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Vocational discipleship – Roger Walton

“This time tomorrow – when we are in that place that God wants us to be in our employment or our community or our home or our work we’re dispersed but we are still the church.

We’re the church when we gather; we’re the church when we’re dispersed … it gives us a rhythm – we gather and disperse, we gather and disperse.

The people of God come together to praise God and to reflect on God, to hear God’s word and disperse to be part of what God is doing in the world and to meet God in that place. To hear God’s word in their work, and in their family and in their community and the issues of their context …

And then perhaps to gather that and bring it back to the gathered church and say, “Look what I have discovered about God. This in my place is how God is speaking and prompting and leading.” (Revd Dr Roger Walton)

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5 Ways to Honor Work in Church Services

Helpful article from the people at TGC about how to honour Monday to Friday on Sunday!

1. Preach about work from the pulpit.
2. Pray publicly for practitioners.
3. Sing songs that celebrate work.
4. Share testimonies about faith and work.
5. Commission congregants in their vocations.

Just a florist?

How often do you hear people say. “I’m just a …”?

Check out how this florist is helped to reimagine their vocation as a means of grace and shalom.

Work and Life: Balance, Juggle, Chaos or More?

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Recently, I?listened?to a talk?given to a group?of Generation?Y people. The?speaker was a?young man in his?late 20?s and the?title was ?living a balanced life?. Looking at the?speaker, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, and at?the audience, I assumed somewhat arrogantly,?that this would be an argument for a laid-back?lifestyle, involving a minimum of work and effort?and a maximum of relaxing on the beach and?partying. Wrong! It turned out to be a very wise?and helpful biblical exposition about the virtue of?hard work and its value in the sight of God. [Read more…] about Work and Life: Balance, Juggle, Chaos or More?

Equipping Ordinary People for Kingdom Work

Source:?http://www.tear.org.au/learn/target/equipping-ordinary-people-for-kingdom-work

Duncan Brown is passionate about seeing the Church realize its empowering potential. Now a Queensland farmer, his passion has extended in many directions: as a journalist with leading newspapers, a senior pastor of a vibrant church, director of Scripture Union Queensland overseeing enormous growth, social entrepreneur, and a church consultant.?

Tim Johnson spoke with Duncan (a former mentor of his), to find out how the Church has limited discipleship, and how it might equip and mobilize Kingdom-oriented Christians.

TJ: Jesus teaches a way of life that emphasizes love, compassion and non-violence. A radical social alternative that places him, and those who follow, at odds with established culture. Jesus ushers in a new social paradigm ? the Kingdom of God ? which values service, sacrifice?and generosity.?

Sometimes it feels like churches have prioritized gatherings and programs at the expense of equipping people to follow this path. What do you think?

[Read more…] about Equipping Ordinary People for Kingdom Work