'The parish is not an outdated institution, precisely because it posseses great flexibility,it can assume quite different contours depending on the openness and creativity of the priest & community.' Great words from the Pope as I go now & preach for our new parish congregation.
Excited to announce the appointment of Revd Heather Cracknell to the new post of Head of Development, Fresh Expressions for the Church of England. She will be the focal point for fresh expressions in the Church of England & be a member .She will be a member of our E&D Team.
Here's how to register for our Reimagining 2020 Conference in September . I can now reveal speakers include Sanjee Perera, Archbishop Justin Welby , Bishop Jill Duff, Tom Holland and Sam Wells. Register at
Excited to announce the appointment of Natalie Andrews as the Church of England's Project Lead for our new sports and well being project. Natalie is currently Team Vicar in the Ely Team. She will start the new role in mid June
@CIS_UK
@sportchaplaincy
@SportsFactoryUK
The Evangelism and Discipleship Team meeting. First physical team meeting for 16 months. The most creative, productive and prophetic team I have been part of.
Amazing sessions on Vision and Strategy led by young people from various Church schools. They are wonderful and led the discussions of Synod members brilliantly.
@CottrellStephen
Exciting morning. The CofEs vision and strategy work is being seen by General Synod this morning and will be released publically later today. This is the next stage in our consultation process as we work together over the next 10 years.
@churchofengland
@CottrellStephen
So grateful to the Ticket Office
@TrentBridge
. I had to cancel tickets on the afternoon before we were due to attend the Test Match as my son had to isolate because his housemate just discovered he had Covid . They were so helpful and understanding. HUGE thanks .
Thanks
@AldiUK
. My wife shopped this evening at Aldi after a really hard day as a NHS worker. The person on the till gave her a free bunch of yellow roses which really cheered her up. Thanks !!
It's farewell to
@DrRachelJ
day today. She is an amazing person, evangelist, servant of God, Jesus follower, friend.
ADD your own words today ..........
Yesterday Giles Fraser put an 8 year old video up of me on Twitter yesterday trying to make a story of what I didn't say. So I thought it was worth today putting up what he did say.
Very good, helpful and engaged debate this morning at
@GenSyn
with
@CottrellStephen
on the Vision and Strategy. Thanks for the reminder Jackie that everyone has a part to play in this. PS the vote was 285 for , 8 against. Thank you so much Synod
Sept 29th-1st October, 9.30am-1pm each day we are holding a Virtual Conference as together we Reimagine mission, evangelism, discipleship, remembering and even Christmas for this year. Next week we will be releasing names of our contributors(they are amazing)and registration info
The
@JustinWelby
talking about the new Leading in Evangelism resource at General Synod. This is an amazing resource to help leaders, ordained and lay develop an evangelising culture in their church.
Exciting new role as Head of Development for fresh expressions in the CofE.( and you get to work with me!!) Please pass on to people who you think might be interested.
Interviewed
@CottrellStephen
today about discipleship with my co host
@revheath
as part of our new 6 part podcast series which will be appearing in the next few weeks. Some great insights from ABY and we found out his 4 guests for his dream dinner party.
@churchofengland
@RachelGardnerRA
We are launching a National Sports Project next week at General Synod Rachel with 7 pilot dioceses exactly because of what you are saying. The aim is to enable these dioceses to make sport key to their mission strategy. All the major sports ministry organisations are involved
Reflecting after talking on BBC Local Radio today about decline in children and YP numbers. At the church service I attended all the hymn writers and the 3 people quoted in the sermon were all dead by 1935. And no under 18 at service. Is there a link?
One in four UK adults have watched or listened to a religious service since the coronavirus lockdown. Find out more about our research into prayer with
@SavantaComRes
here:
Great meeting this afternoon with 20 networks, organisations and societies to meet with
@CottrellStephen
@debsaclinton
and myself to talk about how we partner in resourcing and shaping the Vision and Strategy of the
@churchofengland
Listening to John McGinlay talking about raising up a 1000 Evangelists in the Church of England at Archbishops College of Evangelists. So exciting .
@lambethpalace
@churchofengland
Great Vision and Strategy webinar on the mixed ecology. Heard examples of chaplaincy,an inter cultural worshipping community & from 2 different rural parishes plus the wisdom of
@Bishop_Dunwich
Amazing reminder that together we are the Body of Christ
@vee_pinto
@CottrellStephen
“The vision of the parish system is that we serve every single person in this country.”
Hear from Archbishop
@CottrellStephen
and Bishop
@e_ineson
as they discuss why we must adapt and put our trust in God to become a simpler, humbler, bolder Church.
Today is the two year anniversary of the Evangelism & Discipleship Team. It's a privilege & honour to work with this amazing team. PS this is not all of them!
@StephenHance1
@theonographer
@revheath
Really excited that 'How to Pioneer , A five step guide for getting started' is now available. I have been working on this for over a year. Its a very simple guidebook with downloadable resources.
@CHPublishingUK
@CofEPioneering
@ChurchArmy
@lambethpalace
Great meeting with key people in sports ministry world today thinking about how we might develop a shared strategic approach.
@sportchaplaincy
@CIS_UK
@GlosDioc
Wow mind blowing day! Thinking about helping dioceses with their mission, planning innovative training for all leaders in Leading in Evangelism and planning
@thykingdom_come
for 2020!!
Great Bible study with 7 people on our street plus 2 others, not all regular churchgoers. All on Zoom of course. Looking at Jesus' sacrifice maybe helped to put our sacrifices into context. Also reminder of how we are to be servants of others. What a great group.
Lucy Moore talking about the research on Messy Church from Church Army. Read the report Playfully Serious and discover how Message Churches are doing discipleship.
@brfonline
@messylucy
@ChurchArmy
'We are putting our money where our missional mouth is,' says the Archbishop of York. So exciting to see huge investment in becoming a Jesus shaped church.
#generalsynod
#visionandstrategy
We sold 500 places for our Reimagining Conference in 2 weeks but you can now register to be able to download the talks from the conference if you couldn't get the tickets. £7.50 including talks from Tom Holland, Jill Duff, Justin Welby and Sanjee Perera
Lead Bishop for Sport
@rev_libbylane
will join our worship this week!
Celebrating
#NationalSportsSunday
, our online service will be led by
@DwarfmanJay
, Sports Chaplaincy UK Ambassador.
Watch from 9am on Sunday at .
Great news of our new team member in the Evangelism and Discipleship Team. Looking forward to working with Stephen when he starts at end of Sept.
@StephenHance1
Third day of our Not the College consultation with all the Bishops and Diocesan Secretary's looking at Vision and Strategy for the CofE for the next 10 years! This is part of a year long process.
#excitingtimes
Great day at Archbishops' College of Evangelists with
@JustinWelby
. Brilliant to see so many new members from a very wide range of backgrounds.
@CottrellStephen
@patrick_kidd
@churchofengland
@giles_fraser
This is a helpful podcast from the Spectator - conversation between Marcus and Dave Male, Director of Evangelism and Discipleship. Worth listening to.
@PhilMickelson
You gave my son a ball as you were teeing off at Troon at the British Open in 2004. He was 9 at the time and you were his favourite player. He still has the ball and still talks about it.