Renew 08

Hullo Folks

A few snaps I've just posted from an exciting festival just taken place in Leigh in Staffordshire. It looked pretty awesome!
Check out their site at www.hopeforleigh.org.uk if you'd like to see more...

Who needs a service book?

Service books; who needs 'em...
Well everyone I guess, unless you're rich enough to buy a projector, techie enough to make it work right every single time, and together enough not to forget something.
And bear in mind that Murphy's Law suggests (just as the back row of any given church will feature more hearing aids than a Daniel O'Donnell gig) that those who have the most dubious eyesight in church will sit as far away from any screen as possible, and at the most acute angle possible to it. If they can move their seat to line up at least 3 pillars in the way as well, so much the better...
Anyway...
Saw these briiliant books in a lovely little church in West Brom this week, and thought they were a really nice approach;




I thought these were really nice, not going go as tatty as quickly as a normal book, flexible if you want to change service patterns, attractive thought-provoking images on the rear of all the inserted sheets, easily wipe-clean-able if a clumsy heifer like me spills coffee all over it, or replaceable at worst. Brilliant!

Can we have some?

Is your church 'full'?

When assessing the minor miracle of a full petrol tank last week, I saw this lonely B2CS pen and got me thinking. How well would we cope if 50 new people turned up on Sunday. Would it be a great opportunity , or a difficulty. Would your congregation rejoice, or chunter that they've lost their seat and have to wait longer for communion? Just a thought...

B2CS 2008 T-Shirts

You ask, we listen (sometimes!)
By popular demand, please find this Years Back to Church Sunday T-Shirt modelled slightly more glamorously than my filing cabinet could manage!




Choose any comments over the model very carefully; she's my 'baby' sister!

Soul Purpose 08

3 posts in one day - I'm flying!
A re-entry for Mark Salmon, this time at the Church of the Holy Spirit bringing 110+ kids, 50-60 Adult helpers from 15+ churches in the Shrewsbury area together for a weekend of worship, work, fun fellowship & food.
Cheers Mark
(And other people are actually allowed to give me material as well!)

Build it and they shall come

Woh - two posts in one afternoon - I'm flying!
George and I each spent a day helping out in this tent at the Stafford Show on the 28th & 29th May.
As you'll see from the weather, George had a rainy day, whereas my day had glorious sunshine. Chalk one this time for the monkey, not the organ grinder!

We were offering free refreshments to the weary punters, with various interesting (hopefully) prayer stations, clowns, giant Jengas and Connect 4s all thrown in. We got to speak to an awful lot of people,

The weather helped us both really - on the Wednesday people came in to get out the rain, on the Thursday they did to get out the hot sun.

Hard work at times, but if a few people went away thinking positive things about Christians, and most importantly, Christ, it had to be worth it!

Annoy you all soon!

Back to Church Sunday 2008

Are you ready? Are you excited?
Are you a small Australasian Marsupial with unnecessarily large ears?
If the answer to all these is Yes, I'm astonished.
A load of our materials have arrived this week - don't the T-shirts look cool?

If you don't know anything about B2CS 2008, check out;
www.backtochurch.co.uk
If you want your church to be involved (for free if you're in Lichfield Diocese), buzz me.