Showing posts with label commissioning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commissioning. Show all posts

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Tamworth Street Angels Commissioned

Last Sunday (19th Jan) Paul Blakey MBE, the founder of Street Angels came to Tamworth Covenanting Churches (TCC) Celebration and gave the address, during which he spoke of the opportunities Street Angels presented to change our community and to help those who might otherwise struggle to be kept safe as we shared in an expression of God’s love to the community. He pointed to the many areas of social engagement that were changing the lives of those in Tamworth and celebrated the work that Christians can do when they work together.


The Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill who prayed for and commissioned the Street Angels followed the address and as he did he also challenged the Christians of Tamworth to pray for and offer support for this valuable work.




After the service, some of the Street Angels took the opportunity to have a photograph with the various representatives present:

L-R: Rev Ian Howarth, Chris Pincher MP, Rev Adrian Argile, Wendy Van Den Bergh, Andrea Treadwell, Carol Higgs, David Cooley, Andy Bradshaw, Rev Vic Van Den Bergh, Martin Johnson, Emma Cooley, Mary Wilson, Rev Tim Flowers, Fil Comley, Paul Blakey MBE, Michelle Bayley, Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill, The Wp John Garner 
 In all a great evening was had by all - Thank You - to all who make it such a success

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Celebrating Social Action

Tonight was a superb example of people celebrating the good things that others do to make their town a better place as Tamworth Covenanting Churches came together to celebrate and begin their Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

The Diocesan Bishop, Jonathan Gledhill, was joined by representatives from the Baptist Church (Revd Adrian Argile), Methodist Church (Revd Ian Howarth) and Fr Noel Ntungu represented the town's many Catholics - The MP, Chris Pincher and Mayor John Garner were also present to represent national and local government. There will be a full report of the evening's proceeding later but one of the highlights was the commissioning of Tamworth Street Angels (accompanied by an excellent address by Paul Blakey MBE - Founder of the Street Angels group - CNI).

Here's a quick image from the evening (more later I'm sure) to give you a quick feel for what went went on: