There’s lots coming up for young people and their leaders, this Summer term and over the Summer.
Young Leaders
Our older Young Leader strand Inspire are getting together for a relaxed end of term/post-exams gathering with outdoor feast at 3.30pm on 16th July at Barnwell Country Park. The group will then go onto Oundle to join the Oundle Youth Service at St Peter’s church. All Young Leaders aged 14-18 are welcome to join us, contact peter.white@peterborough-diocese.org.uk for more details.
It was great to see some of our Junior Inspire young leaders at Starburst recently. OUr next event for the 10-13’s age group will be on 7th October 2017. More details soon.
Area Youth Gatherings
There are various local area Youth Gatherings that youth groups and individuals are invited to join in with. The next events coming soon are:
South Northants Launchpad 18th June – Towcester
Wellingborough Sparks 25th June – Earls Barton
Leicestershire borders Fire Church 2nd July – near Kelmarsh
Northampton Celebrate 9th July – Hardingstone
Daventry Fire Church 4th Nov – Braunston
For more info and invitation links/promo contact becky.wills@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Thy Kingdom Come
Coming up at the end of May is the Archbishops’ Global Prayer Movement for all churches Thy Kingdom Come . The website has lots of resources and your church/youth group may like to do something special to join in. It would be great to hear about what you’re doing – use our social media to share. To celebrate the end of the event on 4th June – Pentecost we will be hosting a short Online Prayer Gathering at 6pm. Follow us on Twitter @pborodioyouth using #thykingdomcome to join in.
Taize
There is an exciting opportunity for young people from our Diocese to join a group going to the international worship phenomenon Taize. The group are going from 29th July to 7th Aug. Don’t miss this great opportunity! For more details contact Sue Faulkner on RevSueFaulkner@aol.com
Big Summer Festivals in our area
This Summer is going to be a very exciting one in our region, with Soul Survivor coming to the Peterborough Showground for the first time and Greenbelt at beautiful Boughton House near Kettering again.
Learn to Listen
And an advance note for your diaries, for youth and children’s leaders, a great day Conference 4th Nov 2017 
Grandparents Project
And lastly – look out for a new pilot resource for Churches – The Grandparents Project, supporting churches in working across generations, young and older together. Get in touch if you’d like to be part of the pilot. We meet on July 11th at 2pm at Bouverie Court to launch – let us know if you are interested.
