Mission, evangelism and why you should invite your friends to Alpha

This year on Form, we’ve been given a fair amount of information about mission and evangelism. During these sessions, we attempted to define “mission”. We came up with lots of ideas, but the key words for me were “response” and “participation”; mission is a response to everything God has done for us, and it’s participation in what God is already doing.

Another thing I’ve learnt is that some of the most effective evangelism is where we’re working with people, where we’re results expectant but not dependent, and where we just turn up out of joy of serving God.

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Excuse me, Can you Lent me a better pun for this title?

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Each year Lent sneaks up on me & starts without me readying myself to consider the implications or wonder what it actually means for my life. I look around & see friends, Christian & non-Christian alike, engage with the idea of fasting. Stopping or starting new habits or pondering a new the hidden message behind the 40 days.

This year I intend to be ahead of the curve.

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