Seedbeds

Releasing God given potential in local people & places. @DrAshBarker @NewbiginSchool #ChangeMakers #ChangeIncubators #Pilgrims #Pioneers #Scholars #Equippers

[Seedbeds @SeedbedsOrg]

Here is our latest Seedbeds newsletter, including a summary of 2025. Hoping you have an inspiring and insightful 2026! https://t.co/6sBstKyXUN

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

We’re testing a new Readiness Survey. Designed to help discover how ready you are to grow faith, community & local flourishing right where you live. https://t.co/Cd82uJolAh It’s free, gives personalised next steps & can make a real difference in how you live, where you live.

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Introducing our new @SeedbedsOrg #LocalReadinessSurvey If you want to flourish in your local community then find out your next steps here. https://t.co/anKqrWglmJ via @LinkedIn

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Really enjoyed this interview on #GodConversations with Tania Harris. “God’s God's Voice Among the Urban Poor - Ash Barker https://t.co/GNHlcms1yd via @YouTube

[Seedbeds @SeedbedsOrg]

Where’s your local agency readiness at?

Answer 24 questions to discover how you can take your next steps in local flourishing.  

https://t.co/Bd84J6rzDq

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Here is my @SeedbedsOrg Christmas email around joy as recognising gifts. https://t.co/jjNPfTA0Ho

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

We have a chance to secure Newbigin House with @NewbiginC, but we need your help. Every penny counts! Giving details are here: https://t.co/gnUl0M0p9H

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Our very first Cohort of the the NCFE Certificate 3 in Sustainable Community Leadership came together for orientation today. Dreams can come true! @SeedbedsOrg, @BirminghamChristianCollege, @NewbiginC

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

The national and international outlook can look bleak! However, I still believe in local as a way of flourishing in life together! All that to say I renewed my @CoopParty membership today. We want to put local communities at the heart of decision-making.

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Congratulations to Newbigin Pioneering Cohort 3! A huge year to incubate life and mission culminating in a pitch to an a lustrous resource panel. Inspirational final day. Grateful to all who made this day possible. @SeedbedsOrg @UnitedReformed @CongFed @CMSPioneer

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Check out my latest article: Why Seedbeds Needs Cohorts: From Crowds to Community via Communitas https://t.co/onRIKgHQ2O via @LinkedIn

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Pilgrimage creates opportunity for connections, awareness & growth. Our latest @SeedbedsOrg #Pilgrims experienced this on #StCuthbertsWay this week. Grateful to all who made this possible! See this video by @ashbarker1969 https://t.co/JhVc60gSXi

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Leo XIV explains his choice of name:

"... I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour."

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Connected with our @SeedbedsOrg and @NUGMyanmar Burmese colleagues over the weekend. The earthquake it’s far worse than is being reported. Could be over 10,000 deaths. The Junta are even bombing impacted areas. @SeedbedsOrg has launched an appeal we need your urgent help.

[Seedbeds @SeedbedsOrg]

@RestIsPolitics @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret What about the latest tourism advert by the Myanmar “Government”? https://t.co/Pbl7N9uhdT

[Lesslie Newbigin @LesslieNewbigin]

We need the witness of Christians of other cultures to correct our culturally conditioned understanding of Scripture.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Jesus said clearly: “Just as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me” (Mt 25:40). Jesus asks you to discover Him in the members of society who are poor, despised, and abandoned. What a beautiful encounter that can be! #DilexitNos

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Here is our annual @SeedbedsOrg : #AdventAppeal and my Advent video message. This year we are focussing on our Burmese refugee friends and their connections with Christ the refugee. Love your support. https://t.co/zulRK9PUtZ

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

Ash Barker's Advent message 2024 https://t.co/tsaYWmNgu2 via @YouTube

[Ash Barker @DrAshBarker]

So blessed to have Simon Cross come and share on Mission Spirituality with our #Pioneers today. Centring prayer, Lectio Divina and Enneagram are such great approaches for the self awareness and healthy connections we need. @UnitedReformed @CMSPioneer @SeedbedsOrg @CongFed