{"id":1978,"date":"2011-12-08T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T08:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2015-02-16T11:03:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T11:03:52","slug":"what-it-says-on-the-tin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/what-it-says-on-the-tin\/","title":{"rendered":"What it says on the tin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/On-the-tin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1981\" title=\"On-the-tin\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/On-the-tin-300x193.jpg?resize=300%2C193\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The winner of the Yorkie Bar prize for naming the CVM &#8217;50 plus group&#8217; was Keith Harper from the Netherlands &#8230; he wisely suggested that we keep it as it is &#8211; 50 Plus &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;it does exactly what<br \/>\nit says on the tin&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our thanks to Roger Leitch, Mike Stenbrook, David Entrican and Oliver Street who gave some good ideas and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>The message that I keep hearing from lots of guys who want to reach the &#8217;50 plus&#8217; is what Jesus said, &#8220;&#8230; go and make disciples &#8230;&#8221;, this means both being discipled and making disciples: we are talking about small groups of 3 or 4 men meeting up regularly to encourage each other and gradually develop their gifts. This is a command of Jesus and not an option.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share your experience on this theme, please contact me on eddie.james@ cvm.org.uk or make comments on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>God bless you, Eddie<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/what-it-says-on-the-tin\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winner of the Yorkie Bar prize for naming the CVM &#8217;50 plus group&#8217; was Keith Harper from the Netherlands &#8230; he wisely suggested that we keep it as it is &#8211; 50 Plus &#8211; &#8220;it does exactly what it says on the tin&#8221; Our thanks to Roger Leitch, Mike Stenbrook, David Entrican and Oliver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":5895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[323,23,39,48,74,110,125,192],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CVM-50plus-blog-640x360.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PoLK-vU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1897,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/cvm-50-plus-group\/","url_meta":{"origin":1978,"position":0},"title":"CVM 50 plus group","date":"10 November 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Who are these guys? 50 plus ... that is ancient! 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