We invited Steve Timmis of The Crowded House in Sheffield to join us at the recent Forge festival and I found his session on Sunday morning very helpful. I have really appreciated Steve’s insights as a church planter and long term practitioner.
Today I was reading the reflections of Johnny, a bloke who accompanied him on [...]
We have just started a new blog for those in the forgewa reimagine stream.
At the start of 2008 Forgewa began its ‘reimagine‘ stream, working with 6 established churches who are on the journey of exploring what it means for them to live as a missionary community.
This blog is way for them to share learning, explore [...]
Just go here taps movie for some great pics of the recent Forge Festival.
I have chosen one that for me stands out – not because its a fantastic pic – but because it captures something of the heart of the festival.
The pic was taken during a short time we set aside to honour older [...]
Its been a great 4 days of hanging with the Forge tribe from all around Oz and even a few from overseas. Alan & Deb Hirsch made the trip back from the US for the event and it was great to see them again. We spent a couple of hours over lunch yesterday in their [...]
For more info go here…
Over the last half of the year at Forge WA we have been promoting our stream for established churches called ‘Re-Imagine’ and next year it looks like we will have around 50 people involved from both city and country, with more in the country than the city!
We will be running a parallel program in [...]
All the talks from this Forge WA Training Day have now been uploaded.
If you’re interested in the nuts & bolts / practicalities of starting a missional incarnational community then you ought to tune in here. It was a great day and really worthwhile for those on the journey.
I also noticed that because it was very [...]
Good design does have the power to inspire doesn’t it?!
I reckon this looks fantastic and reflects the feel we want to create at the National Forge Festival in April next year. For more info go here.
I actually have a heap to say but have been buzzing around the country like the proverbial blue arsed fly for the last few weeks, so the blog has taken something of a back seat. Get ready for a post deluge…
I have just returned from a very valuable and productive 3 days in Melbourne meeting [...]
As many of you would know we at Forge are constantly seeking out missionaries who will choose to invest their lives in a specific people group.
You may wonder what the criteria for an internship placement is… Well Daz from Forge Tasmania & Third Place Communities (also the primary guest at our third intensive) has developed [...]