A question of context

This blog is an attempt to discover what it means to be a "church in context." What is it that affects and impacts the local churches ability to communicate with it's local community? What is it that the church needs to be involved in to be an effective tool in God's story?

Friday, October 14, 2011

Decisions Decisions

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Making big, hard and difficult decisions is a fundamental part to leadership and is essential if organisations are to realise their vision...

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thanks for all you do!!

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I have blogged in the past on language we use to express our thanks to those under our leadership for the roles they fill, tasks they und...

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Putting it into practice

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In the last few weeks I have realised that I have begun to put into practice some of the components from the Arrow Leadership programme. Th...

Monday, October 03, 2011

All together now.

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All people are complex and unpredictable yet the key component in God's hope in the world today. The church is not supposed to be a pla...

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Know where your going (without a Sat Nav).

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The other week I was in a meeting where I was the only one that did not have a Sat Nav. I havn't used one but clearly understand what t...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

All together now.

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"We are one of them. The staff at the club have got to keep pushing the squad as hard as they can. We have got to push them, pull them...

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Fatherhood

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I am having a break from my usual blogging topics and comment on something I have been thinking a lot about lately. Fatherhood. From the pai...

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Matt Elsey: I am married to Lizzy, who is a Training as a surgeon in the Nottingham area. We have a wonderful daughter, Katherine (born Feb 2010) We married in August 2003, lived in Leicester for 6 years and are orginally from Felixstowe in Suffolk. We have been in Nottingham since August 2008 where I am the church leader of the Salvation Army in Aspley.

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