SOUTCHURCH: Next week 'Extreme Hope in Southchurch', let's get ready to rumble...

Just an ultra last-minute reminder that next week (Monday 31^st March to Friday 4^th April) is the ‘Extreme Hope in Southchurch’ week of community action.

Should you bump into anyone this weekend who has not yet registered for activities, please let them know what we are doing and where!

Every morning we meet at 10.30 - venues below.
Every day you'll need to sort your own lunch, but evening meal is provided.
Every evening we are eating at Plaza at about 6, apart from Weds when we will eat at Holy Trinity
Every evening we will finish at The Plaza Centre at 9.30.

Monday - meet at Whittingham Methodist Church 10.30 - t-shirts given out
Activity - Fun day in park opposite - it may be cold so bring appropriate clothes
Evening - quiz night

Tuesday - meet Whittingham Methodist Church
Activity - craft club and footie - with maybe litter picking and a few odd jobs depending on numbers of people
Evening - club night

Wednesday - meet Whittingham Methodist Church
Activity - craft club and footie - with maybe litter picking and a few odd jobs depending on numbers of people
Evening - film night

Thursday - meet at St. Luke’s Church St Luke’s Rd, off Bournemouth Park Road
We are doing tea party for the elderly @ St Edmund’s Community Centre.
Evening - barbecue

Friday - meet at Ferndale Baptist Church in North Avenue - we are doing a work party in Cluny Square area - all messy jobs, some may be indoors but probably most out of doors.
evening - Crystal Maze

That's the week, and then don't forget the BIG PARTY on April 11th - at The Plaza - bring your mates - it's all free.

So now you all know, please also PRAY FOR US during the week. Your prayers for good weather, protection for the delegates, favour in the community, and opportunities to bless, serve and love local residents would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks so much guys and God bless you all

Steve D
on behalf of the Love Southend Youth in Southchurch team

Music Through The Ages Night

SCF MISSIONS proudly presents:

The Third Annual

Music Through The Ages Night

This year bigger and better than ever!

Professional Pianist LORNA STEVENS will be joining the regular bunch of young, talented singers and musicians. Featuring well-known tunes from classical composers and popular songs from the famous musicals.

TICKETS: £5 EACH.

Snacks provided but please bring own drinks.

All profits raised will be used to purchase building materials for the ongoing construction of a new church and community building in Kingisepp, Russia.

SATURDAY 5TH APRIL 2008 @ THE PLAZA CENTRE, SOUTHCHURCH RD, SOUTHEND.
ARRIVAL: 7.30PM FOR 8PM START.

Radiate Saturday Night Live

Why not bring your mates and youth group to:
Radiate Saturday Night Live
Saturday 8th March, 2008
19:15 - 22:00
Venue: Thundersley Congregational Church, Kiln Road, Thundersley
A monthly youth event for those in school years 5 - 8.
Full of loads of things to do, including girls room and boys room.
Cost: £2.50
For further information please contact Richard Keeler on 01268 754731 or email Richard@thebeacon.org

Extreme Hope 08 Southchurch: Get your youth group involved

Dear Church/Youth leader,

 

I am contacting you with regard to Love Southend Youth’s (LSY) activities in Southchurch over the period of the Easter school holidays (Monday 31^st March to Friday 11^th April).

 

The LSY planning team are currently preparing our community work for the holiday period, and we would like to invite you and your youth group to get involved. Working together we can achieve significantly more than if we work on our own.

 

In the past 3 years Love Southend Youth have held several community-based projects and events in the Southchurch area during school holidays. Some of you may have heard of (or been involved with) projects such as Urban Extreme, Extreme Rebuild, Extreme United and Extreme Tuesdays. Together we have successfully hosted community fun days in local parks, street clean-ups, kids clubs, worship/gospel meetings, a beach party, a tea party for elderly residents, and more.

 

Our latest project, which is still in the planning stages, is being called “Extreme Hope”, to reflect the work of Hope 08 locally. Events are also being held under the same title in Shoebury.

 

I would love to see the various denominational groups across Southchurch coming together to bless and serve this area over the school holidays. We all know that our neighbourhood is one of significant social and economic need, and that we, as Jesus’ church on the scene, are called to love our neighbours.

 

Below is a plan of the events we will be hosting over the Easter Holidays; with more volunteers committed to the cause we would be able to look to arrange events for the second week of the holidays too.             

 

·        Monday 31^st March – Community Fun-day in Bournes Green.

·        Tuesday 1^st April – Indoor crafts, games, pampering at Whittingham Methodist.

Outdoor football tournament and other sports at Bournes Green.

·        Wednesday 2^nd April – as above.

·        Thursday 3^rd April – Community Tea Party in St Edmund’s Community Centre (TBC).

·        Friday 4^th April – Work Party and Acts of Kindness in the St Luke’s area.

·        Friday 11^th April – Evening event with DJ Squeaky Clean & Resolute @ Plaza Centre.

 

We currently have a relatively small group of enthusiastic volunteers from a small number of Southchurch-based church and youth groups. We would love to see this group extended and involving other local church and youth groups. Would you and your youth be interested in helping us to serve, bless and love our local residents by joining up for some or all of these events? If so, please contact me (Steve Dalley) on the following:

 

Land line:     01702 461616 (SCF Plaza Centre – daytime).

Mobile:         07948 271383 (call any time!)

E-mail:         steve.dalley@lovesouthend.org (I check this regularly!)

 

Also, are there areas of your church’s outreach and community work where you are struggling for volunteers? Do you have plans/vision but lack helpers? If so, feel free to get in contact with me and it may be that Love Southend Youth could support you for a period to assist your on-going work in the community.

 

I would love to hear from you so please get in touch. It would be great just to spend some time getting to know you and finding out what God is doing in your church/youth group at the moment.

 

God bless.

 

Steve Dalley,

Love Southend Youth (Southchurch Planning Team)

Southend Christian Fellowship

Tough Talk - Saturday 23rd Feb 2008.

“Wakering Awakening” are holding an event called “Tough Talk” on 23rd Feb, 8pm starts. Entry is free and it is particularly aimed for teenagers/young adults.
The venue is The Memorial Hall, Great Wakering. 8pm start.

More info at http://www.wakeringawakening.co.uk/ or call 07906 477146

Tough Talk is a registered charity dedicated to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in an informal way that appeals to people who would not normally go to a church meeting.

Tough Talk is made up of a group of men with backgrounds of ex-hard men from the East End of London, ex-bouncers, ex- debt collectors,ex-drug abusers and ex-violent men who, having let God into their lives, have turned their backs on their past. They now feel an urgent need to share their experiences with the hope of helping others. They have found that the message of hope in Jesus Christ reaches people from all backgrounds and age groups.

Powerlifting is the sport that they are all involved in. The team travel throughout the UK, Europe and worldwide performing powerlifting demonstrations as a backdrop to telling their amazing stories. In this way, the Christian faith is presented to people who would not otherwise come into contact with the Word of God.

Join us as we take a LEAP OF FAITH...

Many of you will be familiar with the work of HARP (Homeless Action Resource Project) in Southend. For those of you who don’t, please check out http://www.harpsouthend.co.uk

HARP do great work locally in supporting and caring for the homeless in Southend. However, this work can only be carried out by way of Local Government funding and the generous donations made by HARP’s supporters. HARP is currently threatened by the imminent prospect of funding cut-backs, combined with a general fall in the amount being given by local residents who support the work of HARP by making donations.

Love Southend Youth are, therefore, taking a small step to raise finances and awareness amongst the public to aid HARP in whatever ways we can.

On 29^th February 2008, the eve of the Leap Year, a small group of Love Southend Youth supporters will be sleeping out rough in the car park of the Plaza Centre, Southchurch, to spend just one night the way that many across Southend are forced to spend days, weeks, months and even years.

We will be foregoing our evening meal on the Friday night, and congregating around a large open fire in an old oil drum to keep warm. We will spend the night worshipping the God of the broken, poor, and hopeless and praying for the homeless of Southend.

On the Saturday morning (1^st March) we are hoping to hold a fund-raising fry-up where all profits will be given to Harp.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO SUPPORT OUR FUND-RAISING EFFORTS IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

1-      Consider holding a similar event in your church/youth group.
2-      Come and join us for the night in the car-park.
3-      Make a donation to HARP, and encourage others to do the same.
4-      Sacrifice your evening meal on Friday 29^th Feb and donate the money you would have spent on food to HARP.
5-      Pray for HARP, that God would release finances and bless those who serve the homeless.
6-      Join us for the fund-raising fry-up (I will confirm this event nearer the time!)

Your support would be much appreciated.

God bless,

Steve Dalley,
Love Southend Youth,
Southend Christian Fellowship.

Love Southend Youth @ Transformations prayer...Friday 18th January

Please could you encourage your Christian teenagers to come along to “Transformations Prayer”, the monthly meeting where we seek God together as town-wide church to ask His blessing to transform our town with His glory.

I have cancelled our weekly youth small group which takes place on Friday nights so that we can be at Transformations this month. Would you be prepared to do the same?

This month, Transformations will be led by a group from the Southchurch end of “Love Southend Youth” and it would be great if we were to be joined from teenagers from youth groups and churches from Shoebury, Thorpe Bay, Central Southend, Chalkwell, Westcliff, and Leigh.

The meeting will be taking place from 19.30 to 21.30 @ Westcliff Baptist Church (560 London Road, Westcliff). Please come and join us.

For more information just e-mail me back.

God bless,

Steve
steve@scfplaza.f9.co.uk