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THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

One of Churches Together in Winchester’s priorities is to encourage the Church to leave its

After the service, a Tents on the Green celebration continued outside, with picnics, bouncy cathedral and

buildings and move into the community. Bishop Tim

entertainment. Various churches provided messy church activities for

y p demonstrated this literally to

p y children and anyone could receive a

conclude the Churches Together

prophetic word, a healing prayer or

Pentecost service. Accompanied by some very loud drummers, he led

just a listening ear from one of the many volunteers.

the entire congregation of 2,000 out of the Cathedral for a public blessing in the Outer Close.

On Sunday evening, before the outdoor blessing, 2,000 people

The service was the culmination of a

worshiped in prayer, song, silence

spectacular weekend of church/city events. On Saturday, 19 May, the

and were challenged to make ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ and minister

Cathedral was full of locals wanting

through our communities by Kiera

to participate in the Royal Wedding via a big screen broadcast. With

Phyo, Director of the Reconciliation Network for Lambeth Palace.

orders of service distributed, Winchester sang the hymns, joined

Pictures and videos of the weekend

in the prayers and enjoyed the spectacle to the full.

of Christian celebration can be viewed here

No one should feel alone in Winchester Speakers at this year’s Churches

foremost providers of care for the

Together AGM focused on how we can more effectively combat isolation and loneliness particularly among

elderly, spoke about its plans to provide more flats and extend its services through the Hand in Hand

the elderly in the city.

Scheme.

Our Older People’s Champion, Neil

In isolation and under stress, people

Mackereth reminded guests that it’s not all doom and gloom. He listed many of the ways in which

of all age may turn to alcohol, explained Chrissie Bye from AA.

Winchester organisations, both Christian and secular, already care for the elderly.

She spoke about “Recovering From Addiction” and how the charity provides on-going long term support

Their greatest challenge, he said, was that they were not very good at

to those who have identified their personal problem with alcohol.

marketing themselves to those who need to know about them. Neil is therefore working to provide an easy

Anyone, including relatives, friends and employers concerned about someone they know, can attend any

access database of support for

of AA’s open meetings to find out

access database of support for professionals and other people caring for older people.

of AA s open meetings to find out more. Churches Together will be running its own Recovery Course starting on 18 September 2018.

Clive Cook from St John’s Winchester Charity, one of the

CHAMPIONS UPDATE Most of the Churches Together champions have committed for another term, which is wonderful news. Philip Tutt-Leppard has volunteered to be the new Business Champion. Philip runs a public relations consultancy in the city and tells more about his developing vision on our website. Meanwhile, the chair thanked David Boul, who is stepping down as Champion for Vulnerable People and those in poverty. Anyone interested in taking on this vital role within Churches Together should contact Nigel Hemming or Dorothy Lusmore via the website for more information.

We have had an e-mail from Lauren Cheshire, the youth leader at the Parish of St Faith, who meet at St Cross in Winchester. She says: "I am also a Founder of the charity Fledge (www.fledge.org.uk) who work with vulnerable and homeless people in Eastleigh Borough. "We are in very real need of more trustees with housing, financial, PR or IT (to be honest we are up for having a coffee with anyone feeling called to respond) experience/knowledge. We are a small charity but we are growing fast, with two houses now in Eastleigh housing 11, mostly young people."

If any one is interested, please contact [email protected]

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