‘Blessed are the ones… like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.’ From Psalm 1 Like trees we have roots, trunks, branches, leaves, flowers and fruit Roots Drawing on strength and inspiration from God, family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, we are nourished, sustained and blessed. Intentional time to care for ourselves and…
Read MoreYour Contribution
What must you do today? What are you up to today….? ✅ What will you do today…? ✅ What difference will you make..? ✅ What will you learn..? ✅ What questions will you ponder..? ✅ Who will you ask for help and support..?
Read MoreToast on Beans
I recently came across weand.me which has some wonderful ideas about how to make online meetings better with good questions, and creating involvement and engagement. There are some freely downloadable resources featuring ice-breaker type questions – along with the more deep and meaningful… I had posted an example on the ITsForMinistry FaceBook page: It generated a bit of discussion – with ideas about how to do ’beans on toast’ differently…
Read MoreI have a dream…
Martin Luther King Jr Day is marked on the Third Monday January – close to his birthdate 15 Jan 1929 He famously said, “I have a dream…” Not, “I have a plan… an idea… a project… With the emotion of a dream he led others to action, changed beliefs, ideas, and plans… but it all began with a dream… What are your dreams… your hopes… for the World, the Church,…
Read MoreOur deepest fear…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so…
Read MoreEnabling the Impossible
It’s only impossible until it’s done”, words attributed to many including Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela. On a Thursday morning in January 2022, 24 ministers, elders and others from within the ITsForMinistry Facebook group meet on Zoom for a Conversation triggered by some of Seth Godin’s thinking around Leadership always being qualified by ‘this might not work’.The Seth Godin’s Video which all had watched prior to the conversation was this…
Read More‘A Brilliant Star‘ – An Advent Meditation
An Advent Meditation – take time to ponder Hope, Peace, Joy, Love and Faith…
Read MoreAdvent and Christmas Resources
🎶 Advent and Christmas Music 🎶 Messy Church messychurch.org.uk/resource/summary-christmas-resources messychurchusa.org/messy-advent-resources/ Church of Scotland churchofscotland.org.uk/worship/weekly-worship 2021 Advent Calendar with Good News stories from around the Church Spill the Beans RCL based Resources – with lots for Advent and Christmas – and freely downloadable videos ALTERNativity www.alternativity.org.uk ALTERnativity on FACEBOOK Christian Aid christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christmas-appealAdvent Song: “When out of poverty” and other resources www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christmas-appeal/resources – Advent and Christmas Resources ‘When out of poverty‘ –…
Read MoreHarvest Music
Songs from Resound Music might be helpful this Harvest time… We See the Fruitful HarvestPraise Awaits You (Psalm 65)Freely From a recent collaboration with Christian Aid with its themes of justice for all: God of All Comfort And, really, any song from Resound Worship’s Doxecology collection – in particular: God the Maker of the HeavensIf the Fields are Parched (Have Mercy)As the Seeds Are Planted (Let the Earth Find Rest)
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