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Jonny Pollock

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Christ Follower /// Husband /// Father /// Pastor of Calvary Church Loughrea /// Intrested in Missiology & Pioneer Planting /// Co. Galway. #Ireland Substack: https://substack.com/@jonnypollockwrites

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Ten questions with Jonny Pollock Jonny Pollock is married to Julie and father to Benjamin, Joshua and Caleb, as well as the pastor of Calvary Church Loughrea in Galway. He enjoys reading, writing, soccer and coffee. One of those fuel...

In between the summer showers, I've recently been up on the @EvangelicalsNow '10 Questions' list...
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Seminars – New Horizon

If you're at the North Coast from the 2nd-8th August, New Horizon will be a great event to attend. If you're around on the 5th, you can come and hear @jsalanwilson and I chat about the journey of a leader...

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Weak & Foolish: Exactly How God Wants Us Why The Gospel Doesn’t Need Celebrities

New Post: Evangelicals don’t have popes, but at times it appears that we sure want them.

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Give Us Our Weekly Bread Baking Bread & Learning Lessons

My new article today on baking communion bread and pastoral ministry...

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Running in summer is half energy expended by running, and half by fighting flies…

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Getting Back To Basics Rediscovering Our Foundations in a Post-Christian Culture

Perhaps we assume too much when we talk about our faith. Yet, getting back to basics is probably the best remedy to this!

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How To Pray: A Basic Introduction For New Believers eBook : Pollock, Jonny: Amazon.co.uk: Books How To Pray: A Basic Introduction For New Believers eBook : Pollock, Jonny: Amazon.co.uk: Books

My little book will be out in less than two months! It is a very basic introduction to prayer, and perfect for new believers…

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Missional Formation Developing Church Planters for Post‑Christian Landscapes

How can we develop the next generation of pastors and church planters?
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I'm always frustrated that great resources get released just after I've preached on that particular book! πŸ˜‚

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Kings Kaleidoscope - How Deep (Audio)
YouTube video by KingsKVEVO Kings Kaleidoscope - How Deep (Audio)

My Sermon Song this week ties to my talk in Luke 7:36-50… and is from one of my favourite bands singing one of my favourite hymns…

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My Sermon Song each week is a song that I think ties to the theme of my passage for Sunday…

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Are We Discipling The Joy Out Of Christians? Returning to a less efficient faith...

Been writing this for about 3 months, but it's been on my heart for many years... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/are-we-dis...

01.07.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm reading for my sermon this week in Luke 7:36-50. With the advent of selfies and filters in 2010, we can hide and amend how we look to supplement how we feel. However, this often has the opposite effect. Worship of Jesus is a rediscovery of peace with our authentic self...

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This is a LONG one, but something I’ve been working on for a couple of months now… it’ll be available tomorrow…

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Editing a waaaaaaaaay too long article for next week on how we can disciple the joy out of Christians… somehow in editing it I’m making it longer… πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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Our culture masks fear, loneliness and insecurity behind rage and outrage. I see it all around, and it breaks my heart because we’ve built up so many walls to prevent the healing that we need in community.

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Discipleship & Apple Trees The Art of Sustainability & Repeatability

Discipleship and the pathway to sustainability and repeatability...

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This is an important read from @stevekneale.buildingjerusalem.blog

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Spinning Plates Church Planting and Traits of ADHD

This is a topic that I wrote about years ago, and since then in conversation it has come up over and over (and over!) again…

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Poor Bishop Hooper - Parables
YouTube video by Poor Bishop Hooper Poor Bishop Hooper - Parables

Sermon Songs this week on my preaching passage of Luke 5. I know this song is related to Matthews Gospel, but there’s something about Jesus teaching in parables that this song speaks to. A wonderful song from Poor Bishop Hooper…

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Pastor: Don't Be Afraid Of Average Moneyball & Small Church Ministry

Are we overlooking the value of ordinary acts of faithfulness in small church ministry? jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/pastor-don...

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If you are in small church ministry, and you would like to read an Irish guy completely misunderstand the sport of baseball, this article might just be for you!

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This September I'll be releasing a book! It's a little introduction to prayer for people who have newly come to faith. I had the blessing of someone taking time to show me how to pray when I first became a Christian. I hope it'll be a help! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FBSF8BD3

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Farther Along
YouTube video by Josh Garrels - Topic Farther Along

Songs for sermons today is for this Sunday’s passage in Luke 5:1-32… not sure why but I’ve been listening back through Josh Garrells, and thinking about being outsiders who’ve been brought in by the grace of Jesus… have a listen to this amazing song… youtu.be/EWBGcNb9F5c?...

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Back to the movies for my next article this coming week; Moneyball and Small Church Ministry...

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Moving Beyond "I'm Fine” Developing Communities of Grace

How to we get beyond superficial community in our churches? jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/moving-bey...

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Sometimes the sharing of β€œprayer points” can be code for a kind of sanctified gossip...

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The Fellowship of the Lonely Why Are So Many Church Leaders Feeling Alone?

Is feeling isolated a common experience for people in ministry?

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Been mulling over this article for a while...

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Thanks for this @stevekneale.buildingjerusalem.blog - I've been sketching things down for a while on how 'Pastor' has come to mean something wildly ambiguous these days, and crushingly vague. This has been a help!

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