Two Agendas


These two agendas, only one of which is made up, demonstrate the difference between:

doing ecumenical things and doing things ecumenically.


Churches Together in Manyaplace

(meeting in the vestry of St Mungo’s)

  1. Week of Prayer arrangements
       just the one service?
       which church this year?
       whose turn to invite a preacher?
  2. Lenten house groups?
       fully ecumenical or just open
       what course shall we follow?
  3. Arrangements for Holy Week
       Good Friday silent procession
  4. A songs of praise evening?
  5. Pentecost in the Park?
  6. Date and venue for the AGM?
  7. AOB?
    Christmas arrangements
       next time, as it’s nine o’clock?

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Churches Together in the Real Borough of Sometown

(meeting in the Medical Services Centre)

  1. Speaker: Community Partnership Officer on "Neighbourhood Renewal"
  2.    Churches’ response re Community Partnership?
  3.    Churches’ role re admin. of  the Community Empowerment Fund?
  4.    How to deal with consultation documents re Lifelong Learning?
  5.    School Governors – how to encourage and train them
  6.    Housing Stock Transfer – report on ballot of tenants and issues arising
  7.    Report from our representative on the Town’s Health Panel
  8.    Local situation in respect of Asylum Seekers
  9.    Churches Together and Inter-Faith?
  10.    Conference-planning – re practical engagement
  11.    News from the churches
  12.    Information from CTE
  13.    Topics for future meetings?
  14.    Next meeting – as arranged

Which one would you rather go to?