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A day festival in gathertown celebrating and exploring pioneer practice. Think virtual festival: multiple venues, interactive labyrinth and prayer spaces, themed conversations, research findings, workshops, networking spaces – a place to meet friends old and new, to be inspired and encouraged.
Join Jonny Baker and a wonderful group of artists, pioneers and church leaders to help you ignite ideas, exercise your creative muscles and apply imagination to your context.
Jonny Baker on his experience of a “flipped classroom” and his yearning for a flipped church
It was wonderful to take part in the first annual celebration of students completing their year of training in the London School of Pioneers, writes Jonny Baker.
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 …
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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