Autumn is here and the cool temperatures remind us that the cycle of the seasons keeps turning. Now is the time for gathering of fruits and fire wood, and...
Autumn is here
Category: Mission Communities
Let’s Get That Team in Shape!
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....
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...
