Reconnected 1

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Richard Passmore

My head has been down in books and study not to mention playing catch up on all the work I missed in Spain. I have managed to complete my dissertation for my postgrad in practical theology and will post a few of the tentative conclusions. Then when marked hope to make it available on line.

The hypothesis of the study is that many UK based practitioners hold a dualist distinction between mission and church that can be limiting, however by challenging this distinction and understanding the Church on The Edge (COTE) process, mission orientated practitioners are released into a creative space, and way of thinking that enables them to engage more effectively with the communities they serve. Damien: Omen II film

One of the interesting things was a link between how open a person is to new ideas that push our orthodoxy around church and how experienced they were in relational based mission. The more embedded people were in the culture they were serving, the more they recognised that old ways of thinking and working werent cutting it and were more open to new ideas around eccelesiology.

its been a while

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Richard Passmore

FYT conferences used to keep me going when i just started out in youth work in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Meeting with like minded people working with young people on the edge was an important part of maintaining sanity and hearing stories encouraging. Now FYT have teamed up with Worth Unlimited East to West and Church urban Fund and The Living Well trust to put this on. Go HERE No Country for Old Men move I Can’t Think Straight move

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still here

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Richard Passmore

Life has been difficult over the past few months with personal issues (three weeks in Spain with my sister Angie who was ill and passed away last week) and work issues (with the challeneges of the recession hitting charitable giving) but I am slowly getting back into the swing of things.She Hate Me buy

awareness and orthodoxy

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Richard Passmore

Over the past few years much of my reading has been on the more radical theology side, raising questions over perceived orthodoxy, mission etc. Much of this has given good arguements about why we need to question our approaches and offered a lot of questions about how we are shaped by culture into our orthodox views. Every few years I try to read the bible cover to cover and over the years picked some of the main examples where the text challeneges the percived orthodoxy of the day (Peters vision), but even though I have done a cover to cover reading in the last few years it is only now that I am picking up more nuances in the text and even more explicit examples (samson) where God encourages/allows the perceived orthodoxy to be broken.
Obviously there is the role of reader and what I am bringing to the text, but I am left wondering two things, how much is God directing these perceptions and how do we open ourselves up to the breadth of the text when the position of the reader plays such and important role.

Scotland FYT live

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Richard Passmore

If you are visiting to look for the slides from the training session yesterday you can find a version here

. These are slightly diffferent to the ones yesterday but have more info and may help with some practical application ideas.

If anyone has any comments suggestions or just wants to chat about the ideas ou can comment in this post or email me through the blog.

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Posted on April 23, 2009 by Richard Passmore

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An opportunity to shape the new programme to develop young people’s workforce

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Richard Passmore

CWDC is holding 11 regional consultations and an online consultation to give those who work with young people the opportunity to shape the next stages of a £25m programme. The programme, managed by the Children’s Workforce Network and led by CWDC, covers the young people’s workforce aspects of Aiming High for Young People*.
The programme aims to strengthen leadership and management through training programmes for up to 300 strategic leaders, 5,000 frontline managers and 150 emerging leaders; to build capacity in the third sector; and create a common platform of skills which includes the Youth Professional Status.
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Employers and others in the sector are being asked to get involved and help shape this training and development programme. To ensure everyone’s views are heard, CWDC has organised a series of consultation events over the next two months. These will be in:

Birmingham, Wednesday April 29
Leeds, Tuesday 5 May
Newcastle, Tuesday 12 May
Nottingham, Friday 15 May
Bolton, Tuesday 19 May
London, Thursday 21 May
Brighton, Tuesday 9 June
Cambridge, Friday 12 June
Taunton, Tuesday 16 June
Birmingham, Friday 19 June
London, Tuesday 23 June.

An agenda of the activities on the day of each consultation is available at

http://www.cwdcevents.org.uk/yps/programme.html
The online consultation opens on 29th April. It will be found at www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/yps-consultation

Keith Brumfitt, Director of Strategy at CWDC, said: “This programme is about building on the good work that the workforce already does to ensure it is better able to successfully deliver improved outcomes for young people. It is also about promoting greater cohesion and consistency in the way the workforce works with each other and with young people.
“We now want to fully involve everyone in the sector at all levels and listen to their views on how best to move forward with the programme.
“These consultations will be the ideal opportunity for people for those who work with young people to shape and be part of developing a world-class workforce which will meet the demands of the 21st century.”

Bookings can be made by calling 08456 120256 or by visiting

http://www.cwdcevents.org.uk/yps/

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Posted on April 19, 2009 by Richard Passmore

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Holy Thursday

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Richard Passmore

So much starts to happen as the week begins to come its climax. In the church calender the washing of the Disciples’ Feet, the Last Supper, sweating blood in the garden and the betrayal by Judas is remembered. We go from the highs through the lows to rumblings again that something is going on.

Roles inverted, the leader who kneels,
questions unanswered, as the cup passes round
Roles unexpected, the leader who bleeds to the ground
Answers rejected, a new future peels Sense and Sensibility hd

Holy Monday

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Richard Passmore

The church calender (depending on which denomination) highlights today as fig monday when the withering of fig tree is read and remembered in the light of the events that will follow later this week. Thinking on this the fig tree seems fit not because of the historic judgement interpritations but in the aftermath of Palm Sunday with its jubilation and shouts, the sense of anti climax or what next. the withering of expectation after a day of celebration and hope, perhaps preparing the disciples for the seemingly anti climax of the cross.

After the waving and songs of hope
After the ride without any pope
After the noise and after the shouts
Came the monday, the monday of doubts.

Holy Tuesday remembers the parable of the 10 virgins perhaps because hope and vigliance was needed

After the doubts and the aprehension
they slowly remembered with expection
After the conversations and the reminiscing
Hope was rekindled for a new beginining

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Holy Wednesday or spy wednesday is the day when the church remembers Judus first arranging the betrayal

The fire was small and the light grew dim
At least one thought the future looked very grim
Dashed expections and a misunderstood theme
followed the mumbles, followed the scheme

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