Sunday 5 February, 7 - 9 pm

An evening of worship and teaching on 'Jesus the Saviour'.

At: The Function Room,
Giraffe Restaurant,
Festival Place, RG21 7BA

www.basingstokevineyard.com, Tel: 07742 113 416

Hope for Justice training day

at Wessex Christian Fellowship

2.30 pm – 6.30 pm, Sunday 19 February 2012

The What...

Hope for Justice is a UK charity set up in 2007 to rescue the victims of human trafficking, to see the criminals brought to justice and to see the restoration of lives of those who have been devastated.

They have teams of highly skilled professionals carrying out investigations across the country.

Hope for Justice are seeing amazing results but need our support to continue this dedicated work.

The Why...

There are around 88,000 women and children in Britain today involved in forced prostitution, 70% have been trafficked, the average age is 14! Children as young as 3 are being abused! A staggering 1.2 million people are trafficked around the world every year into the sex industry and bonded labour! It’s happening in every town and city in the UK – they are hidden in plain sight.

Please take just 3 minutes to view this link to hear what Hope for Justice have to say!

We want to be part of the solution to help free the captives – we need your help too!

The How...

We are delighted that the Hope for Justice team will be holding a training afternoon for those wanting to be 'actively' involved with the Basingstoke 'Act for Justice' group.

They will cover topics such as:

• How to effectively link the local churches together - network-prayer
• What can be done on the legal front – petitioning/ lobbying MP’s
• How can we spot the sign/ How can we raise awareness
• How to run an affective ‘Act for Justice’ group – get the most out of the willing helpers
• Fundraising – tips, local sponsorships

The YOU...

So if your heart is touched by the horror of human trafficking and you are moved into action (but don't know what to do next) then this day is for YOU! Come and find out how you can get involved.

All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing (Edmund Burke 1727-97)

The 'What Next'

You will be warmly welcomed at the Hope for Justice training day, to find out how you can help.

19 February at 2.30 pm
Wessex Christian Fellowship
Wessex Close,
Basingstoke, RG21 3NP

The Basingstoke Group is planing to meet on the first Thursday of each month, around 7.30 pm, starting 1 March.

If you would like to attend or need more information please contact either Kim or Sue:

Kim 07951623665
Theaustens1@sky.com

Sue 07885633258
Su5ie@aol.com

www.hopeforjustice.org.uk

0845 5197402

3 February 2012, 7.30 pm
at the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke

An opera singer by trade, Jonathan Veira is also a brilliant raconteur and sings everything from Les Mis to Shake and Vac adverts during his concerts. A firm favourite at Spring Harvest, he easily draws the biggest crowds of the week and we have been fortunate to have become part of his UK tour.

He performed at Christ Church Chineham about 10 years ago, but we at Christ Church have stepped out in faith and booked a secular venue this time. He has a strong Christian influence through his music making this a great evangelistic event as well as a cracking night out! He will appeal to all ages, too, so why not invite your friends and neighbours and pick up a ticket or two for the bargain price of £10 each?

Tickets available from the Anvil and Haymarket Box Offices (01256 844244) and their website: www.anvilarts.org.uk

Sunday 22 January

at Buckskin Evangelical Church

• 4.00 pm AGM, followed by tea
• 6.30 pm Unity Service - speaker: Will Ross, pastor of Buckskin and Chair of the Basingstoke Network of Churches

AGM (4.00 pm): besides the annual elections and reports, there will be a presentation by Barbara Irving and members of the Cedar Tree Counselling team - Cedar Tree is a new Christian Counselling service to be launched in Basingstoke during 2012.

Unity Service (6.30 pm): before and after the Unity Service, representatives from a number of the inter-church community initiatives will have stands around the hall to enable folk to discover more about these various projects and how to contribute.

Hosted by Buckskin Evangelical Church, Wessex Christian Fellowship and the Town Centre Community Church.

The churches of Basingstoke have got together with Festival Place to provide a week of Christian activity from Monday 19th December to Saturday 24th December. Crafts, storytime and puppets are planned daily with music in the evening, all on the upper level of Festival Place near BHS. Throughout the week a Sheep Trail competition will be run, with many of the Festival Place shops participating - look out for those sheep in the shops! The week will culminate with a live Nativity on Christmas Eve at 11:45 am.

Organised by The Basingstoke Town Chaplaincy

The Salvation Army have recently set up, in association with the Job Centre, B&D, BCOT and various other organisations, a facility to help out of work people back into work. This facility includes an array of computers to help search for jobs and apply for them. They are open each Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning, 10.00 am - 12.00 noon. They are looking for volunteers to help serve their clients.  If anyone needs any further information, they can email Mike Beeston at basemploy@gmail.com

Read the article in the Basingstoke Gazette

Basingstoke Salvation Army
Wessex Close
Basingstoke
RG21 3NP
Tel 01256 328178

Sunday 13 November 7.00 - 9.00 pm

Unfortunately, Steve Barclay had to cancel the last worship meeting due to technical difficulties. However, he has rescheduled the event for Sunday 13 November, 7.00 - 9.00 pm at Giraffe Restaurant in Festival Place. If any of your folk just lova a relaxed evening of worship & fellowship, this is a good event for them to get to.

www.basingstokevineyard.com/

Wednesday 16 November, 8.00 pm

The Warham Community had a superb evening a couple of weeks ago at the URC when Sandy Millar came to speak. Their next such event is on Wednesday 16 November when the speaker will be Lyndon Bowring, Executive Chair of CARE, will be speaking. The evening will again be at the London Street United Reformed Church. Coffee at 7.30 pm fop an 8.00 pm start.

London Street United Reformed Church

Saturday 12th November 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Christmas is coming so how about giving something that is unique?

Art, Greetings Cards, Calligraphy, Christmas labels, Parchment art, Commemorative Scrolls Christmas decorations, Jewellery, Wooden gifts, Lace Making, Cakes & jams, Toys & collector Teddies, Knitwear & crochet, Textile gifts, Demonstrations of, Woodturning, Spinning, Painting, rag rugging, Weaving & Needle felting, And more.

'Have a go' activities for all ages.

Refreshments

Wednesday 19 October, 2.00 - 8.30 pm

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, The Chapel (B floor, by lifts).

Find out how Chaplaincy operates in your local hospital by coming to this open day.

There will be displays in the chapel to illustrate the work of the department. You will be able to meet the Chaplains and find out how you might get involved if you are interested. Each hour on the hour there will be a short presentation in the chapel about the role of a Chaplain. The Chaplaincy Team would love to meet you so that they might share this special resource within our community.

Refreshments will be available.

Hospital Chaplaincy web site