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Living in Estate Ministry – Out now!
Writer and researcher Martyn Casserly has been looking at some questions and answers that could help people called to estates ministry.
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GRA:CE Project Launch (online)
At a time of unprecedented change and uncertainty, what is the future for the national church? How should it respond to the intensifying social, material, and spiritual needs of the people it exists to serve? How has it adapted to declining levels of religious affiliation? Drawing on three years of extensive research across the country,…
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Fundraising support for churches during COVID-19 and beyond
During these difficult times Ecclesiastical Insurance in collaboration with fundraising specialists, the Philanthropy Company, have put together really helpful advice and support resources to help you to fundraise for your church community. Top tips First of all there is a checklist of top tips for how to begin fundraising. A link to this page can…
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Prayer from the Estates
This beautiful prayer has been written by Revd Sophie Cowan, as she has reflected on the sense of constant waiting whilst living on and ministering on estates. She has also journeyed alongside people who have experienced poverty in other contexts. The prayer speaks of the void when people don’t stick around, and the disappointment when…
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**STOP PRESS – New Jesus Shaped People Resource**
Despite our technology, wealth, and 21st Century ‘know how’ we’ve been humbled by a virus, like an elite Premier League Football Club knocked out of the FA Cup by a team no one has heard of. How did this happen, how can we get rid of it, when will it end, how is it going…
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Reflection – Making Space for All God’s Children
Joe Hasler is a priest and former community worker who has lived and worked on estates for many years. He blogs about his experience and has created resources on his website http://www.joehasler.co.uk/ Joe has written a reflection paper to indicate his desire to be engaged in a social evangelisation, alongside his desire for a…
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Welcome to MITE – Mission in the Edges
What is MITE? MITE stands for Mission In The Edges – it is a deliberate play on the story of the Widows mite from Luke’s Gospel: As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘Truly…
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Invitation to The Gospel, Redemption and Shame on-line conference
The Transforming Shame Network facilitated by Catherine Matlock invites you to an on-line conference on Wednesday 14 October 9.30am-12.30pm to explore transformation of shame within the Christian faith. The morning is for church leaders, pioneers and those engaged in mission to explore the issue of shame theologically and missionally. It will be both an introduction to…
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Poverty in the Pandemic
Coronavirus has turned the lives of families with children upside down. Millions of parents have lost jobs, or been furloughed with few guarantees of a job to return to. Schools and childcare facilities have largely been closed since the start of the pandemic, and many parents have been facing the almost impossible task of trying…
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Church Plant Interview Series starting Thursday 17th Sept
The Church of England Strategic Development Funding supports projects which make a significant difference to the mission of its diocese. They are hosting a series of Zoom interviews with some of the practitioners from Strategic Development Funding projects on Thursday lunchtimes throughout September and October. The first of these is on Thursday 17th September at 12.30pm…
National Estate Churches Network
