TRINITY is delighted to be taking part in South Downs Awakening a prayer walk across the South Downs, as we seek spiritual awakening in the south east. As an ambassador for the event we’ll be overseeing some of the walking (details to follow!)
Monday 13 July – Friday 17 July 2020 – Walking the land crying out for heaven to invade earth
Saturday 18 July 2020 – Gathering as one for a day of prayer and worship at Chanctonbury Ring
What is it?
South Downs Awakening is being spearheaded by Chanctonbury churches but with many churches and Christians involved in overseeing it. It is a c100 mile walk through beautiful countryside, overlooking the land, to the north, and the sea to the south. One end in the city of Winchester, the other by Beachy Head and the town of Eastbourne. We feel there is huge spiritual significance is linking these two places together; thanking God for this place and praising his name in the high places of this land.
The event will include 5 days of prayer walking, starting simultaneously with two groups, one in Eastbourne and the other in Winchester, to walk and pray over the South Downs. Each day we will gather and prayer walk two section of around 6 to 10 miles along the Downs pausing at key points to pray.
All are invited to join, whether as individuals, small groups or entire churches, for one particular section, all 5 days or anything in between!
Final gathering
On the Saturday, in unity we will come together for the afternoon, to walk up to Chanctonbury Ring, the almost central point, share food, pray and worship God and share communion.
In Hebrews 11, we see the men and women of old commended for living by faith, investing in this earth, but looking for their reward in the heavenly realm. In a similar way we are looking to Awaken the Land for God’s glory, not only here, but to pass the flame of revival on to others in the United Kingdom and around the world. To unify all trinitarian churches and bless the communities and land in which they live.
Our heart is to change culture, not put an event on, we need the church community to join with us and seek Father’s heart and release His blessing on this place and, in faith, call it into being.
Taking part
Sign up HERE and find FAQs HERE
For further info on TRINITYs involvement please email us HERE
Prayer
We’d love to encourage you to be praying for the event now, whether from the comforts of your own home or if you are up on the downs by praying as you walk. Let’s be sowing seeds of prayer into and over our land, building on the decades of prayer and prayer walking that has gone before us. Please be praying for the locality, for the love of God to reign, for transformation of communities in God’s name. Please also be praying for all those taking part in organising the event and for the vision to be communicated clearly across the area.
If you feel you have a prophetic word that you’d like to share with us (especially if it is specific to the eastern part of the walk) please email it to us
John Norris is an aspiring part time metal sculptor from Hurstpierpoint. He bought a welder in December 2018 and started tinkering in his spare time. He dreams of one day being able to make a full time career out of metal sculpting. The pieces on display at the Lewes Art Wave festival are still some of his very first creations!
Martina is an artist and theology student with a background in professional photography and this is her second time exhibiting at TRINITY. Her photographic work this year considers how experiencing the world through digital media has changed our perception of it, while her community sculpture project invites to look inward and explore themes of holiness and wholeness.
Sarah is an award-winning Illustrator, author and painter. With an illustration career spanning 18 years, Sarah has illustrated for many clients including Kew Gardens, IKEA and The Guardian. Her staple work comes from illustrating funny children’s books. Her latest book CHARLIE CHANGES INTO A CHICKEN is the best selling debut middle grade book of 2019.
Suzanne is a semi-abstract, contemporary landscape painter and a teacher. She is inspired by the land, sea and big skies. She paints in oils and mixed-media from memory and experience, and her work is developed using artistic intuition. She says ‘my greatest loves are atmospheric weather and fleeting light and this I try to capture in my work, through my own emotional response.
Jo Marks is a British figurative artist. Using graphic lines, her chalk and charcoal drawings are developed from a fascination with the human form.
Her unedited marks reflect the energy and urgency with which the subject was observed. Whether these marks are intuitively abstract or more true to life, they always express an authentic understanding of form.
While Jo tries to reflect this sense of dichotomy in her carefully balanced compositions, she also aims to ensure her work brings a sense of peace. “Knowing when to stop is a huge challenge, I never want to over-bake my pieces but instead reflect the joy with which they were made.”
Martina was struck by the stories of pain, suffering and incredible strength and integrity she discovered just among friends and family. All hidden behind the socially acceptable facade of: ‘I’m fine’.
For this series she has photographed women with a hidden illness or trauma. The women choose a flower, branch or other foliage to represent the fact that there is more to discover than can be seen on the outside. The choice of foliage or its positioning may reveal something about their illness or struggle and how it affects their relationships and identity.
Although I have been sculpting in clay for many years, it was as a mature student that I went to study ceramics at Falmouth College of Art. Returning to Sussex I set up my own studio producing figurative stoneware sculpture. Singers, dancers, performers, some written over with sonnets or songs, my work reflects my love of literature and my early career in the theatre. I constantly go back to basics, which for me is an endless exploration of the human form.
The theme of Communication for this exhibition is a broad one. Visibly, verbally and tangibly, art is the great communicator, giving us fresh insight into the human condition. I like the image in the bible of the body being the temple of the soul. I hope these quiet abstract nudes have a meditative quality - meditation being perhaps one of the purest forms of communication.
The other two figures were inspired by events in the life of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago, but they are very modern tragedies. A Syrian refugee, her child in her arms and her possessions on her back, flees her country. A mother cradles her son after violence on a Hackney street. Only you, the viewer can say what, if anything they communicate, but if you have paused to look and wonder for a moment why these things happen, then thank you.
Suzanne Hennegrave is a semi-abstract, contemporary landscape painter and a teacher. She is inspired by the land, sea and big skies. She paints in oils and mixed-media from memory and experience and her work is developed using artistic intuition.
