Don’t worry! This isn’t another health and fitness craze. My focus is on how you might structure roles and ways of working for the leadership team of a Mission Community....
Category: Mission Communities
A Mission-Shaped Year?
Welcome to 2018! Can this be a Mission-Shaped year? As the LORD admonished Judah in the words of the Prophet Isaiah (read more here), learning to do Mission is crucial...
What does a Mission Shaped Community look like?
As we come together across the county to form ecumenical mission communities, one of the questions that I frequently hear is: What difference is this going to make? Is this...
Sharing Stories
My mum, who died last year, was a shy woman, but warmly hospitable. She also took much pleasure in cleaning and ironing – a trait that I have not inherited....
Local Lay Ministry Day: a review
I was privileged to attend a day for Local Lay Ministers on 11th November 2017 at Penrith Methodist Church. The day was very well supported with about 40 people attending...
Resources for discipling in small groups
I was recently asked if I had come across any resources that could support discipling in a small group or one-to-one setting. I imagine these queries reflect the reality that...
Tent-Making
‘Paul approached them [Aquila and Priscilla] and, because he was of the same trade, he made his home with them and they carried on business together; they were tent-makers.’...
Into Uncharted Territory
I’ve been thinking about canoes, mountains and Mission Communities. That might sound like an odd combination of things, but there is a link: an expedition commissioned by US President Thomas...
