I know there is Hope in Eastbourne, Wivelsfield, Old Heathfield and Holland Road Baptist Hove. Is there anywhere else and any other places where the Christian Faith Communities are engaging with Hope 2014?
HOPE’s Greater Love resources are now available to help churches
mark the centenary of World War 1 at the heart of villages, towns and
cities. HOPE's Greater Love booklet is
16 pages of ideas for churches and communities commemorating the centenary of
World War 1. It is free to churches planning local events from HOPE.
Click here for
details.
A commuter who normally reads the Bible on
his Kindle on his way to work decided to switch to his hardback Bible to see if
it would spark conversations about faith. Not only did someone ask him why he
was reading the Bible but also, as he was getting off the bus, the driver
called to him and thanked him for reading the Bible saying it had inspired him
to get back to reading his. This is just one result of the Sharing Jesus course, based on a
new 100-page, illustrated bookazine called Sharing Jesus - a practical guide to putting the
Christian faith into words. Already 3,000 Christians in the 
Time to pray‘I bumped into one of my ex-colleagues and in our conversation he explained that life was difficult for him. I asked if he still went to church… he didn’t. I asked if he tried praying to God. He said he didn’t know how to pray any more. I replied, “I have the very booklet for you, called trypraying.” A few weeks later he said he had found the booklet very helpful and that he had recommitted his life to Christ and that his life was getting back on track.’
This is just one of many stories coming out of the trypraying project. More than 60 areas have ordered copies of the trypraying booklet to ‘use it and lose it’ during Lent and Easter as part of Hope14. Find out more and order copies here.
If you register your church for the April 2014
campaign before April, you can get booklets for 50p which is half price! http://www.thereishope.co.uk/join-in/
You’ll then be
sent an email with a ‘secret code’ to order your booklets at 50% off.
Visit our
website: www.trypraying.co.uk
Call us on:
0131 202 6449
Who? - The Story of Jesus
Introduce people to Jesus in a new way and back up Christian action with words.
HOPE’s partner Bible Society has published Who? – The Story of Jesus to help churches put faith into words as well as action as part of HOPE 2014’s year of mission together. Paul Langham, who wrote Who? is pictured with Roy Crowne.
‘We are thrilled to work in partnership with Bible Society to produce this book as a resource for the whole church to use to introduce people to Jesus, whose love has transformed our lives,’ says Roy Crowne, Executive Director of HOPE. ‘The person behind this book has impacted thousands of lives over thousands of years and is still having that same impact today. I pray that many people of all ages will be drawn into the story, enjoy the read but more than that, encounter the person who introduces himself through its pages.’
The life and death of Jesus were written from different viewpoints Matthew, Mark and Luke and yet, they set out their material in a similar way. In Who? – The Story of Jesus their words are blended together into a single faithful account, so the story of Jesus is brought to life through the eyes of his closest companions. Friends, sceptics and enemies all asked, ‘Who is he?’ Give someone the gift of Who? – The Story of Jesus and help them find out for themselves.
‘We are thrilled to work in partnership with Bible Society to produce this book as a resource for the whole church to use to introduce people to Jesus, whose love has transformed our lives,’ says Roy Crowne, Executive Director of HOPE. ‘The person behind this book has impacted thousands of lives over thousands of years and is still having that same impact today. I pray that many people of all ages will be drawn into the story, enjoy the read but more than that, encounter the person who introduces himself through its pages.’
The life and death of Jesus were written from different viewpoints Matthew, Mark and Luke and yet, they set out their material in a similar way. In Who? – The Story of Jesus their words are blended together into a single faithful account, so the story of Jesus is brought to life through the eyes of his closest companions. Friends, sceptics and enemies all asked, ‘Who is he?’ Give someone the gift of Who? – The Story of Jesus and help them find out for themselves.
Click here to order your copies from Bible Society and:
- Use to give a reason for the hope you have (1 Peter 3:15)
- Give copies away to schools and individuals in your community
- Use at Alpha, Christianity Explored and other courses introducing people to Jesus
- Support new comers to the Christian faith
