Are you planning, or thinking about running, a Community Festival? Then read on.
For you to run a Community Festival in response to the 2012 Games would be a smart move. And there's lots of help for you.
If you are in any doubt about what a Community Festival offers then click here - for our web pages. They tell you how a festival can -
· Put your church at the heart of your community
· Help you build lasting relationships
· Be a demonstration of what the Kingdom of God can look like
Think wider than the Games
There are opportunities for festivals even before the Games start. The Royal Wedding showed us that. Three possibilities are -
· The Diamond Jubilee - a special Bank Holiday on Tuesday 5 June
· St George's Day - run it the weekend before the actual day, Monday 23 April
· The European Cup - running from 8 June to 1 July
If you are first time to the concept of a Community Festival, any of these would be a great way to put your toe in the water.
More training dates added
To give you more opportunities to see a festival and learn the ropes we've added extra training dates. The details are on our website - just click here.
By taking part you'll get -
· A clear rationale for festivals as a way to do mission
· Training to define a vision for your festival
· Practical guidance - what works and what doesn't
· A fat resource pack
· Lots of ideas, resources and useful contacts
You will also meet a bunch of people just like you - to share ideas and the vision to reach their community. Even if you can't make the training come to experience what a festival offers.
The complete list of training dates is -
Tooting Junction, Saturday 2 July
Leyland, Lancashire. Saturday 9 July
Reading, Berkshire. Saturday 9 July
Headington, Oxfordshire. Saturday 16 July
Preston/Clayton Brook. Saturday 16 July
Bradfield, Essex. Saturday 30 July
Croydon, Surrey. Friday 5 to Sunday 7 August
Liverpool. Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August
Aylesbury. Saturday 3 September
Festivals Guide Book now available
You can now find everything you need to know about running a community festival in one book. That's thanks to Share Jesus International.
They've done it despite being in the middle of their own festival season where they have seen festivals in Central London, Spelthorne and Sheffield. And report that 'sporting fever is creeping its way in with volleyball tournaments, Aerobics classes and street dance'.
To get hold of a copy of the Festivals Guide Book or find out more about their festivals just click here.
Download manuals ready soon
There will soon be a place where you can download manuals on subjects that include -
· An Introduction to Festivals
· Sharing your Faith at a Festival
· Puppets
· Clowning
· Building Festival equipment
It will all on the member's area of Fusion's 2012 website that opens in a week or so. There will be details in our next On Track eNews that you will receive.
Sorting the tricky issues for you
The BBC have announced that there is no need for a licence other than a regular TV licence to show their Games coverage on big screens - so long as the content is not messed with or charged for.
On the way from Fusion is an online shop with low-cost resources for festivals from balloon modelling to face painting, from Diablo to inflatable balls.
We've found a production company able to arrange Day/Night Screens and we'll have a manual on how you can do screens on a small budget by August.
We're currently sorting through how to best serve local groups with insurance, council permissions and forms to help simplify organising.
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