Yesterday i had the privilege of spending the morning in the company of some great people. It was the new wine morning for people in leadership. I was unsure about going as i had always thought that the morning was for ministers but after a bit of digging i found out it was not.
The speaker for the morning was Paul Reid the senior pastor of CFC. What he had to say was challenging and also insightful as it gave me a little bit more of an understanding about the church that what i had previously known.
It was kinda in a way a snippet behind the show see how it works type thing.
When you work for a church you hear stories and those stories help you to create a imagine of how you think someone is. You can nearly picture conversations you would have with people or think you know how they would act without even meeting them and i must admit i have done it to.
Talking to the guy afterwards it surprised me how wrong i was. The guy is lovely and caring and everything i guess i had thought he would never be.
So apart form the talk yesterday i was challenged to put everything aside i had built up on people and to start again and to only make an opinion when i had firstly met them and secondly heard their heart or where they were coming from.

i would recommend the next day though!