I hope you’re enjoying our new preaching series, True Religion, exploring God’s call for us as Christians to care for those in need. If you’ve missed any parts so far, do check out our downloads page to catch up – click here.
This Sunday we’re excited to welcome a guest speaker: Andy Hawthorne OBE.
Andy is a well-known evangelist, author, and speaker, and the founder and Global CEO of The Message Trust, who we’re partnering with to launch our Community Grocery. The Message Trust is a Christian charity based in Manchester, working in schools, prisons, and deprived communities across the UK and beyond to share the gospel and bring long-term transformation.
I first met Andy last year when I was in Brazil visiting Luke Simone. We shared lunch together at Casa Cruzeiro – and if you look carefully, you can spot him sitting next to me in the photo below.
Andy was in Brazil because The Message Trust were launching a new outreach programme into a favela in Rio, and they’d connected with Luke and all that’s happening there. (For those who don’t know, Luke is part of Welcome Church, and you can follow the link above to read more about Luke and about the work we support in Rio.)
Andy has over 30 years’ experience in mission work—going into deprived communities, supporting prisons, working in schools, and reaching the hardest-to-reach people. He’s also authored several books. He is a gifted speaker and communicator, and I know we’re going to have a fantastic Sunday as he inspires faith for the road ahead.
Hope to see you there!
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