Join the LWPTea Party

We launch our UK-wide fundraising event, the LWPTea Party 2025, this month! It’s a great opportunity for you to gather friends, family, church and community while raising money towards our mission to support the next generation of preachers and spread the Word of God.

There are many ways in which you can get involved. And you don’t have to do it alone.

Host a tea party

We provide everything you need to successfully organise your event in our online Fundraising Kit. Downloadable marketing materials, such as posters and invitations, will help you to attract guests and donors. You’ll also find our Event Kit, which includes branded items such as signposts, bunting and cake flags to create the perfect event atmosphere and remind everyone of LWPT’s mission.

Helping on the day

If you are unable to host but would like to take part, you can get in touch with tea party organisers to offer your services on the day. Setting up the room, welcoming guests or making tea are just some of the important jobs that need doing and are a great way to get involved.

Contribute to a tea party

Tea party hosts will greatly appreciate donations of cakes, scones or other treats to accompany a cup of tea. If you see an event advertised in your area, please get in touch with the host to find out what’s needed and arrange delivery of your gift. Homemade often sells best and can be priced a little higher, but shop-bought items are also warmly welcomed.

Join as a guest

If you’re lucky enough to be invited, we’d love for you to attend your local event. They promise to be joyful occasions, while supporting our fundraising efforts. Great refreshments, good conversation, and the chance to reconnect with friends, old and new. We encourage our hosts to organise fun and games to raise funds and get the party started!

Donate

We are asking all tea party hosts to set up a JustGiving page for their event, linked to LWPT.

If you can’t attend please do donate online to support your local event and help our cause. The JustGiving web address will be on posters and invitations. Whether as a host, helper, guest or donor, we are very grateful for your support. Every effort you make and penny you give helps LWPT deliver God’s work.

Find out more today at: lwpt.org.uk/fundraise

News Round Up

Tell us what you really think

It’s been two years since our last focus groups, when we invited over 30 people of all ages to a day in London to give us their feedback and ideas about LWPT.

This face-to-face research plays a key role in informing our decision-making for the future. The date for this year is 25 June and the venue will be close to Baker Street tube station in central London. You’ll need to be available for the whole day from 10:00 a.m. Refreshments will be provided and we will reimburse reasonable travel expenses.

We also offer a gift of £75 for your time and trouble. If you’d like to attend, please let us know by email at membership@lwpt.org.uk by 31 May, 2025.

LWPT Roadshows

LWPT hit the road in March with visits to Wycliffe Hall in Oxford and Oak Hill College in north London to tell theology students about LWPT grants and how to apply.

It was a real pleasure to meet so many highly engaged future church leaders. We aim to visit another six colleges over the course of the year to spread the word about LWPT far and wide.

Preach online learning

Catch up with our latest webinar ‘Preaching with Purpose’. We had a record number of sign-ups with over 400 people ready to watch the live stream. Watch now and all our online learning at www.youtube.com/@PreachMagazine

In the current issue of Preach 43

In the current issue of Preach, we look at the different ‘Expressions of Church’: some are designed to reach people who won’t attend a traditional service in a set building, other expressions aim to appeal to Christians wishing to focus on a different approach as they worship God.

We include articles from Steve Walton on Acts, a church that incorporates wrestling into their storytelling, a church in a pub and more. Plus there’s all our regulars and interviews with Tyler Staton and Andrew Sach. Get your copy at preachweb.org/issues

Coming up in Preach issue 44

The Autumn issue focuses on Whole Life Worship. We are called to Love the Lord with all we are: (Mark 12:30). This includes worship in church, preaching and personal devotions, but properly embraces the whole of life: work, leisure, family etc.

We ask if the classic ‘sacred-secular divide’ has undermined whole life worship? Has our preaching application favoured the spiritual to the detriment of the physical? Have churches forgotten whole life worship in their prayers and support of its people 24/7?

Cliff Festival 2025 visit

Cliff Festival 2025 runs from 23-26 May and they’ll be exploring the theme, ‘Holiness Calling’. The Bible studies will focus on Isaiah 6 and will be taught by Dr Ben Pugh.

Ian Buchanan from LWPT, will address the evening meeting on the 23rd May.

LWPT has been able to give tuition grants to some of the students at Cliff College, (Calver in the Peak District) and we enjoy having the college’s Principal (Revd. Ashley Cooper) on our board of trustees.

Meet our new trustee

We are delighted to welcome Paul Davey as a trustee. Paul replaces Harvey Kwiyani, to whom we are very grateful for his time.

Paul said of his appointment, “I’m a retired senior leader from the world of high-tech innovation. My church leadership experience, of over 50 years, spans denominations. Both disciplines require structure and purpose in communication. As a preacher and church leader, I’m committed to compassionate ministry in the real world. I’ve experienced the positive impact that “preaching with purpose” can have on both churched and unchurched communities. I’m humbled by LWPT’s invitation for me to share in this work and to help develop their current and future ministry.”

Alumni books gifted through Langham Partnership

We believe our LWPT Alumni are at the forefront in all that God is doing through his mission in the UK. As we continue to invest in our Alumni and their UK church-based ministry, this spring together with Langham Partnership we gifted the three valuable books:

• The Branch Exposition of the Bible, Volume 1: A Preacher’s Commentary of the New Testament by Michael A. Eaton,
• A Theology of Suffering by J. Bryson Arthur
• What Christ Thinks of the Church: An Exposition of Revelation 1-3 by John R.W. Stott.

Alumni who have not received their books can contact us at membership@lwpt.org.uk

 

Extracted from Ichthus newsletter Summer 2025