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Confer en c e 2017
So we have had our Spring He encouraged us to be a church
Conference with Mark Melluish which does not settle for its
as our keynote speaker and it has current membership but to invite
been a stimulating and inspiring people constantly to church
couple of days. Mark began by services. He commended us for
meeting the church leadership on the great work that is being done
the Friday evening and sharing in Hope House, through the
something of the leadership ethos English classes and Café Church.
that prevails in St Paul’s Ealing. His church are doing much the
His keynote addresses on the same and, like us, are seeing
Saturday continued the themes people come to Christ.
of being a church which is on
mission, which is constantly The Conference blessed people
thinking of creative ways to with many being prayed for and
engage with the unchurched and encouraged. Many of us were
the next generation. stirred to outreach and to
seeking to witness afresh to
He reminded us that God has set friends and work colleagues. In
“eternity in the heart of every short the conference did what
person” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) and I wanted it to do - to inspire us
that we should be inspired to see to move from a plateau to keep
them as lost people who need climbing for God and seeking His
to re-connect with the God who Spirit to empower us to reach
made them. those not yet in our churches with
the love of Christ and to widen the
Mark provoked us to be a church number of people who are
which runs bridge building events engaged in witness.
in the community and then
“daisy chains” people into more Thank you Mark for inspiring us
evangelistic courses and services. and reminding us that the local
church is the hope of the world.
Norman Cameron
