The Churches Together Executive.
Lord, bless Your Church around the world and especially here in Shrewsbury.
Gracious God, your church is made up of your people. So, may we all be led by Your Spirit,
filled by Your Grace, committed to Your Will and devoted to Your Service.
May we find the words to say to all who ask to know the hope we have within us.
As we seek to come closer to our fellow Christians in other denominations, may we find the
things that unite us.
As we work and worship together, so may we grow ever more close to each other so that
those outside our church will see that we are one in owning your son, Jesus, as our Lord.
Amen.
(Taken from LWPT)
A Short History of CTIS
When the fledgling Christian Centre was first opened amidst a flourish of great intentions, in Old St Chad’s Churchyard way back in 1972, the then Chairman of the Shrewsbury Council of Churches presided. We must assume that SCC was by then well established, and certainly the two organisations have been closely linked from the start.
Christian Aid, One World Week, the Christian Forum, Lent Groups and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were amongst the early projects of the Council and some years later we embarked on the Good Friday Walk of Witness.
The structure was transformed in 1992, two years later than the national body, into Churches Together in Shrewsbury. A covenant sub-committee agreed upon a covenant which was signed by all participating churches to the effect that they would not do separately what they could better do together. There is still a long way to go before we achieve this, but a solid core of committed supporters have carried the torch through the years, outstanding among whom has been Lawrence Edbrook, Secretary for many years, who delivered all the minutes by hand; cycling far & wide to do so.
Churches Together has had a long association with supporting the young people in our churches and the community. CTIS supported the work of The Church Army with the Shrewsbury Churches Youth Project (SCYP) and more recently churches of all denominations and theological outlooks support the Shrewsbury Youth for Christ (SYFC) project which works with young people in our schools and colleges in and around Shrewsbury.
CTIS also supports the work of One World Week as it goes into every school in Shrewsbury before the October half term to give assemblies on a related theme and also the annual Open Door project, organised by the Lichfield Diocese, which takes place at the Abbey.
Young people from all denominations take part in the Soul Purpose project based at Holy Spirit Church each year.
Churches in the Belle Vue area of the town were involved at an early stage in the provision of a new youth club for the area and now run a youth club every friday evening in the purpose built modern premises.
| President. Sept. 2006 -Sept 200 |
Rev. Mark Thomas |
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Lord, bless Your Church around the world and especially here in Shrewsbury.
Gracious God, your church is made up of your people. So, may we all be led by Your Spirit,
filled by Your Grace, committed to Your Will and devoted to Your Service.
May we find the words to say to all who ask to know the hope we have within us.
As we seek to come closer to our fellow Christians in other denominations, may we find the
things that unite us.
As we work and worship together, so may we grow ever more close to each other so that
those outside our church will see that we are one in owning your son, Jesus, as our Lord.
Amen.
(Taken from LWPT)
A Short History of CTIS
When the fledgling Christian Centre was first opened amidst a flourish of great intentions, in Old St Chad’s Churchyard way back in 1972, the then Chairman of the Shrewsbury Council of Churches presided. We must assume that SCC was by then well established, and certainly the two organisations have been closely linked from the start.
Christian Aid, One World Week, the Christian Forum, Lent Groups and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were amongst the early projects of the Council and some years later we embarked on the Good Friday Walk of Witness.
The structure was transformed in 1992, two years later than the national body, into Churches Together in Shrewsbury. A covenant sub-committee agreed upon a covenant which was signed by all participating churches to the effect that they would not do separately what they could better do together. There is still a long way to go before we achieve this, but a solid core of committed supporters have carried the torch through the years, outstanding among whom has been Lawrence Edbrook, Secretary for many years, who delivered all the minutes by hand; cycling far & wide to do so.
Churches Together has had a long association with supporting the young people in our churches and the community. CTIS supported the work of The Church Army with the Shrewsbury Churches Youth Project (SCYP) and more recently churches of all denominations and theological outlooks support the Shrewsbury Youth for Christ (SYFC) project which works with young people in our schools and colleges in and around Shrewsbury.
CTIS also supports the work of One World Week as it goes into every school in Shrewsbury before the October half term to give assemblies on a related theme and also the annual Open Door project, organised by the Lichfield Diocese, which takes place at the Abbey.
Young people from all denominations take part in the Soul Purpose project based at Holy Spirit Church each year.
Churches in the Belle Vue area of the town were involved at an early stage in the provision of a new youth club for the area and now run a youth club every friday evening in the purpose built modern premises.