend less and give more.
Join us in October as we Simplify our lives."
http://www.eauk.org/simplify/
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