by danielwatson | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorised
KICK’s mission is to transform young people’s lives, with God’s love, through sport and support. We work with 12,292 young people a week, in 28 boroughs delivering PE, Street Dance, Mentoring and Chaplaincy in 70 schools and working with 24 church-based KICK...
by danielwatson | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorised
The world has changed yet our Christian mission has not. The gospel is about transformation, so how can we adjust in the current environment? Here are some concepts to discuss and perhaps act on. HEART MIND ACTIONS Most agree it is easier to keep doing what...
by danielwatson | Jan 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
I normally find this time of year a helpful point to reflect on the year that has been and to think through the year ahead, but this year it’s harder. Many people that I am meeting with, having had a break, still feel very tired. There is so much uncertainty...
by Elizabeth Legendre | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS WITH OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBOURS Through our local Mahabba group we have been steadily encouraging Christians to build friendships with their Muslim neighbours. Recently we hosted an event at our church to invite these friends to. 85 people attended,...
by Elizabeth Legendre | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorised
In Clerkenwell, a diverse and historic part of London, the church family at Inspire St James is seeing God at work. Members of the church family have intentionally moved onto local estates and are busy sharing the gospel with their neighbours and friends. MEETING...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 29, 2019 | Uncategorised
‘The Spirit told Philip, “God to that chariot and stay near it.” Then Philip ran up to the chariot.’ (Acts 8:29-30a) The story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch has always fascinated me. It tells us about an encounter that starts in the...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
Jesus understood the importance of leadership; He spent much of His ministry training up the leaders who would follow Him, and He brought revolutionary ideas to the subject. Two of my favourite quotes: ‘Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Margret, you’re a successful barrister but you found yourself sitting with your son on the other side of the dock. Tell us what happened. I have been a barrister for 30 years, and my husband and I have four children. We are also pastors of a church in East...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
‘THEN HE PUT THE KNIFE TOWARDS MY STOMACH …’ In the year that has seen the highest level of knife crime ever recorded in London, XLP continue to work with young people caught up in youth violence, together with the multitude of issues that...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorised
People can be impoverished in different ways. The most obvious three forms of poverty are those of resources, relationships and identity. These problems are closely interlinked, trapping individuals and whole communities in a ‘web of poverty’ – a...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
HOW CHURCH UNITY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ACROSS THE LONDON BOROUGHS What happens when leaders in towns and cities form friendships, pray and do mission together? What happens when those places share what they’ve learnt? The London Mission Collective is working...
by Elizabeth Legendre | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Mission of Jesus is clearly explained in Luke 19:10, “The son of man came to seek and to save the lost.’ A brief reading of the gospels immediately reveals that Jesus spent His time beyond the walls of a building and that He was driven by a deep...
