Rural Ministry Round-up Managing a Church Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Centre for Studies in Rural Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 To Set the Prisoner Free? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Small Church Potential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6


Plunkett Foundation offering support for rural community-owned shops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Burford goes West! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Good at Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Raising Money… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9


Rural Spirituality Rural Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Harvest Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Still Small Silent Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Finding Common Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 A Young Farmer’s Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Fruits of the Vine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Faith in Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Journeying On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Elliot’s Thing! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Play Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Retreating in the Countryside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 A Rural Sanctuary of Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24


Worship Resources Worship resource – new hymns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26


Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27


Country Way Editorial Group Susan Atkinson


Agricultural Christian Fellowship Robert Barlow


Chaplain to Agriculture & Rural Life, Diocese of Worcester Gill Crippen Gordon Gatward Director, Arthur Rank Centre Jill Hopkinson


National Rural Officer, Church of England


Graham Jones


National Rural Officer for the Methodist and United Reformed Churches +Mark Rylands


Rural Theology Association Simon Martin Training Resources Officer, Arthur Rank Centre Barry Osborne


Rural Evangelism Network


Note: The views of individual writers expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect editorial group policy


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