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The aims of Shire & Soke are
to seek and promote Christian Unity and to encourage and support ecumenical activity in Northamptonshire and Peterborough.
The members of Shire & Soke are
the church leaders and their representatives
from the mainstream denominations.
Shire and Soke is the Intermediate Body between the national Churches Together in England and local Churches Together groups.
The name of Shire and Soke comes from
the Shire of Northampton and the Soke of Peterborough
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| Vacancy for a YOUTH CLUB ~ TEAM LEADER
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at: BROOKSIDE METHODIST CHURCH
Gunthorpe
Road, Peterborough PE4 7TG
Our Youth Club caters for 11 to 18 year olds and meets on a Friday evening during term time. We are appointing a Team
Leader who can co-ordinate these weekly sessions and lead our team of committed
volunteers.
A voluntary post, but all expenses will be paid.
Enhanced CRB disclosure required.
If you enjoy working with young people and would like to be a core part of our work, we invite you to contact the Club Administrator, Mrs Chris Hardman, canddhardman@btinternet.com for
details of how to apply.
Closing date for
applications is 15th June 2012
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| Hope Northampton Pentecost News
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We would like to keep everyone up-to-date with development for this year's Pentecost events and want to draw your attention to the following:
- Website: Hope Northampton has a website (www.hopenorthampton.org.UK) which has information regarding Pentecost as well as link to resources about how your church can be involved in The Big Lunch
- Getting Involved: there are a number of PDF files which give information about all the ways your church can be involved in this year's event, including sponsorship, advertising, practical ways, the 10 Days of Prayer, Faith On The Streets etc. These can be found at www.hopenorthampton.org.uk/pentecost-in-the-park
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| Churches Organise for the Olympic Games
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More than Gold
More Than Gold Peterborough, is a group of churches from across the city, teamed up to provided events that will occur throughout this year and the months leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. http://morethangoldpeterborough.co.uk/index.html Torch Relay In the days leading up to the opening of the Games the Olympic flame will be run the length and breadth of the UK - in a massive cavalcade involving a team of 8,000 torchbearers Torch Relay Information from More Than Gold (pdf)
Praise Bus Making the journey between most of the seventy overnight stops of the Olympic
Torch relay will be an open top praise bus. Read More here, at Churches Together in England
More Than Gold National Website is at:http://www.morethangold.org.uk/
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| Covenant Renewed by Shire and Soke Church Leaders
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 Church leaders from across the Region, with responsibility for Northamptonshire and Peterborough met together on Thursday 19th April 2012 in Northampton to renew and recommit to their previous partnership to continue to act together as a visible sign of Churches working together in unity.
Covenant -read more
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| Churches can break the barriers of poverty and homelessness
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Housing Justice, with Church Action on Poverty and Scottish Churches Housing Action, is using online videos to show how a range of barriers trap people in poverty and homelessness and how churches can help break these barriers.
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| News Release: Evangelisation initiatives 2011-2014
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Local Churches and Biblefresh, More than Gold, Hope Together 2011-2014
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| Hope into Action Report on work this winter with the homeless
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We ended last year on a high, with 16 formerly homeless people all sleeping in homes supported by churches....
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| The World Council of Churches
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have produced a'river map' showing the main highlights of the ecumenical movement from 1910 to 2010.
To view the enlarged map click here (1.83mb)
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