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Listen to the podcast.
We suggest taking notes to get the most from the podcast. A brief outline is below.
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Visuals referred to in podcast.
Should you wish to see what Neville is talking about.
Stages of a faith journey.
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Afterthought
How to respond to the podcast. Its what you will bring to your next Envoy meet up.
We explained the why and how of the Afterthought during week 3 of Envoy. An audio guided version is available in the early weeks and the text version is here at section 5.
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Most weeks we aim to provide a podcast (around 20 minutes in length) followed by a guided response (about 7-10 min) to help participants distill their heart and mind reaction to the podcast. This is what you will bring with you to your meet up. ​
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Do you need extra notes?
Participants can access the text for the podcast, usually bullet points of the main themes. These are not extensive because we want participants to take note as they listen to help deepen learning.
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Afterthought outline questions
Awareness (1-2 minutes)
Record what thoughts, feelings or attitudes are floating around your head after listening to the podcast? Create a list of between 4-7 thoughts.
Attention (4-5 minutes)
Pick one of the 4 -7 thoughts to think and write about a little more deeply.
Why this thought?
What is it there for?
Is this thought part of a bigger network of thoughts, experiences or conversations I’ve had in the past or recently?
What emotions are attached to it, how am I feeling because of it?
If I pursue this to its conclusion what will it cost me/What will its gain be?
Amend (1-2 minutes)
Read over what you have just written in the attention section.
Ask the Holy Spirit if anything needs to be amended, added or removed.
Now amend add or remove.
Apply (1 minute)
You have reached the point where you can answer the earlier question. How, then, shall I live?
Think of it as a conclusion or perhaps the bit of gold or pearl that you’ve uncovered after all the digging around.
This is what you will bring to your next meet up.
PRACTICAL ACTION FOR THIS WEEK.
Read Matthew 10 (and its partner version in Luke 10), we give you The Message version of Matthew 10 below.
Matthew 10
5-8 Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:
“Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don’t try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighbourhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously.
9-10 “Don’t think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. You don’t need a lot of equipment. You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day. Travel light.
11 “When you enter a town or village, don’t insist on staying in a luxury inn. Get a modest place with some modest people, and be content there until you leave.
12-15 “When you knock on a door, be courteous in your greeting. If they welcome you, be gentle in your conversation. If they don’t welcome you, quietly withdraw. Don’t make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way.