Bringing Christian Faith, Hope and Love to Children & Young People.
The Bridge is a registered, ecumenical Christian charity working in local schools at both primary and secondary level providing various levels of support. We work in approximately 25 (Church and Community) schools on a regular basis and we have a team of over 30 people from across Salisbury.
At both levels (but particularly in the secondary work) we are increasingly expanding our work to provide support for both pupils and staff through a chaplaincy style method of work. We seek to be a listening presence in a school and express this through specific pieces of work – social skills groups, early intervention work, lunchtime clubs, mentoring, or pastoral support work targeted around young people with recognised difficulties.
As well as meeting the needs of schools and young people, we also want to give students of all ages an opportunity to hear about and explore the Christian faith in a way that is relevant and connects with the world they live in. This might take place through our popular RE lessons or whole-day events. Some of our projects also offer an opportunity to explore the Christian faith, such as 'Prayer Space' weeks or Alpha courses.
The Bridge is so called because it seeks to be a ‘bridge’ between schools in the Salisbury area and churches. We were founded by ‘Churches Together in Salisbury’ in 1994. We seek to be a bridge that will enable young people to connect with and benefit from the rich life within Salisbury churches. We also strongly believe in the huge wealth of church members from across Salisbury, who have much to offer our schools with their time, talents and experience all adding to the life of local schools through a range of volunteering opportunities.
At both levels (but particularly in the secondary work) we are increasingly expanding our work to provide support for both pupils and staff through a chaplaincy style method of work. We seek to be a listening presence in a school and express this through specific pieces of work – social skills groups, early intervention work, lunchtime clubs, mentoring, or pastoral support work targeted around young people with recognised difficulties.
As well as meeting the needs of schools and young people, we also want to give students of all ages an opportunity to hear about and explore the Christian faith in a way that is relevant and connects with the world they live in. This might take place through our popular RE lessons or whole-day events. Some of our projects also offer an opportunity to explore the Christian faith, such as 'Prayer Space' weeks or Alpha courses.
The Bridge is so called because it seeks to be a ‘bridge’ between schools in the Salisbury area and churches. We were founded by ‘Churches Together in Salisbury’ in 1994. We seek to be a bridge that will enable young people to connect with and benefit from the rich life within Salisbury churches. We also strongly believe in the huge wealth of church members from across Salisbury, who have much to offer our schools with their time, talents and experience all adding to the life of local schools through a range of volunteering opportunities.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
All voting members shall be in overall sympathy with the Statement of Faith
Statement of Faith:
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons; Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity and perfect humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ; in His
virgin birth; in His sinless life; in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death
through His outpoured blood; in His bodily resurrection; in His ascension to the
right hand of the Father and His personal return to power and glory.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit; by whose indwelling the
Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe the Bible to be inspired in its entirety by God’s Spirit through human
authors revealing God’s truth to humanity. All scripture is God-breathed and is
useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
We believe in the personal and visible return in glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
to raise the dead and bring salvation and judgement in final completion.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.
All voting members shall be in overall sympathy with the Statement of Faith
Statement of Faith:
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons; Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity and perfect humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ; in His
virgin birth; in His sinless life; in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death
through His outpoured blood; in His bodily resurrection; in His ascension to the
right hand of the Father and His personal return to power and glory.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit; by whose indwelling the
Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
We believe the Bible to be inspired in its entirety by God’s Spirit through human
authors revealing God’s truth to humanity. All scripture is God-breathed and is
useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
We believe in the personal and visible return in glory of the Lord Jesus Christ
to raise the dead and bring salvation and judgement in final completion.
We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.
