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Join us for the next London GO mission:
Spring 2020 (dates TBC) Contact Gareth Hides for more information
gareth@k180.org |
London GO 2019...What do you get when you mix the 26 properties on the London Monopoly Board with the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Advance to GO, that’s what.
In partnership with OAC Ministries, we embarked on the Go Mission again, the week after Easter, in 2019. Two teams (Team Top Hat and Team Race Car) took to the streets to share the Gospel at three outreach locations each day, hitting all 26 places on the board in 5 days! We used board game themed Gospel cards to engage people, and offered out specially designed Gospel of John’s, produced in partnership with the Pocket Testament League, to those who stopped to engage with the team. It was so encouraging seeing what God was doing in people’s lives on the streets, and we had the privilege of praying, with some, prayers of recommitment, having many Gospel conversations, including with some people who had never heard the Gospel message before, and three people who prayed first-time commitments on the streets. We hope to follow up with people in the following weeks and get them plugged in to a local church family. |
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One special divine appointment was at an outreach where Parliament Square meets Whitehall (one of the pink properties). A team member met two young men from Yemen who were engaged as the Gospel was proclaimed. They said they had never heard the Gospel message before. After speaking with the team member and hearing the message of Jesus, one of the guys exclaimed, “This is Good News for me!”
The team stayed at St John’s church in Stratford, which was our base for the week, from which we were ‘sent out’ to different parts of London. A big ‘Thank You’ to everyone who prayed for us and to those who were able to join us for some, or all, of the mission week! |
Why not consider joining us next Spring for London GO 2020?
Watch this space for further info as details are confirmed.
Watch this space for further info as details are confirmed.
London GO 2018...
In April 2017, whilst enjoying a McFlurry after an outreach with the Hungarian team who were with us at the time, I had an idea: What would it look like if we preached the Gospel at every place on the London Monopoly Board? Fast forward one year, to April 2018, in partnership with Open Air Campaigners, we saw the vision become a reality. Two teams, Team Top Hat and Team Race Car, headed out each day from our base at a church in Stratford (St. John’s). People at every place (all 26 properties!!) on the Monopoly board heard the Gospel over the course of the five-day mission. (Gareth Hides)
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On Friday evening, the teams headed to the smallest road on the Monopoly board: Vine Street. It’s effectively a back alley behind Piccadilly Circus. The team planned to do the outreach just off Vine Street, where it links to Regent Street. As some of the team were going through the alley to see Vine Street and take a picture, though there was no one around, three young French guys, Regis, Felix, and Yohan, walked past and a team member engaged them with one of the Chance/Community Chest Gospel flyers. It turned out that Yohan was a Christian, and though the other two weren’t, they were open to hearing the Gospel message, and spoke with some of the team for almost an hour. They weren’t ready to make a commitment to Christ but received prayer and took a French Jesus Film DVD each. It’s amazing how God brought people along to hear the Gospel on one of the quietest streets of London, at one of the quietest times of day!
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