Andrew Conlan
Andrew has been the South West regional coordinator for four years. He is also lead elder at Abbey Church in Gloucester. Before that he was the team leader at Forefront community church in Chard, Somerset.
Married to Kim, an NHS councillor, and together experiencing the joys of being grandparents.
A long suffering Birmingham City supporter, he has to go fishing at regular intervals to deal with his disappointments.
Contact Andrew:
email: andrew.conlan@partnershipuk.org
tel: 07777 613405
South West Partnership Activities
As a Partnership church in the South West of England there is lots for you to get involved with. There are regular ‘cluster’ meetings where leaders from local churches gather together to pray, encourage one another and share ideas and experiences. In the South West the clusters are:- Cornwall
- Exeter
- Forest of Dean
- Gloucester
- South Somerset
Upcoming events
Recent events
On Thursday 11th November, church leaders in the South West gathered at King Street Chapel, Tiverton for an evening with Jonathan Lamb, author of ‘Essentially One’ focussing on the subject of Unity. This is a recording of that meeting
On Thursday 1st July, church leaders in the South West gathered online to think about how local churches can best serve their communities.
On Thursday 11th February, church leaders in the South West met online to learn from church leaders, health workers and youth workers about how to provide pastoral care during the current pandemic. The theme ‘Connected Care’, looked at the following questions:
What is good practice for video?
How can we mix video, calls messaging?
What meeting is possible?
We hope the recording (included above) equips and encourages you as you continue to minister during this time.
Resources
- On Thursday 19th November church leaders in the South West met online to share ideas about ‘Sharing Hope’ and celebrating Christmas in a time of Covid 19. Please click here for a summary of the ideas shared.
- Recording of South West Zoom meeting: Reaching out whilst being locked in can be found here.
- Chris Reveley spoke at a gathering of the Partnership London and South East hub on July 10th 2020 about mission, outreach and growth as the church comes out of lockdown. Play the video below to hear some of his thoughts and questions about going forwards.