Click here to view the video on YouTube.

As the guys say in our typically bizarre Boxing Day film, why not do something epic today and reserve your place for the CVM Gathering! Take full advantage of the Early Bloke booking and get the whole weekend for just £65. Hundreds of guys from across the UK will meet for banter, laughter and solid teaching on what it means to live LIFE IN FULL.

(CVM Men’s Camp is June 29 – July 1 @ Lynt Farm, Nr Swindon)

Don’t miss out on the discount and book now for The Gathering 2012

Here’s what some guys thought last time:

“Great bunch of speakers, very down to earth and practical but with a real live Jesus message.”

“Fantastic! already getting more guys geared up for next year.”

“I thought the whole things was a blast from start to finish. What an ACE idea to have the teas & coffees going all day for free. That’s a cracker of a facility and was so good to just have the place and space to catch up with folks not seen for ages. Nice One! I’ll be back despite living 12 hours drive away!”

“As a Vicar I found I could relax and really chill out, I loved every main session and laughed so much. Minsitry can take it out of you and CVM stuff always builds me back up. To be honest I think you did very very well and I can’t wait to tell others. In fact that is what I have been doing ever since with every man I meet – I say “Do you know what I did last week?” and tell them.”

See you there guys!

We recently held our first CVM/New Wine Men’s Day “Iron Sharpens Iron”. Here’s a quick 2 minute snapshot of what happened. The next event will be in Manchester on Sat 21 Jan 2012. Click here to find out more.

You will notice too that we now have a new domain – www.cvm.org.uk. All our old traffic will automatically redirect to our new domain. To break this down further:

Blog

• The RSS feed remains the same as before: http://feeds.feedburner.com/cvmen
• You can also subscribe to the blog by email

Podcasts

• The podcast and vodcast feeds remain the same – you don’t need to touch a thing
• You can view all the audio and video media on their new page (check

During the past year, CVM has held some landmark meetings with another movement who are sold out to reach university students for Jesus. From the moment a conversation was started between CVM Director Rev Carl Beech and Fusion National Team Leader Rich Wilson, both visions were destined to overlap in the future.

One year on and we can quite safely say there has been an exciting overlap. It is based solely on these three facts.

• CVM are reaching men with the Christian message
• Fusion are reaching students with that same message
• Half the student population is male

And with those three key facts in mind, CVM and Fusion have drawn up a hybrid operation: Invicta.

The Invicta movement will see CVM support Fusion in reaching male students who can find, nurture and develop their Christian faith whilst at university.

The key stages of the Invicta launch will include: The Invicta podcast, Invicta seminars at CVM and Fusion events and Invicta coverage on the CVM and Fusion websites.

Please pray for the partnership as we see more and more university students engage with their creator during some of the most important years of their lives.

Subscribe to the Invicta Podcast here for free.

You may have seen previous publicity about the ESCAPE Men’s Weekend on Friday 30th September to Sunday 2nd October 2011. With only a few weeks to go you still have time to join us at The St Madoc Centre in The Gower for a really excellent and exciting event.

A number of men have already booked in for ESCAPE 2011 and you can still be a part of this unique event by sending in a booking form – and amazingly the cost is only £80 for the accommodation activities and food.

You can find out more or get a booking form by going to: Cardiff Men’s Convention, St Madoc or CVM websites or telephoning Allan Gray on 01792 418265 or Geoff Squance on 01446 771071

The Block Porn Campaign, headed by Claire Perry MP, calls for UK-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to provide anti-porn filters at network level.   This would stop most pornography from reaching our computers and internet-enabled devices, and protect children much more effectively.   Convergence, which means the internet can be viewed on our TV screens, makes this doubly important.

Safermedia are asking for your support of their 2011 Block Porn Campaign.

Here’s the latest update on the campaign:

Safermedia news’n’action no. 89

Dear Friends,

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and MPs respond to growing public concern – well done!

On 20 June, Claire Perry MP, Safermedia and several other groups attended a meeting in Parliament of ISPA, the Internet Service Providers Association. Your support is making a big difference, and we were able to put some good points to the meeting. Despite a diverse range of views, there was general and encouraging agreement that more would indeed be done to block internet pornography.

The ISPs are coming under ever more pressure. Seventy MPs are now supporting Claire and have just set up a Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection in September and October. This is another major step forward.

Next Stage of the Campaign

We are continuing to press for ISP-level filters plus a default OFF setting for porn, rather than device-level filters (see our templates for more detail). However the ISPs are still reluctant to go this far, and when they will act is far from clear. Claire has emphasized that we must continue to rally more MPs to maintain the momentum of this groundswell of public opinion. In David Cameron’s statement to Parliament on the NewsCorp scandal, he said this was a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity to try and get media regulation right.’

ACTION

So, if you have not already done so, please write to both your MP and ISP.

If you have already sent those letters, our thanks, and please now:

Send David Cameron a copy of the letter to your MP (by filling in the MPs letter again, writing COPY across the top and posting it 10 Downing Street, London SW1A 2AA or emailing it at https://email.number10.gov.uk/Contact.aspx).

Please forward this email to your contacts.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please use our 2 template letters for your MP and ISP, shown below and downloadable at: http://www.safermedia.org.uk/2011internetfiltercampaign.htm

You will find all the addresses you need on these templates. If you prefer, you can use the template simply as a guide and write a letter in your own words. (NB: The details about an opt-IN system being required are vital.)

Can you also make hard copies of the templates and distribute them to clubs, churches, your workplace, friends and family too? Numbers matter.

Please spread this information as widely as possible to all your contacts. (NB: If you are an organisation, it is best to pass on the template letter, approved by Claire Perry’s office, as it is.

Thank God for answered prayer and pray for continued progress in this campaign. Also ask for God’s will to be done in the current scandal surrounding the Murdoch empire – that it will eventually lead to higher standards throughout the media world.

We now have a new website! Check it out for updates and more information: http://www.safermedia.org.uk/welcome.htm

Thank you and best wishes for the summer break,

Miranda, Pippa, Tushar and the SafermediaTeam

The men, all from St. Luke’s Men’s Group, collectively ran more than 50 miles and all in celebration of one of the chaps turning 50.

And as well as lots of laughs in the snow (4″ fell the night before) it wasn’t just for fun as in the process they raised £100 for Compassion.

This is a brilliant little story of one of the CVM Groups getting together, having a laugh and accomplishing something worthwhile in the process.

What stories do you have from your CVM group? Let us know – get in touch!

For more information on CVM groups, and to find one near you, visit the CVM website.

CVM can proudly recommend ”One Dad” by Brad Lincoln, which has been nominated for the 2011 UK Christian Book Awards which is open to public voting. The book is competing against four other nominations and CVM would like its supporters to go to www.christianbookawards.org and vote for the book.

Carl Beech, CVM Director has reviewed “One Dad” which has been published by BRF and is selling for about £6.99. Carl says,

“This book is practical, personal and engaging. If you are a dad to younger children, you shouldn’t hesitate to read it. If you know a dad, read it and pass it on to him. You will find youself debating, asking questions, thinking afresh and going deeper in your walk with your Dad in heaven.”

Visit BRF for more details and to buy, or alternatively you can buy on Amazon.

Every month for 2011 we will be releasing a study guide based around the codelife initiative. 12 codes; 12 months. The January guide of codelife unlocked is available now!

Tackling code I – ‘Jesus is my Captain, Brother, Rescuer and Friend’, codelife unlocked uses Scripture, story and questions to challenge and sharpen our faith.

The download is free, although we do ask for a small donation. Use it as a personal devotional, use it in a small group of guys – however you like!

Be inspired and equipped to “fight the good fight” alongside your brothers.

• From January there will be a monthly Bible study download from the website. Every month will see 4 studies (or one a week) to help “unlock” The Code. We will be using all kinds of media and each month will focus on one code in particular. So that’s a whole years worth of material.
• In May we will be publishing “The Manual” with Monarch. This will be a back pocket devotional book that contains a hard hitting thought on each code with prayers, poems and other devotional material.
• We have already launched the new Beechy and Willmott podcast. This is a “cross over” resource that is designed to be evangelistic. We discuss in a fun way the issues that men often wrestle with and seek to finish up by taking people to the Bible. It’s pitched to be light hearted, honest and edgy. It’s not a Bible study but we will be focussing in on issues that living by the code raises.

Alongside this we have available “codelife cards” to keep in your wallet, stickers, t shirts and church packs as well as a DVD of the launch conference.

This is in addition to all the other great resources we have on offer to help men find Jesus and equip the church. Have you pre-ordered the “men” DVD? It contains all our insights on how to gear your church up to introduce men to Jesus! Only the other day a guy from our speakers list came up to me and said. “four more men in the kingdom as of the other night!” We are hearing this more and more!

Let’s keep praying and being in faith for 1 million men to find Jesus in the UK!