Team's tour tweets
Real-time Twitter updates about the BMS Kolkata 1 Action Team
A supporter from Somerset has provided an unusual insight into the BMS Action Team UK tour through updates on the social networking site, Twitter.
Sarah Sweet (pictured left) wrote a daily diary about the India 1 Kolkata Action Team’s week-long visit to Clevedon Baptist Church, highlighting their work with several groups from the local community.
You can read all of Sarah’s ‘tweets’ (the 140-character messages on Twitter) from the week below.
Kolkata 1 (pictured right) is one of nine gap year teams currently touring the UK and sharing their experiences of six months’ overseas mission in countries such as Brazil, Thailand and South Africa.
The Action Team tour is a vital way in which BMS work gets profiled in churches across the country – and is a great showcase for world mission too. Many Action Teamers take part in the year because they’ve been inspired by previous teams on tour.
BMS World Mission has almost 200 followers on Twitter – you can find us @BMSWorldMission or by typing http://twitter.com/BMSWorldMission
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It’s a great place to get updates from BMS on our latest stories, prayer requests and resources. You can also interact with us through questions and comments.
BMS also has a strong presence on Facebook, with over 650 people liking our page.
8 May: Excited about the arrival of the #bmsactionteam tomorrow afternoon in Clevedon. Busy week ahead!
9 May: #bmsactionteam safely arrived in Clevedon. Off to a planning meeting soon! Tomorrow morning church introductions and lunch
10 May: Nearly lunchtime with the #bmsactionteam then it's the Youth Cell Group tonight. Pls pray the young people will be inspired
10 May: Please pray for #bmsactionteam as they talk to years 7-10 in our local secondary school tmrw
11 May: Pls pray #bmsactionteam at sec school taking sessions with whole yr grps. Very scary! Pray for peace, words from God and for the HS to move
11 May: Time to sleep for the #bmsactionteam after a very long busy day. Good job they have a day off tomorrow!
13 May: Sun shining and #bmsactionteam off to Taste of Heaven (ladies coffee morning) to drink coffee, eat cake and share their experiences!
13 May: #bmsactionteam serving cake to kids before making Indian flags
13 May: #bmsactionteam back from a bbq with our 18-30s, time for bed before Hope in the Square tomorrow!
14 May: #bmsactionteam tired after their adventures at Hope in the Sq 2011 but sure also looking forward to Chinese
15 May: #bmsactionteam did a great job at leading the service this morning, more to come tonight! But for now, sleep!
16 May: Off to the train station, time to say goodbye to the #bmsactionteam who are off to Truro for the next week of their tour
Note: The repeated line ‘#bmsactionteam’ is a way in which users can group the same topic together across different messages.
Find out more about these ‘hashtags’ at http://support.twitter.com/entries/49309-what-are-hashtags-symbols