Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

October is Pastor/Minister/Clergy Appreciation Month, so starting this month our episodes will take a slightly different approach to normal. Across October (and into early November) we will be sharing a 4-part series on what the Bible has to say about loving our leaders. We are releasing the first two today, with the others to follow fortnightly.

Whilst this series may be most aimed at those who are led by others, we also hope it will be a help to leaders themselves as they think about how we encourage church cultures where people love their leaders well, and as we consider topics like how leaders should be appointed, supported and, if necessary, removed (Part 2); what attitude we should have towards our leaders (part 3); and what right actions are towards leaders (Part 4).

Today we are kicking off by thinking through the who, how and what of Christian leadership.

Marcus Honeysett explores two questions: 'What is biblical, spiritual leadership?', and, 'What does the Bible mean when it talks about leadership and leaders?'

This week's episode is brought to you from our archives. This time last year (September 2022) Marcus welcomes members of Refresh Network Online back with a message on rejoicing in Jesus.

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

On this week's episode, get to know our newest member of staff, Phil Sweeting.

Phil has recently joined the team in the role of Ministry Development Lead Midlands. In this interview, conducted by our Communications Manager and familiar voice over, Jess Coles, we get to know how Phil came to faith, his hopes for his role, and hear how the Lord has been encouraging him.

We hope this is an encouragement to you.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Pastoral Refreshment Conference
• Refreshment Days
• PrayerMate
• One-to-One Mentoring
• Living Leadership Associates
• Our people/Contact Phil

On today's episode, we are sharing with you a talk form our archives. This was given at out 2012 Pastoral Refreshment Conference by Terry Virgo.

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

Happy New Year!

In today's episode we are sharing a talk from our archive. This talk was delivered by Marcus Honeysett in January 2022 at Refresh Network Online.

Refresh Network Online is a twice-monthly service which provides an opportunity for leaders and spouses to be refreshed and enjoy time in small groups sharing and praying together. For more information and to join the network, visit: www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online

This is the final of three episodes as part of our early Advent series for busy ministers/church leaders.

Ministers generally begin to think about the true meaning of Christmas at least as early as decorations start festooning shops. They need to plan Christmas activities and prepare talks. Getting started is easier than normal service planning sermon prep – the dates are fixed and the texts are obvious. Bringing plans to completion can be harder. The planning phase comes at a busy time in church life, when programmes are in full swing and few others are thinking about Christmas, and an emotionally tough time for all of us, when days are shortening and temperatures are falling. The passages and carols can seem overly familiar and it is not easy to scrape away the cultural accretions of materialism and niceness to get to the reality of the incarnation.

So, as ministers prepare and plan to lead others in their appreciation of Christmas, we in Living Leadership want to help them enjoy its wonder and apply its significance to leadership.

This is the second of three episodes as part of our early Advent series for busy ministers/church leaders.

Ministers generally begin to think about the true meaning of Christmas at least as early as decorations start festooning shops. They need to plan Christmas activities and prepare talks. Getting started is easier than normal service planning sermon prep – the dates are fixed and the texts are obvious. Bringing plans to completion can be harder. The planning phase comes at a busy time in church life, when programmes are in full swing and few others are thinking about Christmas, and an emotionally tough time for all of us, when days are shortening and temperatures are falling. The passages and carols can seem overly familiar and it is not easy to scrape away the cultural accretions of materialism and niceness to get to the reality of the incarnation.

So, as ministers prepare and plan to lead others in their appreciation of Christmas, we in Living Leadership want to help them enjoy its wonder and apply its significance to leadership.

On the podcast for the next 3 weeks we are going to be doing an early Advent series for busy ministers/church leaders.

Ministers generally begin to think about the true meaning of Christmas at least as early as decorations start festooning shops. They need to plan Christmas activities and prepare talks. Getting started is easier than normal service planning sermon prep – the dates are fixed and the texts are obvious. Bringing plans to completion can be harder. The planning phase comes at a busy time in church life, when programmes are in full swing and few others are thinking about Christmas, and an emotionally tough time for all of us, when days are shortening and temperatures are falling. The passages and carols can seem overly familiar and it is not easy to scrape away the cultural accretions of materialism and niceness to get to the reality of the incarnation.

So, as ministers prepare and plan to lead others in their appreciation of Christmas, we in Living Leadership want to help them enjoy its wonder and apply its significance to leadership.

On today's podcast, we are delighted to share with you audio from our archive. Join us as Tony Horsfall unpacks the final of three sessions on the "rhythms of grace".

This audio was recorded at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2018.

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

On today's podcast, we are delighted to share with you audio from our archive. Join us as Tony Horsfall unpacks the idea of work and rest.

This audio was recorded at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2018

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

We're back!

On today's podcast, we are delighted to share with you audio from our archive. Join us as Tony Horsfall unpacks the idea of work and rest.

This audio was recorded at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2018

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

In this episode, Jess gives an update on our summer plans and shares a prayer Paul Coulter has written which seeks to recapture the original meaning of the words we use for breaks from work and which echoes well-known words from Psalm 51:10-12. We invite you to make it part of your daily prayers during your summer break, however big or small.

Here it is:

Father, You are the giver of every good gift and I am your finite creation and beloved child. I receive the gift of days without work as a good gift from you. Free me from false guilt and help me to make the most of this time. May my ‘holiday’ be a sequence of holy days, encountering and enjoying you. In my ‘leave’, may I abandon burdens I was not made to carry and rejoice in you and your creation. In my ‘vacation’, help me to be unoccupied with work and its stresses. In my ‘break’, fracture the grip of unhealthy attitudes and patterns in my life. May my ‘days off’ be unhurried days of delight in those closest to me. Recreate in me a clean heart during this time. Refashion my rhythms in tune with your heart. Restore my joy in your salvation. Renew a right spirit in me that honours you in rest and in work. Refresh my love for you and others. May I live each day without work aware of your presence and alive by your Holy Spirit, Through Jesus Christ, my Lord, Amen.

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you audio from one of our Refresh Network Online sessions, delivered by Marcus Honeysett.

For more information on Refresh Network Online visit www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online 

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you a talk by Julian Hardyman, recorded at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2016

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the final of three talks given by Terry Virgo at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2016

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the second of three talks given by Terry Virgo at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2016

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the first of three talks given by Terry Virgo at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2016

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

Paul Coulter, our Head of Ministry Operations, shares the final of five Leadership Lessons he has learnt from studying John the Baptist.

If you'd like to think further on the life of John the Baptist, you can read more in Paul's book, Clarion Call, 

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

Paul Coulter, our Head of Ministry Operations, shares the fourth of five Leadership Lessons he has learnt from studying John the Baptist.

If you'd like to think further on the life of John the Baptist, you can read more in Paul's book, Clarion Call, 

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

Paul Coulter, our Head of Ministry Operations, shares the third of five Leadership Lessons he has learnt from studying John the Baptist.

If you'd like to think further on the life of John the Baptist, you can read more in Paul's book, Clarion Call, 

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

Paul Coulter, our Head of Ministry Operations, shares the second of five Leadership Lessons he has learnt from studying John the Baptist.

If you'd like to think further on the life of John the Baptist, you can read more in Paul's book, Clarion Call, 

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

Paul Coulter, our Head of Ministry Operations, shares the first of five Leadership Lessons he has learnt from studying John the Baptist.

If you'd like to think further on the life of John the Baptist, you can read more in Paul's book, Clarion Call, 

Find out more about the work of Living Leadership at www.livingleadership.org

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the final of three talks given by Paul Mallard at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2017.

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the second of three talks given by Paul Mallard at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2017.

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the first of three talks given by Paul Mallard at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2017.

On this, our last episode of 2021, Marcus Honeysett unpacks the idea of spiritually healthy churches. What are they, and why is this so important right now?

We, at Living Leadership, would like to thank you for listening to us throughout this year and we look forward to serving you in 2022. Merry Christmas!

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you audio from one of our Refresh Network Online sessions, delivered by Mark Stirling.

For more information on Refresh Network Online visit www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online 

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you audio from one of our Refresh Network Online sessions, spoken by Bishop Ken Clarke.

Bishop Ken (often known as Fanta) has served in churches in Northern Ireland, in Chile with the South American Mission Society (SAMS), and in Dublin. He was Rector of Coleraine Parish for 15 years and then Bishop of Kilmore Elphin and Ardagh for 12 years. He has led missions and preached at Conferences and Conventions in different parts of the world.

For more information on Refresh Network Online visit www.livingleadership.org/refresh-network-online 

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the final of three talks given by David Coffey at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2011.

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the second of three talks given by David Coffey at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2011.

If you'd like to join us for a future conference, details of the 2022 conferences are live on our site. Visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

In this week's episode, we are delighted to share with you the first of three talks given by David Coffey at the Pastoral Refreshment Conference in 2011.

If you'd like to join us for a future conference, details of the 2022 conferences are live on our site. Visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

Paul Coulter is bringing us the final instalment in a three-part series thinking through our motivations in ministry.

For more information on Living Leadership or to contact us for one to one support, visit www.livingleadership.org

To find out more about our upcoming Pastoral Refreshment Conferences, visit www.livingleadership.org/prc

Paul Coulter is bringing us the second in a series of three episodes thinking through our motivations in ministry.

For more information on Living Leadership or to contact us for one to one support, visit www.livingleadership.org

We're back after our summer break and Paul Coulter is bringing us the first in three episodes thinking through our motivations in ministry.

For more information on Living Leadership or to contact us for one to one support, visit www.livingleadership.org

In this episode, Jess gives an update on our summer plans and shares a prayer Paul Coulter has written which seeks to recapture the original meaning of the words we use for breaks from work and which echoes well-known words from Psalm 51:10-12. We invite you to make it part of your daily prayers during your summer break, however big or small.

Here i is:

Father, You are the giver of every good gift and I am your finite creation and beloved child. I receive the gift of days without work as a good gift from you. Free me from false guilt and help me to make the most of this time. May my ‘holiday’ be a sequence of holy days, encountering and enjoying you. In my ‘leave’, may I abandon burdens I was not made to carry and rejoice in you and your creation. In my ‘vacation’, help me to be unoccupied with work and its stresses. In my ‘break’, fracture the grip of unhealthy attitudes and patterns in my life. May my ‘days off’ be unhurried days of delight in those closest to me. Recreate in me a clean heart during this time. Refashion my rhythms in tune with your heart. Restore my joy in your salvation. Renew a right spirit in me that honours you in rest and in work. Refresh my love for you and others. May I live each day without work aware of your presence and alive by your Holy Spirit, Through Jesus Christ, my Lord, Amen.