Take your Positions!

The warning sound of the trumpet has changed to an urgent reveille to all God’s people. The alarm cry of the watchman is no longer that the enemy is approaching. The call is ‘Wake up!’ we are in the midst of a battle for the soul of our nation.

The June edition of the Maranatha Community Newsletter which is available for you to read on-screen (or print for your convenience) challenges and encourages us in our Christian walk. Inside there is a report from our annual Members Gathering, news of new Publications, Spearhead Study Groups, Malawi 2012, Northern Ireland, Hospice Prayer Pack, Nationwide Gatherings, our National Assembly in October and a pilgrimage to the Republic of Ireland, and information about the formation of a new Communications Team.

• Click here to view / download the full June edition of the Maranatha Newsletter

We would also like to draw your attention to the following: (click on each)

• God’s call to make a difference – new folder sent to all with the Newsletter
• National Assembly – invite to national gathering to celebrate our 30th birthday!
• Report from Members Gathering at Quinta including video snapshot
• THE ONLINE BOOKSHOP – buy all Maranatha publications and thousands of Christian Books, CD, DVDs etc. directly from our own Taste and See Bookshop via on-line purchasing.
• Weekends and Retreats – all the details of our 2011 weekends and retreats
• Prayer Network

If you have any comment on this newsletter then please do leave them.

Over a 100 Maranatha members gathered for a weekend together in January at Quinta Hall in Shropshire. It was the first time that we had invited all those who had expressed a desire to be committed members of the Community as well as those who have a specific role or responsibility. This was a wonderful opportunity to embrace new people attending our Annual Gathering for the first time.

To give everyone a flavour of this we are now publishing the following:

• A video snap-shot
• Report on Quinta 2011
• Report on Maranatha Groups and Prayer Cells – warning: large file (5MB)
• New liturgy of Faith, Hope and Power
• Dennis’s board1.jpg
• Dennis’s board2 – words for quinta.jpg
• Dennis’s board3 – Working Groups.jpg
• Vision Meetings – initial schedule (map and dates)

We are at an exciting time of renewed prayer and action for the Kingdom of God. Although we are based in the UK, the vision God has given us is global. As little brothers and sisters of Jesus, we continue to pray Maranatha, Come Lord Jesus.

We will be celebrating 30 years of blessings that God has given to this Community later this year at our National Assembly in Manchester on 1st October. More details will be published on this blog nearer the time.

If you have any response to the documents above then please leave comments here.

The Summer 2011 issue of Spotlight – News and Views for Local Groups, by Local Groups, has been recently produced and can be downloaded here.

In this issue: The Church in action on the streets, Teenagers; why do they do that?, Shaking the foundations – report on the Vision meeting in Leeds and reports on Uganda Community School Project and our Northern Ireland trip in March, plus other articles.

Spotlight is the vehicle for news from Maranatha Local Groups and Members (as distinct from the Maranatha Newsletter which brings news of inititatives from the office in Flixton) so if you have anything to report from your local group then please email Matthew. You can also give us your thoughts via the comments facility here.