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04 Apr

[04-04-08] Tithe Your Holiday
Tithing is something Christians are generally familiar with but we usually apply it to our finances.
[18-03-08] Just Trade Thailand
Tomorrow I'm flying off to Thailand, Cambodia and Hong Kong as part of my role with Just Trade to visit small businesses that providing employment for very vulnerable communities.
[10-03-08] Climate Change
"In spring, it shouldn't be hot, but this year was really hot," says Murat.
[24-01-08] China 2008
Duration: approx 2weeks                                                 Dates: 5th-17th Sept Cost: £430 + flights to Chengdu  Be part of a team who are going to China to trek in the mountains of Tibet.
[24-01-08] Trips for 2008
A number of Open Heaveners are already thinking about giving some of their holiday time to God and heading off on focused mission trips.
[21-01-08] Update from Paul McKnight
Dear All, We finished our term of teaching in December and at Step Ahead we threw a party for about 60 or so friends, neighbours and students.
[15-09-06] Prayer for Muslims
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[10-08-06] Trip to Albania
A team from Open Heaven will be heading out to Albania at the end of August where we will be linking up with and serving two churches.
[30-01-06] Step Ahead Training Centre: Khao Lak, Thailand
  Background to the Area Before the Tsunami the area of Khao Lak, in which the Step Ahead Training Centre is based, had a growing tourist industry alongside the well established local fishing businesses.
[26-10-05] Phones 4 Life
A section from a recent letter from Simon Guillebaud, a missionary we support who is working in Burundi: "One of the most heart-wrenching and deeply-impacting moments in my life was when an African brother asked me for $4 for medicine for his sick baby boy.

Tithe Your Holiday

Tithing is something Christians are generally familiar with but we usually apply it to our finances.  I would like to propose a new type of tithing, ‘our holidays’.

Holidays can be precious and they are times we look forward as an opportunity to ‘get away’ to relax, explore new countries and cultures as well as enjoy what the resorts have to offer.  How about this year we each tithe a part of our holiday and we use this time to pray and/or invest practically into the place we have chosen to go and relax...

Why not give half a day per week of your holiday to be investing back?

Before you go find out about your destination, whether that is elsewhere in the UK or overseas. 

  • What are the prayer needs of the area?  
  • If it is a developing country, are there any projects you could visit for a couple of hours and/or take out supplies to (a really good place to look is 'Stuff your Rucksack')

Then give half a day or more to be prayer walking and seeking God for his heart for the area and the people who live there.
If you would like more information or if you would like help on gaining information about where you are going I would love to help, get in touch…

Posted by: LJ Lloyd-Jarvis on Friday Apr 4th, 2008

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