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‘Believe in Shipley’
is a festival of Christian life celebrating what God is doing in the Shipley
communities, letting people know that Jesus loves them and inviting people to
learn more about the Christian faith. We
are working across the Christian community to engage people with things to see,
do and participate in. The festival has
particular focus on 24 September to 2 October 2016 but very much builds upon
what God is already doing in the area and has a momentum which will continue to
build over the coming months.
Believe in Shipley
will have several main events, but the encouragement is to the churches,
individually and collectively to get involved.
Main events will include an evening with the Archbishop of York, John
Sentamu (26th), Youth Event in Roberts Park (28th), a Big
Picnic (2nd), ‘Live at Costa’ events and John Froud as the resident
musician with friends at the Lloyds Bar in Shipley. As Methodist churches, we have Rev. Dr Martyn
Atkins, Team Leader and Superintendent Minister at Methodist Central Hall
leading an evening at Northcliffe on Friday 23rd and Rev. Dr Roger
Walton, Chair of The West Yorkshire District and, from July, President of the
Methodist Conference, leading over the course of a day at Titus Salt School on
Wednesday 28th.
Prayer and
participation are key. We have been
praying for the festival for over a year and we encourage you to join us,
through your own personal prayers and the opportunities there are to join with
others. There are, and will be, lots of
opportunities to get involved, to share the love of Jesus and to invite people.
You can keep up to
date with all that is happening through the Believe in Shipley website believeinshipley.com
Rev Andrew
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