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ctrl-alt-del/church

ctrl-alt-del/church

By Stewart Cutler

What happens when you turn off church and turn it back on again? That's the question we put to church leaders to find out what their priorities were following the coronavirus lockdown, what is evolving in their church and what worship and discipleship might look like as we delve into church online.
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ctrl-alt-del/churchDec 17, 2020

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Decision 3: Time Off

Decision 3: Time Off

I took one whole week off in 2020, even though I know that time off is good for me. So, why?  What was going on?  And was it just the covid pandemic?

May 03, 202214:21
Decision 2: Children
Mar 30, 202212:39
Decisions : Season 3

Decisions : Season 3

Decisions. I've made lots of them over the past two years. But what did I choose?  And why?  And how has that worked out?  Join me as a revisit some of the big ones and the not so big ones that were more important than I thought!

Mar 24, 202201:28
decision 1: online worship

decision 1: online worship

When lockdown began 2 years ago I, and every other church leader in Scotland and around the world had a decision to make: how will we worship? Stewart reflects on his decision to pre-record services at home and what the benefits and costs of that decision were and still are.

Mar 23, 202215:34
Donald Macaskill
Mar 04, 202147:02
Michael Harvey
Feb 19, 202150:06
Lawrence Moore

Lawrence Moore

This week on ctl-alt-del/church we welcome Lawrence Moore, a mission & discipleship consultant living in Salford, UK. Lawrence says "Jesus didn't come to zap us all off to heaven; he came to change the world - and for the poorest, most marginalised first. I help churches to discover and follow this radical Jesus, and to make Jesus-shaped differences in the places they live and work. Why do I do that? Because people are hungry for those kinds of people and churches. Churches have no business taking up space, time and money unless they're recognisably like Jesus. I'm also passionate about the music of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen. And I'm a helpless Apple evangelist - just love their stuff!"

Feb 12, 202101:00:02
Paul Beautyman

Paul Beautyman

Paul Beautyman is the founder of Youth Work Journeys.  With years of experience in churches, projects and teaching, Paul talks to Stewart about supporting people, about the changes in church and his hopes for Youth Work Journeys.

Feb 04, 202101:02:02
Lorraine Darlow

Lorraine Darlow

Stewart talks to Lorraine Darlow, National Learning and Development Coordinator for the Methodist Church in Scotland, about supporting ministry in these times.

Dec 30, 202001:05:12
Roddy Hamilton

Roddy Hamilton

Roddy Hamilton, as well as being minister of New Kilpatrick Parish Church, is a brilliantly creative human being who gently challenges us to be the worshiping community we are called to be... and for the purpose we are meant to serve...

Dec 17, 202057:39
Liz Crumlish

Liz Crumlish

Stewart talks to Liz Crumlish, guide on the Path of Renewal and encourager of pioneering with the Church of Scotland, writer of wonderful liturgy, and about to be Deacon in the Scottish Episcopal Church.

Dec 11, 202047:56
Richard Tiplady

Richard Tiplady

Richard Tiplady is currently Director of Mixed Mode Training with the Scottish Episcopal Institute having worked with Christian education providers and mission organisations for many year. He has a wealth of experience and insight which he shared with Stewart (and his two dogs - sorry about the barking!) in this week's episode.

Dec 04, 202058:48
Suzi Farrant

Suzi Farrant

Stewart talks to Suzi Farrant about how children and young people can show us the way to be church, if only we would let them.

Nov 27, 202058:21
Martin Johnstone
Jul 21, 202059:08
Paul Middleton

Paul Middleton

Professor Paul Middleton of Chester University speaks to Kenny and Stewart about important stuff like his interest in early church martyrs, complaining about sermons on Facebook and getting a latte after church in episode 16 of ctl-alt-del/church.

Jul 17, 202001:01:40
Iain Campbell
Jul 10, 202001:08:53
Scott McCarthy
Jul 10, 202001:02:43
Bex Lewis

Bex Lewis

Stewart speaks to Dr Bex Lewis about being stuck in New Zealand, living with cancer and being a Christian online.  


From her website https://drbexl.co.uk: Sussex-born Bex has a background as a cultural communications historian and digital practitioner, with a PhD in Second World War posters, in which she wrote the history of Keep Calm and Carry On (before it was famous). She is a ‘digital resident’, geographically based at Manchester Metropolitan University, where she is Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, with a particular focus upon the third sector, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Place Management. She is a Visiting Research Fellow at St John’s College, Durham University. As the Director of Digital Fingerprint she is a speaker, writer and facilitator, including the workshop ‘Social Media for the Scared’, and is author of the popular Raising Children in a Digital Age (2014), which has been translated into Chinese and Italian. She is working her way towards being Professor of Communications and Digital Culture.

Jul 07, 202059:02
Graeme McMeekin

Graeme McMeekin

Episode 12 features Graeme McMeekin, head of Tearfund's work in Scotland. Graeme talks to Kenny and Stewart about how coronavirus has affected the poorest communities in the world and what part we can play in making a difference.

Graeme McMeekin is the head of Tearfund's activities in Scotland. Tearfund is a christian international development agency and Graeme shares with us his work...

Tearfund.org

Tearfund.org/give

tearfund.org/theclimb

Jul 01, 202001:04:55
Rhona Graham

Rhona Graham

Rhona Graham is the minister of Tron St Mary's Parish Church in Glasgow. She talks about taking low tech and high tech approaches to ministry, home haircuts, couch to 5k and pastoral care by phone.  https://tronstmarys.org.uk https://www.facebook.com/tronstmarysparishchurch/

Jun 22, 202052:58
Catherine Beattie
Jun 13, 202001:02:28
Diana Hall

Diana Hall

Diana Hall, Rector of St Anne's Scottish Episcopal and Methodist Church in Dunbar joins Stewart in Episode 9 of ctl-alt-del/church.

Jun 09, 202059:20
Alan Gibson
Jun 02, 202001:16:24
Martin Fair
May 29, 202057:29
Susan Brown

Susan Brown

Susan Brown, minister of Dornoch Cathedral, former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, dog owner and creator of excellent morning reflections talks about life and ministry in lockdown.


May 27, 202001:04:46
Jonathan Fleming

Jonathan Fleming

Episode 5 of ctl-alt-del/church features Jonathan Fleming, minister of Largs St John's and Cumbrae in conversation with Stewart about life and ministry in lockdown.

May 25, 202057:26
Shuna Dicks

Shuna Dicks

Stewart talk with Shuna Dicks, minister of Cults Parish Church in Aberdeen about life and ministry in lockdown.

May 21, 202053:24
Scott E Burton
May 18, 202001:24:44
Stuart Love

Stuart Love

This week Kenny and Stewart talk to Stuart Love, minister of Clincarthill Parish Church in the southside of Glasgow about church in lockdown.

May 07, 202058:27
Lockdown

Lockdown

What happens when everything stops? What do you do? What are your priorities? How do you make church work online?

Stewart, Minister of St Ninian's in Stonehouse talks with Ross, Minister of Hamilton Old, Lynette, Locum of Hamilton South and Quarter, and Aaron, member of Townhead in Coatbridge talk about the weeks leading up to lockdown and what happened next for them and their churches.


Apr 25, 202055:11