Candid Beer Launch – another Make Good idea becomes real

Mark and Jess Bamping launch their community hub – Candid Beer in Stafford this weekend. Mark loves beer and I am sure will brew as well as serve up decent local and creative independent craft beers. But the driver is community and rather than calling it a cafe or pub it’s a community hub. Mark […]

‘Ask, seek, knock’ as a posture for mission

On Sunday 16 September Dr Cathy Ross, leader of the MA course for CMS Pioneer Mission Leadership Training, was installed as canon theologian at Leicester Cathedral. And she preached! Here’s an extract… “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For […]

Holding Space – interview with Rachel Summers

Helen Harwood interviews Rachel Summers, a member of the first cohort of students doing the CMS Certificate in the pioneer hub, St Cedd's, and author of Wild Lent.

Laughter and muddy fields: pioneering in Hinckley and Lubbesthorpe

Helen Harwood meets pioneer graduate Sue Steer, who has completed a diploma with Church Mission Society.

We just have to do ‘God in the moment’ – interview with Sue Steer

Student Sue Steer talked to Helen Harwood about how listening to her local community led her to turn unused church space into a thriving community centre.