Webinar: Mission in the Neighbourhood – Part 2

Lots of us are involved in mission in our own locality – but how to make it meaningful for the long term?

James Butler, MA lecturer with CMS Pioneer Mission Training in Oxford, garnered some more insights on doing mission where we are from:

• Dr Anna Ruddick on ‘Missional Self-awareness’ – looking at mission as an encounter across difference and what God’s invitation is to us within that.
• Pioneer youth worker John Wheatley on ‘Journey and presence with young people’ – being present, living in the community, and working in partnerships/other people’s spaces.

We’ll also share a bit about our training opportunities.

This will be an informal webinar with short presentations and plenty of time for questions and answers.

Dr Anna Ruddick is a community theologian and researcher who facilitates theological reflection and learning for leaders, congregations and Christian organisations seeking to deepen and strengthen their relationships with their local community.

She holds a Doctorate in Practical Theology and draws on learning from different disciplines including Community Development, Practical Theology and Qualitative research practices.

In both formal and informal learning environments she aims to encourage people to act in their communities with courage and humility, to be attentive to dynamics of power and inequality, and to participate in the flourishing of our communities alongside people who are different from themselves.

John Wheatley is a pioneer youth worker on an estate in Weston-super-Mare. He co-leads the CMS Pioneer MIssion Training children’s and youth ministry programme. John previously worked with Frontier Youth Trust and is a former MA student with CMS.

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