What happens when we pray
From a video by Stronger Network
We've been praying from the year 2000 for the transformation of our city, Liverpool. We're just seeing transformation after transformation after transformation. Don't be afraid to pray big prayers.
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ACEs reduction is a community initiative
From an interview by Community Resilience Initiati
Resilience is the responsibility of not just one sector, but all sectors. Could every sector share the information on ACEs, brain development, and resilience as a platform on which to build particular strengths, skills, and capacities?
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What happens when a school bans cell phones?
From an article by the Wall Street Journal
Kids have learned to talk to each other again instead of texting. Engagement in class has improved markedly. Kids appreciate the peace and quiet, mental calm from not constantly responding to social media.
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Thriving Cities (or towns)
From a report by the Institute for Advanced Studie
What does it mean and take to thrive in my city, and how can I contribute? Six areas of community wealth and well-being: Truth, Prosperity, Good, Justice and Order, Beauty and Sustainability.
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BUILD 2022 - merging tech skills with faith
From an article by Kingdom Code
A weekend hackathon of cross-church productivity, focus, community building, and worship. Project with biggest potential for Kingdom impact was.. Project people would've liked to work on besides their one was..
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City transformation
From a session at the Transform Our World 2022 con
One thing we have learned is that when you have purpose plus unity plus communication, you have unlimited potential. We, the Ekklesia and authorities and others, have the same vision - to see our city transformed. God is connecting us.
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Agents of Flourishing - pursuing shalom in every corner of society
From a talk at Q Ideas
Six areas; the True - knowledge, learning, Prosperous - economic life, Good - social mores, ethics, Just and Well-Ordered - political, civic life, Beautiful - creativity, design, Sustainable - natural, physical health.
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Online - Coronation Briefing for Faith Communities: The Big Help Out
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The Big Help Out, one of the official projects of the forthcoming Coronation Weekend of His Majesty The King and The Queen Consort, is a huge public engagement campaign to promote, champion and showcase volunteering. This webinar will be an excellent opportunity for faith organisations to learn more about the Big Help Out and how they can get involved.
Speakers will include; Brendan Cox, Co-Founder of Together Coalition, Phil Champain, Director of The Faith & Belief Forum, Representatives of different faith groups/ charities to talk about their work with volunteers.
30/03/2023
13:00
Online - Wisdom Lab: The Common Good
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Right and left. Traditional and progressive. Old and young. Rural and urban. In these turbulent times, our public square is fragmenting, as a number of different worldviews and ideologies jostle for top spot. And as secularism takes hold, Christianity doesn’t have the cultural authority it once did – indeed, faith perspectives are often ignored, maligned, or misunderstood.
Yet it’s in the public square, our workplaces, our neighbourhoods, our families that Christ has called us to live as salt and light, bringing out the God-flavours and God-colours of the world.
So, how might we live distinctly, whilst partnering with those around us – however different their views may be – to pursue the common good? How might we live as a creative minority, to ‘seek the peace and prosperity’ of the places God has put us (Jeremiah 29:7)? How can we use our influence to join in with God’s redemptive work?
30/03/2023
19:00
Online - Platform Places – how to start a Local Property Partnership
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Platform Places is a social enterprise unlocking town centre buildings for amazing ideas that help us live affordably, sustainably and together. We convene and support councils, communities and asset owners to bring buildings into long-term community use or ownership – using a tried and tested approach that we call a 'Local Property Partnership'. J?oin this participatory and practical workshop to learn how to start the journey towards a Local Property Partnership in your town centre and m?eet others looking to do the same where they are.
28/04/2023
13:00