Join us for a morning that will inspire and equip you in your leadership journey, with guest speakers Ron and Mary MacLean.
Saturday 16th October from 9:30 – 12:30
For more information and to book, visit the event page here.
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Saturday 28th October, 9:30am-3pm
Tees Valley Community Church
Ever feel like you just need to grit your teeth and try harder in your walk with God? Well, the great news is that our relationship with Jesus doesn’t start with what we can do for God, but with what He has done for us! God’s lavish grace changes everything!
We’re thrilled to have Terry Virgo come and speak to us about the grace of God. He is the founder and pioneering leader of New Frontiers global Network of churches, and one of the leading voices in the UK church across the past 5 decades. It is an immense privilege that Terry is coming to share with us as Taking Ground Churches. This is a huge opportunity to hear from a servant hearted leader who has had a huge impact across the Church at large in many nations, especially the UK.
Please do not forget to book your free place here!
Its time again for the TG churches to gather together for the Taking Ground Celebration!
Sunday 29th October, 10:30am – 3pm
Tees Valley Community Church
The service will start at 10:30am with refreshments from 9:30am, and will feature a word from Terry Virgo, the founder and pioneering leader of New Frontiers global Network of Churches, who we are privileged to have join us for this weekend!
Following the service we will share a bring-your-own picnic party including a bouncy castle and games to connect the churches from across Taking Ground.
Come and gather with the other churches in our Taking Ground family. We’re looking forward to a great time in God’s presence, worshipping together and hearing from our guest speaker, Ron Maclean.
Sunday 17th October from 10:30 – 12:00.
For more information and to book, visit the event page here.
It’s that time again – join your fellow north east churches for the Taking Ground Celebration Service!
On Sunday 11th April at 11am, join us for a live stream on the Taking Ground Facebook page or the Taking Ground YouTube channel.
Read more details on the event page here.
Martin Dunkley, leader of Taking Ground, would like to share an update regarding our Daniel Challenge year out programme.
“Having taken the decision to pause Daniel Challenge due to the impact of the Coronavirus, we have used this time to undertake a comprehensive review into how God wants us, as Taking Ground and our individual churches, to invest in training and equipping our young people and future leaders.
“As part of the review into Daniel Challenge we have undertaken substantial research into Christian gap years and gap years more generally. We have considered the impact and success of Daniel Challenge and the strengths and weaknesses of it in its current form. Most importantly, however, we have been asking God what he wants our training for young people and future leaders to look like.
“While we were undertaking the review, we really felt that God had exciting plans for training and developing young adults and our future leaders, but there was a sense in all these discussions that this was shifting away from Daniel Challenge and that Daniel Challenge was coming to a natural end.
“Over the Christmas period the government also announced that following Brexit the UK would no longer be supporting the Erasmus Programme. The Erasmus Programme provided a significant level of funding towards Daniel Challenge as well as a significant proportion of the students. The government pulling out of the Erasmus Programme felt like it was the final confirmation that the door was closing on Daniel Challenge.
“I am therefore writing to let you all know that Daniel Challenge will not be restarting in September and we intend to close down the programme.
“Whilst we are saddened at having to make this decision, it is important to note that we take this decision in real faith that God has exciting plans for us and how we can develop and train our young people and future leaders. This may be done in our individual churches, as Taking Ground or a mixture of both, however there is a sense of faith and expectation that God will guide and direct us into the pathway he wants us to take, in a way that aligns with our individual church ministries and the vision and values of Taking Ground.
“On behalf of the Taking Ground leadership team I would like to thank you for your love, care, investment and support in Daniel Challenge. As I reflect back on Daniel Challenge over the years and I see the impact it has had on so many young people, I thank God for all that he has done through it.
“If you would like to discuss this with me personally please get in touch. God Bless, Martin.”
We look forward to the future of training in Taking Ground, and hope you will pray for us as we explore this.
It is with great reluctance that we have decided to cancel the Daughters Day event on Saturday March 14th 2020. As you can imagine, we have not taken this decision easily. It has not been taken out of any sense of fear or panic. It’s a decision that has been taken prayerfully and is rooted in love and care for each other and a sense of responsibility for the wider community.
If you have purchased a ticket through your local Church, your local representative will arrange for you to be reimbursed.
It is our intention to hopefully reschedule the Daughters event for the Autumn, and we will keep you informed as and when a firm decision has been made.
Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you, but as you will be aware the current circumstances that we find ourselves are very changeable, but we are confident that our God is in control. As daughters of Father God, it would be good if we kept prayerful for our communities and nation at this time.
It’s that time of year again – students from Texas are coming to north east England to run events, bless our churches and teach about Jesus in local schools. We are welcoming four teams this year to Hexham, Birtley, Sunderland and Teesside, which is why we call it the Texan Invasion!
The three northern teams (Hexham, Birtley and Sunderland) will be getting together on Sunday 15th March at Hexham Community Church for a Celebration Service to finish the Texan Invasion week, with Drew Humphrey, leader of the team, speaking. Service starts at 10.30am with tea and coffee served from 10am.
Taking Ground Family Weekend!
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the May bank holiday weekend (3rd-5th May 2019) TVC Church will host another incredible Taking Ground family weekend!
The Taking Ground weekend; with guest speaker Nic Harding, great youth and children’s programmes, family fun activities (Sat afternoon), a Taking Ground Music worship event Friday evening to launch the weekend and a special guest coming for a fun evening on Saturday (John Archer!) – then a celebration service to finish up on the Sunday followed by a hog roast (should you choose to pre-purchase one – the service will be much quicker this year)!
*Please note: food must be pre-ordered BEFORE Monday 29th April 2019 – thank you (*Sat packed lunch & Sunday hog roast).
A great opportunity to gather together as churches from across Taking Ground – not to be missed!
Book early to guarantee your place!
*HEAD TO THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE VIA THE LINK*
www.takingground.org.uk/familyweekend19/
Saturday 28th October, 9:30am-3pm
Tees Valley Community Church
Ever feel like you just need to grit your teeth and try harder in your walk with God? Well, the great news is that our relationship with Jesus doesn’t start with what we can do for God, but with what He has done for us! God’s lavish grace changes everything!
We’re thrilled to have Terry Virgo come and speak to us about the grace of God. He is the founder and pioneering leader of New Frontiers global Network of churches, and one of the leading voices in the UK church across the past 5 decades. It is an immense privilege that Terry is coming to share with us as Taking Ground Churches. This is a huge opportunity to hear from a servant hearted leader who has had a huge impact across the Church at large in many nations, especially the UK.
Please do not forget to book your free place here!
Its time again for the TG churches to gather together for the Taking Ground Celebration!
Sunday 29th October, 10:30am – 3pm
Tees Valley Community Church
The service will start at 10:30am with refreshments from 9:30am, and will feature a word from Terry Virgo, the founder and pioneering leader of New Frontiers global Network of Churches, who we are privileged to have join us for this weekend!
Following the service we will share a bring-your-own picnic party including a bouncy castle and games to connect the churches from across Taking Ground.
Come and gather with the other churches in our Taking Ground family. We’re looking forward to a great time in God’s presence, worshipping together and hearing from our guest speaker, Ron Maclean.
Sunday 17th October from 10:30 – 12:00.
For more information and to book, visit the event page here.
It’s that time again – join your fellow north east churches for the Taking Ground Celebration Service!
On Sunday 11th April at 11am, join us for a live stream on the Taking Ground Facebook page or the Taking Ground YouTube channel.
Read more details on the event page here.
Martin Dunkley, leader of Taking Ground, would like to share an update regarding our Daniel Challenge year out programme.
“Having taken the decision to pause Daniel Challenge due to the impact of the Coronavirus, we have used this time to undertake a comprehensive review into how God wants us, as Taking Ground and our individual churches, to invest in training and equipping our young people and future leaders.
“As part of the review into Daniel Challenge we have undertaken substantial research into Christian gap years and gap years more generally. We have considered the impact and success of Daniel Challenge and the strengths and weaknesses of it in its current form. Most importantly, however, we have been asking God what he wants our training for young people and future leaders to look like.
“While we were undertaking the review, we really felt that God had exciting plans for training and developing young adults and our future leaders, but there was a sense in all these discussions that this was shifting away from Daniel Challenge and that Daniel Challenge was coming to a natural end.
“Over the Christmas period the government also announced that following Brexit the UK would no longer be supporting the Erasmus Programme. The Erasmus Programme provided a significant level of funding towards Daniel Challenge as well as a significant proportion of the students. The government pulling out of the Erasmus Programme felt like it was the final confirmation that the door was closing on Daniel Challenge.
“I am therefore writing to let you all know that Daniel Challenge will not be restarting in September and we intend to close down the programme.
“Whilst we are saddened at having to make this decision, it is important to note that we take this decision in real faith that God has exciting plans for us and how we can develop and train our young people and future leaders. This may be done in our individual churches, as Taking Ground or a mixture of both, however there is a sense of faith and expectation that God will guide and direct us into the pathway he wants us to take, in a way that aligns with our individual church ministries and the vision and values of Taking Ground.
“On behalf of the Taking Ground leadership team I would like to thank you for your love, care, investment and support in Daniel Challenge. As I reflect back on Daniel Challenge over the years and I see the impact it has had on so many young people, I thank God for all that he has done through it.
“If you would like to discuss this with me personally please get in touch. God Bless, Martin.”
We look forward to the future of training in Taking Ground, and hope you will pray for us as we explore this.
It is with great reluctance that we have decided to cancel the Daughters Day event on Saturday March 14th 2020. As you can imagine, we have not taken this decision easily. It has not been taken out of any sense of fear or panic. It’s a decision that has been taken prayerfully and is rooted in love and care for each other and a sense of responsibility for the wider community.
If you have purchased a ticket through your local Church, your local representative will arrange for you to be reimbursed.
It is our intention to hopefully reschedule the Daughters event for the Autumn, and we will keep you informed as and when a firm decision has been made.
Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you, but as you will be aware the current circumstances that we find ourselves are very changeable, but we are confident that our God is in control. As daughters of Father God, it would be good if we kept prayerful for our communities and nation at this time.
It’s that time of year again – students from Texas are coming to north east England to run events, bless our churches and teach about Jesus in local schools. We are welcoming four teams this year to Hexham, Birtley, Sunderland and Teesside, which is why we call it the Texan Invasion!
The three northern teams (Hexham, Birtley and Sunderland) will be getting together on Sunday 15th March at Hexham Community Church for a Celebration Service to finish the Texan Invasion week, with Drew Humphrey, leader of the team, speaking. Service starts at 10.30am with tea and coffee served from 10am.
Taking Ground Family Weekend!
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the May bank holiday weekend (3rd-5th May 2019) TVC Church will host another incredible Taking Ground family weekend!
The Taking Ground weekend; with guest speaker Nic Harding, great youth and children’s programmes, family fun activities (Sat afternoon), a Taking Ground Music worship event Friday evening to launch the weekend and a special guest coming for a fun evening on Saturday (John Archer!) – then a celebration service to finish up on the Sunday followed by a hog roast (should you choose to pre-purchase one – the service will be much quicker this year)!
*Please note: food must be pre-ordered BEFORE Monday 29th April 2019 – thank you (*Sat packed lunch & Sunday hog roast).
A great opportunity to gather together as churches from across Taking Ground – not to be missed!
Book early to guarantee your place!