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Benjamin Aldous

@jazzgoat.bsky.social

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I am Ben. I love Sharon. I love Cornwall, Durban, Phnom Penh, Cape Town, Ashprington and McGregor. I work for http://cte.org.uk I love jazz, hoovering, Lino cuts, composer biographies. I write books. I make beatz https://soundcloud.com/jazzgoat-16227210

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 13h

It's so good to help host these wonderful folk... #ecumenical #mission

Churches Together in England @churchesengland.bsky.social · 15h

A great meeting today with friends from many of our Charities and Networks in Association and @ctbi.bsky.social

We gathered to start talking about how we can work better together to equip and inspire churches without overloading them with our individual messages.

#ChurchesTogether

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 19h

Good to be at Lambeth Palace for the AtaLoss (one of @churchesengland.bsky.social Charities and Networks in Association) reception yesterday and to bump into Revd Lisa Coupland one of the Patrons and also from #Traitors season 3 #ecumenical

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Great to gather with the Urban Mission Alliance and hear from Revd Alan Moss from Diocese of Chelmsford and Dr Sarah Holmes from Liverpool Hope University share on mission and children and young people in urban settings @churchesengland.bsky.social

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 5d

Good to be in London today for the launch of Youth For Christ's research "Z-A growing spirituality" at @churchofengland.org Church House #mission

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 6d

May the Lord grant Sarah wisdom, grace and courage in this new role #newarchbishop

www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-an...

The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE to become 106th Archbishop of Canterbury  | The Archbishop of Canterbury

His Majesty The King has approved the nomination of the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Downing Street has announced.

www.archbishopofcanterbury.org

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Churches Together in England @churchesengland.bsky.social · 6d

"I am beyond delighted at the appointment of
Bishop Sarah Mullalley as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
"She has had an unswerving commitment to building strong ecumenical relationships across the churches and has committed significant time to the vital cause of church unity
📷 credit cte.org.uk

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 7d

Good to spend time at The Hayes with people involved in ecumenical spaces across England for the last few days @churchesengland.bsky.social #ecumenical #mission

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 13d

'Discipleship is quite simply the extended training in being
dispossessed. Unless we learn to relinquish our presumption
that we can ensure the significance of our lives, we are not
capable of the peace of the kingdom.’ S. Hauerwas, 1983, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian
Ethics.

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 14d

Very good to be at Wydale Hall teaching on the @arthurrankcentre.bsky.social and @methodist.org.uk course on rural mission and ministry. And gorgeous sunshine! @churchesengland.bsky.social
#ecumenical #mission

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Churches Together in England @churchesengland.bsky.social · 15d

"The Creed as Lived Reality"

An autumn webinar from the Society for Ecumenical Studies on Wednesday 15 October at 7.30 pm

A conversation between @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social President Rev Dr Susan Durber and Rev Prof Paul Fiddes @ox.ac.uk

cte.org.uk/sfes-cree...

#Nicaea2025

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 16d

Good final day at the Love Rural conference with rich conversations #mission #ecumenical

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 17d

Good to be at the Love Rural Mission conference in Bury St Edmunds for the next few days @churchesengland.bsky.social @arthurrankcentre.bsky.social @ruralmissions.bsky.social
@methodist.org.uk

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Churches Together in England @churchesengland.bsky.social · 20d

We would love you and your church to join the global call to #PrayForPeace in the Middle East this Sunday, 21 September.

cte.org.uk/middle-east-...

Thank you to Rev Meelis Suld from the Council of Lutheran Churches in Great Britain for his organisation's support

#ChuchesTogether #PrayTogether

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 21d

This is amazing....

Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 21d

Corinne Tell - Histoire De Cœur [France, Synthpop, Electronic] (1987)
https://redd.it/1n0tkdq
https://youtu.be/ZJb2os5M98E

Corinne Tell - Histoire De Cœur [France, Synthpop, Electronic] (1987)

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 21d

Good to witness the anti-racism, anti-fascism, solidarity with Palestine gathering at Westminster yesterday on my way to Lambeth where good conversations and good canapés built deeper relationships #ecumenical

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 22d

I'm off to London today for the ecumenical leaders reception at Lambeth Palace with the Bishop of Europe and other friends... #ecumenical

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Churches Together in England @churchesengland.bsky.social · 22d

Today we're sharing 3 perspectives from @churchesengland.bsky.social Principal Officers on 'The Quiet Revival' + other recent reports about church growth

Are our Member Churches flourishing and/or fading?

cte.org.uk/flourishi... by Mission & Evangelism specialist, Ben Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 22d

I was talking to Beth about this project when I was teaching at @sarumcollege.bsky.social this summer. Looks excellent

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 23d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.co.uk

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 23d

Great news.

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 23d

John 3:8 "The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 23d

I like the pleats in your chinos

Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 24d

I hope that goes really well Grace

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Benjamin Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social · 25d

This 👇

Charity Shop Classics @charityclassics.bsky.social · Sep 7

#nowplaying The London Philharmonic Orchestra "Funk The 5th"

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Charity Shop Classics @charityclassics.bsky.social · Sep 7

#nowplaying The London Philharmonic Orchestra "Funk The 5th"

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