Christmas
Charl Harman
The Extraordinary in the Ordinary

This Christmas we celebrate a God who so loved us, he would come down to earth, to be with ordinary folk and, the Bible says, to bring us life in it’s fullness.

The Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Charl Harman
New Sunday Venue
New Sunday Venue
2024/25 Vision
Proximity Church
W: Witnesses and Disciple Makers
W: Witnesses and Disciple Makers
2024/25 Vision
Christie Harman
O: One Family, Many Homes
O: One Family, Many Homes
2024/25 Vision
Proximity Church
R: Rooted in The God Story
R: Rooted in The God Story

MADE Course Honoured by Mayor

The Mayor of Thurrock, James Halden, has nominated MADE to be inducted into the Mayoral Roll of Honour for its services to young people.

Our team will be one of the first inductees to the the Mayoral Roll of Honour, after its launch in 2022. Cllr Halden initiated the Roll of Honour to shine a light on businesses, community groups, charities and individuals who have worked hard to serve Thurrock in extraordinary ways.

MADE was designed by Proximity Church in 2016, as a response to the profound pressures, strains and hurdles that young people face.

Mayor of Thurrock James Halden (right) at a MADE Celebration in March 2022, alongside students, parents, MADE team and local businesses.

The course is a 10-week programme helping young people to realise that they are made unique and made with a purpose. Through the course, students grow in confidence, motivation and develop aspirations for their future.

Since then, MADE has proven to consistently support and engage the most vulnerable. The impact has been felt in school, at home and in our community as young people have begun the journey of discovering their identity and purpose and how to relate better to the world around them.

Thank you!

The news came at the perfect time to be announced at the School’s Summer Party, as we celebrated the efforts of staff, volunteers and Hope Givers.

Joyce Gjoni, Director of Proximity Schools, says: “We are very grateful for the support of Mr Mayor, ever since he hosted one of our first workplace visits to the Council Chambers. His nomination for the Roll of Honour confirms that we are serving a need in our community, and encourages our team and volunteers to keep going.”

If you would like to give to the work of Proximity Schools to run projects like MADE, become a Hope Giver by choosing to give a monthly. How can I give to the work of Proximity Schools?

Summer House Meals

Enjoying summer evenings together.

In August, as many of us take the opportunity to holiday and take breaks from work, we are pausing our usual House Church rhythms. Instead we’ll enjoy the summer together across six evenings.

The six hosts will create a relaxed environment to eat together and be family together.

You are welcome to join in.

For each night you would like to attend, you will be required to book in, including each member of your household and any dietary requirements.

Please see the event pages for locations, booking in, and sign-up deadlines.

On booking, your host may contact you with more information or ways you can contribute.

Addressing the Cost of Living Crisis

We have a problem with money in this country.

Petrol prices are up by 80% in the last two years. Grocery bills have increased 8.5% - UK inflation rates are at a 40 year high…

But we have problem with money in this country.

The news may be full of talk about money, but our culture still struggles to find a balance between flashy-consumeristic materliasm, to silently struggling from month to month, and intense guilt with our privilege in a world rife with poverty.

“If you earn half of the average UK wage, you are still richer than 90% of the world.”

So we asked Phil Anderson to help us take this on and explore what the Bible says about money. If we can capture some of this, we can approach our relationship with money in a way that takes us away from the cultural battles of our time.

He also shares from his own testimony and journey from when he first began to give as a university student, up to trying to teach his own children to give.

Proximity Church Podcast

Delve deeper into your own relationship with Money by reflecting on other Proximity Church podcasts, including:

Questions to Go Further

We believe this is a prophetic message for the now, with a key set of questions:

  • Cost of living crisis - coming in the opposite spirit

  • Church as a prophetic sign to the world

  • What does it mean to be discrete, yet visible?

  • What is God’s word to us as a church?

  • What is God saying to me as an individual?

Giving to Proximity Church

If you feel led to give to Proximity Church, you can find out more on how to do that here.