Mission & Ministry in the ‘New Normal’ part 2

A new school term starts today in England & Wales – although they have already been back for a while in Scotland. But it’s a new term that looks like nothing we could ever imagine.

At the same time, churches are beginning to wrestle with the prospect of meeting up face tp face again – but again in a way that is not the same.

As we enter this ‘New Normal’ it’s worth taking time to reflect together and look at how best to develop both our Mission to the world we live in and our Ministry to those who are part of our faith community.

It’s also a chance to think and stop doing the things we have always dome because … ‘we’ve always done them that way’

There are two dimensions that we will focus on

Building Community & Growing Faith

In order to do that we are hosting three separate online conversations. There will be input to stimulate our thinking – using a TED talk format (maximum 12 minutes each person), time in groups to discuss and share, opportunities to hear about what has been working and time to think specifically about what action to take in your situation.

An outline for each event is at the bottom of this page.

1. Working with Children and Families – Tuesday 8th September 2020 7pm- 9pm

2. Working with Young People – Wednesday 9th September 2020 7pm-9pm

3. Working with Schools – Thursday 10th September 2020 9:30am – 11:30am

We hope and pray that this will be the beginning of conversations so that we can support one another as we go ahead into the future.

To register for any event send an email to lena.stephenson@renewne.org.uk

A rough outline for each event would be (adjust the hour for daytime sessions):
6.45 pm  room opens
7.05 pm Welcome & Introductions
7.10 pm Talk 1
7.20 pm Breakout rooms 1 – how have you/your church responded to the current situation?
7.40 pm Talk 2
7.50 pm Breakout rooms 2 – what needs to change to help faith to grow?
8.10 pm Break
8.15 pm Talk 3
8.25 pm Breakout rooms 3 – what new opportunities are there?
8.45 pm Summary, questions & next steps

We hope and pray that this will be the beginning of conversations so that we can support one another as we go ahead into the future.