2009 Going Deeper - Noah’s Ark, the Crossing of the Red Sea, Jonah and the Whale, Jesus calms the storm, and Paul gets shipwrecked.

2010 Above and Beyond - Manna and Quail, Moses' face, Saul's change, The Lost Sheep, Mary and Martha

AIMS

The Aims of Holiday Bible Week are:

• To build up relationships between the churches and the local community

• To bring children into a caring and loving environment where they are valued and relationships matter

• To present Christian teaching in a relevant way through the activities, and to reflect it in team relationships

• To encourage the development of social skills and moral values

• To introduce children to Jesus and the church

• To provide interesting, stimulating and creative activities outside of the school environment

• To offer the opportunity to develop new skills and discover new interests

• To let children discover positive ways of having fun

• To enable people from churches to work together and display true Christian unity.

Holiday Bible Week is affiliated to 'Churces Together Bishops Stortford' and is presently seeking registration as an independent charity. For periodic updates see the 'Restricted' page.

CHURCHES INVOLVED

The following town churches are involved in Holiday Bible Week –

All Saints Church of England,
Bishop's Stortford Baptist Church,
Hockerill Christian Assembly,
Christian Outreach Centre,
Bishop's Stortford Community Church,
Gaston Green Chapel,
Havers Community Church
Holy Trinity Church of England,
Bishop's Stortford Methodist Church,
The Salvation Army
St James Church of England, Thorley,
St Joseph's Roman Catholic,
St Michael's Church of England,
Bishop's Stortford United Reformed.

We are also supported by Christians from churches nearby - in Sawbridgeworth, Takeley, Stansted, and even further afield - and the fact that this support runs so deep and wide humbles us greatly. God has done, and is doing, a GREAT work!

Our thanks go out to the hundreds of Christians, these local churches and, of course, the Lord God Himself who all make HBW possible.

In human terms it is difficult to see how working together like this can produce something so wonderful as Holiday Bible Week - yet it does. Holiday Bible Week really does have to be experienced: do come to the next event and see God in action!

The Committee members ask for your prayers to help them and all those who help behind the scenes to continue to produce another excellent event next year. If you've never been to it, do go! You won't regret it!

For general enquiries email: hbwwebmaster@btinternet.com