Serve Teesside.

love our region. Make an impact.

1 — 19 May 2024

Festival Teesside has a slogan—A Church united, a region transformed. One of the ways that the united Church can play a part in seeing area-wide transformation in the build-up to Festival Teesside is through serving our communities. There is significant power in sharing God’s love in both word and deed. That’s why we’re encouraging local churches to join in with Serve Teesside.

For maximum impact and to truly add momentum to the bigger festival timeline we’ve allocated 1–19 May 2024 as the window of opportunity for churches to run social action projects in their local context. There is no better way of identifying the missional opportunities in any area than working directly with the local church, as you are the ones who know the needs of your communities better than anyone else. We are not prescriptive as to what you decide to do but ask that you plan to do it within the Serve Teesside timeframe and let us know what you plan. Keep reading to learn more!

before you begin serving…

  • Identify any projects you would like to run—these could range from litter picking to working with the council or local charities. Whatever God has placed on your heart to serve your region.

  • Nominate a Serve Teesside lead who would attend a vision and planning day (the date will be shared soon). This person would then communicate with Ben Scott (Serve Teesside Coordinator) to see your serving initiative come to fruition. You can email him at revbenscott@gmail.com.

  • There will be lots of individual local projects under the banner of Serve Teesside, but we would like to keep a sense of cohesion and unity. To do this we ask that your lead person share what your church has planned to do and when you plan to do it.

    We will then collate all the information and collaboratively encourage people enquiring to join what you’re doing if they’re local to you. It will help us to share the joint impact of the wonderful work that has been done through the unified Church of Teesside.

A church united, a region transformed.

This is a fantastic opportunity to serve our local area. The combined efforts of all the partner churches across Teesside will result in people knowing they are loved and cared for. Our actions will demonstrate the love of God for them in this place we call home. 

To find out more or to let us know what you’re planning, please email Ben Scott at revbenscott@gmail.com.