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Welcome
I hope you find the latest blogs below of interest, please pass on to colleagues and/or use the material in your bulletins. This newsletter is stored here for ease of linking if you want people to access all the information.
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Grace,
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Ordinary People - how the gospel is spreading
"Our neighbours are unwilling to go to a traditional church building for multiple reasons. Cultural Christianity becomes an obstacle. Privileged to be in a movement that created 1000's of micro-churches."
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Journey into church renewal
"We have a desire to build the body, to release the treasure in every person. Am I releasing that? Is that about people to putting out chairs, welcoming people? Am I making disciples of Jesus or loyal members of my church?"
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Life Chances |
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Lasting effects of divorce on children
3 effects that come during and immediately after divorce for families; declines in household income, declines in neighbourhood quality, increased distances between non-resident parents. What do they mean for life?
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Learned optimism
When you face challenges, are they hurdles you can’t overcome or temporary obstacles you can easily get past? What makes the difference? A: How we explain why things happen in our lives. But we can develop and nurture optimism over time.
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Events |
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In-Person - Thrive 2025 Conference - evenings - various cities Scotland 13th-20th Sept
Thrive ’25 is a first-of-its-kind series of conferences and events across five cities of Scotland, brought to you by The Business Connection, Transform Work and Solas CPC to inspire, connect and equip Christians to live the gospel in and through your workplace.
The events are designed to help you thrive by bringing together great speakers from the spheres of public leadership, workplace, ministry and church leaders from across a range of sectors.
We have brought together local, national and international speakers to help you live your faith in a relevant and relatable way at work.
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In-Person and Online - Faith Driven Entrepreneur Conference 2025: Righteous Risk - 8:30am 19 Sep
Hear from the misfits, the rebels, and the trouble-makers. Learn what it takes to make crazy…normal. For just 3 hours, we’ll dive headfirst into Righteous Risk. This isn’t just a conference. It’s a call to all the faithful disruptors who are solving the world’s greatest problems.
On September 19, join thousands of purpose-driven business leaders around the world for a global conversation on Righteous Risk. This isn’t your typical conference. It’s a moment that might change everything for you—world-class content, bold voices, and real stories to help guide you.
Watch with a local community in your city (300+ Watch Parties in 100+ countries last year alone) or go solo from anywhere. However you show up, one thing’s clear: The entrepreneurial road can be lonely—but you don’t have to walk it alone.
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In-Person - Love Rural – National Rural Mission Conference 2025 - 11:30am 22 Sep - 23 Sep - Bury St Edmunds
Passionate about making disciples in the rural areas? This 24-hour national gathering will:
Share key learnings from contemporary disciple-makers in the countryside for mission strategy
Enable you to connect with other rural practitioners to share wisdom and encouragement
Introduce you to mission agencies, partners and resources
Inspire you to prayer and praise as we discover what God is doing in small settlements and areas of low population. Hosted by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, we will share learnings from across England including including the ‘Growing in God in the Countryside’ project and other rural Strategic Development Funded (SDF) initiatives.
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Online - People of Power: An introduction to faith-filled community organising - 11am 24 Sep
Church Urban Fund - Community organising is about bringing people together to bring about change. This begins with building relationships and listening to one another’s stories. In this webinar with the Centre for Theology and Community, we’ll hear about churches who have harnessed the power of community organising to grow in number and depth, as well as social impact.
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Online - The Resilience documentary - 10am onwards 25 Sep
An 11 hour window to watch the one-hour documentary, Resilience: The Biology of Stress and The Science of Hope, directed and produced by Robert Redford’s son, James, that delves into the science behind how extreme or prolonged stressful experience in childhood can affect brain development, leading to health and social problems across the lifespan. This is now recognised to be a leading cause of many physical, mental and social issues.
The film has been used in communities around the world to raise awareness of adverse childhood experiences and initiate discussions and actions to prevent and mitigate their effects. There have been tens of thousands of showings to date.
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In-Person - Every Day Matters Conference - 9:30am 30 Sep - 1 Oct - London
Held at LICC’s HQ in central London. Help your people see that every day matters to God. The Gospel is good news for all of life. But often, followers of Jesus end up feeling that it’s only church-based activities that really count – prayer meetings, Bible studies, and Sunday services. But that’s simply not true.
Every task, every interaction, and every day matters to God. From dropping your kids at school to checking spreadsheets, managing teams, grabbing coffee, heading to the gym, and playing in a band, we can be a transformative, Jesus-like presence, wherever we are and whatever we do.
We’re excited to gather, connect, and equip like-minded church leaders who want to inspire and empower people for this daily mission.
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The Events calendar, with more events, is here. |
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