Being Alone, Together

Yesterday I wrote about running alone and how parkrun might give people like the chance to ‘run alone together’ (as Leo said in his comment). John Orr took the thought and expanded it to church. I like when that happens. His question was ‘How can we create opportunities for people to join in without having Read More …

are you being served?

Last week during our team meeting we were presented with an interesting challenge as part of our worship… to serve each other.  The challenge seemed a simple one.  How hard is it to make someone a coffee or to pass the veg? It turns out serving someone isn’t the difficult part.  Being served is much Read More …

What are church members for?

I asked the same question about ministers so it seems only right that I ask the same question about members / people who attend church / adherents / punters (delete or insert as necessary). What are church members for? Is their role to turn up on a Sunday morning, sing, close their eyes at the Read More …