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General Election 2015 – Resources

With the General Election coming up, we have found a number of websites that we think may be useful in helping Christians to think about how to vote and their place in the political process.

1. The Evangelical Alliance: has a website dedicated to the election with various links, including the websites of 14 political parties. The March/April edition of the Idea magazine is a politics special, with features such as a comparison of the different major parties’ policies on a number of key issues.
2. CARE: a selection of web-based resources such as bible studies and articles.
3. Votewise 2015 by Guy Brandon: a book that ‘aims to help Christians understand how to think about the issues that effect us the most from a Christian perspective: the economy, debt and austerity; Europe and immigration; the environment; the NHS; education.’ From the Jubilee Centre.
4. Christian Premier Radio: are running a series of hustings called ‘Election Tonight’ in April at The Chapel, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster.

Charity Football Match

Tonbridge Angels Allstars VS Non-League Allstars
Charity football match for Ruby Young

Tuesday 28th April, Longmead Football Stadium
7pm kick off

Neil Durling is playing for the Tonbridge Angels Allstars in this charity football match to support a local girl with a rare form of childhood cancer. Please do come along to applaud Neil’s amazing football talents (or for a laugh?!) whilst supporting this worthwhile cause.

Ticket prices: Adults £5, Children (under 14) + Seniors (60+) £1

Poster for Ruby

Does Faith Work?

7pm Wednesday evenings at Bojangles Coffee Shop, London Road, Dunton Green
13th and 20th May, and 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th June

Does Faith Work? – come and join this 6-week course to find out.

Each evening will start with a meal, followed by a short presentation and then an opportunity for discussion and questions.

To request further information, or to sign up for this course, please click on the image below to download the flier.  Please hand your completed form to a member of the Faithworks team or leave it with the staff at Bojangles.

Does Faith Work flier

The Easter Story Trail 2015

Sunday 29th March 2015, Bessels Green Baptist Church
4:30pm (followed by a pot-luck tea)

Come and join us on an interactive journey through the last week of Jesus’ life.

Our journey will be guided by our own Detective and we will get to hear about the key events leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion.

We will finish off our journey with a pot-luck tea.

This engaging event is open to all, but is particularly suitable for infant and junior-aged school children and their families.

Film for Thought

The sacred/secular divide! This myth that we have been conned into! God is present in everything and not one thing need be wasted. A film can be the filling of 2 empty hours or a holy moment when we are moved, challenged and/or encouraged.
Films are best experienced with others and, I believe, we get more from them when we discuss them afterwards. Why not come along to Bessels (in the chapel) in the month leading up to Easter to watch and discuss these four brilliant films.
It’s free and you can bring popcorn and other refreshments!
Lent Films 2015

Family Quiz Night

Saturday 28th March

7pm at Bessels Green Baptist Church

Tickets cost £8 for adults and £6 for children, and include a Ploughman’s Supper.  Please bring your own drinks and glasses (alcohol is allowed).

Get together with your family and friends to create tables of up to 8 people.

This family quiz night is being hosted to raise funds for the summer camps run by the charity Hospices of Hope.  These summer camps are organised to help the patients of the hospices (and their families), who are suffering from life limiting illnesses.  The money raised makes it possible for these children to have an unforgettable holiday, that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford.  Hospice colleagues in Romania lead the camps, but are assisted by UK volunteers, who spend an intensive and full-on week with the children, engaging in fun activities, Bible talks and other practical issues.  The children have a great time and their families get a bit of a break from the constant worries and constant care.

Hospices of Hope is a Christian-based charity and therefore we incorporate a spiritual element into all of our summer camps.  We believe at Hospices of Hope that you should treat a patient as a whole – physically, mentally and spiritually.

To book tickets and for more information, please speak to Bob Pandrea or Craig Coston, or see the website.

Inheritance by Riding Lights

Passion Play for Lent 2015

7:30pm on Friday 13th March at St.John’s URC, Orpington

“On a dusty road leading to Jerusalem, a woman stumbles towards her judgement.  Just weeks later, Jesus will take the same road, leading to the cross…

In a town they both call home, they are rejected.  In the temple where they worship, they are condemned.  The synagogue leader plots to destroy them both.

Inheritance weaves the strands of the biblical Passion into a dramatic new narrative, and in the shadow of the cross, it casts light on some of the women who Jesus stands alongside, sharing in their suffering.

Echoing through time, it renews our expectations of the kingdom of heaven and who might share it’s inheritance.”

For more information, and to book tickets, please see the Riding Lights website.

Riding Lights 01

Evening Looking at Healing

Tuesday 3rd March, 7.15-8.30pm in the Parish Hall, Chipstead

Rev Steve Clark is the Deputy Chaplain at Crowhurst Healing Centre in Sussex.  He will visiting Sevenoaks to give a short talk about God’s healing power, followed by a time of questions.  It is wonderful that there is so much prayer going on at the moment in Sevenoaks, but this may be leading to many questions – such as: How do we pray for healing? How will God answer our prayers? etc.  This evening provides the perfect opportunity to discover more about God’s healing power and to ask these (and other) questions.

The evening is open to all and there is no charge.

Cinema Trip – Selma

‘One Dream Can Save the World’

You are warmly invited to join our cinema trip to watch ‘Selma’.  We will be going to the 8.30pm showing at Tunbridge Wells Odeon cinema on Tuesday 17th Feburary, followed by a coffee and a chance to chat.

Please let Neil Durling know by 9am on Monday 16th February if you’d like to go so that he can book your ticket.

Selam flyer 01

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