Soul Action: the noise

hope 08...

You may have heard about Hope 2008. If you have, great, if not read on!

After initiatives like Festival Manchester, SOULINTHECITY, Love Bristol and tonnes of other servant hearted missions Churches across the country are bringing the gospel to their communities in fresh and exciting ways.

noisy ideas...

Some ideas to get you thinking about what you could do as a Noise project in your local area.
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The Hope 2008 year of mission wants to encourage, support and resource churches as they live out their constant mission to bring Jesus to their areas.

'Hope' proposes to support this on-going work, by facilitating intensified, united, focused prayer and a year of activities, communicating the Gospel through words and actions, creating a lasting legacy of both physical and spiritual change in the lives of communities and individuals.

The Proposal
We want ‘HOPE’ to act as a catalyst to encourage, support and resource the UK churches in 2008 “to raise its game” in one year so as to better serve the communities they are called to reach long term. (Most of the planning and networking to date has been done in England. As conversations develop with the rest of the nations and islands we want this to be adapted as appropriate.)

Throughout the year are Hope 'high points' where churches can buy into certain types of activity, knowing that Christians across the country are doing the same.

The 5 high points of activity include:

1) Fresh ‘HOPE’: (January) an opportunity to make a fresh start and be supported in it.

2) The Big ‘HOPE’: Exploring Holy Week

3) ‘HOPE’ Where You Live: (May Bank Holidays) The Church on the street... this is where the Noise comes in!

4) ‘HOPE’ Explored: (September) Inviting the community to explore the Christian faith

5) A Gift of ‘HOPE’: (Christmas) Unpacking the Christmas message.

Hope and the Noise...

One of the Hope 08 high points that you can get involved in is 'Hope where you live'. The idea is that Churches across the UK will hold a big Noise or servant hearted weekend of social action projects, serving their communities and bringing the good news of Jesus to those in their area. So why not try it! Flick through the Noise stuff in this section (GO>>), get some ideas and get planning.

Your part?

We'd love you to get involved, sign up your church, find out more about what you can do and organise your own activities at one or all of these 'high points'. The idea behind the mission is that a small, medium or large church can pick to take part no matter what resources they have available. Check out the Hope 2008 website to find out more:
www.hope08.com: GO>>

your noise pages...

Check out what everyone else is doing by checking out the list of Noise events registered with us.
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getting started...

Some tips and advice on getting started with a Noise event including stuff on prayer, research and follow up.
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go:local...

If your serious you can get your hands on a copy of our CD ROM, GO:LOCAL, a guide packed full of info on how to do Jesus centred community action.
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helpful stuff...

Some stuff to help you organise and publicise your Noise events from the basic forms through to some leaflets to adapt and use.
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