At our 2009 Church Weekend, Touching Heaven, Changing Earth, the speaker, Chris Neal, delivered two especially challenging talks on the Saturday. He was reflecting to us how the world has changed and questioning whether the Church and Christians have responded to these changes to present and proclaim the Gospel in relevant ways.

Many were stirred by his words and wondered how to close the gap between the big picture he was presenting and the daily activities of our lives as Christians and our activities as a church. If you want to listen again to the talks they are available to download here (scroll down the page to see Sessions 1 and 2 which are each split into two parts) or ask for a CD from Jo in the church office.

Looking at the feedback from the weekend, what nobody seemed to question was that Chris' analysis should affect how we live for Jesus in our current place and culture. Bonnie and I have spent some time reflecting upon what Chris said at the weekend and upon our own experiences in an effort to generate material for midweek groups to follow during Lent 2010. If you are not currently involved in a midweek group and would like more details of which groups are taking advantage of this material, please contact Jo in the church office, or tel: 01483 473489.

This material is intended to stimulate and challenge so that we reflect Biblically and culturally under the guidance of The Spirit to seek insight and wisdom that gives specific direction for our developing Mission - Making Jesus Visible by Word and Power. The material is quite 'loose' so that each group can adapt it to suit themselves, but we would urge every group to take this opportunity to think differently and resist falling back into well-worn tracks.

Week 1 - Sheep without a Shepherd
Week 2 - Feeding 5000
Week 3 - Values of 'Salt & Light'
Week 4 - Gravitational Pull
Week 5 - A missional church or a church in mission?


As we approach Easter 2010, if Jesus is alive and His Gospel is for all people then, like those who took The Good News out into the Roman Empire, we must be prepared to unleash all its potency with imagination and risk! We look forward to what all the groups come back with - please don't keep it to yourselves!

Nick Grew & Bonnie Appleton

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