Footsteps - A mission journey from church to community
Footsteps: A toolkit connecting churches to their community “To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.” (1 Peter 2:21)
It is time to take a fresh look around us – at groups, individuals and our environment – and at ourselves, as we develop new ways of being and ‘doing’ church. The biblical reference above reminds us that we must explore what it means to actively follow and learn from Christ, to transform ourselves and others. The United Reformed Church’s focus on “Walking the Way” of Jesus today is reflected in this toolkit as we explore how your church fellowship can get further involved in its local community, seeing our discipleship lived out every day.
It aims to provide a step-by-step guide to identifying the gifts we have amongst us and to share these with one another, at church and in our local areas.
Ready to take another step on your mission journey? Click one of the buttons below to find activities, tips, support and good news stories of those who are achieving great things through community engagement.
It is time to take a fresh look around us – at groups, individuals and our environment – and at ourselves, as we develop new ways of being and ‘doing’ church. The biblical reference above reminds us that we must explore what it means to actively follow and learn from Christ, to transform ourselves and others. The United Reformed Church’s focus on “Walking the Way” of Jesus today is reflected in this toolkit as we explore how your church fellowship can get further involved in its local community, seeing our discipleship lived out every day.
It aims to provide a step-by-step guide to identifying the gifts we have amongst us and to share these with one another, at church and in our local areas.
Ready to take another step on your mission journey? Click one of the buttons below to find activities, tips, support and good news stories of those who are achieving great things through community engagement.
Foreword by the Footsteps moderator
These are exciting times in the life of the United Reformed Church. I believe there is a fresh movement of God’s Spirit encouraging us as individuals, local congregations and wider groupings to re-focus on mission and discipleship. This is not confined to the United Reformed Church, but is becoming evident simultaneously across the whole church in western Europe.
Evidence for such a movement in The United Reformed Church comes through ‘Walking the Way’, a new national resource which sets a vision of discipleship for God’s people today; and also through another more familiar trajectory, Northern Synod’s “Way Forward”, encouraging all who are part of the United Reformed Church across Northern Synod to reconsider the ministry of the whole people of God, along with fresh groupings of congregations.
As we embrace new ways of understanding who we are and what we can be and do, these resources help us on our way. Three new initiatives to inspire, challenge and encourage within the life of our Synod are the “Growing Leaders” course, “The Big Listen”, and “Footsteps”.
“Footsteps” was launched at our March 2018 Synod. Details on joining the Facebook group or downloading our toolkit that can be found below.
Evidence for such a movement in The United Reformed Church comes through ‘Walking the Way’, a new national resource which sets a vision of discipleship for God’s people today; and also through another more familiar trajectory, Northern Synod’s “Way Forward”, encouraging all who are part of the United Reformed Church across Northern Synod to reconsider the ministry of the whole people of God, along with fresh groupings of congregations.
As we embrace new ways of understanding who we are and what we can be and do, these resources help us on our way. Three new initiatives to inspire, challenge and encourage within the life of our Synod are the “Growing Leaders” course, “The Big Listen”, and “Footsteps”.
“Footsteps” was launched at our March 2018 Synod. Details on joining the Facebook group or downloading our toolkit that can be found below.
