Many of us would love for our churches to be more intergenerational – but we can't achieve this through just a programme, an activity or a resource. So where do we begin?
"I didn't work out until my 30s that I was probably a gifted evangelist," says Julie-anne. "And the image that I'd had of what a gifted evangelist looked like was quite different. I was a bit more 'ordinary'."
About every three years some pundit in the media or politician raises the prospect of taxing the churches or decries their rates exemptions.
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If the soil is good, everything else will follow suit.
"Messy Church is about forming relationships and connecting with people of all types."
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
How do we get to the core of the issue?
How can we create and fully make use of intergenerational opportunities?
"We get scared about it, but people are more open than you realise."
Most of the cynical commentary around church rates exemptions is ill informed.
The global Christian church started with a seemingly awkward invitation.
God of covenant and calling, you bind us together.
"This beautiful blue-green globe is the one ark we all ride."
"We pretend like everything’s fine when our houses are burning down."
Emu Music's songs contain so much richness, full of theological and Biblical truths.