Practical mission at Easter
7 April 2009
At Easter many Trinity students are involved in practical mission in Britain and overseas. This will give them opportunities to learn from and contribute to different churches and communities and to share their faith at the most important time for Christians, when we celebrate Jesus' death for us.
Pavement art and skateboarding
We have a group which regularly makes contact with the young people who hang out outside Bristol Cathedral (above). They are organising a week of special activities leading up to Easter, including pavement art, skateboarding, a tour of the cathedral, and a Good Friday interactive presentation, all with free food and drink. ‘Discovering Story: Your Story, Our Story, His Story' runs 6-11 April at College Green. The group works with the full support of the cathedral.
Find out more at http://www.college-green.org.uk/
Foot washing and sreet cleaning
Our group training in context in inner Bristol is out on the streets and in the tower blocks during Holy Week, making contact with people and sharing their faith as opportunities arise. They will be helping to clean up the streets and will offer foot-washing and massage.
Experiencing the church in Egypt
Members of another of our context training groups (BS10) have recently returned from a trip to Egypt, where they have been experiencing the country's culture and Christian life. They were based in Cairo and Alexandria, and visited churches (Anglican and ancient Coptic), a mosque, drug rehabilitation and social centres, and the newly formed Alexandria School of Theology.
The trip was arranged by an MA student in the context group who comes from Anglican Church in Egypt. 'The highlight was meeting Egyptian people whose lives had been transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit,' writes one of the group.
Find out more:
Trinity's BS10 context group http://www.trinity-bris.ac.uk/bs10
Their trip to Egypt: http://www.bs10.wordpress.com/
Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of Egypt: http://www.dioceseofegypt.org/english
Lutheran Church in Germany
Trinity was invited by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria to send a group to visit churches and a theological college in South Germany. They left at the end of March and spent 10 days in Germany.
Evangelism in Virginia
Trinity's principal Canon George Kovoor has gone to Roanoke, Virginia, to lead a mission in Valley Word Church. The pastors, Eddie and Debbie Crabtree, have visited us in Trinity several times.
Local mission
We are linked to two church missions, in Hastings, Sussex and Southmead, Bristol, when students are involved in the life of the churches, helping them to present the message of Easter: