Yesterday was January’s café church on the theme of Epiphany. We took the usual format of café, worship, talk, discussion, and prayer stations. I spoke on Matthew 2:1-12, focussing on how the Magi recognised, obeyed and worshipped God. I found the preparation this month really difficult. I probably left writing the talk to the last minute, but [...]
In preparing for today’s Café Church, I was using a discussion starter from Youthwork magazine, and I was quite suprised at how the questions as written used language that I wouldn’t consider accessible for a non-Christian, or even those from a low education background. This has made me quite conscious of how we pitch our public [...]
I’m now starting the next module of my Theology course – “Mission & Ministry in the Local Church” and as its name suggests, is all about the church’s mission and, um, ministry. Funny that! As part of this module, I have to keep a Ministry Diary to help with the reflective learning process, so here we [...]
