Counties popular exhibition for primary school children – the Life exhibition – has been launched as a digital resource this winter to help churches stay connected to schools during lockdown and beyond.

With all that’s been going on this year - the postponing of holidays, weddings and sporting events along with restrictions on gatherings of all kinds - the skipping of Christmas for 2020 has been, perhaps half jokingly, on the lips of some. Maybe a ‘thinner’ Christmas would be good for everyone?

When the Willmott family staged a 'stay-at-home' Christmas service back in 2005, little did they know it would be the forerunner to the current much greater 'stay-at-home' Covid challenge!

Thanks to the generous support of individuals, churches and trusts, Counties has been able to reach to even more people across the UK with the Gospel this year. A new Impact Report has been produced to share some highlights of how God has continued to use and bless the work of Counties.

Over 60 people from around the country gathered via Zoom for the next phase of training in church planting.

A former special needs teacher, with a heart for reaching people with the Gospel in the Asian community, has joined Counties as a trainee evangelist.

New trainee evangelist Aaron Shah from Newcastle aims to share God’s love with people out on the streets through the power of worship. Passers-by have been drawn to the songs, with one man moved to tears saying the music was ‘healing his heart’.

A gazebo-style outdoor church has been launched in a Wiltshire village after requests from neighbours, all done whilst still observing social distancing regulations.

With all that’s been going on this year - the postponing of holidays, weddings and sporting events along with restrictions on gatherings of all kinds - the skipping of Christmas for 2020 has been, perhaps half jokingly, on the lips of some. Maybe a ‘thinner’ Christmas would be good for everyone?

Dressing up as ice cream cone, the Greatest Showman or a giant lobster might not be everyone’s style of evangelism but for new trainee evangelist Jackson Turner it’s proved to be a great draw in sharing the Gospel.