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Welcome to the Resources section of the Activate website. Here we hope to provide you with useful resources such as links to useful websites and books. Add your Resources here
Raised with Christ
Jesus truly is alive today. But compared to his atoning death, author Adrian Warnock says that “Jesus' resurrection is often only mentioned at Easter” and sparks relatively little discussion in the church. Warnock goes on to say “Not preaching about the resurrection is a major reason for the weakness, lack of joy, poor growth, spiritual decline, compromise with sin and many other problems in the church today”.
Win a £500 Training Day in Coventry
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Activate has enjoyed many years of events in the Royal Court Hotel in Coventry. We are using the Oasis Centre in London for this year's training day before moving to the Four Pillars Hotel in Cirencester for the 2011 weekend away. As part of our previous contract we have a £500 voucher for the Royal Court hotel which we are offering to one of you, our supporters. We would like to hear your ideas of how you might use this voucher with your group of friends. Read on to discover how you can enter our competition...
Christian Vision for Men
The Activate Dream team recently had the opportunity to meet Carl Beech, the national director of CVM. We realised how much we have in common in wanting to reach out to others with the love of Jesus in culturally relevant ways. Whilst we beilieve that our calling is to reach out to women, Carl and the CVM team are pioneering many innovative events, resources and networks for men. We hope to be able to partner together in some future training events. If you want to connect some of the men you know with CVM then click onto their website below.
Concert with a difference- Hazel Grove Sign Choir
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Thursday 26 November at 8pm.
We are really thrilled to have Diane Mallon and the Sign Choir to entertain us. The music, singing and pictures will have a real Christmas flavour and it will be fascinating and captivating to see how a deaf person uses sign language to communicate. Men invited also. Tickets £5 available from 0161 485 1539 or contact Ann Green 0161 439 6629 or anngreen@totalise.co.uk for more information.
The God You Already Know
'The God You Already Know' by Henry Morgan & Roy Gregory opens by looking at how to recognize and build upon our experiences of God, and how we might learn from those times when God seems silent and absent. Offering stories of a number of people who have found helpful ways of praying in particular circumstances, in sections headed 'God in our passions', 'God in our Pain' and 'God in the midst of life'.
The God You Already Know: Developing your spiritual and prayer life by Henry Morgan and Roy Gregory (SPCK, £10.99 (£9.90); 978-0-281-06155-6).
God is Back / The Case for God
‘God Is Back’ by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge of The Economist and ‘The Case For God’ by Karen Armstrong are two books that explore our relationship with God.
The number of people claiming to believe in various forms of God is rising fast almost everywhere.
Karen Armstrong's The Case For God demonstrates that
throughout history, religion was not something you thought, but something you did. It required discipline, ritual and hard work with the aim of discovering an inner dimension of your being.
Seven Pounds - A Film Review
I recently saw this film with Will Smith in the lead role. It’s almost impossible to write about it without revealing the ending but I will try. However if you are planning on watching it knowing something about the plot would be a real help because it’s one of the those films you only understand at the end.
Chocolate week
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October 12-18th is Chocolate week. This is a great time to have a chocolate party - especially as you will be covering up for Autumn anyway so won't be on your bikini and shorts diet any longer!
Try http://www.chocolate-week.co.uk for inspiration and do let us know what you plan to do - it might inspire someone else.
A beautiful song on You Tube
This is a lovely song by Ryan Kelly with good images called, 'Broken Things' which a friend sent to me today and I want to pass on to you. It has very moving lyrics about our broken hearts and God's promise to make all things new. Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBf4_oxobBQ
Invite an Activate Your Life Speaker
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Activate Your Life is run by keen volunteers. We are headed up by our wonderful president Fiona Castle,who is helped along by two directors Mandy Catto and Sarah McKerney. Then the creative thinking is aided by a 'Dream Team' of talented women who meet six times a year in London to thrash out website and weekend away details, discuss, network and endeavour to 'think outside the box'.The team consists of Ruth Adams, Sheila Bridge, Alison Edwards, Jan Harney, Adrienne Leach, Sharon Prior, Alison Tinsley, Caroline Thompson and Julie Wilkins. Some of the team are willing to come and speak at events around the country. If you are interested in inviting them to your area then read their biographies below and contact us through the website contact form and we'll be in touch.
