musings on leadership in ministry
I was leading worship at Hamilton URC this morning. Nothing unusual in that except that I was early. I usually follow the ‘the closer it is the later I’ll be’ rule but today I was early. Good job because it turned out it was communion today… and I didn’t know! At least I had time Read More …
Today I’m learning about VOLE. Apparently that’s something to do with Virtual and Online Learning Environments… I’ll let you know what that means as the day progresses. This morning we have been looking at MOODLE. We’re playing with forums, profiles, feedback, messages and stuff. Good fun. The afternoon was spent doing more of the same. Read More …
Have you given up on evening services but still long for that special evening thing? – but not necessarily on a Sunday? Want to reach out to people for whom traditional morning services don’t seem to appeal? Like to tackle spirituality in different ways? At ‘Night Has Fallen’ Stewart Cutler and Jack Dyce will help Read More …
I’m just back from a week visiting the Presbyterian Church in Cuba with a group of young people from the URC Synod of Scotland. I’ll write about it over the coming days but for now if you have some spare time on your hands feel free to look through the photos…
The new episode of the Something Beautiful Podcast features an interview with Lawrence Moore, director of the URC’s Windermere Centre and author of Disclosing New Worlds, a fabulous lectionary blog. It’s his story of his journey from Zimbabwe where he served as a police officer in special branch through the civil war to a realisation Read More …
Just in case you are wondering where I am… bay window, 1st floor… the one on the right.
My colleague and mate Leo has been blogging for a few weeks. I didn’t want to heap pressure on him so I’ve given him some time to get his head round blogging. That said, the time has come for a bit of a plug. He’s been writing some great stuff so check out his blog Read More …