Tag Archives: community engagement
On the street where they live – one couple’s vision for their neighbours
Andy Parnham tells the story of the Happiness Course he ran for a group of neighbours in west London, organised by a Christian couple with a vision for their street. I recently ran the Happiness Course in a rather affluent … Continue reading
We are more than the sum total of all our needs
Ruth Young writes the second in a series of blogs exploring the issues raised in the Fullness of Life Together, re-imagining Christian engagement in our communities report. I’m sure you’ll agree when I say that most of us, in living … Continue reading
Posted in community, Fullness of Life Together report, Ruth Smith, Uncategorized
Tagged Church, community, community engagement, integral mission
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Re-imagining Christian community engagement in our communities – Fullness of Life Together report follow up
Ruth Young writes the first in a series of articles exploring the issues in the Fullness of Life Together, re-imagining Christian engagement in our communities report. It’s been great to read the refreshing Fullness of Life Together report, produced jointly … Continue reading
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Tagged Church Urban Fund, community engagement, Fullness 0f Life Together
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Grateful Heart
Some thoughts from Community Engagements Ruth Young (formerly Smith), the northern Community Engagement Adviser. Over the last 3 months I have been downsizing, from my lovely 3 bedroom family house with large-but-manageable garden that I have lovingly tended, into my new … Continue reading
Posted in Pause for thought..., Ruth Smith
Tagged comfort, community engagement, disaster, grateful, poverty
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Can you be a friend in 1,000?
Dementia is a rising challenge. By 2021, over a million British people will have dementia; people in your neighbourhood, your church, maybe in your family. Dementia is a condition which impairs people’s ability to think, remember and make choices, often … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, community
Tagged community engagement, dementia, dementia friendly churches, dementia friends, livability
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Presence and Engagement
A guest blog from Rev Chris Knights who is the Church and Community Development Worker for the Musselburgh Parish Grouping, Church of Scotland. A few years ago, when I was in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne working as a … Continue reading
Posted in community, Guest blog, Pause for thought...
Tagged Church, community, community engagement
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Super-heroes or Saints? Creative tension part 4
Continuing his guest series on creative tension in community mission, Andy Wier questions the value of promoting a hero culture. “I think I might have come with a bit of a messiah complex.” I was talking with a young man … Continue reading
Holistic Mission (Creative Tension part 3)
Continuing his guest series on creative tension, Andy Wier encourages us to look beyond the slogans and strap-lines of ‘holistic mission’. Over the years, I’ve encountered lots of talk about churches being holistic in community mission. “Do More, Do it … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Weir, Pause for thought...
Tagged community engagement, evangelical church, holistic
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Happiness Leaders day
Being happy can half your risk of heart disease. Happy people are more likely to get married, and for those marriages to last. Happy people are more creative and more productive. Happiness is much more than a passing feeling – it … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, community
Tagged Church, community development, community engagement, Happiness, happy, Jesus, the happiness course
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