For a couple of years now the Neighbourhood Action Team (NAT) often chaired by the Scunthorpe Mayor – which includes the police, local Council, Probation Services, Neighbourhood Watch, and various other bodies – have held their monthly meetings in the Café. At the last NAT meeting there were about 50 people present – and the… Continue reading
Date Archives → March 2008
Café Church creates community!
Cottage Beck Café Church “just seems to draw people to it.” (read more)
Revive is one year old!
Activities through the year have included a 48 hour prayer weekend, revive café nights, the development of a number of Life Groups – including one that meets on Saturday afternoons at 2pm, and now sometimes expands into a large Bible class, support for a community house and a weekly community meal for disadvantaged people –… Continue reading
Revive is One Year Old!
The revive church plant celebrated their first birthday last Saturday, March 15. Congratulations. (read more)
God answers prayers in pub!
Cottage Beck Café Church was established as a link to the community in Scunthorpe (Lincolnshire). The Church in the Pub (the Kingsway @ the Queensway) was seen as another link to the community. With this in mind the In Touch meetings on Tuesday evenings – after the Café closes – was designed for deeper Bible… Continue reading
God answers prayers in the Pub!
Planters Bryan and Isobel Webster imagined that people would relax in the Cottage Beck Café Church environment – then perhaps link to a Bible discussion group. When Church in the Pub (the Kingsway @ the Queensway) started – they thought the same would happen. (read more – to see what IS happening!)
Tea Church impacts festival!
The Sziget Festival is one of Europe's largest music festivals – attracting 50-60,000 people per day. To see their creative activities and learn of their plans to secure their own premises – check out their Tea Church website.
Tea Church impacts music festival!
The Budapest Tea Church (in Hungary) started as an outreach at the Pepsi Island Music Festival (now the Sziget Festival) – one of the largest music festivals of Europe. (read more)
IGNITION Sparks Young Adult Discipleship
Hundreds of young adults gathered in Dallas, TX, last month, eager to worship, disciple, and revolutionize ministry to their peers. For a young adult report, photos and plans (read more)
Swinburne Goes Public
Gateway Adventist Centre has the goal of planting new churches. Over the last couple of years a team has been working to establish Care Groups on the Swinburne University of Technology campus in Melbourne, Australia. The groups have grown – and the first public worship services will be held at the Swinburne Conference Centre at… Continue reading