Inspired by Revelation 21 - community activists and church leaders at the Faithworks Conference 2010 texted in visions of what their communities could look like

1. Inspired by Revelation 21 - community activists and church leaders at the Faithworks Conference 2010 texted in visions of what their communities could look like

2. I saw a church without walls. A place where those outside could see in, and those inside out….

3. LOVE. No one is lonely and excluded. Everyone is heard. Children are loved, cared for and wanted…

4. I saw a Tower Hamlets where everyone has genuine hope and joy in everyday life…

5. I saw a new Leeds with no prejudice for the old order of things has passed away. Churches were working together in unity…

6. I saw a new Camborne where the real needs of real people were met in real time…

7. I saw the homelessness cycle broken, an end to self harm and suicide…

8. I saw a town where women feel safe to walk the streets…

9. I saw a Sleaford, where all ages work together to help each other…

10. I saw history redeemed – the memory of the oppressed healed. There are no hidden agendas and deaf and hearing sign together in peace…

11. I saw a new Leicester where love is shown by neighbor to neighbor to the world…

12. I saw the world as a safe place for kids to be…

13. I saw an Enfield with pregnancy crisis support for teenagers…

14. I saw a church with no boundaries or walls…

15. Where there is no definition between church and community, they are one…

16. I saw hope; restoration for the vulnerable and a church that stops being compassionless and self serving…

17. I saw a just and fair banking system for everyone…

18. I saw a world where there were no asylum seekers because there was no persecution and all people lived in harmony…

19. I saw church at the centre of health and wellbeing…

20. A Rugby loving God and loving people

21. I saw a community centre with people joyfully serving others who are gratefully receiving. Others looked on saying “This is what I want from a community in Chorleywood.” …

22. I saw a centre for wellbeing in a multi-generational setting where Jesus is well known…

23. I saw the church having rediscovered it’s gold ring and come back to it’s social action roots…

24. I saw a River Community Church where the deserts of our town had been transformed by the love of God through acts of healing, service, care, mercy and salvation…

25. I saw freedom and hope realised. I saw people accepted and accepting all around. Above all I see life alive in Jesus…

26. I saw the children, young people and families of South West London full of hope and with transformed lives…

27. I saw a Sale West as a community flourishing with all ages and stages fit for life on every level of being…

28. I see Jesus alive in the eyes of all people

29. I saw a world where the economic system serves God, people and the planet and not people and the planet serving the economic system…

30. I saw people chatting on street corners, children laughing on playing in the grass, vibrant shops and a busy happy center that is known for being welcoming…

31. I saw a Fair Oak brought alive by the love and kindness of Jesus seen in all believers so the whole community is saved…

32. I saw a place where people spent more on others and less on themselves, it was a place where people saw that Jesus is who He says he is and can do what He says He can do…

33. I saw a community restored from brokenness, families brought back together, the fatherless finding the love of a father, young people dependent on God not drugs and alcohol…

34. I saw Trinity Methodist Church Middlesborough in the community enjoying prayers and laughter, bringing peace to all mankind…

35. I saw thousands of churches who had appointed parish nurses to their ministry teams delivering whole person health care in their communities…

36. I saw no more poverty of life…

37. I saw no more breaking hearts or half lived lives. There were crowds of young people loving living a life of wholeness, there were adults around with joy at seeing them growing…

38. I saw a new Fair Oak where the poor and rich lived together sharing all they had. Laughter and joy was it’s blue print. Love covered it…

39. I saw a Debden where teenagers are serving the kids and the elderly, they are conscientious, productive and happy…

40. I saw every son living with his father who is love, discipline and inspiration. I see every mum equipped and at peace. I see every addict - well I don’t see any…

41. I saw our centre caring for the elderly right through until death to realise their dreams and share the love of Jesus. We worked in partnership with the local authorities to transform lives…

42. I saw no definition between church and community. They are one, churches together, neighbors supporting, brothers loving…

43. I saw BEC Church in Rugby loving God, loving people and transforming communities…

44. I saw a Holmewood changed for Christ. The chuch provided all the needs of the community and engaged with, for and on behalf of the whole community…

45. I saw Eltham being a place renowned for it’s church; it’s love and support for all. Jesus was seen throughout the community…

46. I saw a place where the streets sing. Because of You, because of Your love…

47. I saw young people with a sense of pride and direction in themselve…

48. To live according to God’s pattern of life, knowing Him intimately…

49. I saw a Wrexham with a roof over all heads, arms of love to wrap around all bodies, food to fill all mouths and hope to fill all hearts…

50. I saw no exploitation, peoples’ worth not determined by their monetary value. Men and women seeing each other as brothers and sisters…

51. I saw a world where everyone was released from addictions to money, drink, fashion and violence…

52. Then I saw history redeemed. The memory of oppression healed. There are no hidden agendas.

53. To live according to God’s pattern of life, knowing Him intimately…

54. I saw deaf people who are not invisible, deaf leaders equal with hearing, deaf not needing to fight to be heard – all are understood…

55. I saw Sheffield where communities of christians and muslims come together to pray, to serve each other’s need, to eat together, to seek God together, to learn together. All with Christ as a mediator…

56. I saw a church reaching out to the mentally ill and the marginalised, loving the weirdos and the people who are most avoided embracing them, giving them the love they crave and walking with them in their pain…

57. I saw chains of addiction broken…

58. No one is lonely and excluded

59. Women are respected and don’t sell themselves. There is LOVE

60. No more fear, depression or pain. Just joy.

61. I saw a new Leeds. There was no prejudice or discrimination for the old order had passed away.

62. I saw no fear, no prejudice, no judgement. I saw grace, acceptance, the deep deep love of God. I saw tears of joy and wholeness.

63. I saw an Ordsall where there were no unwanted children and no parents who felt trapped by them…

64. I saw a new world where words like poverty, racism, injustice, greed, prejudice, terrorism and denomination were referred to only in talk of history…

65. I saw church outside church. Christian youth serving outside youth where they are…

66. I saw a world where banks are used to run youth clubs and where night clubs are used as day care centres…

67. I saw a Cardiff where each individual has a family and a home and the church shall be it’s fire place where all will gather round…

68. In the new Southall we saw people of different cultures and faiths living, loving and learning as one family. We saw shalom at bus stops, in parks and in every home.

69. I see young and old from all backgrounds eating and laughing together. Our streets are clean. We are passionate about the planet.

70. A southwark full of young people desperate to find ways to contribute to the lives of their neighbours rather than fearing them.

71. The kingdom of God bringing forgiveness that enables people to be united, living in peace, oozing creativity and energy...

72. Sheffield will be called back to God, hope will be restored to the hopeless, families and relationships will be restored and people will love each other

73. Bringing heaven to Hounslow by loving God and the community

74. I see a church where our daughter who is a christian but also a lesbian feels welcome

75. Where the cycle of the hurt being hurt is smashed. Where everyone cares. Where everyone loves and is loved. Where the hope is tangible without suffering. Where F ulham win the premiership and I am made redundant as a police officer

76. I saw a Nottingham where families are free to live wholesome and abundant lives with hope and with love

77. Blue skies, clear crisp air, clean safe streets, smiling people. Children playing, Grandparents embraced, neighbours welcomed, families whole.

78. I looked up and saw a new world where me, a child protection social worker, is unemployed

79. Slough, a place of safety, a place where young poeple are excited about the future.

80. I see Clapham Park where the streets are safe and free from fear, where all people are smiling and laughing together. Children are playing in the streets and parents are relaxed.

81. I see the people of Enfield recognising the one true God. Salvations belongs to us they say, healing, joy and peace in our communities belong to us.

82. Faith makes the community tick, Love makes it stick Bringing hope to all

83. People are enabled to see beyond self image..... and become whole.

84. A new church is being born