Chippenham Deanery and Through Faith Missions have teamed up to organise two weeks of outreach in the rural areas of the deanery. In 2013 they will return to lead a mission in the towns of Corsham and Chippenham.

The theme of Flame of Hope echoes the Olympic theme and the mission team will be carrying the flame of faith from village to village. In the lead up to the mission special candles are being lit each Sunday in all the churches and special prayers are being offered. Preparatory work will be carried out by advance teams in many of the villages.

 Flame of Hope Programme

Sat 12th	9.30am	Flame of Hope Launch	Breakfast in Lacock with Uganda Fire
Sat 12th	6.00pm	‘Duggie Dug Dug’	All-age event Yatton Keynell Village Hall
Sun 13th	8.00pm	Evening with ‘CS Lewis’	David Payne, actor, at Corsham Parish Church
Thu 17th	7.30pm	‘Uganda Fire’	Concert in St Mary’s, Marshfield
Fri 18th	7.30pm	Dean’s Lecture: ‘Latimer’	David Hoyle at Latimer’s Church, West Kington
Fri 18th	7.30pm	Faith and Film	Dave Hopwood at the Marshfield Community Centre
Sat 19th	2.00pm	Fayre @ KSM	Kington St Michael
Sat 19th	7.00pm	Barn Dance	Tormarton
Sun 20th	2-7pm	Sing Messiah	St John the Baptist, Colerne
Sun 20th	2.00pm	Sports for all	Neston
Tue 22nd	7.00pm	Rachel Hickson	The Filling Station at Box
Tue 22nd	6-8pm	Dr Who explores the universe	St Cyriac’s, Lacock
Fri 25th	8.00pm	Comedian Andy Kind	Box Parish Church
Sat 26th	2-6pm	‘Flame of Hope FESTIVAL’	Lower Recreation Ground, Box plus Uganda Fire

Saturday 26th May – 2.00-6.00 pm

Final Celebration in Box

For full details of this fantastic event click here

 

FLAME OF HOPE PRAYER

Heavenly Father,
We thank you for Flame of Hope.
We pray that we may see signs of new life
In our churches and communities.
Give us a sure faith in Christ,
And the willingness to step out in his name.
Amen

There are still opportunities available to become part of the mission team.

For fuller details visit the Through Faith Missions website.

“Churches in Chippenham Deanery launched the Flame of Hope mission in a public way on Advent Sunday.  Last year “Advent Angels” went from their own churches to others in the deanery with testimony and greeting.  This Advent they repeated this but also lit a Flame of Hope candle in the receiving church – something that will be lit each week to remind local Christians of the countdown to the mission in May.  Some even have plans to take their candle to community events as a witness there.” From TFM website