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Camping in the Community
22/03/2010
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My ‘Bible in a Year' reading programme plunged me deep into the book of Exodus in this Lenten season. It's amazing how God involved the Israelites in the construction of his tabernacle: scurrying to their tents in search of blue, purple and scarlet yarn; sanding down fragrant acacia poles and impregnating them with oil, moulding molten ear-rings into clasps to hold together the tent of God's dwelling place among them.
\r\nIt must have stunned the Israelites to see themselves woven into the fabric of God's tabernacle: catching a brief glimpse of their red thread in the embroidered curtains; their golden cord sewn into its awnings; their ear-rings moulded into the candlesticks Moses placed in the secret inner tent; their gemstones shimmering on the ephod of the Priest.
\r\nAs teams of Cliff students prepare to go out on Easter missions this year, we too, in a very real sense, weave unique parts of ourselves into the fabric of God's worship. The offerings we bring - a word of testimony at an outreach event; a significant conversation with a teenager in an RE class; a knowing look exchanged on a doorstep during door-to door visitation - are precious parts of ourselves, woven into the worship of the God who draws men and women; boys and girls to himself.
\r\nPray for us this Easter as we ‘set up our tents' in Northallerton in North Yorkshire and Berkhamstead and Newham in London: ‘tabernacling' for a short while among congregations faithfully sharing the love of Jesus in their communities. Pray that the small offerings we bring might be woven tenderly into the tent of God's presence in our generation: sharing his Shekinah glory with the people we live and witness among.
\r\nDr Gwen Henderson
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Upcoming Open Day
03/03/2010
On Tuesday April 27th, 2010 we will be holding another Open Day for prospective 'full-time undergraduate' students. This will be a brilliant chance for you to come, sit in on some lectures, meet staff and students, eat with us, pray with us and worship with us. We hope that it will be a chance for you to find out if Cliff is the place where God is calling you to study. We are confident that if you come and see what we are about, you will want to come back!
Although we do our best to show you through this website what Cliff is like, we believe that community life is vital to discipleship and spiritual growth and it simply cannot be felt or understood by reading a website, to fully experience Cliff, you need to come for a visit!
\r\nThe day is completely free, all you need to do is get yourself here and if you would like to stay for our evening celebration, then free accommodation can be provided as well!
\r\nIf you would like to join us for the day then please get in contact with Matt Lollar by calling him on 01246 584 227 or via email at m.lollar@cliffcollege.ac.uk. Places are limited so book now!
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EASTER TWEETERS TO TELL A SNAPPY STORY FOR LENT
03/03/2010
What does Easter mean to you? Tweeters and Facebook members are being invited to share their feelings about Easter by answering this question on a new Lent twitter feed.
Easter (LIVE) will run throughout Lent, bringing together 140-character reflections from well-known tweeters on Easter.
\r\nAlistair Johnson, from Cliff College, and Huw Tyler, from Share Creative, have created the Twitter feed as part of the Biblefresh movement of churches and agencies, which seeks to help Christians gain confidence in and appetite for the scriptures.
\r\nAlistair said: "Easter is the pinnacle of the story of Jesus. In it we see the passion God has for His people.
\r\n"Easter (LIVE) is an exciting way for people to reflect on the meaning behind the eggs, flowers and other trappings of Easter time."
\r\nHuw added: "Easter (LIVE) is about reaching new audiences to explore the Easter story. We're keen to engage with these communities and get deeper through discussion, thought and response.
\r\n"We're excited about seeing 'tweets' from well-known contributors to regular users of Twitter and Facebook and finding out what Easter means in a digital world."
\r\nEvangelical Alliance General Director Steve Clifford started the tweets off with this tweet: "Looked like a disaster. Hopes gone, dreadful defeat. But it was the watershed of history, amazing victory, death was beaten."
\r\nHe said: "Easter (LIVE) provides an opportunity to explore what, for Christians, is the pivotal event of history. "There cannot be a more important question for each of us to ask. If Jesus rose from the dead, what does Easter mean for me?"
\r\nYou can follow Easter (LIVE) at http://twitter.com/EasterLIVE or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=293981895417&ref=ts.
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