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Podcasts from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Presbyterian Church in Ireland

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Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 205

Join us each month as we explore different topical aspects of life and witness within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. This podcast feed also contains audio from addresses, lectures, and events of the various councils and departments of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

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S2024 Ep82: 082 – Present

Season 2024 · Episode 82

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 • Duration 35:23

In this latest episode of the PCI podcast, Will Leitch interviews Rev David Thompson, Secretary of PCI’s Council for Congregational Life and Witness, on the thinking behind and hopes for Present - the new, denomination wide, initiative designed to encourage congregations in this season of life and witness, launched at this year’s General Assembly.
The initiative will roll out over three successive church years, inviting and encouraging congregations and their members to make themselves fully present to God who is ever present to us. It offers a framework to encourage congregations to explore and express being present in four particular ways:

Be present in this season of life and witness;
Be present to God as his people;
Be present for one another in God’s family of the church;
Be present where God has placed us to be his witnesses.

Find out more and watch the introductory video here www.presbyterianireland.org/present

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S2024 Ep81: 081 – Leading change in the Church

Season 2024 · Episode 81

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 • Duration 44:04

Neil Hudson is Senior Leader of Salford Elim Church, but is better known to us in PCI for his work on the Imagine Church project for the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity. That is the project that birthed the Frontlines small group material which many congregations have used and found helpful, along with two books authored by Neil, Imagine Church and Scattered and Gathered.

David Thompson is Secretary of PCI’s Council for Congregational Life and Witness and brings extensive experience and qualifications in consultancy for ministry and mission.

This podcast also highlights the Leading for a change event happening on the morning of Thursday 17 October 2024 from 10.30am to 12.45pm in Assembly Buildings, Belfast. It will pick up and develop this theme, providing the opportunity to explore this territory further with others and be encouraged and envisioned in making space in our church life to adapt and respond to changing challenges and circumstances, new opportunities and options. Further details and booking can be found at www.presbyterianireland.org/leadingforachange

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S2024 Ep80: 080 – General Assembly 2024 Review – Part 1

Season 2024 · Episode 80

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • Duration 25:13

The 2024 General Assembly opens on Thursday, 20 June and will run until Saturday afternoon, 22 June.
In this episode four guests, each with different roles in next week’s event, look ahead to the annual gathering of ministers, elders and other representatives from home and overseas. They are the Clerk of the General Assembly, Rev Trevor Gribben, Deputy Clerk, Rev Dr David Allen, PCI’s Public Affairs Officer, Dr Rebecca Stevenson, and Rev Albin Rankin, Convener of the Council for Congregational Life and Witness.
In a new departure, this podcast is in two bite-sized chunks, in which you will get a good overview of proceedings and insights from our guests to a number of the significant reports that will come before the Assembly. The podcast is hosted by PCI’s Press and Media Officer, Mark Smith.
Further information on the 2024 General Assembly, the reports that are discussed in this episode, schedule of business, and news stories, can be found here: http://www.presbyterianireland.org/ga24

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S2024 Ep80: 080 – General Assembly 2024 Review – Part 2

Season 2024 · Episode 80

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 • Duration 35:01

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S2024 Ep79: 079 – Confident to Care

Season 2024 · Episode 79

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 • Duration 47:43

In both good times and dark days, pastoral care is a vital ministry of the church. We all want to be confident to walk alongside and care well for those God has placed in our lives. But how do we do that?
In this podcast, Andrew Collins (Director of the Certificate Course, Biblical Counselling UK), Marion Hadden (Family and Youth Coordinator and Elder, Terrace Row Presbyterian Church), and Rev Ben Walker (Minister, Saintfield Road Presbyterian Church) reflect on some ways we can build pastoral connection, hold quality conversations, and bring biblical and prayerful content into our pastoral care.
This podcast highlights the now sold-out Confident to Care three-week practical training course being delivered by Andrew Collins, in conjunction with the Council for Congregational Life and Witness, at Union Theological College in May.
To find out more about similar events in the future, sign up to E-quip www.presbyterianireland.org/equip

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S2024 Ep78: 078 – Age of opportunity: Exploring today’s opportunity for ministry among those in later life

Season 2024 · Episode 78

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 • Duration 41:23

We hear so much about how we are an increasingly aging society and an aging church. The focus often falls on the challenges that brings, but that reality also offers enormous possibilities for ministry and outreach through the local church if we have eyes to see them.
Alex Drew who leads the work of a ministry called Faith in Later Life and David Thompson, Secretary of PCI’s Council for Congregational Life and Witness, which will be partnering with Faith in Later Life to bring an event called Age of Opportunity on this theme to Assembly Buildings, Belfast on 16 May 2024 discuss the untapped potential of this area of ministry and mission for the church.
Links to an upcoming event and resource mentioned in the podcast can be found below:
Age of Opportunity - Presbyterian Church Ireland (presbyterianireland.org)
All the days of my life

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Ministry Taster Day 2024

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 • Duration 09:12

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) is holding a Ministry Taster Day on Saturday, 16 March 2024. The special open day is for men and women who have been thinking, and praying about, becoming ordained ministers in PCI and feel that God is leading them in this direction. The event will take place in Belfast at Union Theological College, PCI’s principal body for the training of its ministers prior to ordination.
In this BBC Radio Ulster interview, from 25 February, Audrey Carville interviews Reverend Professor David Leach, Professor of Ministry and Director of the Institute for Ministry, about the day itself. First-year ministry student, Christine Craig, and third-year student, Andrew Ferguson, also talk about their personal journeys to study for PCI’s ordained ministry, and what studying for the ministry at Union is like.

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S2023 Ep77: 077 – Starting from Scratch

Season 2023 · Episode 77

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 • Duration 38:13

All around the world, people are on the move, displaced from their homes by conflict, natural disasters, persecution, and land grabbing. In this podcast episode, Pip Florit, PCI’s Mission Support Officer for Partnerships talks to Rev Richard Kerr, Convener of the Global Development Committee, and Ruth Cooke, Christian Aid Ireland’s Head of Fundraising and Supporter Engagement about displacement and our response to it. Richard and Ruth share stories and reflections on their visit to Sierra Leone for this year’s World Development Appeal, ‘Starting from Scratch’ and talk about where we can find hope in a world of injustice.

You can find out more about the World Development Appeal here:
www.presbyterianireland.org/worlddevelopment

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S2023 Ep76: 076 – Refreshing your leadership

Season 2023 · Episode 76

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 • Duration 44:39

Leading in the church today can bring lots of encouragements and joy – lives transformed, people growing as disciples, a sense of purpose and community. But leading in the church can also feel difficult. Emerging from the retreat and restrictions, limitations and loss, disruption and disaster brought by the last number of years, many leaders feel weary and lonely. Whether we are a minister, elder, other ministry staff member, or volunteer, it’s important that we regularly take time to be encouraged, envisioned, and equipped as we continue to lead and serve.
To reflect on ways leaders across PCI can be refreshed and sharpened to fulfil their calling, we are joined by David Thompson (Secretary, Council for Congregational Life and Witness), Rev Angus Stewart (Minister, Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church), and Anne Dines (Clerk of Session, West Church, Ballymena).
This podcast also highlights two upcoming initiatives facilitated by CCLW:
Refresh – a series of one-off evenings to encourage, envision, and equip ruling elders in PCI.
Leading Edge, is a five-session programme offering ministers, elders, and other ministry staff the opportunity to come together with others to explore some key aspects of leading in the church today.

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S2023 Ep75: 075 – Discipleshaping Church Today

Season 2023 · Episode 75

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 • Duration 42:40

The world today can be overwhelming. Culture wars. Constant connectedness. Covid’s impact. A changing church landscape. Crisis after crisis local and globally. The list of challenges impacting how people faithfully follow Jesus goes on.

So, how do we craft a disciple-shaped life? And how can we shape aspects of local church life – our corporate worship, Bible engagement, and congregational community – to effectively equip members to follow Jesus with courage, commitment, and conviction in today’s world?

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