What is Hope?

Hope in Tonbridge and Surrounding Villages is part of the nationwide Hope08 initiative. It has been described as:

"A really remarkable vision that has grown out of the success of a number of local urban projects. Christians have to learn how to give an absolutely clear answer to the question, 'why is this good news?'" - Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury)

  • churches working together, uniting in prayer, outreach and community action to help transform their neighbourhoods …
  • locally-organised initiatives with a distinctive youth feel …
  • providing opportunities for those who know God calls them to love their neighbour but don't know where to start …
  • doing more – doing it together – and doing it in word and action …
  • believing that people will turn to Jesus when they’re touched by his hands and his heart as well as his word

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Jobless or redundant?

Make Next Step, a series of FREE workshops for the redundant or jobless a fixed point of your week. Every Wednesday, 20th May - 24th June 2009. 11am - 1pm with coffee and lunch. It's OK to make a late start. Read more ...

Healing on the Streets

Following a successful training day for volunteers, this exciting project gets under way on Saturday 6th June Read more ... 

Meeting Places

Visit our new page listing venues offered by churches for informal meeting and conversation. Then go along! Details ...

Get Involved!

The best thing you can do right now is return a Response Card...

If you haven't already got one Click Here.... Read and pray over it, also read the latest HOPE Newsletter..., and email George Gilbart-Smith georgegs@talktalk.net , saying whichever of Prayer, Action, Vision, Giving or Other you want to get involved in.

And follow the Volunteer Trail... 

In the sidebar of this page click on Volunteer Trail... Do the same on each page you visit, and you'll be taken round the whole trail, finishing back here. Read each page carefully and prayerfully and find where you fit in! And where a project isn't you, pray that the Lord will staff it with people of his choosing, enabling it to have a real impact on our community.