net news

n this issue:
  1. Tim's ramblings (optional!)
  2. Leaders' Net on 12th June 
  3. Children Of The Black Country.....
  4. Black Country Prayer Conference in June
  5. Andrea Minichiello-Williams on 6th June
  6. 020........it's been a while!!
  7. Dudley Songs of Praise
  8. Wolverhampton YFC??
  9. Young vulnerable mother to be or mother and baby?
  10. Dudley Churches' Together News
  11. Partners in Harvest - Revival fires
  12. JOB
Dear Black Countryites,
 
Greetings fellow Oxen! We trust that your stalls are full, and that you are ready to pull!
 
Please see lots of stuff below and on the web-site, including a growing number of jobs with Christian agencies.
 
There are quite a few key strategic things coming up, including our second BLACK COUNTRY PRAYER SCHOOL. Hope that many of you can invest yourselves into these as we need to know how to move in The Heavenlies before we can shift significant barriers on earth.
 
Please note that we also have a Together 4 The Black Country at the end of this 3 day school at Dudley Town Hall. The idea of these are that we all come out TOGETHER as ONE united BODY. Please make every effort to come along guys.
 
There are also regular gatherings coming up for Business & Sector leaders, Church leaders, Prayer leaders and Gen Netters (childrens' youth and Gen X 'ers).
Hope to see you at one of these gatherings very soon.
 
Take care,
 
Tim
For YOUR Network of Black Country Christian

LEADERS' NET 12TH JUNE 2007

Plus some dates for your diary.

Can I remind you that Leaders Net is on the 12th of June held at Amblecote Christian Centre on Brettell Lane in Stourbridge. During this session we will do three things.

1/ HOPE 2008 session – Social Action vs Mission

This will be a practical session looking at getting the balance between social action mission and more direct communication styles of evangelisum. We may break down into smaller groups to talk share ideas and pray together.

2/ FREEDOM IN CHRIST

We have invited Steve Goss from Freedom in Christ to talk about the discipleship programme they have available for churches. Many of us face the challenge of bringing new Christians into a deeper relationship with Christ. This programme is rated very highly by many. We have also booked a date on September the 13th for Steve Goss and his team to run a full train the trainer day.

3/ PRAYER SCHOOL June 21st – June 23rd

We will give you more information on this day about how the Prayer School will work. You should have some details about this very shortly from the team at Zion Christian Centre who are organizing this event on behalf of the NET.

4/ CONNECTING TIME

Many have said it would be good to have some time to share and chat together. We will try and provide sometime for this during this and other Leaders Net Days

 FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

  • Leaders Net 12th June Amblecote Christian Centre
  • Prayer School 21st – 23rd June Zion Christian Centre. More details will be sent in the post in the very near future.
  • Together for the Black Country Healing Event – 24th June 7.45pm Dudley Concert Hall
  • Leaders NET 14th August Sandwell Christian Centre
  • Freedom in Christ Training Day 13th September  9.00 – 5.30 Amblecote Christian Centre
  • Leadership Conference 16th October 9.00am-5.00pm (This has changed from the original two day conference planned for the 5th and 6th of October. More details will follow shortly.

Book into the 12th of June Leaders NET as soon as possible by e-mailing  admin@thenet.org or anna@thenet.org.

Many thanks,

Adrian Lowe

On behalf of the NET Core Vision Team

Children Of The Black Country.....

As the Net, we have the history and values of bringing larger numbers of Christians together as we all hold to this as a value.....

......so what about our children as they can often be left out, or left til last??

GenNet are hosting a “Conference” Day to reach a whole generation on

Saturday 8th September 07 at the Copthorne Hotel, Merry Hill.....this will include the following;

Fun Praise Party Event for Primary School Children---------10am-12noon

More details will be out soon, but we wanted to get you on board as early as possible.

 1) We want as many kids from the Black Country to experience this event as possible, and we’d like to get your kids workers up for this event. We are tailoring the morning so it will be both meaningful for kids whose parents are Christians and children who attend outreach clubs and other provision churches provide for their community.

SPREAD THE WORD!!!! 

2) We have a team meeting already to plan this event. If your kids worker(s) would like to be involved with this, that is brilliant. HOWEVER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT EACH CHURCH IS ENTHUSED ABOUT BRINGING KIDS TO THE EVENT, AND THE MAIN PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THIS ARE THE CHURCH LEADERSHIP AND THE KIDS WORKERS: SO WE’RE REALLY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP ON THIS.

Any questions or if you’d like to get on board,

Please e-mail philmiles@junction10.com

Phil Miles

On behalf of the GenNet Team.

Black CountryPrayer School  

With Suzette Hattingh & Gayle Claxton 

  • ·          Activate scripture & increase your prayer life
  • ·          Times of worship
  • ·          Pull down strongholds & build God’s kingdom
  • ·          Practical application
  • ·          Learn & teach other

Where:   Zion Christian Centre, Little Cornbow, Halesowen

When:     21st – 23rd June 2007

Times are as follows:

                                       21st June – 9.30am til 5pm

                                       22nd June – 9.30am til 5pm then 7pm – 9pm

                                       23rd June – 9.30am til 5pm

Cost:   £30 per person (£25 conc.) £55 per couple (£45 conc.) or £15 for a day pass. You wil be able to pay on-line shortly using Paypal, or by cheque via Zion Christian Centre (cheques payable to " The Net").

There will also be a Healing/Prayer event on Sunday 24th June at 7.45pm at Dudley Concert Hall which is open to all. This will be the third

             "Together 4 The Black Country Evening Celebration"

For more information contact Zion on: 0121 501 3542 mail@zionnetwork.org

or

The Net:01902 885651

anna@thenet.org.uk

www.thenet.org.uk

VITC web-site-----  www.voiceinthecity.org
Andrea Minichiello-Williams**-Barrister, Public Policy Officer, Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship joins with Business/sector session on Wednesday 6th June @ 7am. We are thrilled to have Andrea with us again in The Black Country. Her reputation is growing with great speed, and her voice in the secular press is becoming louder as she represents many of our views in the Public Square. We hosted her a few months ago at a Leaders' Net gathering and she received a long standing ovation at the end of her talk. Here's an opportunity for those who may have missed her, or if you want to recommend her to others....those who like an early morning!!Please see a snippet of her last e-newsletter with details of how to subscribe; 
020........it's been a while!!
 
Hi everyone,
 
We hope you're all well. It's been a while since we last saw any of you. Many babies have been born and houses purchased within the 020 team. However, we are pleased to announce that we're planning another 020 event. The details are as follows:
 
 
Date: Saturday 8th September 2007
 
Place: Copthorne Hotel, Merry Hill, Dudley
 
Time: 20:00 - late
 
Price: £20 per ticket
 
Entertainment: Comedian/Magician/All Round Funny Man John Archer
(back by popular demand!!)
 
Nosh: Hot buffet - delicious as always!
 
Music: Naturally! All your favourite tunes and more.
 
 
As always, 020 events carry the infamous "No Cringe, Just Quality" label and are a fantastic way to introduce your non-Christian friends to a quality, credible Christian environment. Make sure you take advantage of it and bring as many of them along with you as you can.
 
Tickets can be purchased by cheque and will go on sale ASAP. We'll let you know the details very soon.
 
Keep it in your diary and we look forward to seeing you on the 8th September.
 
Much love,
 
The 020 Team.

Dudley Songs of Praise

 Dear Friend,10th Anniversary of Dudley Songs of Praise

On behalf of the committee and Churches Together I should like to invite you and your fellowship to Songs of Praise in the Grounds of Himley Hall on Sunday 1st July at 7.00pm.
As this is the 10th Anniversary we want to make this a really special event and would encourage as many as possible to attend.
 
The last time we staged this event it was attended by some 3000 people drawn from churches, schools and youth organisations.   The main focus of the worship is the singing of well known hymns and worship songs by the whole congregation.   If you have attended this event in the last nine years you will know that it is always spiritually uplifting and a wonderful act of witness.   This year, once again, invitations have gone out to organisations in the boroughs which surround Dudley and many significant figures in religious organisations in the area are expected to attend, as well as the Lord Lieutenant, local M.P.s and M.E.P.s and the Mayors and Mayoresses from each of the boroughs.
 
If your group intends to come, I would like you to complete the form enclosed with this invitation.   This should be returned to my address or e-mail address (before April 22nd) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!   Over 1,000 organisations have been invited to attend, so it is essential that we have some approximate idea of the numbers at this stage.   There is no limit to the numbers who join us for the worship, except for the choir and musicians.   Since music books need to be produced we need a more accurate figure for those leading the music.   Also, for safety and insurance reasons, there is a limit to the number of people who can be accommodated on the stage.
 
Finally, for those intending to sing with the choir, it will not be possible for ‘would-be’ members of the choir just to ‘turn up and sing’.   We are asking choir members to commit themselves to one rehearsal as well as to the event itself.   I hope that you agree this is an essential step as the singers will have to practise a large range of music.   At this stage the rehearsal is booked for the evening of Monday 25th June at 7.15 pm at Dudley Concert Hall. This date needs to be entered into diaries along with the practice at 4.30.pm on the day itself.
 
I look forward to your reply,
 
Yours sincerely
 
Joyce Smith
 
 
Chairman
Mrs. Joyce Smith
Vice Chairman
Rev’d Roger Hides
 
Wolverhampton YFC??
 
A group of churches from in and around Wolverhampton are keen to re-establish a Youth For Christ Centre in the area.  We are very keen to move the project forward and have arranged a meeting for all who are interested.  This will take place Wednesday 6 June.  Richard Bromley from YFC will be with us to help us form an action plan and answer any questions you might have.  Please come along and bring anyone you think would like to be informed.
 
Date :      Wednesday 6 June
Venue :    Westbury Chapel
                Broad Street, Wolverhampton
Time :      7.30
 
Kind regards
Andrew Bradley

Young vulnerable mother to be or mother and baby?

 Living Springs in Dudley offer one bedroom apartments to accommodate mothers to be or mothers and babies/ toddlers.

They also offer;

  • Assistance and support in looking after their babies.
  • Support and guidance for mother and child in moving to independent living.
  • Counsel and advice.
  • Child support for those at risk from family conflict.

 If you know anyone who could benefit from this level of professional support please contact Vicki at Living Springs on 01384 872817

 www.livingsprings.co.uk

PLEASE ADVERTIZE THIS UNIQUE SERVICE AROUND YOUR GROUPS/CHURCHES

Dudley Churches' Together News
 
Dosti Training Courses in May 2007 - last call for bookings
 
We have places left on the two courses  - and welcome bookings by Friday 11 May. The courses are
 
Introduction to Strategic Partnerships in Dudley Borough
on Tuesday 15 May 2007, 9.30am-12.00pm in Brierley Hill

LSPs, LAAs, DCP, Dosti, Community Strategies …… Confused by the jargon and acronyms? Want to know how it all fits together? Want to know what difference it makes? This workshop is for anyone who wants to have a better understanding of strategic partnerships in the Borough. 

Addressing the Difficulties of Being a Community Representative
on Thursday 17 May 2007, 9.30am-11.30am in Brierley Hill

Groups and individuals within community groups are often expected to represent the views of other people. This workshop will help people from community groups (with all levels of experience) to think about what this involves
 
Please return the attached booking form or call Razia on 01384 265366 to book your place, by Friday 11 May.
 
               
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Invitation to a Children, Young People and Families Network Event
 
This event on Wednesday 27 June (9.45-12.30) will focus on the development of the Children's Trust in Dudley, and Dudley's Commissioning Framework. Please see the attached leaflet (june network event) for more information.
 
               
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St Andrew's Community Fun Day
 
Do  you live in the St Andrews, Darby End, Lodge Farm, Bowling Green orSaltwells Area? If so, can you help with the St Andrews Community Fun Day on Saturday 19th May 10.00-5.00pm?

The day will consist of fun activities, inflatable’s, five a side football, matches, stalls information and workshops. We are also hoping to show the FA cup Match on the day.

We are looking for people or groups wanting to run a Stall on the day or willing to help out with the day.
 
People are needed to:

• Run stalls on the day
• Volunteers to help with setting up 9.00-10am
• Volunteers to help with security on the day
• Volunteers to help man some of the activities and football matches
• Volunteers to help with closing down and clearing up  5.00-6.30pm

If you can help with any of the above please contact Angela Edwards at Groundwork on 0121 530 5500 or angeal.edwards@groundwork.org.uk - aslo see the attached leaflet.
               
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Community Transport related training - from Mott MacDonald
 
Community Transport are looking to explore the needs and expectations of Voluntary and Community Sector groups in the West Midlands in terms of transport-related training. We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this survey on transport-related training needs for your organisation.
 
Please click on the link below to access the survey.

In addition, Mott MacDonald would like to meet with some members of community groups or faith groups to talk about their transport needs, their awareness of Community Transport, barriers to accessing transport, etc. If you would welcome this discussion, please contact Needee Myers at Mott MacDonald by phone on 0121 237 4207 or email needee.myers@mottmac.com
 
               
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Tender Opportunity - from Black Country Change Up
 
Black Country Change Up would liek to commission the production of two documents: namely an Infrastructure Business Plan 2008 to 2011 and an Infrastructure Development Strategy 2008 to 2014 for the members of the Black Country Change Up Consortium and its members who operate in the Black Country boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

Partners in Harvest FIRE of Pentecost Conference

Wed 30 May – Sat 2 June 2007

With speakers

Marc Dupont

Mark Stibbe

Ian Andrews and  Trevor Baker and Sharon Baker.

 Worship from

RiverDeep and  Revival Fires

Registration is required:

£30 for single registration, £50 for couples, or £15 per day. Evenings are open to all.

You can register by:

Telephone: 01384 239 943

On-line:  http://www.revivalfires.org.uk/conf/index.html

Pre-registration closes on WEDNESDAY, but there are still spaces and you can register at the door upon arrival

Meeting times are:Wed at 7.30pm, Thurs - Sat at 10.30am, 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

 Held at:Revival Fires, Apostolic Resource Centre, 117 – 120 Wolverhampton St, Dudley, DY1 3AL

Website:www.revivalfires.org.uk

 

    vacancies