EBA Council Summary 8 July 2024 EBA Trustees – with two apologies – met for the EBA Council meeting on 6 April 2024. Andrew Wade (EBA Moderator) welcomed everyone. In opening the meeting Andrew read from Luke 14 reflecting on the need for us all to make time to meet with God, and not to let our busyness get in the way. and then he opened in prayer. Council was brought up to date with 3 outstanding matters from previous meetings, which included an update on a legal situation with a member church, the progress being made on the group reflecting on regional minister appointment processes across the Union, and how the regional team have created opportunities for churches and ministers to engage with the recommendations from the Project Violet research. David Mayne (RMTL) brought the next report that included HR matters, reporting to council that interest had been received …
Project Violet released its findings on 2 May 2024 along with recommendations to commit to change at all levels of our Baptist movement, Local church, Associations, Colleges and Union. The findings issue a call to respond and request that everyone engages with the research by ensuring that the parts of Baptist life you belong to discuss the findings and submit a response template by 30 September 2024. All the commitments to action will be presented to Baptist Council on 23 October 2024. To provide an opportunity for EBA members to discuss and inspire each other the Regional Team are offering spaces that are open to all over the next few months. 16 July: 10am-12pm ZOOM 16 July: 7:30-9:30pm ZOOM 14 August: 10am-3pm IN PERSON – Stoke Green Baptist Church, Ipswich 13 September: 10am-3pm IN PERSON – Bar Hill Church, Cambridgeshire Anyone is welcome to attend these sessions. To book into …
EBA Council Summary 6th April EBA Trustees – with one apology — met together along with Claire Blatchford, Gale Richards and Gillian Jones for the EBA Council meeting on 6 April 2024. Andrew welcomed everyone and welcomed Gillian, the newly appointed Safeguarding Lead to the meeting. On opening the meeting Andrew read from Acts 2 reminding us that God’s love is open to all and then he opened in prayer. Council was brought up to date with 4 outstanding matters from previous meetings, which included an update on where the Association is regarding its own Ethos Statement following the guidelines released by Baptist Union and a report from the latest BMS Council of Reference on which the EBA has a representative. Rev Ivan King, author of a report on the Sustainability and Resilience of Home Mission commissioned by EBA Council was invited to attend Council to speak on the report …
https://www.gstiwg.co.uk Nature And Science Meet Faith In Stunning New Films In our visual age, people are captivated by stunning images of our world and cosmos seen in nature and science programmes streamed to our TVs and phones. They are entranced by the wonder they see, yet often left with a sense of mystery and asking is there more to know? The “God Saw That It Was Good” films takes people deeper in the wonder and mystery of the world. Weaving stunning visual imagery with a narrative entwining science and faith; enabling viewers to encounter the wonder, playfulness, and connections in creation that science reveals, and through which, perhaps, God may be encountered. The Revd Dr Dave Gregory, writer and presenter of the films, is a Baptist Minister and former meteorologist and climate scientist at the Met Office and European Weather Centre. Now focusing on engaging churches with science and environmental …
