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UK competition to help churches support those facing unemployment
As part of our job creation project, we want to signpost to organisations and initiatives that are also championing Christian action in the unemployment crisis. Last week, Cinnamon Network UK, together with The Mercers’ Company, launched their annual incubator competition. The competition seeks to…
Jo Evans
Indoor dining is back, but what about the hungry?
Since the pandemic hit the UK in March 2020, the community spirit in our towns, cities and villages was noticeably present. Did you sense it where you live? While people grabbed hold of their daily dose of exercise, suddenly eyes were opened to the needs of the community and complete strangers…
Hugh McNeill
Job Creation Project: The church transforming lives by creating jobs
Paul has a background of music, design and video, and for a long time was self-employed as well as working for a church. In 2009, he was asked to help with the project. He ended up creating the business plan and becoming project manager. Six years into the project, Paul also became senior pastor. I…
Jo Evans
7 conversations your church needs to have to reach young adults
A suite of resources to help your church reach, engage and disciple 20s and 30s
New plans to allow assisted dying must be strongly opposed
This week parliament is being asked to consider the issue again as Baroness Meacher, who also serves as chair of campaign group Dignity in Dying, formerly the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, brings a private members’ bill in the House of Lords. The Sunday Times wrote in its editorial last weekend…
Danny Webster
Jesus, the compassionate job creator
The coronavirus crisis has forced many into unemployment, or long-term furlough, and as a result many more of us have greater awareness and sympathy with people who are unemployed – but sympathy often doesn’t lead to any practical action. As followers of Jesus Christ – people who have been saved…
Andy Palmer
Wounded leadership series: Comparison
Maybe in the back of your mind that is the type of leader you wanted to be. Maybe that’s the image you compare yourself to, the image of a successful, driven spiritual leader. Maybe you make comparisons subconsciously. You look at the apparent list of gifts and successes and you just don’t measure…
Wounded leadership series: Waiting on God
However, I have learned the hard way that in church leadership sometimes waiting is more important than moving. God doesn’t always work to our timescale. This can be difficult for the many activists in the church. Have you ever noticed how often the words wait, remain and stay appear in the Bible?…
Wounded leadership: four-part editorial series
Some leaders have had to offer pastoral support to church members without being able to be with them amid their grief. Others have taken funeral services with only a handful of mourners. The majority have had to learn how to run church services online and try to keep the congregation together…
The hallway
The young adult years are punctuated with life-defining decisions and frequent moments of change. In these formative years, careers begin, families are left behind, relationships start, dwellings change, education ends, and knots are tied. Throughout this transitory life stage many young adults…
The living room
One of the positive aspects of the digital revolution in general and with social media in particular is its capacity to create and maintain relationships, especially allowing us to keep contact with others over vast distances. Younger generations are the most connected in history. But quantity of…
The study
An important 2018 study asked almost 500 young adults what they observed in the most effective leaders. The three most popular answers were integrity, humility and passion. For many, these may seem surprising. Other attributes such as strategic, visionary and even intelligence were much further…
The dining room
If the conversation that we have in the kitchen is about style of teaching, this one is about substance. This is a conversation about difficult conversations, and it takes place in the dining room. Families talk about life and discuss the big issues around the table. A number of different…
The garden
There are hopeful signs that significant numbers of young adults will become Christians in the coming years. But what will be the common pathways to faith? How can we make the most of the opportunities that we have to communicate the good news to this generation and invite them to follow Jesus?…
Rethinking small groups
Meanwhile, students and young adults have craved connection and community more than ever. As the church, we have been presented with an opportunity like none before: we can strip back how we connect with 20s to 30s to reflect the heart of discipleship. In Acts 2, we see the early church spring…
Viki Seithel
