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John Alderdice

@rev_mac

Husband, dad, Ordained Minister - Superintendent of the Ballynafeigh Methodist Circuit, Former Director of Arrow Leadership Ireland. Views my own.

 Northern Ireland
Joined February 2009
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The most meaningful kind of work isn’t about what you do. It’s about who you lead. Leadership shapes confidence, character, and dignity.
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Dublin City University@DCU4 May 2025
The use of the term 'soft skills' persists to the detriment of the very skills it supposedly encapsulates - so what should they be called? Piece by Dr Ciarán Dunne @CiaranTDunne, Transversal Skills Director at DCU, for @RTEBrainstorm. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3SnXtQF
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@cnieuwhof7 Nov 2024
The reason change is so difficult in many churches is that members fall in love with methods, not with the mission.
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Dr Krish Kandiah OBE@krishk6 Nov 2024
Excuse the emotion in this video. I have been wrestling all day with how to respond to #DonaldTrump winning the presidency again. It's time for a resistance of compassion... @RoryStewartUK @Christianitymag premierchristianity.com/opin…
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Rich Villodas@richvillodas22 Aug 2024
In my role as a pastor, I’m not trying to get everyone to agree on everything so much as I’m attempting to create environments where our disagreements don’t automatically become cause for disunity.
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@susie_dent19 Jun 2024
A pretty etymology to kick off the day: the 'daisy' takes its name from the Old English 'dæges ēage', 'day's eye', because the flower opens its petals at dawn and slowly closes its 'eye' again at dusk.
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He's won it all 🎶 Jonny Evans has now won EVERY major trophy there is to win with @ManUtd 🏆 #EmiratesFACup
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@PickardJE25 May 2024
Yes Minister on bringing back national service
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Word of the day is ‘absquatulate’ (19th century): to leave in a hurry.
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John Harris@johnharris196922 May 2024
A man in a soaking suit, as he shouts over the Labour 97 anthem. Achingly apt
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The42.ie@The42_ie8 May 2024
Ulster set to appoint Murphy as head coach on a permanent basis: the42.ie/6374322
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Rich Villodas@richvillodas12 Apr 2024
The restoration of the Church will surely come from a sort of new monasticism...[which carries] the uncompromising attitude of a life lived according to the Sermon on the Mount in the following of Christ. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Rich Villodas@richvillodas9 Feb 2024
Christian churches are not as a rule, model communities of good behavior. They are, rather, [to be] places where human misbehavior is brought out in the open, faced, and dealt with. - Eugene Peterson
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MCB RUGBY@mcb_rugby9 Feb 2024
Saturday 10th February Schools’ Cup Quarter Final Methodist College vs Sullivan Upper 10.30 kick off Enclosure
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Ulster Rugby
@UlsterRugby30 Jan 2024
✨ 25 years ago today... ✨
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Schools' Cup Quarter Final Draw 👊💥
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MCB RUGBY@mcb_rugby25 Jan 2024
Saturday 27th January Schools’ Cup fourth Round Methodist College vs Rainey Endowed School 10.45 kick off @ Rainey.
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MCB RUGBY@mcb_rugby7 Dec 2023
Thomas Creighton gave incredible service to Methodist College. He won many accolades throughout his four decades at the College, including twelve Medallion Shields. On Saturday we gathered to honour his service and rename the Medallion Pitch, The Thomas Creighton Medallion Pitch.
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People in pastoral ministry handle multiple complex things all the time. Many personal, emotional and un-putdownable. Often more than is actually possible to do Triage, organisation, delegation, minimising over-complication & saying no are essential to avoiding overwhelm
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