Does the thought of comedy, darts, 'injury of the year award', a beer festival, fun 'stuff' mixed with spiritual food for thought including life stories, seminars and the Demolition Squad appeal to you?  If you are male and interested in a festival for men then CVM's The Gathering from 21 to 23 June is for you.  CVM's price for this festival are due to increase after February - so check out this video now and if you are up for enjoying Carl Beech's unique 'blokey' preaching... then this is for you!

Do you or your youth group want to 'work through what mission is and what it looks like in your life and your local context.'?  The Mission Academy is launching a national string of regional academies to give young people just that opportunity.  The academy says:  'You will find freedom to be yourself and gain new confidence to reach out to your friends, school and community with the love of Jesus.'  Find out more!

Kate of Genesis writes:  'Make Lent Count 2013' is a new, collaborative project put together for local people in Bath by local Christian organisations, the Genesis Trust and Bath Youth for Christ.  Genesis Trust and Bath Youth for Christ have been working in the city for a combined 50 years, working to help the needs of the marginalised (both younger and older) as well as promoting the love of God.

Brian Gibson is an artist who works for Action on Hearing Loss and worships at Ascension Church, considering renting an art space... and appealling for like-minded artists to share the space and cost.  The opportunity for six to eight creatives to share the space has arisen.  He says:  "Who knows what can be done!" Find out more..

Rev Steve Hughes hopes this Christmas will bring him a 'big bag of wine gums, a good book'.. oh and 'I hope that 2013 will be known as a year of amazing God encounters in Bath and the surrounding areas, where as the Kingdom of God is demonstrated in and through the lives of Jesus' disciples'...  Great hopes, but then this companion of The Ark Community and member of HOTS Bath has just launched More Lord, a discipling website.  Find out more about this site and how it is capturing a need felt by the unchurched and Christians alike this Christmas and beyond. 

Shoppers in Bath will be confronted by an unfamiliar sight this Saturday from 12 until 2pm in the Abbey Churchyard, as a group of young people will be walking chained together to symbolise the 27 million people thought to be affected by the modern slave trade today.  Orgainser Stephanie James who was inspired initially after listening to a talk at Soul Survivor by Mike Pilavachi, is appealing for teenagers to join her on the walk.  Find out more about the walk and slavery today. 

Are you an artist, crafter or businessperson interested in being part of an arts and crafts centre with a distinctly Christian heart beat at the centre of it?  If so, Bath artist Jacki Wright - previously featured on springboard - wants to hear from you.  Jacki is appealing for like-minded people to get in touch with her as she aims to put her idea into practice.  Find out more about her desire to create a 'market place ministry and meeting point' with Christians from across Bath.