CTN - Churches Together in Northampton

CTN - Churches Together in Northampton - Serving the Local Community

Please follow the links below for information about:

	Officers
	Enabling Group
	Aims
	Basis

CTN is a member of Churches Together in Northants and Peterborough - Shire and Soke. www.shireandsoke.org.uk

Have a look at the Summer Newsheet from Shire and Soke

CTN's financial year now runs from January to December, your church's next subscription is now due.

[TOP] The Officers of CTN are

Office	Name	Denomination
Moderator	Rev David Wiseman	Anglican
Deputy Moderator	Father John Udris	Roman Catholic
Secretary	Rev Dr Ted Hale	Baptist
Treasurer	Vacant

(To send an email, please click on a name that is underlined)

[TOP] The Enabling Group comprises the Officers above plus additional representatives as follows.

Representative	Name	Denomination/Organistation
Clergy Representative	Anthony McGowan	Anglican
Clergy Representative	Adrian Coupe	Salvation Army
Clergy Representative
Clergy Representative	Rev Malcolm Oliver	Methodist

Shire and Soke Representative	Teresa Brown	County Ecumenical Officer for Shire and Soke

Lay Representative	Mrs Christine Walker	Methodist
Lay Representative	Henry Worthy	Roman Catholic
Lay Representative	Adina Curtis	All Nations Fellowship
Lay Representative	Janet Pyle	United Reform church

If you would be interested in joining the enabling group as a lay representative please contact Ted Hale (ctnsecretary@halesnorthampton.plus.com) or any of the officers.

Churches Together in Northampton - AGM - Minutes

Sunday January 24^th 2010

To read a copy of the minutes of this meeting meeting for the enabling group 6click here

The following changes to the CTN Constitution were agreed unanimously in Jan 2009

a) "Northamptonshire Ecumenical Council" to be replaced by "Shire and Soke". b) The financial year to run from January 1^st to December 31^st.

[TOP] The Aims of Churches Together in Northampton & District are:

	to enable the churches, as pilgrims together, to develop growing relationships, to seek a common mind, and to make decisions together
	to encourage churches to worship, pray and reflect together on the nature and purpose of the church in the light of its mission - each church sharing with others the treasures of its tradition
	to enable the churches to respond to the needs of society and to witness to the Gospel together
	to enable the churches to live and share the Gospel, to evangelise together and to take further steps towards fuller unity.

In particular Churches Together in Northampton & District seeks to:

	serve as a means of communication between churches and neighbourhood Churches Together groups within its area;
	provide a focus for relating to the local authority and other statutory or voluntary bodies;
	co-ordinate church involvement in town twinning schemes;
	co-ordinate mission and evangelism as appropriate across Northampton & District.