Past events
Following the success of Soul Week 2 we
are have planned more SOULINBARKING&DAGENHAM events
for the autumn and New Year:
- Sports Session. 3.30 - 5.30pm,
Saturday 4th November. Robert Clack School, Gosfield Road,
Dagenham RM8 1JU. Try out a variety of different sports
in this free sports session for young people.
- Cafe Night. 7.30 - 9.30pm, Friday
24th November at the Salvation
Army Barking, 240 Ripple Road, Barking IG11 7DJ. The
evening will include music, games, crafts, playstations
together with worship. If you have a playstation and TV
that you could loan for the evening, please let Nigel
Schultz know by emailing to Nigel.Schultz@salvationarmy.org.uk.
We also plan to organise Street Dance and
MCing workshops on Saturday 13th January 2007. In the meantime
here are some other events happening that you should check
out:
- Saturday 30th September: Voxette
- the Kristinehamn
Youth Choir concert. 7.30pm,
St Margaret's Church. All are welcome to this free concert
to hear Voxette, the Youth Choir from our link
parish of Kristinehamn in Sweden, perform a variety
of Swedish and English songs.
- Saturday 7th October: thebandwithnoname
in concert. Elim Christian Centre,
Axe Street, Barking IG11 7LZ. The
Gathering on Tour features high impact worship, top
UK Christian band - thebandwithnoname
- and Serious4God national director Mark Pugh, who will
bring a powerful challenge. To book tickets either phone
020 8591 2323 or click here.
- Friday 20th October:
London Community
Gospel Choir. 7.30pm,
The Broadway
Theatre, Barking. The London Community Gospel Choir
are known for their funky gospel flair, swing-beat, R’n’B
and soulful arrangements. Their dynamic melodies, rich
harmonies and inspiring energy will leave you spellbound.
There is also a LCGC Singing Workshop where you’ll
be coached to perform a piece with the choir as part of
the evening concert. Tickets for the concert are £14
or £12 for concessions. To book tickets, call 020
8507 5607.
A Games Afternoon happened
at the St Margaret's Centre on Saturday 21st May 2005. There
was sports on the Abbey green (rounders, short cricket,
tug of war etc.), a design & printmaking workshop, playstations
& refreshments in the Centre. Click here for
Games
Afternoon photos.
A Sports Session happened at Barking Abbey
School Leisure Centre on Saturday 2nd July 2005. There was
a wide range of activities including basketball, cricket,
dance, football and tennis among others. Click here for
Sports session photos.
Fashion & Design,
Football & Sports Tricks. Over
70 came to these workshops which happened on Saturday
10th September 2005 at the St Margaret's Centre. In the
Fashion & Design workshop young people tried T-shirt
customising, re-worked jeans and created accessories from
scratch. In the Football & Sports Tricks workshop young
people learnt from an FA approved football coach to enhance
their skills, passing techniques and shooting abilities
and to learn sports tricks. Click here for
Workshop
photos.
Innervation
Tour: thebandwithnoname and tbc. thebandwithnoname
and tbc
played Ripple
Hall in December as part of the Innervation
Tour. Rap, hip-hop and nu-metal band, thebandwithnoname,
are arguably the most requested Christian band in the UK.
In the autumn of 2002, thebandwithnoname became the first
Christian band to perform sixty concerts in less than 90
days in the UK! As sister band to thebandwithnoname, tbc's
explosive pop music coupled with amazing choreographed dance
routines has already seen them playing stages across Europe
and all over the UK where they have so far had a phenomenal
response. Click here for gig photos.
A second Sports Session happened at Barking
Abbey School Leisure Centre on Saturday 21st January 2006.
This time the activities were basketball, dance and football.
Click here for
Sports session photos.
DJ, MC & Rap, Break Dance & Street
Dance workshops: On Saturday
4th March at the St Margaret's Centre we had four workshops
on DJing, MCing & Rap, Break dancing and Street dance.
40 young people learnt to write & deliver raps in Hip
Hop, Drum & Bass, Garage & Beat styles; learnt about
record decks, different musical styles, mixing 2 tunes together
& 'scratching'; learnt to 'break' with the professionals
trying a wide range of moves and learning coordination,
movement & rhythm. Click here for workshop
photos.
Community
Project: Our first Community Project of 2006 was to decorate
the Advice Centre on the Thames View Estate. We did this
project together with the borough's Youth Offending Team
in the weeks commencing 27th February 2006. Revd. David
Pearson of Christ Church Thames View said: "The
job was quickly done and well done. The team were very flexible
in tackling the job and the result is excellent. The supervision
and management of the project seemed to have been very professional.
I am sure that the users will greatly appreciate the clean
fresh look. I know the staff do. Many thanks for a job well
done."
Sports session: Our
third Sports Session happened at Barking
Abbey School Leisure Centre on Saturday 25th January
from 2.00 - 4.00pm. Admission was free to young people aged
10 and above who came to try a wide range of different sports.
Soul
Week 1
Soul Week 1 ran from 13th-20th May 2006 and included a
graffiti art workshop, a Cafe Night and a Community Project.
Graffiti
Art workshop: Saturday 13th May, 1-5pm. 20 young people
learnt can-control & design and created six pieces of
graffiti art from start to finish. Click
here
for photos.
Rylands
Community Project: Six skiploads of rubbish were removed
from alleyways on the Rylands Estate, Dagenham through this
project. The work involved clearing alleyways of vegetation,
weeds and rubbish and was carried out Monday to Saturday
in two daily two hour work sessions - 10.00am - 12 noon
and 1.00pm - 3.00pm. Volunteers came for as many or as few
sessions as they could manage. Click
here
for photos.
Cafe
Night: Saturday 20th May, 7.30-9.30pm. DJ, Worship band,
playstations, dance mats, Bishop of Barking, & refreshments.
Click here for photos.
Soul
Week 2
Mission for the modern day - that was the
quote in the Barking & Dagenham Recorder who gave a
double page spead to our Soul
Week projects and events.
Here is a selection of the quotes that the Recorder printed:
"Soul in the City is about getting out and showing
the community that Christian churches are there for them.
That's mission work in the modern day." Marie Polley
- St Margaret's Barking
Graffiti Artist AKS who led the graffiti art workshop which
produced a mural at Newlands Park stressed that the mural
carried a Christian message as the words in it - "one,
heart, soul, unity, community and together" - reflect
the essence of Soul in the City. "To me," AKS
said, "there's no conflict between hip hop values and
Christian values."
Councillor Dee Hunt, Mayor of Barking & Dagenham, visited
all our Soul Week projects and said: "It's absolutely
fantastic. We need more of them." Soul Week 2 involved:
Saturday 29th July, 7.00pm - London-wide
SOULINTHECITY event at Kingsway International Christian
Centre (E15 2EE) featuring Nicky Cruz and the Truce Crew.
Community Projects: Monday 31st July –
Friday 4th August, 10.00am–12noon & 1.00–3.00pm
* Greatfields
Park, Barking – renewing crazy paving in the Rose
Garden;
* Mayesbrook Park, Dagenham
– painting the lakeside lock-ups;
* St Chad’s Park, Chadwell
Heath – painting the Cricket Pavilion and renovating
benches.
Open Air Events & Workshops:
* Monday: Graffiti
Art workshop & mural painting, 10am – 3.00pm,
Newlands Park, Thames View;
* Tuesday: Street Dance workshop
& community picnic, 1.00–5.00pm, Mayesbrook
Park, Dagenham;
* Wednesday: Games Afternoon &
community picnic, 3.00–5.00pm, St Chad’s Park,
Chadwell Heath;
* Thursday: Football Skills/Tricks
workshop & refreshments – 1.00-5.00pm, Greatfields
Park, Barking.
Friday 4th August, 7.00-9.00pm - Soul
Week Celebration at Elim Christian Centre, Axe Street,
Barking. Young performers, worship bands, testimonies &
refreshments.
Saturday 5th August, 7.00pm - London-wide
event at Carling Academy Brixton featuring singer-songwriter
Andy Flannagan & Lou Fellingham plus hip hop artists
29th Chapter, Judah & Secret and Jahaziel. Hosted by
Patrick Regan (XLP) & Jonathan Oloyede (Glory House).
The London-wide theme for Soul Week 2 was
'Louder than words ...' knowing that words can come easily,
but actions are harder and can speak a thousand words. In
Soul Week 2 we aimed to speak a thousand words by practically
demonstrating the love of Jesus to our borough.
Say what you think about Soul Week 2 by
clicking here.
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