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After a few months when other events and activities have been held on the second Thursday of the month, the Vision4Life evenings resume on Thursday 14th January and Thursday 11th February at 7.15pm. This is now the second year of Vision4Life, and we move on from thinking about the Bible and what it means to thinking about Prayer – how we do it, what good it does us, and how we might do it better. The URC is providing every member with a FREE booklet on prayer to help us all, and this should be available early in 2010.
These Thursday evening meetings are informal and designed to be suitable for everyone. They are not a formal "course" and there is certainly no exam at the end! So please give it a try. We spend about an hour talking and praying through the topic, and then have some tea, coffee and biscuits.
Everyone welcome.
WHAT IS Vision4Life?
A consultation group on spirituality and evangelism, with members from across the UK and across the URC’s theological spectrum, found a shared excitement about new approaches to the Bible. We can picture whole congregations developing their skills of storytelling, listening and conversation in ways that ought to connect the ancient texts with their current situation and stimulate a new confidence in who we are and what we believe. Might this be how our churches could renew their vision for life? Might we all then bring these skills to being a diverse, lively, interactive denomination ready to speak & act & attract fresh generations of diverse believers?
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR A LOCAL CHURCH?
Each congregation is invited to set up conversations to explore ‘the big picture’ and their own local story with regards to: 1. The future of the church; 2. The effectiveness of the Bible in their church; 3. The role prayer plays in the life of their church and its members/adherents; 4. Their preparedness to talk about their faith to each other and to outsiders. After these conversations each participating church will then decide whether they wish to commit to developing (with a lot of shared materials and support) their own 3-year programme to renew their engagement with The Bible, with Prayer and for Evangelism.
THE TIMETABLE…
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November 2008 – Year One, focussed on the Bible, begins…
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Advent 2009 – Year Two, with an added focus on Prayer, begins
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Advent 2010 – Year Three, adding a focus on faith-telling for evangelism, begins
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