Brighton & Hove Welcomes the Torch

The Churches in Brighton and Hove are preparing not only to welcome the Torch but also the Prayer Baton and the Praise Bus – and you can get involved...

Monday 16^th July

11. 30 am – 2.30pm The More Than Gold Prayer Baton will be received from Portsmouth at the Connaught Fresh Start Community Centre 131 Lewes Road Brighton BN2 3LG.  Preparations will be made to send prayers and blessings onto Hastings. For more information contact Jerome Joseph: jerome.joseph@ntlworld.com

Churches are being encouraged to join in a ‘cascade of prayer and praise’ during the 70 days of the Olympic Torch relay that started from Lands End on the 19th May with Church leaders, including the Bishop of Truro. A baton full of prayers was taken to Plymouth, the second stop on the Olympic Torch route. From there the exchange has continued from location to location and will continue throughout the whole of the UK and beyond.

More Than Gold: http://www.morethangold.org.uk/

3.00pm – 3.30pm (approx time) The Praise Bus arrives. This has been travelling the Torch route bringing praise and blessings to communities. It will stay overnight in Brighton before journeying on to Hastings. The Bus has a small team and they are inviting local churches to provide live music onboard on the 16^th & 17^th as the Bus travels the Torch route. For more information contact: Gordon Banks gordon.banks@diochi.org.uk

For more information on the Praise Bus check out their Facebook page

www.facebook.com/#!/ThePraiseBus

5.55pm The Olympic Torch Relay will enter the city at Hove. The flame will arrive in the official convoy vehicles and be transferred to the first of the city’s torchbearers You can find more details about the exact route, timings, etc. on the Brighton and Hove City web site at www.brighton-hove.gov.uk putting ‘Torch Relay’ into the search box. 

Other useful links…

London Olympics & Paralympics 2012: http://www.london2012.com/

Diocese of Chichester

www.diochi.org.uk linking into to the Diocesan 2012 Games blogspot