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Category: Building Management

Managing public buildings, owned by faith communities and balancing those groups needs and wants can be tricky. These articles might help.

  • AdventWord 2022: Traveller

    AdventWord 2022: Traveller

    Previous Next Where life takes us… As a family, we are regularly on the move. My husband’s career has moulded me, and our three daughters, into seasoned travellers. Our journey is unpredictable but often full of opportunity. Each place we visit is a chance to experience different customs and cultures. Fortunate to meet new friends

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  • AdventWord 2022: Stranger

    AdventWord 2022: Stranger

    Participation in Meetings Qf&p 3.10 “Remember the onerous task laid upon the clerk and do all you can to assist. Submit information about matters to come before the meeting in good time and preferably in writing. Avoid if you possibly can any last-minute messages to the clerk. Give your whole attention to the matter before

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  • AdventWord 2022: Messenger

    AdventWord 2022: Messenger

    Photo by Alexander Shatov In today’s technologically advanced society, when I think about the term ‘messenger’ I think of a chosen app on our smartphones or computer. Historically we required a physical messenger to distribute our message (via town crier, pigeon or possibly on foot). Today we are overwhelmed with a catalogue of digital apps

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  • AdventWord 2022: Flourish

    AdventWord 2022: Flourish

    Image: Bret Jordan I do not know the course I am to run, all is hid in mystery, but I try to do right in everything… Look up to true religion as the very first of blessings, cherish it, nourish and let it flourish and bloom in my heart; it wants taking care of, it

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  • AdventWord 2022: Breathe

    AdventWord 2022: Breathe

    According to WebMD we breathe over 20,000 times a day. Our lungs continually work hard to supply oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide. Each deep breath we take relaxes the body, can reduce stress and stimulates our lymphatic system (helping the body to detoxify). Breathing is often a mechanism that we take for

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  • Hybrid Working & Worshipping

    How have you found hybrid working and worship? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it work better?

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  • AdventWord 2022: Welcome

    AdventWord 2022: Welcome

    The word derives from the old English term ‘wilcuma’. This literally translates to a welcome guest. One who’s coming suits another’s will or wish. This is often a term of endearment when greeting others.  As we move through #Advent and before we draw a close to 2022, the whole team at #MBS would like to

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  • AdventWord 2022: Rain

    AdventWord 2022: Rain

    Alistair Macrobert “A sudden concentration of attention on a rainy August morning. Clusters of bright red berries, some wrinkled, some blemished, others perfect, hanging among green leaves. The experience could not have lasted more than a few seconds, but that was a moment out of time. I was caught up in what I saw: I

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