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The Darlington District’s vision
The Darlington District’s vision is to support and encourage Christian communities to develop in ways that attract people to Jesus Christ, reflect God’s presence in the world, explore and demonstrate ways to follow Christ, and promote God’s rule in contemporary society by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The Street Angels & Christian Nightlife Initiative January 2012 Newsletter is now available
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Holy Biscuit wins cultural approval from Olympic organisers
The London 2012 Organising Committee has given the go-ahead for a community arts project linked to the Methodist Church to feature as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
LOCOG awarded an Inspire Mark – its official seal of approval – to the Outside/In project, which will see young people and adults from different parts of Newcastle telling stories about themselves, their history, culture and communities through art.
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The BIG Read 2012
The Big Read 2012 will be focusing upon the gospel of Mark, again written by Tom Wright - the manuscript arrived at the end of September, you’ll get some clues, and the housegroup material will be ready by early January.
The BIG Read website
Tell.Show.Be
A Methodist-inspired viral video has scooped first prize in this year’s Christian New Media Awards.
Tell.Show.Be is a short film with a simple message about the heart of evangelism: “Tell somebody; show somebody; be somebody.” The film, hosted on the website www.tellshowbe.com, was judged “the best use of new media in evangelism” by a panel of media experts at a ceremony in London.
The Revd Joanne Cox, Evangelism in Contemporary Culture Officer, who accepted the award on the Church’s behalf, said: “We are delighted to have won; just being on the short list is a great achievement.
“The whole project was conceived as a means of enabling people to talk about evangelism in their own languages. We are delighted that the whole concept has been recognised by Christians within the social media world, as well as encouraged by Christians around the world. Other entries in the category were of an extremely high standard. We are excited by the quantity and quality of exceptional work in the area of evangelism using social media.”
Tell.Show.Be is also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Welsh and Mandarin and can be downloaded onto a mobile phone as well as a computer. The film was viewed over 4,000 times in its first two weeks, and has attracted visitors from around the world.
The Original Christian Web and New Media Awards were the first ever exclusively Christian award ceremony for bloggers and web designers in the UK. They were established in 2007 by Premier Christian Media to recognise and reward Christian achievements on the internet. For more information, visit www.christianblogawards.com