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Friday, 31 January 2014
Christians Against poverty --- Hear all about it!
Safe Families for Children...opportunities for churches to get involved
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Acts 435 Winter Newsletter
We are in the middle of Poverty and Homelessness Action Week and as such we have focused this edition of our newsletter on the work of a charity working with the homeless in Bradford. We also have a particularly touching story of how Acts 435 was part of ensuring two sisters spent their last Christmas together.
Please click on this link to download your copy: http://acts435.org.uk/blog/2014/01/winter-newsletter-201314.html
Kind regards
Jenny Herrera
Executive Director
Acts 435
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Working with Volunteers ; A training day for those managing volunteers in churches and Christian community projects
Date: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Time: 9.45am – 3.30pm - starting promptly at 10am
Cost: £25 per person including lunch and drinks
Venue: St Catherine's Church Centre, Doncaster Road, Wakefield WF1 5HL
An interactive and practical day focusing on:
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Understanding why people volunteer for Christian projects
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Why the best projects are full of volunteers
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Top tips on how to motivate others
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The art of communication: how to deal with tricky issues when Christians are supposed to be 'nice'.
There will be a 'special focus' opportunity for those who work or are looking to work with volunteers who have disabilities, in particular people with learning difficulties
For more information and bookings contact
Ruth Smith Community Mission Advisor Livability
Mob: 07919 598273 Tel: 0191 374 6006
Tel: 01924 263251
Webpage: http://www.livability.org.uk/church/church-community/
Find us www.facebook.com/livabilitycommunitymission
Follow us www.twitter.com/liveitlocally
Excellent article on the nature of community
The influential American folk singer Pete Seeger died this week, aged 94. In an official statement, President Obama said: 'Pete Seeger believed deeply in the power of song. But more importantly, he believed in the power of community – to stand up for what's right, [and] speak out against what's wrong.'
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
report on FAITH & COMMUNITY event
You can now read the report on FAITH & COMMUNITY event held during Inter Faith week in Preston. Half day session of council and members of voluntary sector and faith groups learning about each other and identifying ways of working together more effectively
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/report%20on%20preston%20community%20consultation%20Nov%202013%20%281%29.pdf
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/report%20on%20preston%20community%20consultation%20Nov%202013%20%281%29.pdf
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Work Clubs and Enterprise Clubs
Funding continues to be available from the DWP Job Centre + network to organisations who are interested in starting to deliver Work Clubs and Enterprise Clubs. There are currently over 100 Work Clubs in the District, most operate on a part time basis and serve their local community. If you are interested and think your organisation can contribute help and support please see the link below or phone for more details.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/adviser/updates/work-clubs/#setting
If you have any queries or feedback regarding any of the information in the bulletin please do not hesitate to contact me.
lynda.gibson@dwp.gsi.gov.uk 01254 343734
The Next full meeting of PCAN and Update
PRESTON CHRISTIAN ACTION NETWORK MEETING
will be held on
Tuesday 18th February
at
St Mathhews Mission, Acregate Lane, PR1 5QQ
Arrive from 10.30am for coffee
formal business from 11am
with a simple sandwich lunch together at the end
(We ask for a contribution of £3 per person to cover costs and a donation to the local church)
we will be finished by about 1pm
Key Points on our agenda
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Prayer – Reflection
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Follow up to the Faith in Community Day in November.... How as Christians we can work better and smarter in partnerships with the public sector
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Food Banks and food poverty...working together on improving logistics and the supply chain.
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Imapact of welfare reform, bedroom tax, benefit sanctions the coming of universal credit, online claiming.. and how we can help through money advice, supporting credit unions, IT access and training.
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Mustard seed grant programme
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Sharing of other activities, events and issues
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LUNCH
NEWS UPDATE FROM PCAN/ TOGETHER LANCASHIRE
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This is your invitation to an event Together Lancashire is putting on
The Estate We Are In
at The Salvation Army, Preston, PR1 7BN
on Wednesday, March 19th 2014 from 10.00 to 3.30 pm.
The conference is about Christian Ministry and Engagement in parishes or circuits in Urban Priority Areas or where there are deprived Council / Social Housing Estates.Our keynote speaker/facilitator will be Bishop Laurie Green of the National Estates Churches Network.
Click here for more information and to book a free place..
http://prestonchristianactionnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-estate-we-are-in.html
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Together Lancashire has just produced a newsletter detailing our activities over the second half of 2013. We hope to make this into a regular publication about once each quarter. You can download an electronic (pdf) copy by clicking on the link below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/Jan2014Tlnewslettertemplate1.pdf
Please forward this widely among your colleagues and church congregations.
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Please also Note
The Listening For Life Training on Tuesday evenings in Feb has had to be postponed as one of the Acorn Trust trainers had to pull out due to unforeseen
circumstances. We will offer it again after Easter and will send
another message round once we have dates confirmed. [Rev Sue Griffiths]
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You may also be interested in
Our interim report on foodbank activity in Lancashire is now publicly available in our dropbox on the link below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/Foodbank%20Activity%20in%20Lancashire%202013.pdf
Monday, 27 January 2014
New leaflet about work clubs in Preston
Preston City council have produced a new leaflet listing all the work clubs/ job clubs in the Preston area. If you know people who are unemployed who could benefit from these services you can download a copy from the link below.
Please pass it on to your networks..
To find out more contact Debbie Stuart
Preston City Council Community Engagement
d.stuart@preston.gov.uk or
tel. 01772 903404
The Estate we are In
This is your invitation to an event Together Lancashire is putting on at
The Salvation Army, Preston, PR1 7N
on Wednesday, March 19th 2014 from 10.00 to 3.30 pm.
The conference is about Christian Ministry and Engagement in parishes or circuits in Urban Priority Areas or where there are deprived Council / Social Housing Estates.
Our keynote speaker/facilitator will be Bishop Laurie Green of the National Estates Churches Network. We hope to draw together church leaders, church planters and community activists from across Lancashire. Some of them have already met together to share experiences and a number attended the conference Laurie and National Estates Churches Network held in Manchester in October.
We are planning for the day to be very interactive with lots of workshop groups and sharing of stories – leaving with a deeper understanding of how we can better support some of our most vulnerable communities. (The day should be of interest to clergy, community workers, church planters, activists or mission minded congregation members living or working in such neighbourhoods. The focus is likely to be on work in traditional mainly white working class areas rather than on multicultural inner cities, though we recognize the diversity of neighbourhoods even within a single parish.)
The event is free but places are limited: Book tickets here.. if you want to secure a place and your free lunch
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-estate-we-are-on-tickets-10332880925
Further information will be sent out close to the time of the event to those who have booked.
If you have any problems with using this online booking system please contact us.
Just Love Lent - Church Urban Fund lent resources
Just Love Lent - Church Urban Fund lent resources
This Lent we have a range of resources based around a new book written by Angus Ritchie of the Contextual Theology Centre and our Chair Paul Hackwood. Just Love uses the Gospel readings for Lent to explore how Jesus loved, and why this love led him to the cross. It draws out the implications of his transforming love – both for our individual lives and for our social and economic order. An e-Valentine card will promote the book on Feb 14th and resources will be available for individuals, small groups, children /young people and a sermon outline. The book will be available to order on line during w/c 3 February and the kindle version is available now on Amazon. |
 | Money speaks louder than works - latest CUF research report plus a reminder about our ABCD training event The Church of England is well-placed to make a powerful and effective contribution to the growth of the credit union sector. If a substantial proportion of the 1.7 million regular church attendees were to join a credit union – investing some of their savings or taking out small loans - the sector could well achieve its goal of growing from one to two million members. The aim of this research is to deepen our understanding of churchgoers' experience of, and attitudes towards, credit unions and so shed light on how best to encourage future engagement. The report makes recommendations about the steps that need to be taken to significantly increase membership of credit unions amongst churchgoers. These recommendations will help to encourage churchgoers to become more active supporters of credit unions, by deepening their knowledge and understanding of the sector and its value. You can download copies of the full report and the executive summary from the CUF website. The full research findings will be presented at a Synod fringe event: 1.15pm on Wednesday 12 February. If you would like to attend this event please email Bethany Eckley. Our training day on Asset-based Community Development takes place at Carr's Lane Baptist Church, Birmingham from 10am to 4pm on Thursday 10 April, 2014. Tickets cost £15 to include lunch and refreshments. Tickets and further information are available here. |
Friday, 24 January 2014
Food Bank activity in Lancashire 2013
Our interim report on foodbank activity in Lancashire is now publicly available in our dropbox on the link below.
If you have not yet entered your data for 2013 on Survey Monkey there is still time to do so... a revised version of the report can be produced quite easily.
Shalom
Greg Smith
Development Co-ordinator Together Lancashire / Preston Christian Action Network
Phone - Mobile 07726177044
Together Lancashire, registered office Church House, Blackburn BB1 5AA
Registered Charity no 1147848 Registered company no 07966145
Together Lancashire Website http://www.cuf.org.uk/together-lancashire
See also PCAN Website www.pcan.org.uk or and
BLOG http://prestonchristianactionnetwork.blogspot.com/ (you can sign up there to receive news and information updates by email)
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Together Lancashire ... First edition of our Newsletter
Together Lancashire has just produced a newsletter detailing our activities over the second half of 2013. We hope to make this into a regular publication about once each quarter.
You can download an electronic (pdf) copy by quicking on the link below.
Please forward this widely among your colleagues and church congregations.
Ten days to go...2014 ‘Mission is a Verb’
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From: "Danielle Wynn" <DanielleW@scriptureunion.org.uk>
Date: 23 Jan 2014 15:49
Subject: Ten days to go...
To:
From: "Danielle Wynn" <DanielleW@scriptureunion.org.uk>
Date: 23 Jan 2014 15:49
Subject: Ten days to go...
To:
Only ten days to go before our
2014 'Mission is a Verb'
tour comes to Preston!
If you haven't already booked on then we would love it if you could join us to learn all about 'doing' MISSION.
If you're a church leader, involved in youth or children's ministry, a Christian parent or a teenager exploring mission or leadership, Mission is a Verb is designed for you. Bible-based teaching and discussion, offering a practical approach to working alongside children, young people and families in your church; reaching out to your community and helping faith stick through mission.
4 FEBRUARY 2014
7pm to 9.30pm
Tanterton Christian Fellowship, Kidsgrove, Ingol PR2 7BX
To book or find out more information click here:
www.scriptureunion.org.uk/nwtraining
Animated film on the reality of welfare reform
Great animation telling real story of people on #benefitsstreet Need to ensure that the story of real people is heard http://t.co/XGwNNEGYyy
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
North of England Fairness Conference - 25th February
Dear All
Please find attached an invitation to the North of England Fairness Conference to be held on Tuesday 25th February 2013 at Blackpool Tower. The itinerary (to date) is on page 2 of the PDF document. at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/89023969/Invitation%20and%20Itnierary%20North%20of%20England%20Fairness%20Conf.pdf
If you would like to attend, please click on the button and book your place via the Council Website.
I am delighted to inform you that there is no charge for this conference as it has been sponsored by Public Health England, however there will be a voluntary collection during the lunch with proceeds going to the Blackpool Foodbank Partnership.
I hope to see many of you there, it promises to be a fantastic event.
Best wishes
Dr Arif Rajpura
Director of Public Health
Blackpool Council
Blackpool Football Stadium
Seasiders Way
Blackpool
Lancs, FY1 6JX
Tel: 01253 476361
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Preston Area Churches - for Pew News and Notice Boards
Churches in the Preston Area:
You are invited to a meeting
at Holy Family Pastoral Centre, Ingol PR2 3YP
at 7.30 pm on Tuesday, 4th February
Who is it for? All parish contacts or their representatives
All those who enjoyed working together as Christians
in Preston for Preston Guild
[If possible, at least one representative per church please]
The Guild changed us from churches in Preston and South Ribble to the
Church in Preston and South Ribble - it gave us cohesion and a vision
that we have never had before. It made us buzz. We had a lot of fun and
fellowship, a lot of prayer, many new friendships and a legacy of prayer
and service in our community.
Two years on, we want to celebrate our achievements and build on them.
If you enjoyed and were inspired by the Guild, do come and encourage
others to share the next phase of our journey.
The big ideas for the Guild and the relationships that made them happen
came out of the open meetings we held at English Martyrs Parish Centre
The meeting on 4 February will be similar. We want to hear how you have
built on the Guild, what you think are the priorities for the church in
Preston and how we can best work together to carry forward the Guild
spirit. It is, though, more than just a business meeting - it is an
opportunity to meet old friends, make new ones and share news.
The agenda is below. There will be some time for discussion and
items from the floor, but it would be helpful if you could let me know
in advance if you want to make a substantive comment (just reply to this email),
particularly on items 4 or 5 as it will help us to keep the meeting to time.
We intend to end the business by 9 pm to allow time for fellowship.
1. (5 mins) Welcome and opening prayer
2. (10 mins) Legacies and developments from the Guild - updates from Core group and from the floor
3. (5 mins) Update on churches main leadership changes since the Guild
4. (25 mins) What could/should we be doing - specific initiatives?
Preston Prison (5 mins)
Hospital desk (2 mins)
Mystery plays (10 mins)
Other suggestions?? (max 2/3 minutes each)
5. (25 mins) What should be our strategic approach to:
Poverty and homelessness (5 mins)
Faith communities (5 mins)
Young people (5 mins)
Mental health (5 mins)
Other suggestions?? (max 2/3 mins each)
6. (10 mins) How can we communicate better?
7. (5 mins) Forthcoming events
Fairtrade City celebration
Lent Series in the Minster – Mondays 10th March to 7th April
8. (1 min) The Grace
9. [by 9pm latest] Sharing fellowship (for as long as we want to go on!)
We look forward to seeing you and hearing your comments.
Peter (Lumsden) and the Core Group
let us know
agenda 10 mns
update on church leaders
What should be doing niche activities
prison - mt
drama pasiion or mystery plays samantha blackburn. use of public spaces
for arts events bd
please let us know if you would like to speak 5 mins
questions
young people
helpful if you could let us know of important maaters you wish to bring
to the meeting,
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 01:45:59 +0000
Subject: Re: The church in Preston: Celebrating and building on the Guild
From: brendadell@gmail.com
To: stephen.garsed@gmail.com
CC: kenjoancurphey@hotmail.com; diallen2@hotmail.co.uk; pjlumsden58@gmail.com; shanthi_rasaratnam@tiscali.co.uk
Quick work, Stephen.
I have a suggestion since this is best printed out and put on Church notice boards.
In the topic bar on the email write -
For church bulletins and notice boards.
Replace paragraph one with this.
You are invited to a meeting
at Holy Family Pastoral Centre, Ingol
on Tuesday, February 4th
at 7.30 pm
Who is it for?
All parish contacts or their representatives.
All those who enjoyed working together as Christians in Preston for Preston Guild
Write paragraph 3
Then paragraph 2
Then paragraph 4 etc.
End: We look forward to seeing you and receiving your feedback.
I need to say that Fr. Peter needs info by Tuesday am to get it in our respective bulletins so I feel we need to hurry.
God bless, all
Brenda
Proud to be a Prestonian!
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Stephen Garsed <stephen.garsed@gmail.com> wrote:
All
see draft e-mail and agenda below. The agenda looks over-ambitious - please suggest cuts/restructuring
Going to bed now. I await your comments
Stephen
This e-mail is to confirm the meeting described in my e-mail of 5 December and invite you to the open meeting of Preston and South Ribble churches to be held at Holy Family Parish Centre, Ingol on Tuesday 4 February at 7.30 pm
The Guild changed us from churches in Preston and South Ribble to the Church in Preston and South Ribble - it gave us a cohesion and a vision that we have never had before. It made us buzz. We had a lot of fun and fellowship, a lot of prayer, many new friendships and a legacy of prayer and service in our community..
Two years on, we want to celebrate our achievements and build on them. If you enjoyed and wetre inspired by the Guild, do come and encourage others to share the next phase of our journey.
The big ideas for the Guild and the relationships that made them happen came out of the open meetings we haeld at English Martyrs Parish Centre
The meeting on 4 February will be similar. We want to hear how you have built on the Guild, what you think are the priorities for the church in Preston and how we can best work together to carry forward the Guild spirit. It is, though, more than jusrt a business meeting - it is an opportunity to meet old friends, make new ones and share news.
A draft agenda is below. There will be some time for discussion and items from the floor, but it would be helpful if you could let me know in advance if you want to make a subtstantive comment, particulrly on ittems 4 and 5 as it will help us to keep the meeting to time. We intend to end the business at about 9 pm to allow some time for fellowhip
1. Welcome and opening prayer (5 mins)
2. Legacies and developments from the Guild - updates from Core group and from the floor (10 mins)
3. Update on main leadership changes in the churches since the Guild (5 mins)
4. What could/should we be doing - specific initiatives?
Preston Prison (5 mins)
Hospital desk (2 mins)
Mystery plays (10 mins)
Other suggestions (max 5 minutes each)
5. What should be our strategic approach to:
Poverty and homelessness (5 mins)
Faith communities (5 mins)
Young people (5 mins)
Mental health (5 mins)
Other suggestions (max 5 mins each)
6. How can we communicate better (10 mins)?
7. Forthcoming events (5 mins)
Fairtrade City celebration
Lent series in Minster
8. The Grace (1 min)
9. Sharing fellowship (as long as we want to go on!)
working together
let us know
agenda 10 mns
update on church leaders
What should be doing niche activities
prison - mt
drama pasiion or mystery plays samantha blackburn. use of public spaces for arts events bd
please let us know if you would like to speak 5 mins
questions
young people
helpful if you could let us know of important maatersyou wish to bring to the meeting,
Monday, 20 January 2014
PEOPLE POWER 2014
PEOPLE POWER
Save money on your energy bill in easy steps
Step 1:
Visit www.peoplepower.co.uk before midnight on 17th February, 2014Step 2:
Enter your details and energy usage (remember to have a recent gas and electric billto hand).
Step 3:
Sit back and relax while we negotiate a better energy deal on your behalf during an online energy auction on 18thFebruary, 2014
The more people who sign up, the greater the buying power we have, so spread the word and
together we have the power to start saving money on our energy bills. There is no obligation to switch
suppliers and no long term contracts, so what have you got to lose?
People Power = Buying Power = Cheaper Power
For more information please ring Preston City Council on 01772 906353, 906355 and 906575.
So, what are you waiting for? Join forces and register for People Power today, a collective energy
buying scheme powered by your Local Council.
Work Club Network Meeting
I expect many of you have this already but just in case not...
Work Club Network Meeting
3 0
th J a n u a r y , 2014Room B Town Hall 10.00am to 12 Midday
The Work Club Network is for volunteers and staff from local
work clubs to get together and share experiences, knowledge
and good working practices. Partners are also welcome to
join us; representatives from the Job Centre Plus regularly
attend to provide updates on legislative changes.
Anyone wishing to join us or wanting to present relevant
information to the network can contact Debbie Stuart:
Tel 01772 903404
or email d.stuart@preston.gov.ukCreative Employment Programme - deadline 14 February 2014
The £15 million, National Lottery funded programme is aimed at increasing work and training opportunities for unemployed young people within the creative sector. The programme will provide funding for 6,500 new traineeships, apprenticeships and paid internship opportunities to help young unemployed people enter the arts and cultural workforce. Employment created will be in a wide range of disciplines, from technical to administrative roles, provided they are located in England and fall within the Arts Council England's footprint of: Music, Dance, Theatre, Literature, Visual Arts, Contemporary Craft, Combined Arts, Carnival, Circus, Galleries, Museums, and Libraries. The programme will provide part wage grants to employers who create new apprenticeship and internship job opportunities for young unemployed people aged 16-24. Employers will need to make an application for funding in order to access a part wage grant.
http://creative-employment.co.uk/the-creative-employment-programme
http://creative-employment.co.uk/the-creative-employment-programme
EAGA Charitable Trust Grant Programme - deadline 7 February 2014
The Trust supports projects and research into the causes of fuel poverty. There is no minimum or maximum grant level that organisations can apply for and most grants last between two and three years. During 2014 the Trust will fund work that promotes the understanding and combatting of fuel poverty.
http://www.eagacharitabletrust.org/index.php/grants-offered
http://www.eagacharitabletrust.org/index.php/grants-offered
About The Together in Service Fund
FaithAction will be administering a pot of £160,000 over 2 years. This is available as 1:1 match-funding for small grants of £2,000 and £5,000 – the Together in Service Fund – to facilitate new multi-faith social action projects at a local level, where there is often a lack of confidence in undertaking volunteering work in a multi-faith way.
http://www.togetherinservice.net/funding/
Deadline for next round 6th February
Friday, 17 January 2014
LCC & Preston Community Engagement Networking Event
Community Engagement Networking Event
Wednesday 26th February
16.30 – 18.30
Museum of Lancashire
Stanley St, Preston PR1 4YP 01772 534075
Free Parking
This upcoming Community Engagement Network aims to provide an opportunity for local groups and organisations to meet each other, interact and build useful relationships and possibly even explore potential partnership opportunities!
We hope to shake it up and offer a chance to share information and ideas with each other. Let's see what the conversations can lead to.
We have invited a range of speakers to share with you the work they are committed to.
If there are topics you would like to see explored in future CEN's let us know!
4.30 - 4.40
Arrivals and Introductions4.40 - 5.00
Networking activity - a chance to share your projects5.00 - 6.00
Key Note speakers6.00 - 6.30
Open networkingPlease send confirmation of your attendance to:
Community Engagement trainee
Amanda.laycock@lancashire.gov.uk
Thursday, 16 January 2014
New report on church growth research form the cofE
New report on church growth research form the cofE
Monday, 13 January 2014
Lecture by Professor Richard Wilkinson...: Transforming Society: inequality, sustainability and the quality of life Edge Hill University Events
Only just down the road at Ormskirk
From: Edge Hill University [mailto:corporateevents=edgehill.ac.uk@cmail4.com] On Behalf Of Edge Hill University
Sent: 13 January 2014 15:40
To: John Davis (Together Liverpool)
Subject: Edge Hill University Events
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