Book Review – Metanoia: How God Radically Transforms Individuals, Churches, and Organizations from the Inside Out by Alan Hirsch …effectiveness. Whether you’re a minister, deacon, olm, ministry team, or organisational stakeholder, this book holds the potential to invigorate and inspire a renewed commitment to the transformative work of God… Read More
Violence Against Women …living with coercive control as a form of psychological violence, only recently recognised as a form of abuse by the UK and Scottish governments. Coercive control can go on for… Read More
Investing in Relationship …about the building and whether and when to move from it, and a need to identify options for the congregation’s future development and form. In the midst of all those… Read More
Addressing the issues …more formal forms of assessment, all of us in ministry need to be more honest with one another when we believe a colleague needs some guidance or constructive criticism. That… Read More
Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow! Seeds for Growth event …our future – Joan Thorne, OLM working in Dyce and New Machar Parish Churches, Aberdeen I found it very refreshing. I liked being able to say freely what made you… Read More
Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow! Come and hear from the Faith Action Team …Thorne, OLM working in Dyce and New Machar Parish Churches, Aberdeen I found it very refreshing. I liked being able to say freely what made you sad/angry about the church… Read More
The Christian Business Review released a leadership special in autumn 2020, available to view here Read More
Some book recommendations we’ve received… …timeless spiritual counsel of St. Teresa of Avila in an easily accessible format. Selections from Teresa’s writings have been carefully chosen and arranged for morning and evening meditation. ‘Live… Read More
MDS Staffing Approval Process MDS Staffing Approval Process information documents and forms for completing and returning. A summary of the process is as follows: A Staffing Request Approval Panel has been scheduled to meet… Read More
Funding for Holocaust Memorial Day 2024: The Fragility of Freedom Holocaust Memorial 2024 small grant application form Dear Members of Interfaith Scotland and Local Interfaith Groups, With Scottish Interfaith Week 2023 a fantastic success (in no small measure because… Read More
Five Things to Know About Lament …who were no strangers to suffering—can guide us in this practice. 1. Lament is a form of praise. Old Testament scholars estimate that two-thirds of the psalms are laments. Yet… Read More