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Logos July and August 2015
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN NORTHAMPTON
uniting Churches of varied traditions,
sharing information, action and prayer
Churches Together Northampton
MODERATOR Adina Curtis
DEPUTY MODERATOR Rev David McConkey
SECRETARY Rev. Ted Hale
01604 762305
TREASURER Mrs. Lesley Goulbourne [email protected]
LOGOS EDITOR Joe Story
01604 580478
CTN WEBSITE
Hilary Tunbridge
Website address:
www.churches-together-
northampton.org.uk
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CONTENTS
COMMENT FROM THE EDITOR 3 CHURCHES TOGETHER 4 DENOMINATIONAL 4 CROSS/NON-DENOMINATIONAL 6 INDIVIDUAL CHURCH EVENTS AND ORGANISATIONS 9 INTER-FAITH 19 FUNDING 19 NATIONAL/LOCALGOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR 20 TRAINING AND RESOURCES 21 JOBS AND VOLUNTEERING 22 GUIDELINES FOR INCLUSION OF ITEMS IN LOGOS 23
Items are included at the discretion of the
editor based on policy agreed by Churches
Together Northampton.
3 COMMENT FROM THE EDITOR
Aesop relates the story that once upon a time the Fox invited the Stork to
dinner and put before her some soup in a very shallow dish. The Fox could
easily lap it up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it,
and left the meal as hungry as when she began. "I am sorry that the soup is
not to your liking" said the Fox.
"Pray do not apologise," said the Stork. "I hope you will come and dine
with me soon and I will show you what a true feast is." When the Fox went
to dinner at the Stork's house she also served some soup but in a very long-
necked jar with a narrow mouth, and all the Fox could manage to do was
lick the outside of it. So he too left a shared meal still hungry.
We recognise that both the Fox and the Stork were plainly bad mannered.
To invite someone to share in a meal and then to serve it in the manner to
which we are accustomed but without taking any account of how they nor-
mally eat, demonstrates that we have little regard for the other person and it
makes the sharing of food an almost meaningless gesture. To be meaning-
ful, the sharing of food needs to include a genuine interest in each other and
a willingness to understand what makes the other person tick.
Over the years that I have been involved in working across the denomina-
tions I have attended many occasions that have involved a coming together
of those from different traditions of worship. Some have been very good
indeed, as those involved have sought to understand where others have
come from and have embraced aspects of other traditions that have cor-
rected and enriched their own. Those who have come with the attitude
'What can I learn from my brothers and sisters?' have rarely gone away dis-
appointed.
But such times have been few. Too often I have been unable to see any at-
tempt to put other guests at ease. Too often the hosts have simply served up
the worship in the way in which they are most comfortable; in the way in
which they themselves are most at ease.
Of course, worship can be wrong - the Israelites were admonished to
flee from such and so should we. But different styles and different cultures
do not simply equate to what is right or wrong, that has much more to do
with content, responding to who God is, as expressed through hearts and
minds. When it comes merely to style and what we are used to, God is able
to embrace the full range of human expressions and sift out that which is
based on preference or familiarity. But we are not so able. To insist that
others adapt to us without any effort to adapt to them, is not unity but bad
manners.
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DENOMINATIONAL
A new framework for local ecumenism
A consultation paper
As part of CTE's remit to support and encourage local ecumenism, a
sub-group of the National Ecumenical Officers have been exploring the
issues facing Local Ecumenical Partnerships and the new ecumenical
contexts in England.
The consultation paper downloadable below is the fruit of their work.
It is not the final word but is meant to stimulate discussion and reflec-
tion. It has been sent to CTE's Member Churches and to Intermediate
Bodies and responses are also invited from others with a heart for
Christian unity.
Read the covering note which is the first page of the document.
• Reflect on the questions in Annex 1.
Send in your thoughts by 31 October 2015 to ‘[email protected]’.
Link to the webpage, consultation paper and email reply:
http://www.cte.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=441
Quaker Peace and Social WitnessQuaker Peace and Social WitnessQuaker Peace and Social WitnessQuaker Peace and Social Witness is organising an inter faith service of commemoration and commitment to a nuclear-free world on Thursday 6 August. The date marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The service will be held from 2.30pm to 3.30pm at Friends House, 173 Eus-ton Road, London NW1 2BJ and will be followed by refreshments and exhibitions. To reserve a place, complete the form at https://forms.quaker.org.uk/hiroshima or contact Kristin Skarsholt at [email protected] or on020 7663 1121.
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Roman Catholic Proclaim'15 Request
for Prayer In 2015 a significant evangelisation initiative called Proclaim ’15 is being
launched to support, inspire and encourage new expressions of parish evan-
gelisation. A project of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, it is
designed to affirm the good work that is already being done by the Catholic
community, and to provide resources and events to profile and develop new
expressions of Catholic joy and missionary outreach.
This is the first event of its kind in a generation and will bring together an ex-
traordinary group of speakers, workshop leaders and representatives from
every diocese in England and Wales to celebrate joyfully and confidently their
Catholic Faith, and to explore how better to share it.
850 evangelisation representatives will be in attendance, with a quota of day
passes having been assigned, equally, to each diocese. The event is primarily
offered for members of diocesan evangelisation teams and commissions, as
well as to a wider group of co-workers directly working in support of existing
diocesan strategies and plans. The the CTE co-ordinating group, The Churches
Group for Evangelisation, 10 ecumenical guests will be present at Proclaim '15
to share in the event, pray, and reflect afterwards at the request of
the planning group.
The following prayer is for Proclaim '15. Christians are invited to pray regu-
larly and especially on July 11th, in all traditions, for the conference and for
the Holy Spirit 'to go out to the whole world to proclaim'.
PROCLAIM ’15 PRAYER
(You are welcome to reproduce the initiative prayer in print and use it on electronic
platforms.)
Loving Father, You so loved the world that you sent us your only
Son, that we might believe in him and have eternal life. May we en-
counter Jesus Christ anew this day and live the Good News with
joy. Through the power of your Holy Spirit, help us to “go out to the
whole world and proclaim” our faith with confidence.
Give us the courage to witness to the Joy of the Gospel by our words
and actions. Help our parish to become more welcoming and mission-
ary, so that you may be known and loved by all people. We make this
prayer through Our Lord Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever, Amen.
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Forthcoming Cinnamon Network event
Launch event for volunteer training on Thursday 16thJuly from 7 - 8:15pm at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Northampton. This is to launch the new development leadership training for volun-teers, which will be a one day course to help individuals gain valu-able skills to be able to run a Cinnamon project or another project. Details [email protected]
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Northampton East Prayer
The last Wednesday in the month a number of churches in North-ampton East meet together from 7am-8am in Emmanuel Coffee Shop to pray. (access by the Bus Stop or on the second floor of Weston Favell Centre) Please join with us to pray for Northampton East For more details: email [email protected] or phone 01604 785969 Emmanuel Church Office 01604 402150
KINGS PARK LEADER’S LUNCH Next Event: Friday 16th October
with Gavin Calver, Director, Evangelical Alliance
Gavin has recently been appointed Director of the Evangelical Alli-ance in England having spent many years serving Youth for Christ. His insight into leadership is invaluable, and we are sure your own work and ministry will benefit
Schedule
11.30-11.50: Registration, Coffee and mingle – Resource Exhibition open
11.50-12.00: Worship
12.00-12.45: Keynote Speaker – Gavin Calver
12.45-13.00: Pray Together
13:00-13:45: Lunch (£8), Networking & Resource Exhibition (plus Optional Seminar)
www.kingsparklunches.org.uk
To book tel: 01604 494100 Cost £8.
MISSION NORTHAMPTONSHIRE “UNITE IN JESUS FOR OUR COUNTY”
Behold how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity!”
CHURCH & MINISTRY LEADERS BUFFET LUNCH
Thursday 30th July 2015 @11.30am
Building on the success of Pentecost. We are organising a Church and Ministry leaders lunch invit-
ing Leaders share in the development of future plans to-wards Pentecost 2016 and Sixfield’s Stadium 2017.
Working in unity to towards a spiritual transformation of our County
Venue: All Nations Fellowship 38 – 40 Abington Square,
Northampton NN1 4AH
Contact: [email protected] Or [email protected]
For up to date info please go to Mission Northamptonshire Facebook Page
For catering purposes please reply by 23rd July 2015.
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INDIVIDUAL CHURCH EVENTS AND ORGANISATIONS Kahrmel Wellness have some sponsored tickets available for
their upcoming specialised training on Tackling Domestic Violence & Abuse In Faith Communities, which they are holding on the 9th of July 2015 in Birmingham. They would like to offer some of these to churches / Christian organisation.
The full day training is specifically suitable for church leaders, and members of churches who work day to day in their faith commu-nity. They are inviting churches to take advantage of this offer of a maximum of 5 delegates per individual church / organisation. This offer is exclusive to faith communities.
The sponsored ticket offers the delegates free attendance to the full day of training, as well as free lunch and refreshments. Those interested in attending, are welcome to contact them as soon as possible at [email protected] or call at 0121 231 7465, to claim this offer. Alternatively, if you are responding for a group of delegates, please send them an email at the same address, giv-ing them the name and email address for each member of their group.
Once they have received a delegate's name and email address, they will send them their tickets and registration details to pre-sent at the door, upon their arrival on the day.
Please note that the delegates will be required to attend the full day of training for them to obtain certificates for the training. In addition, this offer cannot be claimed at the door on the day of the event. The offer is only available when accepted by the 7th of July of 2015.
Further information on the training including the topics covered and the train-ers is available at http://kahrmelwellness.com/2015-national-training/.
St Matthew's Summer Fête Philip Bricher will be giving a recital on Saturday 4th July, 14:30-15:00. The Music Di-rector, Stephen Moore, will also give a recital 13:30-14:00. Including music by anniver-sary composers, transcriptions and light-hearted works!
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Northamptonshire Faith Action Audit Cinnamon Network this week revealed the results of the North-amptonshire Faith Action Audit providing clear evidence of the large scale social action impact and economic value of faith groups are having in the county. The Cinnamon Faith Action Audit for Northamptonshire was launched at an event in Kings Park, Northampton hosted by Adam Simmonds with keynote speaker Canon Andrew White and is the most detailed and comprehen-sive report of its kind to date. Among other crucial statistics the survey reveals that the time alone given by churches together and other faith groups through social action projects in the area was worth over £15 million, impacting tens of thousands of people within the county. On a national level this puts time given by UK faith groups into their communities at over £3 billion a year, sup-porting 48 million beneficiaries. The Audit Steering Committee worked hard to invite all types of faith groups who meet a wide range of social needs including homelessness, social isolation, debt and addiction, to take part in the Northamptonshire Cinna-mon Faith Action Audit in early February this year from both ur-ban and rural areas. The report highlighted that churches and faith groups contributed 1.5M hours of volunteering to Northamp-tonshire last year, with each group delivering £89k worth of sup-port on average. The report also disproved the stereotype of churches and faith groups predominantly working with women and children as it identified that paid staff and volunteers were actively working with people from all ages and with men and women in almost equal measure. For more information contact: Nick Amis 01933 314242 email [email protected]
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The first Richard Beadon Inaugural Lecture by will take place Satur-day 4th July. At 2pm (doors open 1.30 pm) at the Northampton High School for Girls. Paul Valler will speak on his book Get a Life – winning choices for winning people. It will be followed by drinks and canapés. This will be an encouragement to live out our Christian Faith in our daily lives and to become more faithful followers of Jesus Christ.
Richard Beadon was a Church of England reader who has made a be-quest to the Peterborough Guild of Centurions. Free admission - please advise names to: [email protected]
GREECE IN THE FOOTSTEPS of St Paul A PILGRIMAGE TO GREECE with the Revd Heather Wilson
23 May - 2 June 2016 From our viewpoint at the beginning of the third millennium it is good to look back to the first century missionary journeys of St Paul and the expan-sion of the early Christian Church. This pilgrimage will bring to life the early churches Paul founded and corre-sponded with. Places so familiar from the New Testament, such as Thessa-lonika, Philippi and Corinth, will be visited. Our pilgrimage is a journey covering the length of Greece. We begin in Kavala (biblical Neapolis), then travel through rural Greece to Thessalonika and on to the fantastic Meteora monasteries and the ancient oracle at Delphi. Our destination, like Paul, is Athens. Here he preached his famous sermon introducing the Athenians to the “unknown God”. Visits during our three night stay in Athens include the Areopagus where Paul preached and the incomparable Parthenon adorning the Acropolis. There will be an opportunity to worship each day and to celebrate the Eucharist together on a couple of occasions.
For a brochure and further information please phone, text or email Revd Heather Wilson Tel: 07702033727 Email: [email protected]
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Discipleship in Action, at Corby Business Academy, Saturday 26th September, 10am to 4pm and free!
… Using short talks, workshops and displays to encourage Christians to put their faith into practice in everyday life.
Those already booked to speak include Jerry Marshall, CEO of the Ar-thur Rank Centre, entrepreneur, and Christian, who’ll be speaking about
enterprise in rural areas. Read more about him at:
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/Stories/Personal?storyaction=view&storyid=1870
and Richard Higginson, Director of the Faith in Business Centre at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, who’ll be talking about Christian entrepreneurs and
leading a workshop on ‘Dilemmas in Business’ Please contact Andrew Presland (01933 316927) if you’d like to run a
workshop or bring a display about your organisation or project.
Rushden Salvation Army,
Church Street, Rushden
advertise a forthcoming event on Saturday 25th July at 7.00pm the visit of Charlie Green (Semi Finalist Britain's Got Talent) supported by Gary Rose (Former Member of The Salvation Army's International Staff Band).
Charlie is also a member of Droitwich Salvation Army Corps.
Tickets are available from Gill
Valentine on 01933 353528 at the cost of £5.
They are expecting a full house so get your tickets now.
Come and join us at a
Full English Breakfast and talk for men....
"Man Grow" Alf Cooper (Chilean Mis-
sionary Partner) About Biblical
men who keep claiming
things...and how they grow in
faith, confidence
and expectation Saturday 11th July
@8.00am @ St Giles' Church
Centre Come and hear Alf,
you'll be challenged to keep claiming from God
To book email [email protected]
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A Special Taizé Worship Event.
One summer, over thirty years ago, I stepped into a minibus with a church
youth group I barely knew (one young member of which has just cele-
brated his twenty fifth wedding anniversary) and went off on an adventure
to a place in the heart of Burgundy called Taizé.
I have since returned many times. With my own children, with dear
friends, and most recently with my husband. Each time has been different.
And each time the same. Taizé is a special place of community and wel-
come, of music and prayer, of laughter, fellowship and silence. My visits
have enhanced my faith and my prayer life immeasurably. The interna-
tional meetings on the hill each summer have included an increasing num-
ber of nationalities and languages, as the world has grown smaller, al-
though many pilgrims still have to spend days travelling to get there.
Some of the “little springtime” which is Taizé can be celebrated in our
worship here. At St. Peter's we have included Taizé music in our worship
and had special Taizé style services, the most recent led by Aimee
Whittaker.
This year, the ecumenical Christian community at Taizé is celebrating
seventy five years of existence. It also celebrates a hundred years since
the birth of Brother Roger who founded the community to encourage and
act out reconciliation in a place which had been torn apart by war and was
hungry for both food and for God's love.
From August the 9th to the 16th the brothers will hold “a gathering for a
new solidarity” on the hill, a special week-long meeting open to partici-
pants 18-35 years old with workshop leaders who work for peace and jus-
tice worldwide.
On Sunday the 16th, in solidarity with them, St Peter's and Emmanuel,
itself an ecumenical church, plan to get together to hold a joint Taizé eve-
ning service of celebration in Weston Favell. If you would like more in-
formation, please contact -Lorraine Bewley-Tippler,
e: [email protected] or
St Peter’s Parish Office, t: 01604 787117
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Join us for our Heritage Weekend Thursday 10th & 11th September– 10-4pm,
Saturday 12th 10-5pm and Sunday 13th 1-5pm
At Northampton Jesus Centre
• Have a guided tour of our Grade 111 listed Art Deco
building– take part in our quiz
• Enjoy morning coffee, lunch or an afternoon cream tea
in The Circle Café
• See how the charity are putting the building back into
public use
No need to book just pop in– Free admission as part of
the Heritage Open days
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Northampton Soup – 12 noon launch 12th
September
Christ Church, Wellingborough Road, Northampton NN1 5LL
This event is based on Detroit Soup, a model of
local fundraising and community engagement,
which has also been rolled out in Essex. The idea
is that for a £5 minimum donation for soup and
bread you can become part of a funding network
where people pitch ideas and attendees vote on
local projects. The successful project takes the
proceedings raised and feeds back at the next
event. The ideas pitched may cover arts, social
justice, social enterprise and food initiatives. About 4 projects are pitched at an event.
Children eat free and get a vote! Bring your own bowl, (we have got some)!
Further information: David Wiseman 01604 633254 or
This initiative is being led by Northamptonshire Food Poverty Network.
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FUNDING Funding Central website
Funding Central - http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/default.aspx - is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises that provides access to thousands of funding and finance opportunities, to-gether with tools and resources for supporting organisations to develop sustainable income strategies appropriate to their needs.
Funding Central is managed by the National Council for Voluntary Or-ganisations, in partnership with Idox Information Solutions Ltd, and funded by the Government’s Office for Civil Society
Sewa Day - Sunday 4 October. The Sanskrit word ‘Sewa’ means ‘selfless service’. The aim of Sewa Day is to provide people a chance to give back to the local community through volunteering on a single day to make a difference. For more in-formation and to get involved visit: www.sewaday.org
INTER-FAITH One World Week - Sunday 18 to Sunday 25 October. Each year One World Week is an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds to come together to learn about global justice, to spread that learning and to use it to take action for justice locally and globally. The theme for this year’s One World Week is ‘Hope in Action’. This aims to inspire a culture of hope to build a more equal and peaceful world. For more information, including guidance for inter faith and inter cultural events, visit http://www.oneworldweek.org.
National Inter Faith Week in England, Wales and Northern Ireland his year (2015) will be Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 November.
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NATIONAL/LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR 20
Signing of Faith Covenant
Representatives of the Police, three councils and seven faith groups signed a covenant to
work together for the good of our town and county at an event at Kings Park Conference
Centre last week. Northamptonshire is the third area of the country to be involved such an
agreement which has been initiated by Faith Action UK in cooperation with the All Party
Parliamentary Group on faith.
Whilst it is recognised that there are fundamental disagreements on many issues between
all the parties involved in signing the covenant, it is also recognised that when it comes to
acts of compassion and social justice there are actually areas of close agreement. The
covenant particularly highlights that, it is in areas of community life where we may agree
rather than those areas where we possibly do not, that we need to seek to affirm one an-
other and work together.
Those who signed the covenant were as follows:
Cllr Chris Miller (Daventry), Cllr Phil Bignell (South Northants) and Cllr Robin
Brown NCC Cabinet Member and Chair of Health and Wellbeing Board
Adam Simmonds, Police Commissioner
Baha'i Faith - Ken Howlett Buddhist Faith - William Duncan Christian Faith – Bishop John Holbrook Jewish - Bruce Greenburg Hindu Faith - Neelam Aggarwal-Singh Muslim Faith Abade Ahmed i
Sikh Faith - Nisha Mejer If you would like more information about the covenant visit: www.ofbci.com
TRAINING AND RESOURCES 21
Bishop Dr Joe Aldred, acting General Secretary of
Churches Together in England has just published his autobiography:
‘From Top Mountain’. The book tells the story of Joe’s life from childhood
in the rural district of Top Mountain located in the hills of St Catherine, Jamaica, to his current ecu-menical role serving the churches in England.
www.hansibpublications.com
The BIG Welcome The BIG Welcome is a simple idea to encourage Christians to share God’s love as they play a part in building their community. It is about making people feel really welcome in any church activ-ity. Sunday 20 September is being suggested as
a BIG Welcome Day this year, but the resources are undated so that they can be used at any time. For more information, and to order resources, see the BIG Welcome website.
ENGAGE 2015
Is a cross denominational organisation helping UK churches demonstrate God’s love by serving the Rugby World Cup 2015, and their communities during the event. The focus is on five specific areas of ministry: Community festivals – around screen-ing games as churches or linking with local rugby clubs Hospitality – showing hospi-tality to families of participants & supporters Guest events – rugby based Christian speakers, sports quizzes Children & Youth – a range of materials for schools, Holi-day Clubs, Messy Church, & Youth Groups Tag & Touch Rugby – helping churches see the possibilities they offer for outreach The six week Rugby World Cup 2015 starts on September 18. It involves 20 national squads playing 48 games in 13 ven-ues spread across England & Wales all on ITV, with half a million international visi-tors, and a global TV audience of 4 billion. For more information go to www.engage2015.co.uk or contact [email protected]. Also link in through Facebook (Engage 2015) & Twitter (@engage2015).
JOBS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
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Volunteer Opportunity -
Clerk to Trustees - C2C Social Action
Supporting Trustees in meeting administration
Requirements to attend meetings every 6 weeks (Thursday 7pm - 9pm)
plus administration time to type up notes.
Good minute taking skills required as well as the need for strict confiden-
tiality.
Please contact Suzy Van Rooyen on
01604 824 080 or [email protected]
Coming soon… a JOB VACANCY with East Northants Community Services in Rushden:
Tenancy Support Officer (20 hours per week). Please ring 01933 353946 or [email protected] to ask for
a job specification to be sent to you when it is available.
We are currently looking for 2 or 3 more volunteers to join our night team to help look after 6 people in the Sanctuary based at the Full Gospel Church on High Street South. This position does not require you to be awake all night but to be on hand if needed. The shift runs
betweens10pm and 9am one night a week. Full training provided with regular courses offered such as health & safety and first aid to name a few. If you would be interested please contact Maria or Alison on
01933 353946, Monday -Friday 9am to 2pm.
Under One Roof The Story of a Christian Community By Roger Sawtell
Published in June 2015 in paperback ISBN 078 0 232 53173 2 Price £8-99
Info Bite - Volunteers and the law Date: 15th July 15, 9:30am - 11:00am Venue: Relate, 76 St Giles Street, Northampton, NN1 1JW Cost: FREE
An info bite session for organisations and groups that involve volunteers. Discussion points will include: expenses, benefits, health and safety and data protection. Come along and meet other volunteer involving organisations.
Rock UK Adventure Centres runs the Frontier Centre at Irthling-
borough. We are currently looking for an Administrator to join our small team: If you have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, this role could be for you. We are looking for someone to be a key part of the small admin team; the successful applicant will assist in the bookings process for both residen-tial and day visitors, liaise with customers and support the centre leader-ship team. Attention to detail and a friendly telephone manner are essen-tial. There is an Occupational Requirement (OR) that the person ap-pointed to this position is a practising Christian. 37.5 hours per week Salary around £13,200 per annum dependent on experience.
For a full job description and application form please contact Helen at [email protected] or telephone 01933 654103.
We run a two-year residential training programme for people who are inter-
ested in becoming outdoor activities instructors:
• Are you passionate about people?
• Do you want to work in the outdoors?
• Are you keen to learn new skills?
• Do you want to grow in your faith?
• Are you interested in creating memories for life? Then the Rock UK Instructor Training Programme is for you! There is an Occupational Requirement (OR) that these positions are filled by practising Christians. If you are interested in joining our team or want more information about the programme please contact Helen Tilney on 01933 654103 or email [email protected].
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GUIDELINES FOR INCLUSION OF ITEMS INLOGOS LOGOS is Churches Together Northampton monthly newsletter. Part of its function is to
share information; something it endeavours to do from a standpoint of grace and generosity.
LOGOS will advertise and inform about events put on by Christian churches or organisa-
tions in and around Northamptonshire other than normal services that take place on a regu-
lar basis. It will also include items which may be of interest to churches even if not
‘Christian’ in content (such as information relating to state law, charities, or things of par-
ticular note in Northampton).
Events may be organised by individuals, individual churches or organisations, or by groups
working together. An event does not have to be a ‘United ‘event to be included and it can
be put on by and for special interest groups – such as mums and toddlers, church leaders or
a Gospel Choir.
However in order to assist LOGOS readers, the editor will endeavour to classify items and
LOGOS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS
LOGOS adverts are accepted at the discretion of the editor based on guidelines consistent with the ethos of CTN. Advertisers are not
checked by LOGOS and it is the responsibility of the purchaser to satisfy themselves that the products/services offered are genuine
Advertise here from£3-50 per issue For details contact [email protected]
group them together into categories. These are not absolute classifications but generally
speaking those we use are as follows:
CHURCHES TOGETHER ENGLAND, CHURCHES TOGETHER NORTHAMPTON
DENOMINATIONAL, CROSS CHURCH
INDIVIDUAL CHURCH EVENTS AND ORGANISATIONS
NATIONAL /LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
INTERFAITH, FUNDING, TRAINING AND RESOURCES, JOBS & VOLUNTEERING
Sometimes information or advertisements for events are worded with such terms as
‘United’, ‘Unity’, ‘Working together’, ’For Northampton’ etc. which would initially seem
to indicate that they might be included in CHURCHES TOGETHER NORTHAMPTON or
at least in CROSS CHURCH. However it sometimes appears that the events are in fact or-
ganised by a single church or organisation, or perhaps by a small group but which is com-
prised of those from a particular church stream or theological standpoint. In such case the
editor would normally follow CTN policy and include them in the INDIVIDUAL
CHURCH EVENTS AND ORGANISATIONS classification.
Events are not classified by their aim but by their origin. So an event put on by one individ-
ual will be classified as such, even if they are aiming for something united and is open to
all churches.
As far as LOGOS classifications are concerned (based on the understanding and agreement
of Churches Together), for something to be advertised as United or one of the other afore-
mentioned terms, at least one of the following should apply:
1) The event should be sponsored by the different churches in a locality (for example
Churches Together Abington comprises all the different churches in that area.)
2) The event will have involved active participation in decision making by individuals or
churches from a spread of denominations or church groupings (Prayer and Praise North-
ampton would be an example of this.)
3) If organised by an individual or single group, they will have agreed co-operation or in-
volvement with a spread of inter-denominational participants before the event is made pub-
lic. (Last year’s fundraising event for C2C and NVCFR was an example of this.)
4) The event is organised by an organisation which already fully demonstrates cross church
activity (such as Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs).
5) The event is designated cross denominational or cross church by Churches Together
Northampton or England (such as Women’s World Day of Prayer).
Whilst recognising that some events are organised from the best of motives, and with the
wish and aspiration that they become cross church/denominational vehicles for unity, the
LOGOS editor may nonetheless decline to include such events if they suggest a level of
already agreed unity and co-operation that does not in fact exist.
Such action does not necessarily imply that the editor considers such an event to be wrong
or unhelpful, but it will be done in order to ensure the accuracy of information which is
carried by LOGOS. Joe Story LOGOS editor 2015
