Setting Sail: Conversations before General Synod
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The Rev. Canon Tim Elliott
Accountability
In one of my parishes, I was fortunate to strike up a friendship with a management consultant. He and his wife came to church quite often. He travelled a lot and so he wasn’t there every Sunday. But I liked him and he liked me and so I asked him if I could have lunch [...]
read moreEating and drinking
The Rev. Canon Tim Elliott, a ministry consultant with Elliott Clarke and Associates, offers these “Notes from the Narthex.” From this vantage point in the church’s lobby he can peer into the church or open the door and look outside, all the while staying safe in the narthex.
My doctor is a small man, and I’m [...]
Why names matter
The Rev. Canon Tim Elliott, a ministry consultant with Elliott Clarke and Associates, offers these “Notes from the Narthex.” From this vantage point in the church’s lobby he can peer into the church or open the door and look outside, all the while staying safe in the narthex.
A church I visited recently has a new [...]
Saying hello
The Rev. Canon Tim Elliott, a ministry consultant with Elliott Clarke and Associates, offers these “Notes from the Narthex.” From this vantage point in the church’s lobby he can peer into the church or open the door and look outside, all the while staying safe in the narthex.
Praying for each other before arriving in a [...]
Busy, busy, busy
The Rev. Canon Tim Elliott, a ministry consultant with Elliott Clarke and Associates, offers these “Notes from the Narthex.” From this vantage point in the church’s lobby he can peer into the church or open the door and look outside, all the while staying safe in the narthex.
Recently I noted a few things that, from [...]
A lot of changes
The Rev. Canon Tim Elliott, a ministry consultant with Elliott Clarke and Associates, offers these “Notes from the Narthex.” From this vantage point in the church’s lobby he can peer into the church or open the door and look outside, all the while staying safe in the narthex.
When I stop and look back, there are [...]
