From Tom Nelson, author of Work Matters: Connecting Sunday Worship to Monday Work.
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Many Christians have a dualistic approach to life. We have our church life and then our work life, which are pretty separate. [Read more…] about Gospel Shaped Work – a DVD Curriculum
Neat, simple exploration of the?definition of vocation in an animation (2:42) developed and produced by The Fund for Theological Education. ?
ReFrame? is an outstanding new resource from the Regent College Marketplace Institute, Vancouver. Over 10,x 40 minutes episodes, ReFrame paints a picture of the big story of the Bible, our place in that story and how that impacts every aspect of our daily lives. [Read more…] about Reframe – a new resource from Regent College
Here’s a very good free resource from the Capitol Hill Baptist Church (Mark Dever/9Marks).
This material appears to have been developed for a 6 week adult ‘Sunday School’ class in the American context. ?For each session, there is a manuscript/sermon (~4000 words) + a handout where participants can take notes on the session.
[Read more…] about A 6 week small group/sermon series for Christians in the workplace
In this article on the Gospel Coalition site, Jeff Haanen explores how churches can develop behaviours and habits that encourage Christians in the workplace.
Quoting Lesslie Newbigin (“The congregation has to be a place where its members are trained, supported, and nourished in the exercise of their parts of the priestly ministry in the world. . . . There is need for “frontier-groups,” groups of Christians working the same sectors of public life, meeting to thrash out the controversial issues of their business or profession in the light of their faith.”), he suggests that vocation based groups are excellent examples of ‘frontier groups’.
1. Visit church members at their work: ?“When you consider forming vocation groups, the best place to start is by listening. Visit five to ten people at work, see their craft, and hear of their triumphs and challenges over lunch …?Vocation groups begin with a well-informed pastor who understands the real difficulties of where his congregation spends the majority of their waking hours.”
2. After a sermon series or class on faith and work, organize vocation groups
3. Commit to resourcing your vocation groups.
Read the full article for some very helpful suggestions and insights.
It is always exciting to come across a new organisation with new resources committed to helping people understand how they can follow Jesus in their everyday lives, including their daily work.
So when I stumbled across Groundwork – training for the ordinary Christian life, I was very excited. ?
And when I realised it was an Australian mob, then I was very excited!
And when I saw that they had resources specifically to help Christians think about their work, well ….I was apoplectic! [Read more…] about “Following Jesus at Work” – training resources from Groundwork
Well known author and pastor Tim Chester has put together an excellent resource for small groups wanting to explore what it means to be God’s person in the workplace. ?
Or as Chester puts it, ‘… if we are to be gospel-centred people living gospel-centred lives then we need to think through what gospel-centred work involves. What does?it mean to live for Jesus in the workplace? We need to connect Sunday morning to Monday morning.’
[Read more…] about Gospel Centred Work – small group studies from Tim Chester
In this video?(1.08), Jenny White from Art House America describes her perspective on integrating one’s faith with work: “We can’t keep living these segregated lives.” (from High Calling).
A useful discussion starter for a small group discussion:
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