With so many national events taking place in 2012 there is every opportunity to engage with our communities in new and different ways. As one area worker says
'It's an open goal'
A statement from the Presidents of Churches Together in England says
'We rejoice that so many of England’s churches are committed to being at the heart of these celebrations and are already preparing practical ways to build and support communities in their locality'
Adrian Wyatt, Area Mission Worker in the South West says:
'In my Christian walk there has probably rarely, if ever, been a year with so many brilliant opportunities to engage with our communities. Large church or small, thriving or striving, this is our time to be the church in the community.
2012 affords us massive opportunities with the Olympic Games, the Queens Jubilee, and 1662 celebrations to be creative, inventive and inclusive in the ways we engage with our communities what ever the size of our church.
This is a golden opportunity that we surely cannot afford to miss if we really want to be outward thinking and growing churches.'
And of course, none of us have to go it alone. We can do it together as groups of churches, and there are organizations out there just waiting to inspire and help.'
This is our open goal opportunity
WE DARE NOT MISS!!