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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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Ancient Monks, Modern Missions
There is a call to imitation, not nostalgia. We need to recover the same spiritual seriousness: worship first, Scripture central, work dignified, beauty valued, community strengthened, and every part of life offered to God.
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How to activate people into mission
A long-running leadership challenge in church life: not just being missional ourselves, but activating others so that everyday disciples move from good intentions to real participation in God’s mission.
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Online - Every Day Justice: Foundations for Social Action - 6:30pm 22 Sep
God loves justice. This means that justice is also an important part of our discipleship, as we learn how to live like Christ and share the good news of His offer of forgiveness and reconciliation. Building relationships in our local community is a vital part of responding and sharing in God’s mission.
Justice and social action can often feel overwhelming or out of reach. but they don’t have to be. Over the course of the webinar, we’ll explore how justice can be a natural part of our everyday discipleship: rooted in prayer, Bible study and worship, outward looking to the needs of our local communities, and expressed through both small steps and bold actions.
This workshop is designed for anyone who wants to engage more deeply with God’s heart for justice and social transformation. You may be unsure about where to start or what this might look in practice. You may already be involved in social action projects or volunteering and are wondering how to embed justice more deeply into your everyday life, or wanting to cultivate a shared vision for justice within your church community. This workshop invites you to embrace a life of everyday justice, not necessarily by adding more to your plate, but by aligning your heart with God’s, and letting His love for justice shape the way you see the world.
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Online - Social Founders Talk: The Washing Machine Project and Rosa Fund - 12:30pm - 23 Sep
Dr. Navjot Sawney, Founder & CEO of The Washing Machine Project, and Maggie Baxter, Founder, Rosa, the UK Fund for Women & Girls.
Dr. Navjot Sawney's journey is deeply rooted in resilience and a desire to make a difference. Born and raised in London to parents from unpartitioned India, his social founder journey is fascinating, and his impact now reaches across India and many other countries. You'll hear about innovation and rapid scale.
Maggie Baxter, has deep and wide experience of social impact: she is the Founder of Rosa, the UK Fund for Women & Girls, and was for many years Grants Director at Comic Relief, funding social impact and innovation across the UK, Africa and Asia. She has more knowledge of what works, and founder impact across issues and countries than anyone we know.
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In-Person - Every Day Matters Conference - 10am 29 Sep - 4pm 30 Sep - 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. Whatever your leadership role, whether you head up a small group or a whole denomination, this conference is for you.
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Online - Watch free, 1 hour documentary "Resilience - the biology of stress and the science of hope" - 10am - 9pm 30 Sep
Register for the opportunity to watch FREE an award-winning, one hour documentary about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) anytime in window 10am to 9pm.
RESILIENCE - THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS & THE SCIENCE OF HOPE
“Resilience” is an award-winning documentary about ACEs. It shows how toxic stress can harm the brains and bodies of children, putting them at risk of lifelong physical and mental problems.
This documentary, streamed over the internet, may help you better understand your own ACEs.
“This is the biggest public health discovery we’ve ever seen.”
Laura Porter, Co-Founder, ACE Interface
"The child may not remember, but the body remembers."
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In-Person - Faith and Fundraising Conference - 9:30am 1 Oct - London
Fundraising at times may feel like both an art and a science, but it takes on a whole other dimension when both donors and beneficiaries are a partnership with God at the centre, using money, ministry and skill where it’s needed; not begrudging, not manipulating. Partnership in giving and receiving becomes a spiritual practice, as vital for our personal discipleship as it is for the work we do.
As Henri Nouwen puts it, “our confidence in our mission and vision, and our freedom to love the person to whom we are talking about donating money, does not depend on how that person responds… We can remain secure in God’s love.” When we start with God’s generosity to us it enables us to be generous to others, an antidote to materialism, good for our souls as well as for society. If fundraising is inextricably connected with faith then it becomes even more of an adventure.
Faith and Fundraising Conference 2026 offers you leading speakers, on-hand expertise and invaluable in-person networking.
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In-Person - Build 2026 - 6pm 9 Oct - 8pm 10 Oct - London
FaithTech's annual UK weekend hackathon for redemptive technology, rooted in a biblical approach.
BUILD is a hackathon, an event where people team up to design and build something in a short space of time. At BUILD, that means a two-day sprint where teams take on real projects using technology, redemptively. You pick up something that matters, join a team, and build a solution to it before the weekend is out.
It runs around the clock. Some teams pace themselves, some build through the night! The majority of people who attend are developers, but you do not need to be technical to take part. Designers, product and project managers, product owners, first-time coders, the best teams are often a mix.
Past teams have built with a range of tech, including React, Laravel, Python, Node.js and Vue.js, mobile apps in Flutter and React Native, and game and 3D work in Unity and Blender, with LLMs and other AI increasingly in the mix.
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