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Your Identity Matters

After months of staring at the 700-page volume sitting on my book shelf, I have begun the task of reading Barack Obama’s presidential memoir, ‘Promised Land.’ The blurb inside the book cover is a tempting invitation to join the journey of a ‘young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world.’
 

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Lunchtime Prayer Meeting with Tim Levell - 17th February We are excited to announce the speaker for our first Lunchtime Prayer Meeting of 2022 will be Tim Levell, ex BBC, former Christians in Media Trustee and current Director of Programmes at Times Radio. Our focus will be TV, radio and print journalism and journalists & Tim will be focusing our prayers around this part of the industry. The Lunchtime Meeting is welcome to all so no matter what part of the media industry you work in or with, please join us in a great time of prayer! We will be starting at 12.15pm and finishing at 13.00. We look forward to seeing you there! The link is below: Meeting ID: 835 7951 2144 Passcode: 964800

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UPCOMING LUNCHTIME PRAYER MEETINGS FOR YOUR DIARY: February 17 - TV, Radio and Print journalistsApril 28 - Social media influencers, Podcasters  June 30 - Writers, story tellers August 25 - Freelancers, video journalists, etc October 27 - TV, Film producers  December 15 - Church and the Media

A farewell, but not goodbye to our 2021 Mentees We would like to wish a farewell to our 2021 Mentees, who have completed the pilot Mentoring Programme. We are grateful to God for all of their amazing contributions and we know the future looks bright for each of them! The end of the Pilot Mentoring Programme is a new beginning, not an end and we look forward to staying in contact with our mentees as God takes them to new heights. Applications for the Mentoring Programme 2022 are OPEN NOW Following the success of the Pilot mentoring programme, we are pleased to announce applications for the 2022 programme have opened! The programme is for young people aged 18-25 who want to break into the media industry and will kick off with an in-person weekend from April 1st-3rd. If you or any young person you know will benefit from the programme, click the link below to apply! Be sure to also follow us on our social media platforms at the bottom of this newsletter for more announcements to come!

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Reuters Institute Report The Reuters Institute have published a report predicting some of the top journalism, media and technology trends for the year ahead. As the world of media moves so quickly, it's great for us to be ahead of the curve, so click the link below to have a read!

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Day of Prayer for the Media We are happy to announce the annual Day of Prayer for the Media will be held on Sunday 30th October 2022. Make sure you put this date in your diary and prepare to join us and churches across the nation as we lift the media industry in prayer.

Brief Snippets from the UK and Around the World… Britons spend a quarter of their waking hours on mobile phones, a report has revealed. The average use was four hours a day last year - up a third from 2019 - with 70 per cent of that time spent on social media, photo and video apps. The global average was four hours and 48 minutes. Four big US tech companies are the only website publishers to reach more than 40m people in the UK each month, according to data from the news industry's new official audience data provider. Google and YouTube reached 49.7 million people aged over 15 in the UK in October 2021 - everyone in the country who used the internet. To read more, click the link below....

2021's Biggest News Providers

In the USA, the King's College and MasterMedia International will present a bi-annual Storytelling Forum on Tuesday, February 15th at The King's College in New York City at 6:30 pm. The panel of media professionals will discuss & "Selling Stories: The Business Side of Storytelling": MasterMedia International and The Median offer a Christian "lens" on media, both for the media professionals and the Christian Community - Contact: info a_t mastermedia d_o_t com

We can't do this without your support Your generous donations which enable us to serve this community well. As we move forward in 2022, we desire to continue mentoring the next generation and providing support to our beneficiaries across the country. As we do so, your financial support is invaluable. We ask that you prayerfully think about supporting the God-given vision for Christians in Media, to give simply click on the DONATE button below. Thank you so much.

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And finally….

Courtesy of Heather Barr, iBelieve Contributing Writer:

‘Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.’ (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV)

Lord God, thank you for the reminder of ‘renewal’ that the spring season represents. You “spring forth” a new thing! We are excited and expectant of your goodness as we look forward to spring. Thank you, Lord God! Prepare us for all the new and wonderful things you have for our lives.

Help us to let go of the old things that hold us back, the things that do not bring life, the things that keep us living in the past. Let us cling to our new identity in Christ. Help us to keep “springing forward in our journey with you. Amen.