Back from the Churches' Media Conference

I've been at the Churches' Media Conference the last few days, and have been carving out time to read some Baptist history. Really good background material from John Briggs on church life and ministry in the nineteeth century. It's so good to be learning new things.

I had a good conversation with Amanda Hancock the Baptist Union's Head of Communication, which helped clarify my thoughts about seven-day-a-week ministry: being a servant of Christ in every part of life.
Overall, some good progress on the sabbatical studies, even though I wasn't at my desk.

In one of the session today I wrote a note to myself about the kind of church I want to be part of: what I called Church@Work: "I want to be part of a church that is a seven-day servant ministry, working in the connected online world, active in social networks, immersed in the media, producing lively podcasts. A church that is alive with prayer, with quality ministry and committed discipleship".