The prophetic gift is often seen either as a special gift for the chosen few or seen as a weird fringe activity for the weird people. But what if it is an important and essential gift that God has given to His people through the Holy Spirit to see the coming of the Kingdom of God and help shape people, communities and culture? Paul holds it in high regard and exhorts the Corinthian church and individuals to take it seriously and eargerly desire all the gifts of the Spirit but especially the gift of prophecy as a ‘.. way of following the way of love….’ (1Corinthians 14; 1Tim. 4:14; 1Thess. 5:19-22).

In this workshop we look at a Biblical framework for understanding the prophetic including exploring how it is for all the people of God. There is also an examination of how we can receive the prophetic gift, how we can weigh it and see it flourish in the midst of community.

We are all able and called to hear God through the Holy Spirit. In this workshop we look at how God communicates with His creation within a scriptural and theological framework. We will learn together how to practice hearing/discerning God’s voice. This is a very practical workshop where we will explore hearing/discerning God’s voice. We will also look at the role it plays in leadership, prayer ministry, prophetic ministry, prayer and intercession, discipleship and everyday life.

This workshop explores the basis for polycentric or consensus leadership and what are the essential foundational building blocks for it to work. We also look at its strengths and weaknesses and contrast it with other more familiar styles of leadership.

We do offer other workshops, coaching, mentoring and consultancy to leadership communities, teams and business that want to either start with this type of leadership model, explore it as a possibility or transition to it.

We can only reproduce who we are. Leaders are no exception. Therefore, giving attention to their character and way of life is essential. In this workshop we look at the basic tools to help us in character formation, character transformation and spiritual formation or rhythms that will give us a solid foundation to build on and lead others.

We are facing an identity crisis in our society and if we are going to be leaders that are able to help transform individuals, communities and cultures then we have to have a very good grasp of who we are – what is our identity. In these workshops we explore how we can get a grasp on understanding who we are in Christ, what do we need to do to really understand ourselves and how we affect the contexts we enter. Alongside understanding ourselves we need to develop and have tools to understand others.

What does it take to be an effective leader? What tools and skills will help me? In the this third workshop on Leadership we examine and review useful tools and skills that help us be effective leaders.

Developing emotional stability for life.

Research has shown that we have 80 000 thoughts a day, and that 80% of these are negative. Am I therefore just the sum of my negative thinking and if I am, how can I change?

Practising Joy is an eight week down to earth course based on Christian values and aimed at transforming our thinking with simple skills and practices that we can use anywhere. When applied regularly we not only change our mind set but behaviour, relationships and focus as well. We learn to tune into our thoughts and feelings, those of our family and friends and of our God who knows us so well. We become more attached to Him, and we find we are following the example of His son, Jesus.

CliftonStrengths coaching can help to identify our unique gifts - our individual patterns of thought, feeling or behaviour that differentiate each of us from others and are sources of energy and life, engagement and motivation. When understood and applied in a positive, productive way, our uniqueness can become our strength, and we can be free to be our true selves, not trying to be someone we are not! What could those strengths be for you? At the moment they may even feel like weaknesses.

Need to reflect, develop, or recharge in an effective and mindful way? If you haven't come across Strengths have a look at StrengthsFinder 2.0 on Amazon, or get in touch to access an assessment code and book some coaching in.

Half day course

We pose the question of why we listen and then over the two sessions consider the importance of being interested and the importance of understanding.

As we listen are we aware of our bias and our judgments, what are good questions we can ask, and in the process of listening how do I value the person I am listening too?  Should I try to fix them?

It is a rich time learning together as we unpicking something we do every day, in order to tune in better with each other and bring the comfort of God that we have received ourselves, 2 Corinthians 1:3&4.

If you are interested in joining this course, please get in touch.

This is a day workshop that gives an overview and insight into how we can build the prayer Jesus taught us as His disciples to pray into as a trellis or rhythm of praying.

In this first session we introduce the idea that Jesus taught this prayer as a trellis or framework for us to be able to build rhythms of prayer. But we also see a rhythm within the prayer itself . In this session we explore this rhythm as it starts with us gathering at the hearth or fireplace with the Father.

In this session we continue to explore the rhythm built into the Lords Prayer as we move from gathering at the hearth to the table and what it means to receive the provision of daily bread and the receiving and giving of forgiveness.

Having moved from the hearth to the table in this section we explore how the first two parts of the rhythm prepare us to enter the battlefield of our lives and how to pray as we do.

In this session we revisit the petition of Hallowed be Your Name and the central place of thanksgiving and gratitude in re-orientating our focus to God.

In this final session we explore seven different ways the Lords Prayer has been used through history to build rhythms in beleivers lives.