Today I met with Pauline in Wandsworth. She is a great woman who has been used by God fantastically in the borough. Over coffee she talked about what she had been involved in and her vision for the future in the area and you could just see the excitement and dedication in her eyes. It was pretty contagious. This woman has been there for years, she is not paid and yet her love for the place is clear for all to see. She has not become cynical or jaded which is what you can find with people that have been in one ocation for a while. Here is a person that has a real tranformational relationship with God which I must admit to being slightly envious over.

I have known Pauline for a little while but the purpose of my visit was to suport her as she develops So_lid YFC in Wandsworth. This really is going to be a an exciting YFC centre as So_lid seeks to support, enable and resource the local churches to reach out in ther communities. Pauline is very clear that this YFC centre is not to do all the work – the vision is one of enablement and resourcing and support. It is the churches work and So_lid hopes to support them.

I find that so exciting and think that maybe this is what all Christian outreach should be about. Rather than wondering about competing and empire building, looking to suport and encourage others is I think what it should all be about.

There has been a bit of talk on leadership on other blogs recently. Abuse of leadership, leaders not understanding and so on. If all leaders took on this enablment and servant atitude then incidents like this would be far less, don’t you think?