the great storm of 1987
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THE GREAT STORM OF 1987. It shouldn’t have happened but…. The trees were still in leaf It had been a particularly wet autumn It was the wrong wind - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE GREAT STORM OF 1987
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It shouldn’t have happened but….
•The trees were still in leaf
•It had been a particularly wet autumn
•It was the wrong wind
If you put all those factors together even the best of trees will fall over because they are simply not prepared for the circumstances and they probably could have fallen over in much lighter winds.’
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A perfect storm?
Clergy retirements?
Financial Pressures?
Ageing Buildings?
‘If you put all those factors together even the best of trees will fall over because they are simply not prepared for the circumstances and they probably could have fallen over in much lighter winds.’
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BUT, some woodlands survived the storm. WHY…???
….because they had been nurtured and maintained.
Surviving a perfect storm
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Sowing
Harvesting
Vocations
Strategy
Growing
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A Challenge and an Opportunity for all
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Sowing Well
Gospel
Response
Engaging
Resources
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Growing Well
Exploring
Nourishing
Nurturing
Pathways
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Harvesting
Harvesting:Discerning God’s Call
Discerning
Timing
Focussing
Supporting
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Sowing
Harvesting
Vision Days19th Jan & 16th March
Growing
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