The Church celebrates the Annunciation today — when Mary said yes and the Word became flesh. Join us for the Eucharist at 7pm at Holy Trinity (74 Trinity Rd). Bread, milk, honey & angel cake to follow. The Lenten fast is lifted today.
#Annunciation
“Put the social gospel first and it sucks the oxygen out of the parish. Put apprenticeship to Jesus first, and a congregation will have an oxygen-rich environment for mercy ministries of all kinds.”
“is your parish focused first on making disciples? Is there a year-long and even multiyear strategy for Christian formation? If not, your parish is likely in decline regardless of how it falls on the conservative/liberal, orthodox/progressive spectrum.”
Jesus is ready! Are you ready? Really looking forward to Ascension day shenanigans. Come by!!
My sanctuary bell has snapped in quite an important place; it’s the bit that connects the middle to the wall strut. Does anybody know a south London craftsman/woman who can weld?
Christus natus est.
Merry Christmas!
#clergymaltclub
“While it is incontrovertible that the love of Jesus binds us to serve the poor, it is also pellucid that the social gospel is a byproduct of the Great Commission… Jesus didn’t say, “Go and make social workers” but rather “Go and make disciples.””
livingchurch.org/covenant/958...
The Jay report’s recommendation of adjusting C of E definition of “adults of risk at harm” to match the statutory one hasn’t yet been implemented.
Did the Liverpool allegations meet the threshold for Safeguarding rather than, say, being HR matters?
www.gov.uk/government/n...
^ This is an excellent @livingchurch.bsky.social article, helpfully re-emphasising the Great Commission
I was challenged by LYCIG to try to offer both welcome /and/ discipleship courses, but I now want to try to imagine this as a course of formation…