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new student

2010-02-22T08:04:00.000-08:00

This month, Ed Green at the Light Project is taking charge of the community work. He will be joined by Craig, one of our students and they will be doing some gardening in Blacon

Litter pickin

2009-10-19T06:52:00.000-07:00

This term has started by a small team of our trainees evangelists helping litters pick in the Newtown area - we will be offering to clean up and tidy up gardens in the area over the winter period so if you know someone who needs a hand - send us a mail.

Art Club

2009-05-22T06:05:00.000-07:00

The art club in Blacon is going well and there is a real sense of fun and friendship.

Old fashioned approach

2009-03-25T14:37:00.000-07:00

Recently Anina took some of the students out for a bit of good old-fashioned door knocking. She was actually doing a community questionnaire but we had some great conversations and someone was invited and has started coming to church since.

Art Group

2009-02-16T04:00:00.000-08:00

Raphaelle Jones and I have set up an Art Group in Blacon's Hope Centre.
It's a place for adults to come and take 2 hours out of their week to be creative and try out different art techniques every Thursday afternoon between 1-3pm.

So far we've experimented with clay, pencil sketching portraits and acrylic paint.
I've ended up covered in paint and clay quite a bit but that's half the fun.

The group's really lovely, the people who come are funny and friendly. We're a welcoming bunch so please come down and try your hand at some art. Plus we've got buscuits so now you've got to come!

Cat Hubbard

Food Hampers

2008-12-30T05:52:00.000-08:00

Mark and Paula from HBC once again organised the distribution of hampers to people around Chester. Staff from the Light Project helped deliver some of these hampers to residents of Blacon - We were met with real gratitude and thanks. thanks to Markand Paula for organising and inviting us.

Alternative worship

2008-12-30T04:26:00.000-08:00

Anina and Deri mobilise the congregation of christ church to clean up the community on Sunday morning

Anina's news

2008-12-30T03:58:00.000-08:00

With the support of Deri at Northgate Church, on Sunday 7th December as part of the service, we cleared leaves and picked up litter for our residents. Through the prayer group, over 700 newsletters were delivered to community residents and businesses. Becca’s hand made invitations to Christmas events were delivered to streets around Christ Church. The Saturday before Christmas we held a reminiscence afternoon which saw about 70 people attend church, many of those were born and bred here but had not visited for many years. The next day, through Ike, we took carol singing into the community.

It is exciting also to see many ideas which have previously been purely conceptual beginning to look like the imminent birth of projects. Please join with me in praying for the following which will hopefully take off in the next month or so:
• A pilot detached youth work led by Jane Rudd in partnership with the Light Project
• A parent and toddler group, possibly in partnership with a local Christian group
• Visiting some of the sheltered accommodation in the middle and top ends of the Parish; perhaps taking communion to those who cannot access church.
• Facilitating a Residents Association for those living in the terraces in Newtown.

Our community building, the Mission House, situated near church in the centre of Newtown, has the potential to be such a useful neutral community space. However, as many of you have seen, it is in a poor state; riddled with damp, repair needed to the main roof and the toilet roof, downstairs flooring and the boiler needs replacing. We have groups ready to use the building. Please see the prayer point, below.

Community Arts

2008-10-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

New Community Art Club starting in Blacon Hope Centre soon

Daffodils

2008-08-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

This year, we had the idea to plant daffodils aound one of the local communities. One of the local coucillors gave us the money to buy some gardeing gear and buy the bulbs and we spent 3 afternoons planting. As we did I had chance to chat with 3 of the locals about what and why we were doing this and show people that the church is alive in the centre of this community and here to make a difference.

A family in need

2008-08-27T15:47:00.000-07:00

Over the past year a few of us have had contact with a family in Newtown - they have had a rough time over the years with some of the sons in prison and drugs being pushed in the house where there are young kids around. The mum and the Gran would like things to change. Please pray for them and for those of us who see them on a regular basis.

Newtown tidy up

2008-08-25T14:17:00.000-07:00

Joe and others from the Christian Union helping clear up Newtown.