tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post4056345750635085809..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: New Models of Church - the Church as Service ProviderWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-39656603576378226322012-09-25T20:46:45.005+01:002012-09-25T20:46:45.005+01:00That wasn't a reply to Erika, incidentally, I ...That wasn't a reply to Erika, incidentally, I was trying to add a comment in the absence of the option to add a comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-69378896661218331072012-09-25T20:45:33.284+01:002012-09-25T20:45:33.284+01:00Another excellent offering from R4's Beyond Be...Another excellent offering from R4's Beyond Belief this week including the idea of the official Russian Orthodox church being just another government department.<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s6p6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-80920777750044210292012-09-25T19:54:48.806+01:002012-09-25T19:54:48.806+01:00On the other hand, Doorkeeper, how else would he l...On the other hand, Doorkeeper, how else would he let people know he was there? Us freelancers who haven't got a church notice board outside our offices and a tower or steeple to guide people do have to be a little more creative (not that I offer alternative funerals, but I understand the difficulty).<br />Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-63516836927232295532012-09-25T15:42:33.882+01:002012-09-25T15:42:33.882+01:00Round our way we have at least one disaffected ex-...Round our way we have at least one disaffected ex-CofE ex-clergy-person who has set himself up in business as a lay funeral-taker as his only employment. He does all the usual things, takes funeral directors out to lunch and shmoozes them, places fliers in the hospital bereavement office etc. I expect pastoral care is an extra charge.Doorkeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833186676034988104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-25668053364034722822012-09-25T12:20:27.574+01:002012-09-25T12:20:27.574+01:00People you don't like...while most of the peop...People you don't like...while most of the people I meet in church are quite pleasant, there have been times I've thought that one of the main reason for organizing worship in more or less randomly asssorted groups was to provide some nice handy targets to practice loving one's neighbour/ being kind to those who aren't kind to you etc. Maybe 'targets' isn't quite the right term...<br /><br />I had to look up ATOS. I think they're taking lessons from certain local groups.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343576593315811633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-24933001122044437002012-09-25T08:58:23.698+01:002012-09-25T08:58:23.698+01:00AE, you'll be creating a "10 point custom...AE, you'll be creating a "10 point customer charter", establishing an "SLA scorecard" and setting up a hotline number for the call centre next... :)Steve Borthwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361597018502017407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-11624188520225086162012-09-25T08:00:50.939+01:002012-09-25T08:00:50.939+01:00I suppose the question is whether this is a good o...I suppose the question is whether this is a good or a bad state of affairs.<br />When you have a core message that you believe to be absolutely vital to every person in the world, yet most people are culturally so removed from you that they do not come to where you talk about it, it could be quite a clever stratgy to provide selected retail opportunities.<br /><br />It is then up to you to capitalise on those contact points as much as you possibly can.<br /><br />It might not be the best retail strategy, but it seems to me to have a higher probability of at least some success than closing the doors to fashion shoppers and concentrating on your core audience would have.<br /><br />Especially if, as in "Not Going to Church" the alternative can at first seem to be uncomfortable seats, boring and long sermons, people one doesn't particularly like but an expectation from the service provider that it is nothing to do with him but rather, that this is what God wants from you and that you should embrace it gratefully.<br />Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.com