Leading your church into growth
What an exciting, challenging and powerful two and a half days it has been.
Rather than the “conference for failures” Fr Kenny joked (and later repented!), it has been an opportunity to learn and to be inspired.
Tim and Damien, the course leaders, kept us entertained, made us work hard and assess realistically where we are at and where we want to be as churches.
Firmly rooted in the reality of the parish and the community, with plenty of anecdotal evidence and support, they led us on a journey of confidence building and of changing perspectives - not to look for the mega-church revival style growth, or to hide from mission by claiming that “its not about numbers”, but enabling us to look to the commuity where we are and make a diffence, adding the ones and twos to our we congregations as we go.
Fantastic stuff, and as i go through that process of reflection and working with the vestries, I’ll write more!
It is now good to be home, tired but excited and revitalised.
Fantastic! Looking forward to hearing more details!
Comment by Rhiannon — March 12, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
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Pingback by Diocesan Synod — March 13, 2008 @ 9:09 am
Yep Ali! I was converted! A Parish Away Weekend now seems inevitable. Our folk will love this stuff. We can even run a wee raffle on the bus going to wherever we end up!
Comment by Kenny — March 13, 2008 @ 2:32 pm