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Inspiring Christians to Transform
Dear {recipient.first_name},
"You will, I imagine, be familiar with the old gibe ‘more tea, Vicar?’ It conjures up a negative mental picture of a time-wasting minister of the gospel. But wait! In those three short words lies a telling story. Look at it this way: the pastor has taken time from a busy schedule to visit a family in the parish. The saintly guest is clearly listening and, it appears, not saying all that much. It goes down well with her hosts who clearly try to prolong the visit with offers of more refreshment.
It’s true that pastoral care does not often produce clearly packaged short-term results. But can Christian Groups in the workplace grasp this vision of a further extended role in pastoral care? If we do, then, over time, this could help to bring new levels of wellbeing into our workplaces. It may even cause employers to find us indispensable in a way that evangelism and prayer alone have not. More tea, Vicar?"
Jeff*
Baby Scan Jesus – Christmas 2010
" In the 21st century, proud parents-to-be proudly announce the coming birth by showing friends and family the scan of the baby. Our new Baby Scan Jesus poster uses this convention to place the birth of Christ in an ultra-contemporary context. It is highly impactful. It has a sense of immediacy. It creates anticipation. And theologically it speaks of both the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ." Is there room in your workplace for such a poster? Click here for more Baby Scan Jesus details . The age of retirement To listen to an extract of this broadcast, click here . This is an important piece of proposed policy to think about and having a biblical perspective will support our workplace engagement.Charity sector event for senior staff Tracy Rylands, who helped Transform Work UK with their 2009 national conference, is delivering Aiming4Excellence 2010. It will look at what it means to aim for excellence in today’s changed (and changing) world. They’ll start by re-examining a biblical perspective of excellence and ask ‘How Does God Judge Excellence?’
Click here for more A4E information .
Christians in the caring professions "God Loves the NHS" conference in Sheffield on 27th November 2010. Adrian has spoken before on Work/Life Balance at this event and our own "Does God Work Here?" conference which this year is in Portsmouth on 13 November 2010. For God Loves the NHS click here for more information and for "Does God Work Here?", click here .
SPUR!
“ Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10.23-25 NIV
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Tom Stevens, 01/09/2010
