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15 Sep
[09-01-12] The Olympics are Coming!
The world’s premier sporting event - the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics is coming to the UK! It’s not only coming to the UK but Loughborough will be hosting Team GB and the Japanese team in their preparation for the games.[02-11-11] Intro to Acts
We’ve just started our new series on the book of Acts.[18-09-11] Introducing the new hosting team
A little while ago I attending a social event where most people were strangers.[15-09-11] Vision for the Future
On Sunday I shared with everyone there some of the things that have been stirring in me over the 3 month sabbatical.[18-08-11] Coming to Loughborough in September?
We are really looking forward to meeting and hearing from you if you are coming to Loughborough this September! Students have been at the heart of Open Heaven since it began over 18 years ago and we are so excited to meet you all and invest into you for the next 3 years.[01-07-11] France Team Update
So much has happened since our last update! It’s been a real boost to the team to have Ali and Vicky back from Montgenevre and meeting with the team regularly again.[01-06-11] Club Mission FND
On Friday 20th May we had our first ever Club Mission FND.[04-04-11] Audio Intro to Clusters
At January's Vision Evening I talked about our plans to transition our non-student cells into clusters (our students made a similar transition in 2009).[10-03-11] Luxuries for Life 2011
I'm sure many of you will have enjoyed a pancake or three yesterday.[01-03-11] Become the next OH Student Worker
We're looking for a new student worker to develop our work amongst Loughborough's students and take it to the next level.
Vision for the Future
On Sunday I shared with everyone there some of the things that have been stirring in me over the 3 month sabbatical. I summed up the main themes of the talk as 'Going Deeper & Wider'. The deeper part is all about connection and belonging. I outlined some of our thoughts about going deeper by creating an extraordinary welcoming culture, about how clusters work with social dynamics, rather than against and about mentoring groups helping develop the ministries in the church. I then shared some thoughts about going wider, prompted by some significant conversations and prophecies I've had over the 3 months. I talked about what it might mean to become an 'apostolic hub' - planting churches which plant churches. We already are a discipling community but how about using that strength to become an apostolic (sending) community? Our discipleship is not to make nice people, but is to advance the Kingdom and one of the most effective ways to advance the Kingdom is to plant Kingdom communities - whether that be clusters or church plants. So, if you're part of OH, this is an important talk to listen to and think about what it means for the future of OH. I'd love to hear peoples' responses, so listen and let me know what you think...
Ness' Talk: "Vision for the Future"
Posted by: Ness Wilson on Thursday Sep 15th, 2011
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