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It was really wonderful to celebrate the commissioning of 16 lay pioneers for the St Cedd Centre for pioneering mission. This is the second cohort of pioneers in that pioneer hub who have done six modules on the CMS Certificate. There were several things that I was struck by: The first was that Belinda who …
Read moreHoly seed of discontent alive and well in Chelmsford Diocese
At Greenbelt this year we were one of the partners in the Exchange venue which was a venue focused on business for good. It was great to have a base where we could meet people and we chaired three panels sharing the amazing things pioneers have got started with three stories in each. Several of …
It’s that time of year again when we start to look ahead to the Greenbelt festival and the good news is that the weather forecast is looking great! This year we are very excited to be one of the partners and co-hosts of the Exchange venue. We will have a stall staffed there throughout the …
Some time back CMS came up with a number of practices that might be at the heart of a mission spirituality following a piece of research by Gill Poole. One of those was border crossing. It’s good to cross a border and find out that God is at work in ways you knew nothing about …
Apologies – I never thought I would quote a Lionel Ritchie song in the title of a blog post but there you go! But we are excited to let you know about Fiesta in London in July which will be a festival for pioneers and others involved in making a better world especially in their …
Mark and Jess Bamping launch their community hub – Candid Beer in Stafford this weekend. Mark loves beer and I am sure will brew as well as serve up decent local and creative independent craft beers. But the driver is community and rather than calling it a cafe or pub it’s a community hub. Mark …
Read moreCandid Beer Launch – another Make Good idea becomes real
It was exciting this month to see Out Of The Box cards launch a kickstarter campaign and raise their target within one week to get their enterprise underway. Jenny Baker brought that idea to Make Good three years ago this November. During the week she explored the idea, refined it, knocked it around, thought about …
Read moreMake Good – still places available in November to kickstart your idea
We’re excited to announce that a pioneer hub is launching in London in 2019! This is a partnership between CMS and London Diocese (through the Centre for Church planting and Growth) and is aimed at people who want to start something new in mission and are working full time. It will be delivered over a …
If you are at Greenbelt Festival next weekend we hope to see you there! Here’s a few places we’ll be. Come and say hi. Friday, 24th August 6.30pm, The Shelter – Jonny Baker with Grace and Proost will be curating creative worship. 8pm, The Jesus Arms – Join us for a chat and a drink. …
Pioneering Youth Ministry is the focus of the new edition of Anvil journal which is online free as either pdf or individual articles to read online. It is guest edited by the wonderful John Wheatley. He takes the four youthwork values of informal education, equality of opportunity, participation and empowerment with an article commissioned on each …
Read morePioneering Youth Ministry – New Edition of Anvil Journal