Share your faith effectively
Discover and develop your gifts
See your character develop
Learn from others
Strengthen your confidence in God

1 or 2 weeks

Week 1	Mon 31 July - Sat 5 August
Week 2	Mon 7 August - Sat 12 August
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Week 1

Monday 31 July - Saturday 5 August 2006
	Seminars on key topics
	Street Evangelism
	Neighbourbourhood Visitation
	Practical Workshops
	Homeless Work

Week 2

Monday 7 August - Saturday 12 August
	More hands-on experience
	Social Care Work
	Children's Work (Holiday Club)
	City Centre Evangelism

The Participants

The Summer Outreach programme runs every year from the end of July to mid-August. It attracts people from a variety of backgrounds. About 70% of participants have been students. Consequently, we have kept the cost down. This does not mean that we have compromised on anything. Participants fall mainly in two categories: those who have a burden to evangelise and don't know how to but are keen to learn; those who have plenty of time in the summer months and would like to do some kind of Christian work.

Programme

The programme has remained the same for the past four years because we believe it meets the needs of the participants. It is a blanaced programme combining the theoretical with the practical. It offers everyone something.

Every day begins with devotional teaching. The mornings of the first week are taken up with seminars on different topics such as open air evangelism, home visitation, apologetics, other religions and children's work. The afternoons are given to practicing what we learned in the seminars. This approach lets participants to gain valuable experince in evangelism. We have found this 'hands-on' method to be most suitable for those who have no experience of evangelism. There are two sessions for prayers and feedback. The second week's programme concentrates on children's work. For those who whould rather not do children's work, we have arranged for them to engage in other kinds of Christian work. We work with a church in the second week. The BCM Bus plays a major part in our programme during the second week. In the evenings of both weeks there are opportunities to do homeless work - feeding and sharing the Gospel with the homeless in the city centre.

Social Life

Built into the programme are recreation times and barbecues. They are great times of friendship and getting to know each other. The participants live together and so spend much time with each other. At night they congregate in the large kitchen to chat, play, eat or just relax and enjoy one another's company.

Cost

The cost for a week is £75 and includes accommodation, transport and food.

Telephone, fax, write or e-mail to -

Paul Olise
Birmingham City Mission
75 Watery Lane Middleway
Bordesley
BIRMINGHAM B9 4HN