A pastor is not the accuser in residence of the church he serves. I hope those of you who talk to me and read this blog think that mgpc is a wonderful place to be part of. It is. Not because we don’t have problems or because we never do the wrong thing. But because …
‘The Mistakes Of Phillip Jensen’ is a substantial interview with Phillip Jensen as the subject, conducted by Tony Payne and posted at The Briefing. Very helpful for those in pastoral life, and because, as Phillip observes, ministry begins for every Christian right at the moment when they become a Christian, it is an insightful and …
Longish post from Tony Payne at The Briefing in which he explores ‘The Why And How Of Running Sunday Meetings’. There’s a lot of thoughtful and useful material. I was interested to see that his basic schema for a ‘meeting’ is: Good meetings have conceptual flow Like sermons or books or articles or speeches, a …
Last night the mgpc elders met for fellowship, study, pastoral care and prayer. Typically we do this in the lounge room of one of our homes. In a couple of weeks we’ll meet for policy, business and prayer. This meeting occurs at the mgpc property, in our fellowship room around the table. We moved to …
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