Reaching Your Community in the Summer (with Andy Rees)

A church in Norwich held a week-long festival in a nearby park during the summer to reach their local community. In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Andy Rees (Lead Pastor, Surrey Chapel, Norwich) to talk about Summer Fest- an event the church held in Waterloo Park in Norwich in summer 2022. How was it run? How did it go? Would they do it again? 00:00 - Introduction 02:33 - Surrey Chapel's Summer Fest 10:20 - Shifting from a social event to gospel intentionality 12:26 - Planning a summer festival 16:29 - Connecting with local media 19:43 - Moving the holiday club out of the church building 20:24 - Church buy-in for community events 22:51 - Planning a kids' holiday club 24:42 - Use what God has given you Resources mentioned in this episode Local Churches and the Media (fiec.org.uk) Faith in Kids (faithinkids.org) You can see photos from Summer Fest and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel. About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter