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Welcome to our March letter.
We are praying for parishes and communities during Lent, Holy week and Easter. Although you will be planning for this season, we wanted to assist you in preparing for a busy May 2023! During that month, there is King Charles’ III coronation and it will be a great opportunity for churches to both open their doors and also go out into their communities.
Here at the Mission Team we are happy to support this and other initiatives by providing micro-grants of up to £300 to purchase resources for your church. Please email mission@southwark.anglican.org
for an application form.
Jay
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Woolwich Youth Forum, in person at Bishop Karowei’s house.
Saturday 25th March, 1pm-3pm
We want to hear from our youth in the Woolwich Episcopal Area! Do encourage your young people (aged 13+) to join the Bishop and Archdeacons of Woolwich to have their say on topics that are important to them and build connections with other young people.
Click here to confirm attendance and register for the Woolwich youth forum.
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New Resources to Help Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis
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A significant number of individuals and families are struggling to keep heads above the water. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted and worsened issues people were already struggling with. This has been further compounded by the cost of living crisis.
It is likely that as churches you are seeing more people asking for help and information. Hence, the team at the Diocese of Southwark and Together Southwark has put together two resource packs to assist churches in supporting people. To download the packs, please visit https://bit.ly/togethersouthwark.
Hard copies of these resources have been sent to all parishes in the Diocese.
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UK Youth Fund - Cost of Living Fund
UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation launched a new grant programme on 2nd February.
This new fund, the Cost of living grant programme, is a three-year unrestricted grant programme aimed at mitigating the devastating impact of the cost of living crisis on the youth sector. The UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation will provide targeted funding to youth organisations delivering high quality youthwork to ensure doors stay open, bills get paid and youth workers receive their salaries, to ensure young people continue to be supported.
The grant programme is open to youth organisations based in the UK, with an annual turnover of £500,000 or less. The programme will offer grants of approximately 10% of current turnover of applicant organisations to reflect the current rate of inflation.
The application website window will remain open whilst funds remain to be distributed.
Throughout the application window, UK Youth Fund and Pears Foundation will be hosting weekly open webinars over zoom, where their grant team will talk through the application form, provide guidance on how to make a strong application, and host a Q&A. To find out more, please visit https://www.ukyouth.org/ukyouthfundpears/.
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Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Kingdom
Nine days of prayer from Ascension to Pentecost 18th - 28th May 2023
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Also in May is Pentecost and ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. We will be providing resources again to serve the churches and reach their communities. Again, we will focus upon how we can serve our communities in word and action as well as praying for people to the ‘King of Kings’. There may be ways in which your communities can link Thy Kingdom Come and other outdoor events in May 2023. Do be in touch with us if we can help with grant funding for mission by emailing: mission@southwark.anglican.org
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Tackling Serious Youth Violence: introduction to Operation Forgiveness
Wednesday 29th March 2023
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Eco Church Celebration!
Saturday 22nd of April
Southwark Diocese Eco Church Celebration is taking place Saturday 22nd of April – a chance for the churches of the Diocese to get together and celebrate the growth of the awards scheme in the Diocese with over 150 churches now engaged! There will be inspiring speakers, such as Helen Stephens from A Rocha, Deborah Colvin from St James's Piccadilly a Gold award church, The Rev Sharon Moughtin whose ministry specialises in engaging Children and young people around the climate, the new Bishop of Kingston Martin Gainsborough and others.
There will also be practical workshops on engaging Children and Young people in the scheme, progressing to the next award level and how we can support one another on this journey. The event is free and will run from 10am to 2pm and is open to all church members who are engaged with the eco church scheme whether you are one eager parishioner considering registering for the Eco Church award or are a committed team striving to be the first Gold award in the Diocese. The event will end with a service of thanksgiving for all of the work you have been doing around care for creation, followed by a free lunch.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eco-church-celebration-tickets-558608431857
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Winter Night Shelter Reflection 2023
Wednesday 26 April 2023 10.00-14.00
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Growing Good
Wendesday 24th May 13.30 - 17.00
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