April 2011
3 posts
Bums on seats....
So I was listening to our arch deacon last night proposing a new type of leadership in our church which is very exciting.
Yet as I wake this morning something worries me about what he said. Essentially he talked about “sacking” the leader if in essence the church hadn’t grown. By growth we are talking more people in church.
This raises a question for me - what is salvation?...
December 2010
3 posts
Christmas Cards update
So we met in Emma’s cafe over a full english and sorted the Christmas cards before praying. I’ve got to say that Emma’s cafe rocks and Emma & Anne are complete legends!
So then we got delivering. Now we could either have seen this just as delivering cards through letter boxes, or we could see it as an opportunity to…
talk…
listen…
connect…
with...
Christmas Cards...
Quick blog now to say that the team are all meeting at Emma’s Cafe for breakfast and our team meeting, which will be most enjoyable. However, the main order of the day is delivering Christmas cards to each business.
I don’t think we’ve ever done this before so althought it’s only a Christmas card and an invite to a carol service, it’s actually more than that. Maybe...
Good times...
It’s been a few weeks since I last blogged as the wondering chaplain but that’s not to say that there has been no activity. In fact quite the reverse and one of the reasons for not blogging is wondering where to start.
We continue to pray for two businesses of a week, which is great and the local church of which I am part seems to be getting behind the whole project of reaching out to the...
November 2010
1 post
Serving and Supporting...
This is a quick post, but I wanted to write a note about how grateful I am to God for the support we’re receiving in this venture as we look to reach out and serve the businesses in the parish.
1) A great lunch with Paul Simmonds of “Workcare” who got me into all of this in the first place. Wonderful to get a perspective and encouragement from somebody external. And superb to...
October 2010
3 posts
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Business of the Week: Lifestyle Express
This weeks business of the week to pray for (and shop from!) is Lifestyle Express on Ringwood Highway, Potters Green. It’s a fairly new business and I’m not sure what they need prayer for, or how we may serve them but needless to say I’ll pop in and say hi and see if I can find something out…
Or maybe you can?
We’re having some great responses from some of the...
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The Wondering Chaplain...
I had this crazy idea along with a friend of mine called Paul to be a chaplain to the businesses in the local area, particularly on the industrial estates. I mean hospitals and prisons and places like that have chaplains don’t they. They have people who they can talk to when they’re in the mire and it helps to talk doesn’t it?
But businesses generally don’t.
For sure...
