{"id":9159,"date":"2021-01-01T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=9159"},"modified":"2020-12-16T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:30:00","slug":"welcome-to-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/thoughts-from-the-cvm-team\/welcome-to-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A year ago today, if I had asked you what you thought 2020 would be like you would have probably listed loads of things that didn\u2019t include a global pandemic.&nbsp; We ended up with lockdown, a hit on global markets, widespread closures of the high street as we know it and church buildings across the globe shutting their doors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The future now seems so incredibly uncertain and we can waste so much of our lives worrying about it. I also spent much of 2020 reading the news, lost in headlines and wondering how this all plays out. I have decided that 2021 won\u2019t be the same for me, and I want to invite you to journey with CVM as we focus on Jesus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does that mean? Well it means you can expect to hear more about Jesus, in our emails in our blogs in our events and resources. I want to go to the places Jesus would go to, I want to see what he would say, see what he would do and see how he would act if he were me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to read more in the bible about Jesus. I want to listen to people share who Jesus is to them. I want to understand more about the teaching of Jesus and how it impacts and applies to my life and to yours. I want to experience more of the life of Jesus, more of the hope he brings and more of the peace he offers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I am inviting you to journey with CVM this year and to get closer to Jesus. To see where and how he is moving and follow him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a movement at CVM we have one core aim, to introduce men to Jesus. 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