Foreign to Familiar – book review

Books, Cross-culture, Equipping, General
Foreign to Familiar Paradoxically Foreign to Familiar (McDougal Publishing) is both an easy read and a challenging one. It is in a style that is very accessible, is a relatively short book of only 120 pages and is liberally illustrated with personal experiences of the author. But, as one who has travelled quite widely in different cultures, I still find it challenging. Too often I find myself re-reading it and thinking ‘Oh dear, I have made that mistake .... and that one...'! This book is a ‘must read' for those who are interested or involved in cross-cultural mission. Sarah Lanier is well qualified to write on this topic having lived and ministered across six continents over the last 30 years, and being a speaker of six languages. When ‘no' means…
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Conference – “Influencing society for the common good”

Equipping, General
Jubilee+ helps bring direction to issues of Social Justice, Social Action and Social Enterprise within the Newfrontiers family of churches in the United Kingdom. You may be interested in attending this conference which is being held in partnership with Nexus Emmanuel Church, Oxford. When? Saturday, April 27 2013, 10am to 4:30pm Where? King's Centre, Oxford A Jubilee+/Nexus conference to equip and motivate Christians to engage with issues of social justice. Who? Main speakers include Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP and Martin Charlesworth. Rt Hon. Stephen Timms MP Stephen is the Member of Parliament for East Ham in London. A Cabinet Minister in the previous Government, he is currently Shadow Minister of State for Employment. He is Chairman of the Christian Socialist Movement, and Vice-Chair (Faith) of the Labour Party. Martin Charlesworth…
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Thinking Biblically

Equipping, General
There is something special about attending the Thanksgiving Service of a man who has walked with God all his life and the Service for Arnold Bell last Saturday was no exception. Here was a man who had been brought up in difficult circumstances as a son of a single parent in the poorer part of London and who had proved God faithful throughout his life. Arnold died shortly before Christmas. Earlier in the year he had been treated for cancer and was then given the ‘all clear'. In early December he was admitted to hospital with an apparent chest infection, possibly pneumonia, but extensive cancer was discovered. About two weeks later he died. His lovely wife, Mary, and their son, Jonathan, were with him. Our love goes to them and…
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Remember the poor – Simon Pettit

Equipping, General, Poor
Good news! In 1998, at the Newfrontiers Leaders Conference in Brighton UK, Simon preached a movement-directing message from Gal 2:10 that it is an apostolic mandate to remember the poor. We have just been able to convert this and make it available as a video. Remember the Poor from Newfrontiers on Vimeo.
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Time Management pt 7 – Paper or Electronic?

Administrative Skills, Equipping, General, Good Practice, Planning, Time Management
What is a diary? Traditionally diaries have been for recording history. Many books have been written as a result of people keeping diaries of their daily events and these have given us fascinating insights into life and culture in different eras and nations. Elizabeth Fry I have just been reading a biography of the great prison reformer in the UK, Elizabeth Fry, who lived at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries. Without her diaries we would know far less about her. She was clearly a formidable woman – perhaps I should not admit that she was my great great great grandmother! But diaries have changed and now tend to be looking forward. They are the most common vehicle for making appointments, planning holiday dates and…
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