A joy (despite the rain) to come back to the Charteris Centre for a HeartEdge and Church of Scotland conference: "Abundant Churches - Creative, Missional, and Sustainable". Looking forward to a great day of learning and networking.

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Great conversation this morning with a potential client church. Shame the skies aren't blue but still a great looking place.

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Another day, another different church to visit to discuss community engagement and mission planning.

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Today's office. Aberdeen and back for £19! Perks of being older than others 😉

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Today's office. Various laptop based client work today while pretending not to notice that the grass needs cutting

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Today's adventures part 2

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Preaching - Isaiah 58 I had the honour of bringing the Bible message at Life Church Edinburgh, part of Apostolic Church UK. I was invited to their Giving Sunday, which was also preceding a week of prayer and fasting. I f...

I had the privilege of preaching at Life Church Edinburgh yesterday. Here's a wee blog about it including the audio and text of the message if you're interested

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So tomorrow I have the honour of bringing the Bible message at Life Church Edinburgh. I'll be speaking on Isaiah 58 as part of their Giving Sunday. If you're around then pop along. It all starts at 10.30am.

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One of the many privileges of my work is to truly immerse myself with what a client is doing. With churches, that means attending their services, and sometimes, I get the chance to go one step further.

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Good morning from Edinburgh. It's a lovely sunny day so let's spend it indoors helping present Financial Sustainability Training with the Church of Scotland!

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A bit late with my weekly review, but here's a summary of tasks from the CommunityDan office over the last week. I was hit with a heavy cold at the start of the week but soldiered on! Still plenty of variety which is great.

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9 Lessons from Nehemiah for Faith-based Property Development - Lewis Center for Church Leadership David Bowers draws key lessons from the biblical story of Nehemiah to guide churches that are redeveloping their buildings or property to serve community needs. He says that such development is difficult, but doable, when approached with the correct spiritual and practical perspectives. Many houses of worship have underutilized land and air rights. Those resources

Churches that are redeveloping their buildings or property to serve community needs can learn a lot from the story of Nehemiah. Development is difficult, but doable, when approached with the correct spiritual and practical perspectives.
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