Mill End Baptist Podcast

In this second episode, Emily shares some tips for good sleep with the parents and carers of toddlers. Emily is a Sleep Coach and Baby Care specialist and has many years of experience working with families. Today, at our Toddlers group, she shared some practical advice with us and talked about what to expect in the different developmental stage babies and Toddlers go through.

You can find more information about Emily's work as well as some great resources on her website: www.sweetdreamssleepcoaching.co.uk

Thank you for sharing any comments, feedback and question with Manon: manon@millendbaptist.org.uk

In this special episode, Emily shares some tips for good sleep with the parents of babies. Emily is a Sleep Coach and Baby Care specialist and has many years of experience working with families. Today, at our Toddlers group, she shared some practical advice with us and talked about what to expect in the different developmental stage babies and Toddlers go through.

You can find more information about Emily's work as well as some great resources on her website: www.sweetdreamssleepcoaching.co.uk

Thank you for sharing any comments, feedback and question with Manon: manon@millendbaptist.org.uk

In this second episode, Alan Waller and Alyssa Kite tell us more about the criminal trends that they are seeing on the streets of Mill End, they give us great tips on how to deter criminals and they offer advice on what to do if we are feeling suspicious after taking a dodgy phone call or overhearing violent activity next doors.

As promised, here is a link to a page that offers £5 signal blockers to be used on car fobs: 

https://owlprotect.uk/defender-signal-blocker-pouch-keyless-car-entry-start.html

Join us as we sit down together to get to know Alyssa Kite and Alan Waller and hear about what PCSOs do. In this first part, we hear more about Alyssa and Alan and how they became PCSOs, we start to discover Mill End through their eyes and hear real stories from their jobs. Don't forget to use a comment by using the 'message' button or by emailing Manon on: manon@millendbaptist.org.uk

I hope that you enjoyed the first conversation with David Scourfield, lead Chaplain at Watford Town Centre Chaplaincy, where we talked about the work of Street Angels and Chaplains in Watford.

I have really enjoyed meeting David and hearing him talk with so much passion about his new role. Another thing that struck me about him was to find out that his passion for chaplaincy predated the start of his new position by quite a few years.

That’s right… David still loves to talk about his previous job as a Town Planning Manager and how his later commitment to Jesus transformed his perception of work and management. He very much started operating as a Chaplain even when he was still managing a team.

It has been really encouraging to hear his story and to glean some of his wisdom about what it looks like to be a Christian in the workplace. So I thought I would ask him a few questions about that on our podcast… Here is our conversation.

Watford Town Centre Chaplaincy's website: https://www.watfordtcc.org/

Mill End Baptist's website: https://www.millendbaptist.org.uk/

Manon's email address: manon@millendbaptist.org.uk

Today, we are venturing all the way to the terrace of the Moon Under Water in Watford to meet David Scourfield, the new Lead Chaplain at Watford Town Centre Chaplaincy (WTCC). This is a great opportunity to ask him more about him and his background, how he came to this position and of course... what chaplaincy is all about!

If you would like to find out more about WTCC, why not have a look at their website: https://www.watfordtcc.org/

You will certainly have seen our new Pastor on one of our YouTube streaming services and might even have received a call from him over the last few weeks. We have been delighted to welcome James, Megan, Judah and Priscilla into our MEBC family! However, it is tricky to get to know people under lockdown...

In this special episode, you will find out a little bit more about James and his family. You'll hear about all sorts of topics including their move to Rickmansworth, Priscilla's super skills as a goalie, James and Megan's time in Russia as well as James' impressions of MEBC and its people.

Grab a cuppa, find a comfy spot and join James and Manon as they chat together.

Join me, Manon, as I explore the discipline of Simplicity. We’ll talk about the challenges that we face in our materialistic society as well as look into Jesus’ teachings and hear some practical ideas from Richard Foster and John Mark Comer.

Recommended reading:

John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The path to spiritual growth.

Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding how God changes lives.

Join me, Amy, as I explore the Spiritual discipline of Solitude & Silence. Together we'll be digging into what Solitude has to offer to our spiritual and mental wellbeing, and trying to overcome the fears that hold us back from embracing it. Within this podcast I mention quotes from Richard Foster's: 'Celebration of Discipline', and Martin Saunders 'The Beautiful Disciplines'. Though I don't mention it in the podcast, I would also add Thomas Merton's 'Thoughts on Solitude' to any recommended reading on this subject.

Following on from our exploration of prayer, today's episode will be looking into the spiritual discipline of Study. The testimony that I, Amy, shared was found on Premiere Christianity: https://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2018/September-2018/I-was-locked-up-after-the-London-Riots.-But-I-read-the-Bible-in-prison-and-everything-changed I also mentioned these books: 'Celebration of Discipline' by Richard Foster / 'Hinds feet on High Places' by Hannah Hurnard / 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by CS Lewis.

In this sequel, Amy and Manon continue their conversation by sharing the practices and tips that we personally have found helpful in deepening our own prayer lives. We look forward to hearing about your stories and thoughts on prayer. Do send messages, stories and poems to manon@millendbaptist.org.uk or by leaving a message on the Anchor page. Note: I have encouraged the practice of the gifts of praying in tongues in this episode. I do not believe that all believers have/should have that gift but would love to see those who have it grow in it.  It this is a gift that puzzles you, I recommend this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzipsG3-S6A Helpful links and books: - Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God, Wilder Publications, 2008.  or: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQS9mbXJ5UU  - Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, HarperCollins, 1991, p.185-186. - Jackie Pullinger, Chasing the Dragon, Hodder & Stoughton, 2010. - Celtic Daily Prayer book https://shop.northumbriacommunity.org/product/celtic-daily-prayer-book-1-the-journey-begins/

In this episode we explore the danger of hurry and look into how Jesus' lifestyle teaches us to carve out time for God and live in the moment.

This episode was largely inspired by John Mark Comer's excellent book entitled The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world, Hodder & Stoughton, 2019. The quote about attention spam is found on p.39 of his book and itself refers to Kevin McSpadden's article: "You Now Have a Shorter Attention Span Than a Goldfish," Time, May 14, 2015, http://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish.

James Bryan Smith's book called The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in love with the God Jesus knows, Hodder & Stoughton, 2010 is also mentioned twice (p.171-3, 181) and and well worth a read.

In this first episode, we explore the discipline of generosity.