I love long weekends! It’s Kirsty’s birthday tomorrow and we’re heading into London later today to spend the weekend doing touristy things. We’ve booked to go see the new Antony Gormley exhibition at the hayward which I’m really excited about. I’ll try to take some pictures and post them to flickr while we’re there. We’re [...]
Strategic Schools Work
Today I spent an enjoyable day in central London at the LICC Strategic Schools Work Conference. Apart from making some new friends and listening to the excellent speakers (thanks to Chris Curtis for helping to clarify some key points), I’ve come away with a great deal to think about for the new schools-based initiatives we [...]
41 Places
We’ve had a great weekend catching up with friends and chilling out. Part of our fun was heading over to Brighton to track down some of the creatively hidden exhibition 41 Places. From the site: 41 Places is a city-wide artwork of 41 true stories, installed in the place where they happened – stories of [...]
Developing A Vision
At our church, we are currently starting the process of evaluating our existing children’s and youth work and developing a new vision for what we want to see . The first part of this process was to consult the amazing team of volunteers who deliver the vast majority of clubs and activities each week, and [...]
Your Identity in Photos
Rosie has challenged people to sum up their identity in just four photos from their library. I found this pretty tricky and i guess my choices would change over time. I’m not going to explain each one, so take them as you like: So, what photos would you use? Pete, Dave, Dan, Ruth, Kirsty, Mark, [...]
Being a son of thunder
Following on from my last post, I attended a prayer meeting this morning where a few of us got together for the first time. Martin announced that his inspiration for gathering together was the passage in Mark 3:17 where Jesus nicknames James and John the “Sons of thunder”. He strongly felt these words are significant [...]