House for rent please make this known

Three bed house to let might suit Christian Household

in Ashton,  good size bedroom dg/ch garden, ds wc.

£485.00 pcm dep/refs required

please call kirsty 07846 290962 or email

 

dss/pets considered 

The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal for Toys and Food hampers for Needy people

 

Please circulate this around your networks of community and faith groups and to social work agencies in Preston, South Ribble and Chorley



The Salvation Army in Preston needs your help - All year round we help families in Preston and the surrounding areas who are in need.  This help ranges from food parcels to clothing and bedding.  At Christmas, just like any other family in the country, families living below the poverty line would love to have Christmas presents to open on Christmas day or enough food to prepare a good Christmas dinner.  We provide those presents at the request of social workers, teachers, health visitors etc so that we know the gifts are going to the people who are in real need. 
 
We are aware that, in these difficult economic times, some people may be struggling to get enough together for Christmas so this year, more than ever, we are asking members of the public to give a gift and light up a life. Unfortunately, every year there are thousands of families across the country who struggle at Christmas and we do expect an increased need this year.
 
This year The Salvation Army has also joined forces with the health & beauty retailer Superdrug which has over 910 stores and will act as an official retail drop off zone in all its stores across the UK.We are so grateful that Superdrug are opening up their stores as collection points and we hope that with their help and the generosity of the general public we will be able to light up the lives of many people this Christmas.

In order to meet those needs, we are asking people in our area to donate gifts that will help us meet all the needs of our community this Christmas.  You can drop them off at your local Superdrug store or bring them direct to us.
 
We will be collecting gifts from Monday 17th November to Friday 19th December. Please arrange to deliver them to our centre in Harrington Street which is normally open between 9am – 4.30pm Monday – Friday. If you cannot deliver your gifts within these times please contact us on 01772 555425 to make alternative arrangements.
 
REFERRALS
 
If you know of households in need and wish to make a referral you can ask us for a referral form or download one from our web site…   http://sapreston.synthasite.com/christmas-appeal-2008.php

With many Thanks

Greg Smith
Community Co-ordinator
The Salvation Army Preston
Harrington Street
Preston PR1 7BN
Tel No (01772) 555425

www.sapreston.co.uk    
Note this is from my work email address Greg.Smith@salvationarmy.org.uk

Ps 9 v 17 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Christians Against Poverty New Centre in Preston

see http://www.capuk.org/home/index.php

Preston Centre - Longton Community Church, Longton, PR4 5XY To book an initial appointment please call FREE on 0800 328 0006


Because we visit people in their home, we can only help those who live within 30 minutes drive of a CAP Centre.

STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO HOW WE HELP

1. HOME VISIT If you live in a postcode covered by a CAP centre (use the postcode search at the top of the page to find this out), phone the freephone number. After you call CAP, a Debt Advisor and Support Worker from the local CAP Centre will visit you in your own home.


2. AN EFFECTIVE BUDGETA realistic budget is then worked out at CAP HQ by prioritising your essential bills, negotiating affordable payments with each creditor and stopping unfair interest and charges where possible. The local Debt Advisor will then visit you again to explain the budget and the payments you will need to make.


3. CAP ACCOUNTA CAP Account is then set up for you. This acts like a simple bank account. You will need to make one weekly or monthly payment into your account to cover all of your bills and debts. CAP will then distribute this on your behalf. You can also make savings in your CAP Account.


4. INSOLVENCY / BANKRUPTCYIf you are in severe debt then we can walk you through insolvency, like petitioning for bankruptcy. We can help you to fill out the forms and even attend court with you.


5. DEBT FREE AND BEYONDYou will use your CAP Account to pay your bills and debt repayments and you will be supported by a team at CAP HQ until you are debt free. You may keep your CAP Account even after you are debt free.
More details? – Click here to read some frequently asked questions

Poverty and Homelessness Action Week 31 January ? 8 February 2009

Worskshop training event palnned in Preston Saturday 31st January 2009.. see
http://www.homelessinpreston.btik.com/news/18108130387.ikml

Resources now available! Visit the Poverty and Homelessness Action Week website http://www.actionweek.org.uk/html/home.html The place to resource your church to make a real difference in communities everywhere. Be part of something huge. Run a church service on Homelessness Sunday (1 February) or Poverty Action Sunday (8 February) using extracts from Voices from the Edge. Use Voices from the Edge and our discussion guide for small group work reflecting on homelessness and poverty, in your church, school, house group or project. Put on a public performance of Voices from the Edge in your school, church or project. Come along to a professional performance of Voices from the Edge - or help us to organise one in your area! Encourage your church to get involved; uncover the reality of hidden poverty or homelessness in your community; celebrate what is already going on locally; make new links with others working on the same issues.

In July 2008 The Salvation Army produced The Seeds of Exclusion. Download this major report and analysis of the reasons for social exclusion at www.salvationarmy.org.uk/seeds.

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November 29th Youth Work Training Event

Download poster and get more info about Frontier Youth Trust from or go to http://gregsmith.synthasite.com/resources-for-the-urban-church.php

Helping Homeless People in Preston

A new web resource on the documents page of the Homeless in Preston Website is a leaflet you can download and distribute to people in your church. It is designed to help them learn, pray, give, volunteer and campaign to help the needy in our city.

How Christians and Churches Can Help Click Here

or to dowload the print version click
http://www.homelessinpreston.btik.com/documents/all.ikml

you can also download

Homeless People: What to do if asked for help?

A short guide for clergy, hostel staff, community workers and other professionals working in Preston

Frontier Youth Trust calls for urgent investment in young people.

 

 

Press release    Press release    Press release    Press release

 

 

Frontier Youth Trust calls for urgent investment in young people.

 

 

9 months of research into the future of Christian Youth Work in England

has culminated in a urgent appeal to Government Ministers to take youth work more seriously and to Denominational heads to motive their Churches to action.

 

FYT is calling for Churches and Christian organisations to commit 25% of their income on working with young people, particularly marginalised young people, in order to take the needs of those outside of the church more seriously.

 

'With the media  tending to demonise young people with such negative reporting , many of the general public are afraid to be in conversation with them. Christians need to sloth off their fears and engage with a generation that will soon give up entirely on the church if we are not careful,'  says Dave Wiles, Chief Executive of FYT. 

 

Working in partnership with '2009: Year of The Child ', Frontier Youth Trust is currently developing a FREE resource to assist Churches in celebrating young people in their communities and empowering them to reach their potential. Entitled, Young People's Sunday, the resource will offer material and tools to help churches celebrate young people throughout 2009.

 

Church leaders are asked to pledge their commitment to working towards these objectives and specifically respond to the challenges with a firm undertaking to take appropriate action. Churches are also being prompted to lobby politicians to implement a commitment to long term funding of Christian faith based youth work by writing to MPs and Government ministers.

 

For further information, or to receive a resource pack for Young People's Sunday, please email frontier@fyt.org.uk for details.

 

 

Note to editors:

 

Frontier Youth Trust (FYT) is a registered charity working with young people at risk towards justice, equality and community. Based upon direct experience of youth work and research FYT also supports, resources, informs, advises and trains those working with and on behalf of disadvantaged young people. FYT believes that the most effective youth work is built upon Christian principles.

 

For more information or to arrange interviews - please contact Jo on 0121 687 3505

 

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Dave Wiles (Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Youth Trust)
Registered Office: Frontier Youth Trust, Unit 208b, The Big Peg, 120 Vyse Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 6NF, Tel: 0121 687 3505.
Home Office: 119 Rush Hill, Bath, BA2 2QT Tel: 01225 480 973
E-Mail: wiles119@aol.com  
web: www.fyt.org.uk

Charity No.: 0159328, Company No.: 3264908

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VACANCY FOR THE POST OF Site Supervisor (27 hours) THE SALVATION ARMY PRESTON (Please circulate widely)

 

 

Subject: VACANCY FOR THE POST OF Site Supervisor (27 hours) THE SALVATION ARMY PRESTON (Please circulate widely)

THE SALVATION ARMY

PRESTON

 

VACANCY FOR THE POST OF

SITE MANAGER (PART-TIME)

 

We are currently looking to recruit a Site Supervisor (27 hours) to support the work of our busy worship & community centre located on Harrington Street in Preston.

Responsibilities will include, supporting building-based activities by preparing rooms for usage, facilitating access by user groups, and maintaining the good working order of the premises by cleaning & minor repairs.

 

 

The post is for 27hours total per week, with some flexibility required as to actual working schedule; some evening and weekend working will also be required.

 

 Salary: £9,828 (£7.00/hour)

 

For an application pack please contact:

Captain Malcolm Martin

The Salvation Army

Harrington Street

Tel: 01772 555425

 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Friday 22^nd August 2008

CV's will not be accepted

 

Applicants should have empathy with the Christian mission of The Salvation Army

 

Registered Charity No. 214779, and in Scotland SC009359

 

 

 

 

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Street Pastors in Preston; Message from Chris Drury

Street Pastors is an inter-denominational Church response to urban problems, engaging with people on the streets to care, listen and dialogue. It was pioneered in London in January 2003 by Rev Les Isaac, Director of the Ascension Trust, and has seen some remarkable results, including drops in crime in areas where teams have been working.

 

As a result of the developing relationships between Preston Police, Preston City Council and Preston churches through Hope 08, we now have the opportunity to see this national church initiative happening in Preston by the end of the year. As we as churches seek to serve our city and take the good news of Hope onto our streets, we are being actively encouraged and invited by these civic authorities to engage at grassroots, long term in our city in ways that many people, for many years, have been praying for.

 

We have been asked by the Police, in partnership with them and Preston City Council,  to develop a Street Pastors Project for the St Georges and St Matthews areas of Preston This area includes Fletcher Road, which is the red light district for Preston and we have been asked to specifically input into working with the sex workers in this area. It also includes Meadow Street, Ribbleton Lane and New Hall Lane and is just off of Church Street, all areas of the city with particular night time social problems (alcohol, drugs and anti-social behaviour). There will of course be specific training for volunteers in all these areas that will be delivered in partnership with the Ascension Trust, Police, Neighbourhood Management Teams and other agencies working in these areas.

I do hope that you and your church might feel that this invitation from our city is a bit of a Macedonian call and something which your church might feel able to support, or encourage folk from within your church to become involved in. Anyone over the age of 18 can be involved - age is no barrier; in one project elsewhere in the country, an 81 year old man and his wife are actively serving as Street Pastors!

We realise that it is very hard to answer all of your questions within a letter such as this, and so we would like to invite you and or your congregation to find out more on a Street Pastors Open evening on

Thursday 25^th September, 7.30pm

Fulwood Free Methodist Church

Please could we encourage you to advertise this amazing opportunity within your churches? To assist with this, I attach posters for you to copy and display.

Should you wish to discuss anything in the meantime, please feel free to get in touch with us through phone or e-mail on the above contact details.

I do hope and pray that this invitation to make a difference in the lives of people from within our city is something that your church would feel able to support.

God Bless

 

Chris Drury chrisd@fulwoodfmc.net

 

 

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'EQUALLY DIFFERENT?' the new resource and campaign from the Methodist Church

This materail could be useful for your church 

 

www.methodistchurch.org.uk/equallydifferent

 

Click on the link and find lots of ideas to resource your local Church as it begins to seek to celebrate diversity.

 

This campaign and resource is for the 'inclusion enthuiasts' and those who are less sure of the inclusion agenda.

This campaign and resource can enable your Church to open up conversations in new ways, but in situations which feel safe and familiar to people.

 

what is online now:

daily devotions

homegroups sessions

'what is all this about?' sessions

devotions

 

coming soon:

worship materials

materials for use with young people

materials for use with children

ways to share your ideas

 

keep logging on to see what is new

 

Shalom

 

Alison

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Alison Parker
Methodist Church Equalities & Diversity Project Officer
(01524) 382800
equalities.diversity@googlemail.com
e&d@methodistchurch.org.uk

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A Date for your diary: FYT training for Christian Youth Workers in Preston 28th/ 29th November

Dave Wiles who is CEO of Frontier Youth Trust http://www.fyt.org.uk/ has agreed to come to Preston to help run a training seminar style training event on the broad theme of Christian Youth Outreach to street / unchurched / urban kids.

In the evening of Friday November 28th Dave is offering a session aimed at Christian and other paid and unpaid youth workers on

The Future of youth work: feed back and coffee shop style exploration of this theme based on a consultancy that we have carried out around the UK - see http://www.fyt.org.uk/showdetails,pdf,93.htm for the report

The venue and timings to be confirmed

On Saturday November 29^th we have a tentative booking for The Salvation Army between 10 and 3pm .

The Programme Will take the form of a training day aimed at the people in training for the proposed Street Pastors team but open to anyone with an interest in Christian youth work or serving and reaching those on the margins of society.

Topics to be covered will probably include;

Understanding and Responding to challenging behaviour, including: social and personal context, understanding deeper issues, practical responses, policy needs - a lot of this will be based on Jo and Nigel Pimlott's Grove booklet on this subject.

Young people and Spirituality - looking at models to understand, ways of responding, communication skills, resources that might help...

The events are being organised by Preston Christian Action network working in partnership with other relevant agencies such as Street Pastors and Preston Youth for Christ. For further information email pcan@maister-smith.fsnet.co.uk

PCAN (Chair) Greg Smith
34 Broadgate.
Preston PR1 8DU
Phone no. 01772 827987 / 555425

The Seeds of Exclusion : Newly published report from The Salvation Army

 

 

The effects of social exclusion are often all too easy to see: family breakdown, poverty, poor health, addictive behaviour and homelessness.

The purpose of The Seeds of Exclusion, the fourth in a series of reports published by The Salvation Army, is to identify how patterns of early-life experience contain the seeds of later problems, and how The Salvation Army and others might tackle them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This new report is well worth a read.. You can download the full report or a summary from:

 

http://www2.salvationarmy.org.uk/seeds

 

 

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Resources for new parents Church army linked

 

This web site may be of interest for anyone involved in ministry to families with babies... have a look.

 

http://www.as2become3.org/

 

 

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FAIR TRADE CONFERENCE SATURDAY JUNE 7TH

OPEN TO CHURCHES OF ALL DENOMINATIONS and none

Livability's residential with Dave Andrews- 5-7 Nov

 

 

Special discount: £30 off if you book by 15 June!

 

Community Transformation: dream or reality?

A residential event facilitated by Dave Andrews

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Date: 5-7 November 2008

Approximate times: Start 4pm Wed 5th Nov- end 3:30pm Fri 7th Nov

Venue: Hothorpe Hall, Theddingworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6QX

Single room:   £175/person including all meals and en-suite room

   Discount: £145/person if paid by 15 June

Shared room:  £125/person including all meals and en-suite room

                            Discount: £95/person if paid by 15 June

Booking essential: Contact Jill Clark -see below

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Taking its inspiration and content both from Dave Andrews' most recent book Compassionate Community Work and the work of Livability (formerly the Shaftesbury Society) and Tearfund with churches in the UK, this event will include a mix of teaching, reflective activities, sharing, personal time, optional workshops and fun. Choose your level of participation according to your need at the time.

          What you can expect:

·         Characteristics of Christ-like community work

·         The chance to share and learn from your stories and hear from others

·         Practical, down-to-earth theology (including the trinity as a model of community development)

·         Skills-based workshops led by practitioners

·         Reflective activities and personal time to think and pray

·         Fun evening activities

 

A brief bio.

Dave Andrews is a Christian community worker, currently based in Australia and with many experience in India's slum communities. He has authored many books on community development, notably 'Not Religion but Love', 'Christi-anarachy' and recently 'Compassionate Community Work'.  He started several community ministries that work with disadvantaged people both in Australia and India. If you want to learn about community development from someone that both knows the theory but more importantly has a life modeled on it then Dave is that person.

 

What others have said about Dave:

"Dave is an extraordinary individual. He is arguably the most outstanding community development worker, both theoretically and technically, to have graduated from this department."

-Tony Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Community Work at the Department of Social Work and Social Policy

 

"There is one thing you need to know about Dave Andrews.  He is dangerous. For example, after Indira Gandhi was shot, two or three thousand people were killed in twenty-four hours in the riots that followed.  Mobs rampaged through streets looking for Sikhs to murder.  Dave convinced Tony, a friend, that it was their job to go out and save these Sikhs.  Finding a besieged house, they put themselves between an armed mob and a Sikh family and saved them from certain death. That's why Dave Andrews is dangerous.  He is ordinary, yet believes ordinary people should take extraordinary risks to confront the cruelty in our world."

-David Engwicht, Author of Eco-City

 

What people said about our 2007 residential event:

"I loved the realism, honesty, practicality and meditation of the sessions."

 

"The little touches are what make all the difference: the welcome at reception by the team, the chocolate bars (always a winner with me)- within minutes of arriving I felt nurtured."

 

Why is the cost higher than our past residential events?

We hope this is because they're getting better each year! But realistically, over the last year Hothorpe Hall has been renovated and all rooms are now en-suite and we will have sole use of the building.  The cost is £125 for a shared en-suite room and £175 for a single en-suite room but if you pay by the 15 June then we are giving a special discount of £30. This includes a £50 non-refundable deposit so if you have to cancel before the 1 September we will refund your fee minus the £50 deposit.  If you cancel after the 1 September we will need to charge you the full fee.

 

Want to get his book?

If you would like to read Compassionate Community Work, you can buy it from Amazon for £15 or directly from the publisher Piquant Editions for £12

 

Please note: this event will be very popular and spaces are limited due to offering single rooms so please book ahead in order not to be disappointed

 

To book:

Contact Jill Clark on 0207 452 2018 or email jclark@livability.org.uk

 

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Setting Up a Fresh Expression event June 26th 2008 Sheffield

Setting Up a Fresh Expression

June 26th 2008         9.30am- 4pm

Wilson Carlile College of Evangelism, Sheffield

 

 

A day that is particularly useful for those in a "traditional" church setting, but thinking about establishing something fresh in their local context. Hear about the experiences of two Church Army evangelists and take part in an interactive exercise to explore in greater depth some of the issues raised.

 

The cost is £15, including refreshments and lunch.

 

To book, or for more information, contact Wendy Evans

Tel 0114-278-7020

w.evans@churcharmy.org.uk

 

Jenny

 

Jenny Richardson

Church Army Lifelong Learning Co-ordinator

   for Evangelism and Fresh Expressions

Wilson Carlile College of Evangelism

Wilson Carlile Campus

Cavendish Street

Sheffield S3 7RZ

0114-252-7272

 

 

 

 

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Community Mission training: Living Amongst- 3 June Bradford

 

 

Living Amongst

.Exploring what Incarnational Living actually means. Is it for us?

 

 

 

Incarnational living is a buzz phrase right now, whether it is in the literature of the emerging church or in the call of inner-city church planters to move into areas of deprivation.   But what does it mean? Is it living locally rather than commuting to church? Is it participating in local community? Or is it concentrating on relationships rather than programmes?

 

This day will consider these ideas and translate them into action to change what we do and the way we live.

 

Tuesday 3rd June

9:45am-3:30pm (we begin promptly at 10am)

St Margaret's Church, Shipley Fields Road, Frizinghall, Bradford, BD18 2DH

£10/person, pay on the day (Includes good lunch and drinks)

 

 

Andrew Grinnell will lead us in a day where we will discuss the following questions:

What do we mean by Incarnational Living?

Is it a helpful term or just buzz words?

Does it inspire us to follow Christ in the 21^st Century context?

How can Incarnational Living be sustainable?  

 

A bit about Andrew:

Andrew Grinnell works for the Salvation Army's ALOVE department and oversees the development of its NEO (New Expressions Of.) church plants across the UK.  He teaches on many training courses, including Crucible and Resource, lives in Leeds and has a passion to see Christians working alongside communities and not just providing things for them to do.

 

To Book: 

Contact David Arscott on 0113 350 8070 (office) 07789 397273 (mb) or darscott@livability.org.uk

 

Travel details:

Frizinghall train station - 4 min walk

Shipley train station - 15 min walk

Local on-road parking

Buses from Bradford Interchange - 662 to Keighley every 10mins - alight at Shipley fields road - 3min walk

 

 

Livability

50 Scrutton Street

London

EC2A 4XQ

 

Tel: 020 7452 2018

Mb: 07747 036 777

Web: www.livability.org.uk/communitymission

 

Livability is the new face of John Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society

 

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Poverty and Justice Bible and other useful web resources

 

Poverty and Justice Bible A new edition which uses the Contemporary English Version (CEV) text, it highlights more than 2,000 verses that spell out God's attitude to poverty and justice. Also includes in-depth studies and practical suggestions on what we can do to tackle poverty and injustice in our world today.

 http://www.povertyandjusticebible.org/Home.php

Ekklesia The award winning think-tank "promoting transformative theological ideas in public life." Sign up for a daily and or weekly email bulletin.

epolitix An informative and comprehensive website for parliamentary business and the policy agenda. Daily or weekly e-bulletins

thirdsector e-bulletin Lots of voluntary sector info with a focus on funding and news in the sector.

 

 

Greg Smith
Community Co-ordinator
The Salvation Army Preston
Harrington Street
Preston PR1 7BN
Tel No (01772) 555425

 

www.sapreston.co.uk
Note this is from my work email address Greg.Smith@salvationarmy.org.uk

 

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