download a pdf of the brochure
re:source begins a second course in january 2006. i am on the core group for the course and am excited about it. the first time we ran the course it went really well. this time it will be even better as we have learned from the first year and hopefully improved on it.
if you are involved in leading an emerging church/fresh expression of church/church plant or are thinking about starting one this could be a great course to sign up for. it is aimed at people who are doing it i.e. practitioners.
it consists of 5 weekends through the year, each in a different location, on the themes of mission, culture, leadership, church and transformation. like all these kinds of courses as well as some teaching, discussion, reflection, coaching and so on, one of the huge benefits is meeting a bunch of other people on similar journeys round the country to learn from each other. mentoring and assignments are also part of the course.
the stated aims/aspirations of the course are that by the end of it you will:
• be equipped to create church in emerging culture
• develop mission strategies for your specific context
• explore and apply skills in leadership and discipleship
• develop your capacity for spiritual and personal growth
full details are in the brochure. if you would like a brochure sent to you e-mail beth who now works part time to make re:source happen and is doing a fab job and she will send you one. you can also download a pdf of the brochure
here (approx 500k). one of the challenges with all of this emerging stuff is that it is often tucked away so if you know anyone you think would be interested please pass on the info/pdf – these kinds of things spread best by word of mouth and we haven’t got a huge advertising budget anyway. the course is pretty good value i think at £420 (plus £200 if you want us to provide accomodation).
there is a re:source web site but it is in the process of being updated so look back there in a week or two.
CMS are one of the partners helping run the course, hopefully offering some nous and experience about mission into the mix. i am intending to be at all/most of the weekends so maybe see you there?…
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looks great mate!
must be exciting to see it developing
Jonny this is not mean’t to sounds negative but I wanted to voice my reservations.
Whilst this would interesting to attend the brochure has put me off ‘If you are starting a church from scratch
what do you need to make it a success?’.
There are a few points to this:
This says to me ‘we have the answer’ and I don’t think there is a blanket answer – everytime something comes along and says do it like this and it will be a success and does it?
Indeed if we are to take culture in the context of setting up a church, it depends what culture, not just english, welsh, african etc but what about class, upper class, working class and where you are in this country?
The aim is to create a church in the emerging culture by the end of the year…are we not still in conversation about what that actually is or has it now been defined?
I’m not knocking it but it feels very much like this may jumping the gun a little – it makes me feel rather disappointed. I think it is great for like minded people to get together and converse and discuss, for growth both spiritual and personal and also to add more to the emerging church discussion…I don’t think we’ve reached the point where we can just structure an emerging church and show someone how to do it.
Oh yeah….and it’s very expensive:~)