Long to engage your church more with the local community and unsure how?
Know Your Church Know Your Neighbourhood (Church Urban Fund):
This resource helps churches think about themselves in relation to the local communities they seek to serve and to make prayerful and informed decisions about their mission in those communities. The sessions and activities can standalone or be delivered together as a process over several sessions during a six-month period. You can download a comprehensive selection of resources for KYCKYN at the bottom of this page.
To download the Community Survey Guide and access the neighbourhood mapping resource and community and congregational surveys click here:
CUF Community Survey Resources
Want your church mindset to embody abundance not scarcity?
Exploring Asset Based Community Development (Church Urban Fund)
CUF Asset Based Community Development
A useful guide with exercises to explain asset-based community development (ABCD) and to think about how some of the principles can be applied in churches and communities.
You may also find the webinar below a helpful introduction:
Mosaic Creative
Mosaic Creative is a small training consultancy specialising in the use of drama and art to enhance learning and development. Our approach is about provoking reaction, communicating ideas, exploring meaning and unlocking the creative potential in others. Mosaic Creative is a collaboration of creative professionals led by Jackie Mouradian providing resources and training courses on community development processes and issues such as church and community engagement, volunteer management, good governance, creative facilitation, mental health, and modern slavery. You can download extensive resources below.