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DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS

BEST FRIENDS secure accountability

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CRITICAL FRIEND?

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‘FRIEND WHO HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO CRITIQUE.’

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WHO I AM COMMITTED TO AND WHO KNOWS I AM COMMITTED TO THEM

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DISTINCTIVELY CHRISTIANChurch School Governance

“Christian practices are such that a Christian normative vision is part and parcel of what these

practices are… Practices are essentially belief-shaped and beliefs are essentially practice-shaping”

Miroslav Volf Theology for a Way of Life

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… and the scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

James 2:23 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Bernard Meltzer

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“A FRIEND IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU AND LOVES YOU JUST THE SAME” Elbert Hubbard, American editor, publisher and writer, 1856-1915

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–Jesus: John 15.12-15

“12 My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not

know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my

Father I have made known to you.”

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5 MARKS OF AN ‘EFFECTIVE FRIEND’

1. Will support you no matter what

2. You can trust and who won’t judge you

3. Who won’t put you down or deliberately hurt your feelings

4. Who shows loyalty and has respect for you

5. Willing to tell you the truth, even when it’s hard

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BEST FRIENDS secure accountabilityNCCE Liverpool Hope University

Governor Training Programme

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