Three things to help engage young adults
March 8, 2019
By Coaching Coordinator Jeremy Suisted
In 1964, Bob Dylan crooned that “the times they are a-changing.” In a world of nuclear missiles, television, jet-travel and a growing consumer market, Dylan recognised that the world he was part of was wildly different to the enviro...
Where is God calling your church in 2019?
December 30, 2018
Haggai was not a book of the Bible that got much air-time in my teenage years. I knew the stories of the Pentateuch, delighted in the daring narratives of Joshua, Judges and Ruth, and was well-formed by a healthy dose of the gospels through Sunday School.
But in the middle o...
How a Gap Year might change your life
November 12, 2018
Taking a gap year: it’s a Kiwi rite of passage that might seem indulgent or wasteful. But can a gap year be redeemed? Or is it all about selfish exploration and the refusal to grow up? Headspace is a gap year programme run by GC3 and provides young adults with an opportuni...
This is that
November 10, 2018
Pastoral Coaching Through Paul's Eyes
On the day of Pentecost, as the Holy Spirit was poured upon the earliest believers, those gathered experienced something undeniably new. They heard unschooled people standing and teaching with power—in languages they had never been taught! They saw this small, gatherin...
Youth ministry and the mission of the church
July 30, 2018
Every so often I’ve heard the opinion expressed that goes something like this: “Youth Ministry is not biblical. Scripture contains no examples of age-specific ministries or groups.”
The observation is, of course, accurate and—given our commitment to the sufficien...
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