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Mike Simmonds

Evangelist & Education Consultant

Mike Simmonds, GO Ministries 2011

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Building Walls

Come, now is the time to worship!Come, now is the time to give your heart!Come, just as you are to worship!Come, just as you are before your God!Come

Ro

man

s 1

2.4

-6“Each part gets its meaning

from the body as a whole, not the other way around.

The body we're talking about is Christ's body of

chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and

function as a part of his body. ...

let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be,

without enviously or pridefully comparing

ourselves with each other, or trying to be something

we aren't.”

find our

meaning

and

function

as a part

of his body

Nehemiah 2 v 11-18

Esther

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NehemiahEzraEstherEzraTemple Walls

Purpose

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Calledfor such a

as thistime

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“Though the name of God be not in it, His

finger is”Matthew Henry

You will never build

until you first weep over the ruins

“The Holy Scriptures are story-shaped.

Reality is story-shaped. The world is

story-shaped. Our lives are story-shaped”

E Peterson Eat this Book page 62

Act One: Creation

Act Two: The Fall

Act Three: Israel

Act Four: Jesus Christ

Act Five: The ChurchScene 1: Church Begins Its Mission

to the Nations

Scene 2: Our Place in the Story:

Church Continues Its

Mission to the Nations

Act Six: New Creation

1.Setting and chief Characters

2. The significant conflict/disruption

3. The story and characters develop

4. The climax is reached

5.Resolution of conflict, implications

and stability restored

History instructs us, the law teaches us, prophecy foretells, correction punishes, morality persuades; but the book of psalms goes further than all these. It is medicine for our spiritual health. Whoever reads it will find in it a medicine to cure the w


“I view the Bible as the record of an intense love story and we can

add to that story every day”

Laurie Beth Jones in Jesus CEO

FAITHFUL IMPROVISATIONin Act 5 Scene 2

“Understanding (to the degree the Bible allows us) the

purposes of God in his world, we can align ourselves with those purposes and live in a

way that anticipates their achievement.”

FAITHFUL IMPROVISATIONin Act 5 Scene 2


R Baukman, Scripture & Authority Today Grove pg 11

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Confidence in theGospelas revealed in the wholeDrama of Scripture

‘It is ironic that many people in

the modern world have

regarded Christianity as a

private worldview, a set of

private stories. Some Christians

have actually played right into

this trap. But in principle, the

whole point of Christianity is

that it offers a story which is

the story of the whole world. It

is public truth.

“We who call ourselves Christians

must be totally committed to telling

the story of Jesus both as the climax of

Israel's story and as the foundation of

our own.”

NT Wright The Authority of Scripture SPCK page 92

Growing in theVirtuesof theChristian Life

“..the dynamic of virtue ...

– practicing the habits of heart and life that point towards the true goal of

human existence –

lies at the heart and life of the challenge of Christian

behaviour as set out in the NT itself”

NT Wright, Virtue Reborn page 12

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your

faith goodness; and to

goodness, knowledge; 6 and

to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control,

perseverance; and to perseverance,

godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to

mutual affection, love.

2P

ete

r 1

:5-9

I am not what I ought to beI am not what I want to beI am not what I hope to beBut by the grace of God I am not what I was.

John Newton

Learning to

walk by Faithnot by sight

Building a learning

Human Flourishingand wisdomas well as knowledge

culture that is focussed

Sometimes

to see who caresenough tobreak them

you put up wallsnot to keep people out but to

down

Mike Simmonds


BreakingdownWalls

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Session 2

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Configurations

(x,y,z)

x - # of full levels

y - # of levels with two

adjacent blocks

z - # of blocks on top.

x=2 y=6 z=2x≥0 y≥0 0≤z<3

Analysis I

( 1, , 1) 0

( , , ) 1 min ( 1, 1, 1) 0

( , 1, 1) 0

(0,0, ) 0

( , , 3) ( 1, ,0)

V x y z if x

V x y z V x y z if x

V x y z if y

V z

V x y V x y

Analysis II

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( , , ) ( 1, 1, 1) 0

( , 1, 1) 0

(0,0, ) 0

( , , 3) ( 1, ,0)

V x y z if x

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V x y z if

ME

y

V z

V x y V x

X

y

Eph

esi

ans

2.1

4-2

2“For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and

has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of

hostility, 15 by setting aside in his

flesh the law with its commands and

regulations. His purpose was to

create in himself one new humanity out of the two,

thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to

God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.”

Model of Temple of Artemis,

God’s holy peopleinEphesus

“you who once were far away have been brought near by the

blood of Christ”

Act 5How do we improvise today?

welcomingand making space for

strangersas a model for

Christian witness

Experiencing

forgivenessand living with

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“Therefore, there

is now no condemnation for those who are

in Christ Jesus”

Ro

man

s 8

.1

“Therefore, if anyone is in

Christ, the new creation has

come: The old has gone, the

new is here!”

2C

ori

nth

ian

s 5

.17

-18

Modelling Grace

in all our relationships

the tongue is a

small part of the

body, but it makes great boasts.

Consider what a great forest is set on

fire by a small

spark. The tongue also is a fire

Jam

es 3

.3-6 the tongue is a

small part of the

body, but it makes great boasts.

Consider what a great forest is set on

fire by a small

spark. The tongue also is a fire

renewing by the

be transformed

of your mind

Being trained to think "Christianly" is the necessary

antidote to what will otherwise happen: being, as Paul says,

"squeezed into the shape dictated by the present age."

Tom Wright in Virtue Reborn page131

Apostle Paul, Romans 12.1

Discovering what it means to be a

City on a HillNot a ghetto in the

valley

The distinctive, prevailing tone, spirit and character of the school which is dynamic and noticeable to all who visit and see the school

in action.

VirtuesBeliefs & Values

new relationshipsnew ways of thinking

into education

Discerning Partnerships

build God’sKingdomthat will enable us to

the

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“If our metaphorical

walls are to be God honouring

they must be more of

a foundation than a barrier.”

tomorrowEducation Sunday 2011

Firm Foundations

Ensurevision

that drives you to theyou have a

end goal

Act 6

Eph

esi

ans

3 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably

more than all we ask or imagine, according to his

power that is at work within us,21 to him be

glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever

and ever! Amen

Mike Simmonds


Building

Bridges

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2 C

ori

nth

ian

s 5

.11

-12

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself

through Christ and gave us the ministry of

reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to

himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed

to us the message of reconciliation.

Therefore, if anyone is in

Christ, he is a new creation;

the old has gone, the new

has come!

“from now on we regard no-one from a worldly point of view.”

“from now on we regard no-one from a worldly point of view.”

"Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations."From "Truth and reconciliation", BBC Focus on

Africa magazine,

"There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew."From "Recovering from Apartheid", in The New Yorker, 18 November 1996.

“But seek first his kingdom

and his righteousness,

and all these things will be

given to you as well.”

Mat

thew

6.3

3 “But seek first his kingdom

and his righteousness,

and all these things will be

given to you as well.”

justicejusticeshalom

www.stapleford-centre.org

Building

churchhas to start with the

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bridges

“Christ’s

ambassadors,

as though God were making his

appeal through us”2 C

ori

nth

ian

s 5

.20

Sometimes

to see who caresenough tobreak them

you put up wallsnot to keep people out but to

down

If the curriculum constitutes the relationship between teacher and student (and of both with subject

matter), then it is first a relationship between beings. This is the reality

underlying ‘whole person’ rhetoric in schooling. An integral curriculum seeks to

honour the being of students, to accord them respect as persons, to acknowledge their

presence. It is thus that the curriculum will be oriented to formation rather than to information, to wisdom as a

goal for students (and teachers) as well as a mode of operating for

students and teachers.”Blomberg D Wisdom and Curriculum

“for education to include intelligent and

imaginative reference to what religious belief

means and has meant in human society is a

necessity; ignoring this dimension is another kind

of injustice. .” Archbishop of Canterbury

Keynote Address at Church of England Academy Family Launch Conference, Lambeth Palace , Wednesday 21 October 2009

(5B) In reporting under subsection (5), the Chief Inspector must consider—

a) the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils at the school;

House of Commons

Education Bill 2011

(5B) In reporting under subsection (5), the Chief Inspector must consider—

a) the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils at the school;

House of Commons

Education Bill 2011

You are a

City on a Hillnot a ghetto in the

valley

“the precious

light of

ordinariness must

be allowed to shine on expert

activities if those

activities are to

be healthy".

Joan Sallis

2 T

imo

thy

2.2

2-2

5“...chase after justice, faith, love and peace; you’ll be in the company of all who call

on the Lord from a pure heart.... And the Lord’s

servant mustn’t be a fighter, but must be gentle to all

people, able to teach, able to bear evil without

resentment, able to correct opponents with a meek

spirit...”

C of E Mission

The Five Marks of Mission1. To proclaim the Good News of the

Kingdom

2. To teach, baptise and nurture new believers

3. To respond to human need by loving service

4. To seek to transform unjust structures of society

5. To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth

(Bonds of Affection-1984 ACC-6 p49, Mission in a Broken World-1990 ACC-8

p101)

Discerning Partnerships

build God’sKingdomthat will enable us to

the

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Free Schools

Academy Schools

Academy Chains

Training Schools

Local and National Leaders in Education

From now on regard everyonedifferently

Building Bridges of GRACE

GRACE

God

Respecting

And

Child

Enabling

The time is

NOW!

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