BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Birtley Community Church - ECPv5.8.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Birtley Community Church X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Birtley Community Church BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20160327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20161030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20170326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20171029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20180325T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20181028T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200314T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200314T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20200107T112908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200107T112908Z UID:24115-1584194400-1584201600@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:March Messy Church DESCRIPTION:Outdoors fun\n \n \n \n \n \n Community time\n \n \n \n \n \n Under the parachute\n \n \n \nOn this Saturday from 2pm to 4pm\, Messy Church takes place in Birtley Community Church. It is packed with activities\, fun and food. Children aged 3 to 10 years are welcome if accompanied by an adult. It is mainly designed for people who don’t currently belong to another church. Come and join us! Usually we hold our Messy Church on the first Saturday of the month\, although this may change if the first Saturday happens to be a special day (e.g. New Year’s day) in which case we will delay Messy Church by one week for that month. \nWe spend an hour or so doing various crafts and fun activities\, designed to explore a chosen theme. This is followed by a story\, an action song\, and then a time together to chat and have something to eat (food provided)\, and … it’s all FREE! \nIf you want to find out more\, see the Messy Church Website or ring our Pauline on 07805 612 139\, or just pop in to a meeting one Saturday. You’ll be very welcome! URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/march-messy-church/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200201T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200201T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20200104T103031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200104T112037Z UID:24086-1580565600-1580572800@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:February Messy Church DESCRIPTION:Outdoors fun\n \n \n \n \n \n Community time\n \n \n \n \n \n Under the parachute\n \n \n \nOn this Saturday from 2pm to 4pm\, Messy Church takes place in Birtley Community Church. It is packed with activities\, fun and food. Children aged 3 to 10 years are welcome if accompanied by an adult. It is mainly designed for people who don’t currently belong to another church. Come and join us! Usually we hold our Messy Church on the first Saturday of the month\, although this may change if the first Saturday happens to be a special day (e.g. New Year’s day) in which case we will delay Messy Church by one week for that month. \nWe spend an hour or so doing various crafts and fun activities\, designed to explore a chosen theme. This is followed by a story\, an action song\, and then a time together to chat and have something to eat (food provided)\, and … it’s all FREE! \nIf you want to find out more\, see the Messy Church Website or ring our Pauline on 07805 612 139\, or just pop in to a meeting one Saturday. You’ll be very welcome! URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/february-messy-church/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200111T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200111T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20191112T224450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200104T111809Z UID:24037-1578751200-1578758400@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:January Messy Church DESCRIPTION:Outdoors fun\n \n \n \n \n \n Community time\n \n \n \n \n \n Under the parachute\n \n \n\nOn this Saturday from 2pm to 4pm\, Messy Church takes place in Birtley Community Church. It is packed with activities\, fun and food. Children aged 3 to 10 years are welcome if accompanied by an adult. It is mainly designed for people who don’t currently belong to another church. Come and join us! Usually we hold our Messy Church on the first Saturday of the month\, although this may change if the first Saturday happens to be a special day (e.g. New Year’s day) in which case we will delay Messy Church by one week for that month. \nWe spend an hour or so doing various crafts and fun activities\, designed to explore a chosen theme. This is followed by a story\, an action song\, and then a time together to chat and have something to eat (food provided)\, and … it’s all FREE! \nIf you want to find out more\, see the Messy Church Website or ring our Pauline on 07805 612 139\, or just pop in to a meeting one Saturday. You’ll be very welcome! URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/january-messy-church/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/05/mc_photo1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191222T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191222T173000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20191112T223847Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T223847Z UID:24035-1577032200-1577035800@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Christmas Carol Service DESCRIPTION:Come and join us for our Christmas Carol Service\, starting 4:30pm Sunday 22nd December. \nThere will be lots of our favourite songs\,a Christmas message and a performance from the children (you can see them struggling against stage nerves last year in the photo!) . There will possibly be the odd mince pie or two afterwards. URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/christmas-carol-service/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Seasonal Events ORGANIZER;CN="Patrick%20Briddon":MAILTO:contact@birtleycc.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191214T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191214T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20191112T113442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T113543Z UID:24002-1576332000-1576339200@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:December Messy Church DESCRIPTION:On the 14th December from 2pm to 4pm\, a special Christmas Messy Church will take place in Birtley Community Church. It is packed with activities\, fun and food. Children aged 3 to 10 years are welcome if accompanied by an adult. It is mainly designed for people who don’t currently belong to another church. Come and join us! \nWe spend an hour or so doing various crafts and fun activities\, designed to explore a chosen theme. This is followed by a story\, an action song\, and then a time together to chat and have something to eat (food provided)\, and … it’s all FREE! \nNote: usually messy church takes place on the first Saturday of every month. We will continue as usual on the 4th January. Christmas is special! URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/december-messy-church/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191116T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191116T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20191112T115800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191112T121019Z UID:24005-1573902000-1573916400@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Forest Treasure Hunt - Royal Rangers Day DESCRIPTION:We will be holding a special day of activities for our Royal Rangers outpost on the 16th November.The theme is “Tresure Hunt” and we will be spending 4 hours in a forest. There will be a lot of fun and games and also chance to learn and grow too. \nThe day is organised by Birtley Community Church and will have Royal Rangers from both the Birtley Church and the Liddle Court Christian Fellowship. We expect to have about 20 children at the event and these will be supervised by approximately 10 adults plus any parents who come. The programme will be a combination of physical activity\, bible learning and fun. Activities include: building a rope bridge\, outdoors problem solving\, orientation\, bible learning and moderate physical activity (running). \nDetails: \n\nVenue:  We will meet at car park in Moor House Adventure Centre. See: https://moor-house.org.uk/.\nAges: This is suitable for children aged 7 years and above.\nDate: 16th November 2019\, Meet at 11am. Collect children 3pm.\nBring: Packed lunch (we will provide hot drinks and light refreshments at the end);\nOutdoor clothing  is essential (suitable for being outdoors in November for 4 hours) including waterproof clothes.\nWaterproof boots are essential: wellingtons or waterproof walking boots if you have them.  The forest floor can be wet and muddy!\n\nNote that the children will be running around in a forest and clothes may (will?) get a little muddy!\n\nPreparing foodLighting the fireChopping woodThe team iconHow funky is your chicken?All presentLighting the fire URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/forest-treasure-hunt-royal-rangers-day/ LOCATION:Moor House Adventure Centre\, Rainton Gate\, West Rainton\, Houghton-le-Spring\, Co. Durham\, DH4 6QY\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN="Patrick%20Briddon":MAILTO:contact@birtleycc.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191013T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191013T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20190715T202950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190715T214414Z UID:23847-1570960800-1570975200@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Taking Ground Celebration DESCRIPTION:We will be meeting with all the other churches in the Taking Ground Sphere at Tees Valley Community Church on this Sunday. It will be a great time of worship when we hope to meet with nearly 1000 fellow believers in the North East and Yorkshire and we believe that God will speak to us\, both as individuals\, as separate churches and as a region. Martin Dunkley will be speaking and will introduce the vision of our sphere. We will be arranging transport from Birtley.\nThere will not be a church service in Birtley on this morning. URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/taking-ground-celebration/ LOCATION:Tees Valley Community Church\, Cleasby Way\, Durham Lane Industrial Park\, Stockton-on-Tees\, Cleveland\, TS16 0RD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/03/photo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Patrick%20Briddon":MAILTO:contact@birtleycc.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190907T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190907T160000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20190531T184409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23496-1567864800-1567872000@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:September Messy Church DESCRIPTION:On the 1st Saturday of every month from 2pm to 4pm\, Messy Church takes place in Birtley Community Church. It is packed with activities\, fun and food. Children aged 3 to 10 years are welcome if accompanied by an adult. It is mainly designed for people who don’t currently belong to another church. Come and join us! \nWe spend an hour or so doing various crafts and fun activities\, designed to explore a chosen theme. This is followed by a story\, an action song\, and then a time together to chat and have something to eat (food provided)\, and … it’s all FREE! URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/september-messy-church/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190817T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190817T170000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20190706T205930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190715T213403Z UID:23815-1566048600-1566061200@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:August Messy Church Event DESCRIPTION:There will not be a messy church in August (it is the holiday season). However\, instead we will be holding a special event: an Olympic Challenge  on the 17th August.  In August\, our Royal Rangers outpost will be camping for five days together with a group of Rangers from Germany (pictured here) and anyone coming to messy church is invited to join them on Saturday 17th for an afternoon and evening of activities fun and campfire -cooked food. \nA bus will leave Birtley Community Church at 1:30pm to take visitors to the campsite (which is at Moor House Adventure Centre\, a 15 minute drive away\, just outside Durham). There is the option to return at 5:00pm after an afternoon of Olympic Game challenges (suitable from all ages: 3 years to 80 years+) and campfire food. \nA second option is to return at 9:00pm (again we provide transport) after more extensive food\, bonfire and presentations by the Rangers camping there. URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/august-messy-church-event/ LOCATION:Co. Durham ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/05/ran_dinner2_1000x750.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190814 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190819 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20190531T100005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23356-1565740800-1566172799@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Challenge 2019\, Royal Rangers Camp DESCRIPTION:Our Royal Rangers Outpost is holding a camp on 14-18 August\, 2019 at Moor House Adventure Centre\, which is a Scout Campsite.  We expect 30-35 children at the camp and these will be supervised by approx. 15 adults\, all Ranger outpost commanders during the time on camp. \nVisiting Rangers from Ellwangen\, Germany \nThe camp is organised by the Birtley outpost with visitors from a Royal Rangers outpost in Germany\, pictured here. We will have 16 visitors from Germany to join English and Scottish UK outposts. Just in case you are wondering\, our visitors aren’t paddling all the way from Germany though! The programme has workshops and activities giving both training and fun! \n  \nActivities include: camp-craft\, making and striking camp\, tying knots\, lashing timber\, building all the camp furniture we need\, making simple fires\, cooking over fires\, orienteering\, a paper trail\, and an Olympic games challenge suitable for all. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Visiting Rangers from Ellwangen\, Germany\n \n \n \n \n \n Dinner is cooking!\n \n \n \n \n \n Making a fire safely\n \n \n\nCost: \n£75 incl. accommodation (tents!)\, all food and materials needed on the campsite \nYou will need to bring your own sleeping bag and sleeping mat\, although your outpost will try to help with this. A detailed list of clothing and personal items will be supplied later. URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/challenge-2019-royal-rangers-camp/ LOCATION:Moor House Adventure Centre\, Rainton Gate\, West Rainton\, Houghton-le-Spring\, Co. Durham\, DH4 6QY\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Royal Rangers Outdoors Event ORGANIZER;CN="Patrick%20Briddon":MAILTO:contact@birtleycc.org.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190811T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190811T140000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20190604T091033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23558-1565519400-1565532000@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:German Rangers with us on Sunday Morning DESCRIPTION:The German Rangers will be with us for Sunday worship on 11th August 2019 before they move off to set up the camp ready for later in the week. We make a bit of a celebration of this and it will be good to have everyone there to meet them. We will have 15 visitors\, 9 children and 6 adults.  We will have food and some presentations showing what Rangers is like in Germany. URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/german-rangers-with-us-on-sunday-morning/ LOCATION:Co. Durham CATEGORIES:Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/05/ran_ellwangen_1000x750.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160424T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160424T124500 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20160228T163837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23217-1461493800-1461501900@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:NE Salt & Light Celebration. DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/ne-salt-light-celebration/ LOCATION:Tees Valley Community Church\, Cleasby Way\, Durham Lane Industrial Park\, Stockton-on-Tees\, Cleveland\, TS16 0RD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Celebration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160318T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160318T213000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20160228T162952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23215-1458327600-1458336600@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:An Evening with John Archer. DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/an-evening-with-john-archer/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Social END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160313T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160313T203000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20160228T163547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23216-1457893800-1457901000@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:BCC AGM and CFF. DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/bcc-agm-and-cff/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160308T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160308T220000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20160228T161509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121721Z UID:23211-1457463600-1457474400@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Texan Line Dance and Hog Roast. DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/texan-celebration-at-hexham-community-church/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Social END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150622T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150622T210000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20150407T211400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121722Z UID:23101-1434996000-1435006800@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Daniel Challenge Team Graduation DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/daniel-challenge-team-graduation/ LOCATION:Tees Valley Community Church\, Cleasby Way\, Durham Lane Industrial Park\, Stockton-on-Tees\, Cleveland\, TS16 0RD\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150607T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150607T103000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20150407T211022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121722Z UID:23100-1433673000-1433673000@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Family Service with Daniel Challenge Team DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/family-service-with-daniel-challenge-team-2/ LOCATION:Birtley Community Church\, Edward Road\, Birtley\, Chester-le-Street\, Co. Durham\, DH3 1HG\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150517T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150517T103000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20150407T210520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121722Z UID:23098-1431858600-1431858600@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:James Derrick Speaking DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/james-derrick-speaking/ LOCATION:Co. Durham END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150503T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150503T103000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20150407T205010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121722Z UID:23094-1430649000-1430649000@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Family Service with Daniel Challenge Team DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/family-service-with-daniel-challenge-team/ LOCATION:Co. Durham END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150427 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20150407T210033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121722Z UID:23096-1429920000-1430092799@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Ridley Hall Weekend (Church Closed) DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/ridley-hall-weekend-church-closed/ LOCATION:Co. Durham END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150419T084500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150419T150000 DTSTAMP:20260525T024852 CREATED:20150407T210303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190705T121722Z UID:23097-1429433100-1429455600@www.birtleycc.org.uk SUMMARY:Celebration at Tees Valley Community Church - Bus Leaves at 8:45 am DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.birtleycc.org.uk/event/celebration-at-tees-valley-community-church-bus-leaves-at-845-am/ LOCATION:Tees Valley Community Church\, Cleasby Way\, Durham Lane Industrial Park\, Stockton-on-Tees\, Cleveland\, TS16 0RD\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR