Tag Archives: Mosaic Edinburgh

FRANCIS CHAN ENVY

Posted on May 8, 2013 by jamespetticrew

We have had some “growing pains” in Mosaic Edinburgh recently, nothing serious and we had always said we would try stuff and if it didn’t work try something else or try again later. Of course its tougher than that in … Continue reading →

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Mosaic Edinburgh Values

Posted on April 3, 2013 by jamespetticrew

On Sunday at Mosaic we want to regroup and rethink, just for various reasons its pretty clear that our format hasn’t been working. I think this is mainly due to circumstances rather than some fundamental flaw in what we tried … Continue reading →

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BONHOEFFER, BUYING CARS AND BEING COMMUNITY

Posted on October 22, 2012 by jamespetticrew

We recently haD to buy a second car and being strapped for cash we had to buy a “banger” or what Americans refer to as a “clunker.” We have only ever had one brand new car, when Ann was a … Continue reading →

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Mosaic Life: Living Our Values

Posted on September 5, 2012 by jamespetticrew

One of the key things that emerged from our discussion on values was how do we ensure that having values isn’t just a meaningless “paper exercise”? There is no point in having values if all they do is appear on … Continue reading →

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Mosaic Edinburgh’s Single Biggest Challenge

Posted on August 21, 2012 by jamespetticrew

OUR SINGLE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I am more excited about the future of Mosaic Edinburgh than I have ever been and more intimidated by the future of Mosaic Edinburgh than I have ever been. My mind at the moment is full … Continue reading →

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Renewal Movements, Reactionary Movements & Being Church

Posted on August 8, 2012 by jamespetticrew

In my opinion one of the best books to come out of the whole Fresh Expressions of Church movement in England is a well written and thought provoking book at the moment called MISSION SHAPED QUESTIONS edited by Steven Croft. … Continue reading →

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PRACTICES That Express Values

Posted on July 23, 2012 by jamespetticrew

Last night when we were talking about our values I think we were all aware of the danger of them being a “tick box” exercise, ok we have done them, they are on the web site, kind of thing. We … Continue reading →

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Values

Posted on July 22, 2012 by jamespetticrew

This is a bit of an “in house” post for Mosaic Edinburgh. We have been looking at our values and tonight we narrowed it down. Just wanted to thank everyone and I mean everyone for their contribution, to me it … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Mosaic

Posted on July 1, 2012 by jamespetticrew

A few people have asked me why our church is called Mosaic. That’s a legitimate question I am sure many people have wondered about , some have implied subtlety and not so subtlety that we use the name so we … Continue reading →

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MISSIONAL COMMUNITIES

Posted on June 18, 2012 by jamespetticrew

Its looks like the best way for Mosaic Edinburgh to develop is to create what have been called “Missional Communities.” Many of you are already familiar with them and their general principles but what I wanted to do was to … Continue reading →

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