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East Midlands

Mike Read
Mike Read
The Regional Manager for the East Midlands is Mike Read.
 

The Administration Assistant for the East Midlands is Heather Sirrel.
 
Contact details:

Tearfund East Midlands
The Old Lace Mill
Frederick Road
Stapleford
Nottingham
NG9 8FN

0115 939 6181

mike.read@tearfund.org
heather.sirrel@tearfund.org

 
Events coming up 

This autumn, instead of our annual conference, we will be holding FIVE local events to mark our part in Tearfund’s 40th anniversary.

- Saturday 27 September, 10:30am to 1pm
St Alkmund’s, Kedleston Road, Derby

- Saturday 4 October, 10:30am to 1pm,
St Wifrid’s Church, Wilford, Nottingham

- Saturday 18 October, 10:30am to 1pm,
St Mary Le Wigford, High Street, Lincoln

- Saturday 25 October, 10:30am to 1pm,
 St. Gile’s, 10-12 St Giles Terrace, Northampton

- Saturday 1 November, 10:30am to 1pm,
 Groby URC, Chapel Hill, Groby, Leicester

Please come along for a cup of coffee and a slice of Tearfund’s 40th anniversary birthday cake!

A new church resource, focusing on HIV work in Mozambique, will be available and we will also have a huge Tearcraft shop so you can stock up on Christmas gifts.

 

We will also launch a brand-new integral mission resource for churches keen to reach out to their communities - using the methods tried and tested by our partners.

Please invite anyone whom you think might be interested in coming along.

Tearfund Prayer Meetings in Long Eaton
On Wednesday 21 May we held a prayer evening focusing on fairtrade and justice issues, and the latest situation in Myanmar and Zimbabwe.

 

This event was at Insight Christian Bookshop in Long Eaton, Nottingham - which is now under the ownership of Eddie Mason, who’s part of Tearfund Together in the East Midlands.

We hope to make such prayer meetings a regular occurrence, the next one is to be held in September – we will let you know when the date has been decided.

Tearfund Inspire trip to Egypt - March 2009

This is a joint trip for volunteers from England and Wales. 

 

This Inspire trip will provide a fantastic opportunity to see Tearfund’s vision in action. 

 

We hope to visit two Tearfund partners in Cairo to see how God is using them to bring transformation to the poorest and most marginalised.  

 

In addition to visiting the partners, there will be a chance for you to do some practical work with them. 


You will also have the opportunity to discuss what you experience and pray with others on the tour. 

 

And Tearfund will help equip you to share those stories with churches back home, and to make the most of your experiences in Egypt.

 

Date: 2 - 15 March 2009 (depending on flights – exact dates to be confirmed)
Price: In the range of £1,200 - £1,350 (final costing will be available nearer the time of the tour)
Orientation: Saturday 31 January
Reunion: Saturday 4 April


Click here to download a fact sheet and application form
Please note that you will be required to sign a contract before going on the Inspire trip.  You can find a copy of it here.

News from our region 

Prayer groups

Five prayer groups meet regularly in our region.

 

Nottingham Contact Joanne Pilkington on 0115 9396181 or email Joanne.Pilkington@tearfund.org
Leicester Contact Sue Whiting on 0116 2720356 or email sue.whiting3@ukonline.co.uk
Matlock Contact Steve and Wendy Kenyon on 01629 760813
Derby Contact Pat Coverley on 01332 663427
Spalding Contact Ann Faulkner on 01406 371241

 

Please contact the office for further details.

 

We would like to establish more prayer groups. If you would like to join or host a group, please get in touch!

 

For more informaion about prayer groups visit our Prayer Zone.

 

Work a Miracle activity in the East Midlands

Your response to the Work a Miracle campaign has been overwhelming.

 

Since it was first aired at the Regional Conference in September, two-thirds of you now have the pack and it has been used in home groups and church services. 

 

Following up an idea you suggested at the conference, £7 lunches have been held. 

 

Congregations have donated money in lieu of sending each other Christmas cards. Cotton wool balls and maize porridge have been used as a prayer focus.


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