Discovering Christianity
Welcome!
 On
Sunday September 17th, the congregations of five churches in
Derbyshire said "hello again" to friends who haven't
been to church for a while. There are various reasons why people
stop going to church when once it played an important part
in their lives. Back to Church Sunday provided an opportunity
to return to church on a day when others were likely to be
doing the same.
Back to Church Sunday was first launched by the Church of
England in Manchester and was piloted in Derbyshire this year.
We hope that many more churches will be involved in 2007 and
beyond.
Participating churches had access to a variety of resources
to help them invite family and friends back to church. These
included invitations, and goodie bags containing brochures
featuring testimonies of people who had already come back to
church and bars of fair-trade chocolate. These were given to
people when they came into church. The five churches participating
in Back to Church Sunday in this county were:-
See
the Chesterfield launch event >>
See
the Derby launch event >>
If you are thinking about going back to church
or want to explore Christianity, visit our faith
pages for
some helpful information, personal stories and links.
If you already belong to a church and are considering taking
part in Back to Church Sunday in 2007, visit www.backtochurch.co.uk for
more details, or contact the Diocesan Mission Adviser, Lakshmi
Jeffreys: 01332 388687, lakshmi.jeffreys@derby.anglican.org
If you would like to review a DVD about Back
to Church Sunday which offers encouragement from the Bishop
of Derby and more
personal stories from people who have already come
back to church, please contact the Diocesan Mission Adviser,
as before.
We are grateful to Traidcraft for supporting
Back to Church Sunday by providing chocolate for the goodie
bags.
Read
the Press Release >>
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