Evangelism
Welcome to the Evangelism Year of Vision4Life, the third of three years that we hope will start to transform the United Reformed Church, and our partners, for mission. We began with the Bible Year, and continued with prayer year. Re-engaging with the Bible and prayer have not stopped, but equip us for evangelism as we discover fresh ways of sharing God’s story with our friends and neighbourhoods..
The Prayer Year runs from Advent 2009 to December 2010, when the Evangelism Year begins.
The Evangelism Year is the final year of a complete process. Some churches may want to simply jump into this year without covering the first two years. Can we encourage you to cover the main studies for the first two years and enter into the whole process before you do. Whilst it is easy for some to put evangelism on the back burner saying we are not ready yet, others may miss out on some of the important areas of thinking that have developed through the Vision4Life process if the bible and prayer are neglected. So even if you want to cover the materials more quickly than a whole year for each, please enter into the whole process and discover what God has to say to you as you develop your own thinking and progress towards evangelism.
| Evangelism Year resources will begin to appear on this site but for now, here is a document with a few ideas from churches that could be used as a link to the evangelism year. | Download PtoE – moving on ideas.pdf here |
| NEW A Theological Introduction to the Evangelism Year This is a presentation written by Francis Brienen for Eastern Synod ministers and offered for use by others. There is a text document and a Powerpoint. The text is written only in note form and is useful as a starting point for your own presentation. |
Download theological intro to V4L Evangelism Year.pdf |
| NEW Exploring Evangelism – a taster session This powerpoint presentation offered by John Hall is designed for s synod meeting and to be interactive, around tables. It also gives tasters of different parts of the booklet. |
Download ExploringEvangelismTaster.ppt |
| NEW Don’t let the sun go down A new prayer with picture by Heather Whyte |
Download Dont let the sun go down… with picture.pdf |
Advent Prayer Stations – Gospel Beginnings
| These prayer stations have been produced by Dave Coaker, minister at Leyland and Penwortham, and provide a useful link between Prayer and Evangelism Years. There is a document for the text and another for setting up. | Download Prayer Stations Gospel beginnings.pdf |
 Teaching & Motivational Resources |
 Getting on with it |
 Theological Reflections |
 Worship Resources |
 Additional Resources & Links |
 Seasonal Materials |
You can access many of the resources by clicking the links above or using the top menu drop down options
Vision4Life is a process which the United Reformed Church is following for 3 years from Advent 2008 through to Advent 2011. It is three years of focus on re-engaging with the Bible, Prayer and Evangelism with the purpose of bringing transformation to the URC and its partner churches. Take a look through the contents of the site using the menu at the top or select items from the Prayer Year menu to the right. You can sign up to the process as a local church or join in the forums as an individual. There’s lots to discover and the site grows week by week with resources, comment and news. Enjoy!
