Two years ago I was asked to write a description of Uniting Communities for a conference where I was hosting a small group. Here is my version of who we are… Uniting Communities began as a Wesleyan Methodist mission over 100 years ago and is a Uniting Church agency. We …
This semester I am lecturing in a subject called Effective Community Engagement at Tabor College Adelaide with my long term friend and colleague Mark Riessen. My fellow Faith in Action co-conspirator Peter McDonald will be making a guest appearance too as he told us in his blog last week on …
I’ve been playing again this week with the 12 Key Principles for Creating Healthy Community Change which is a resource put together by Nancy Margulies and Margaret Wheatley. The resource comes in the form of a DVD, poster and a series of cards. I particularly like the cards because they …
This is a Guest Post originally from hisheartministrytraining JANUARY 17, 2017 BY VICKY LEGGE I love my church community. In the sermon on Sunday the pastor talked about how we are diverse. There are different generations. Some people have been at the church since its foundation and others like me are …
Welcome to your four guides for 2017 Faith in Action. Peter, Mark, Joanna and Geoff, who is behind camera! We caught up this week to land the dates and theme for our 2017 tour. So here is what it is in it for you… Our hopes for participants would be …
This Friday Joanna and I are putting together the first draft of the “Its Working Well” Tour. We would like you to come and add your ideas about where you think ministry and community is working well together. We imagine two tours. A day tour to congregations around Adelaide finishing with …
Art allows me to express my emotions, what I am feeling. Art is family. It brings people together, you find hidden treasures – Tina, Westcare Artist and Mum I spent some time recent in the Fly Bird Fly Studio next to Baptist Care’s WestCare Centre. Fly Bird Fly is a …
It is a simple idea really. Focus your attention on that which his working well. But when did you last put yourself in front of someone else’s ministry and find yourself interested even delighted in what was before you? Make 2017 the year that you visited “that which is working …