Geoff & Mary Norridge
A collection of biblically-based equipping resources for pastors, spiritual companions, marriage and family life, developed and written by Geoff & Mary Norridge.
By Geoff & Mary Norridge and friends
The Call to Care is a compilation of many things we learnt and valued through nearly 60 years in pastoral ministry. Every Christian can care for another person, but many tend to disqualify themselves because some terms sound intimidating — so we’ve chosen to use the more accessible term, ‘Pastoral Friend’.
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Wind & Wells was written following a profound personal encounter with the Lord. Through 60 years of walking with Jesus, Geoff and his wife, Mary, have sought to be carried along by the Wind of the Holy Spirit. He recounts some of their many adventures in faith, answers to prayer, interventions by God and discovery of ways of the Lord.
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A short book, sets of booklets and presentations on marriage and parenting, built on what the Bible shows about how God builds a home. All free to download, print and use.
Marriage resources → Parenting resources →A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Friends
Geoff & Mary Norridge and friends
The Call to Care is a compilation of many things we learnt and valued through nearly 60 years in pastoral ministry. Every Christian can care for another person, but many tend to disqualify themselves because some terms sound intimidating — so we’ve chosen to use the more accessible term, ‘Pastoral Friend’.
Take a look at the extract of the book to see Endorsements, Contents, Introduction and more — and see how it has the potential to equip and strengthen pastoral care in your church community.
Geoff and Mary’s authentic voice and collaborative approach shine through every chapter, equipping leaders and believers to be pastoral friends in a rapidly changing world. It is a timely and Spirit-led resource for the Church today.
This excellent book contains wisdom gleaned over years and is produced here in a way that is both accessible and inspiring. This is a timely book, full of timeless principles.
The Call to Care is profound, but not heavy; challenging, but not discouraging; practical, but not prescriptive. They talk about being a ‘pastoral friend’ and that is the whole tone of the book. They don’t come as experts telling us what to do, but as friends sharing accumulated wisdom. It is a very timely book, and I thoroughly recommend it.
This book champions a missional perspective on pastoral ministry. And another thing we love is that it’s authentic; Geoff and Mary have lived what they have written. The pages drip with the distilled wisdom of experience and provide practical encouragement for all who care for others or aspire to. It’s indispensable!
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Contact usBy Geoff & Mary Norridge
Wind & Wells was written following a profound personal encounter with the Lord. Through 60 years of walking with Jesus, Geoff and his wife, Mary, have sought to be carried along by the Wind of the Holy Spirit. He recounts some of their many adventures in faith, answers to prayer, interventions by God and discovery of ways of the Lord.
From the Well of Living Water, the Holy Spirit, believers are provided with many expressions of that well to use in accomplishing God’s Kingdom purposes. Geoff looks at a few of those wells and their importance. The Lord is calling his people to maintain and re-dig them to ensure that they are flowing freely.
Wind & Wells is immensely readable and a great testimony to Geoff and Mary’s story and heritage. I hope lots of people read it and are provoked to seek the ways of the Spirit much more eagerly.
The Psalmist writes ‘One generation commends your works to another, they tell of your mighty acts.’ Wind & Wells does exactly that. This book is a celebration of God’s work in the lives of Geoff and Mary, and their wider family of churches. A provocation to us all to keep pursuing more of God!”
An easy-to-read but deeply provoking book. Celtic Christians called the Holy Spirit ‘the Wild Goose’. May we have faith to fly — whatever the cost.
Geoff encourages the re-opening of blocked wells, enabling us to rediscover neglected values laid down by the founders of our movement. May this book help to revitalise the biblical ministry of the Holy Spirit in all our churches
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Today, many people are at best confused and certainly ambivalent about marriage. If the church is going to be prophetic to this generation, it needs to find a practical strategy to help others – both within the church and outside of it – to rediscover why God says marriage is so important.
This book presents a brief Biblical basis for marriage, an assessment of current cultural trends and a strategy for practical action. Rather than simply sit and wring our hands in dismay, we can do something!
Marriage Matters is not intended to be a comprehensive manual on marriage – there are plenty of excellent books which do that. Rather it is a prophetic call, full of practical ideas, for raising the esteem of ‘the holy estate of matrimony’ in our society. Whether you are a pastor, leader, youth worker – or just an ‘average Christian’ wanting to help your friend or neighbour – this book shows that you can play a part in turning the tide of decay in your nation.
The decline of marriage and moral standards is severe and the link between them, to the average person, clear, even if politicians refuse to acknowledge it. The church has both the responsibility and ability to ‘turn the tide’ of decay. I commend this book to you and encourage you to read it and act upon it.
Geoff & Mary Norridge are strategists with a passion to see marriage strengthened in society. In this excellent book they show how any of us, (married or single) can make a difference and how together we can turn the tide of marriage breakdown. If every church included ‘Marriage Matters’ as part of their pastoral training, our society could be transformed.
Geoff & Mary Norridge draws on their extensive wisdom and experience, and gives a clear practical strategy, rooted in Scripture for supporting and strengthening marriage. This book is a timely challenge for us all!
Set of 8 booklets
Marriage God’s Way uses the picture described in Proverbs 24:3,4:
Through skilful and godly wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established (on a sound and good foundation). And by knowledge shall the chambers (of its every area) be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.Proverbs 24:3,4 AMPC
This set of booklets traces the stages of a man and a woman building their ‘house’ (their marriage, their home, their family) together.
Throughout Marriage God’s Way, we have endeavoured to provide a Biblical basis and perspective for each topic covered. This helps to reduce the influence of culture—whether continental or national or even within a nation. It helps us to look at Marriage God’s Way. (An earlier edition was produced in English, Polish, French and Malayalam.) We have used this material extensively for Marriage Enrichment Retreats and in Bible colleges in UK and other countries. Because of its strong Biblical basis, it has the potential to cross cultural boundaries.
Each of the eight booklets is referred to as a Chapter:
Geoff and Mary Norridge and my wife and I worked as friends and colleagues in ministry for many years. Their pastoral insight and care for people is second to none. These excellent booklets for marriage preparation and enrichment are born out of a wealth of experience. They are a great resource for those wanting to develop their marriage, and for spiritual leaders who supporting the already-married and those preparing for marriage, still one of the great adventures of life. The wisdom in this course is priceless, and the presentation thorough and sensitive. I highly recommend these booklets!
We loved this material at our time of marriage preparation and this revised edition is great. It will bless all who use it and so needed when many people (even from church backgrounds) missed out on this important opportunity.
It is an honour and privilege to commend to all the readers of these series of material on Marriage written by Geoff & Mary. I have sat through their ministry in the yesteryears and was amazed to see that it was totally relevant to the Asian audience. The content was biblical and not western and so it was transcultural. This subject is an ever-needy subject that has to be regularly addressed in all churches and communities.
Strong marriages build healthy families and communities. Geoff and Mary have a great track record in both! This course has the power to help, improve and develop you to be a blessing to your home and society. Using the Bible as their foundation, they have brought basic Biblical principles to the fore of how to build marriage successfully. This course is guaranteed to improve your marriage whether you’re engaged to be married, newly married or have celebrated your Golden Wedding! We would urge every couple to work through these pages and expect revitalisation, lots of challenges and moments of laughter.
Family Life God’s Way
In this section:
A Family Life booklet
God has a purpose for every one of us which can be summed up as to be fruitful and to rule (Genesis 1:28), i.e. to further God’s Kingdom.
God… gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.2 Corinthians 5:18-21 NIV
As “Christ’s Ambassadors”, we can consider our home as an “Embassy of The Kingdom of God.”
We all have a home—whether house or apartment, shared or sole occupancy—but how will we use it to his glory? In this booklet, we’re looking at how practically our home can be effective in doing that. This is a great resource to use in a small group setting.
Set of 8 booklets
Parenting is the most important task any human being ever undertakes. It’s about caring for and shaping a precious life—and the effect of that carries on into the next few generations. It is loaded with emotions of all sorts, many challenges and rich rewards. It can send us to God in ways few other things can!
There are many good parenting courses available which emphasise techniques and deal with solving practical day-to-day issues—and we all need that. But no course can deal with every issue which we may face. However, if we can find some principles, we will have tools which will help us whatever occurs.
God is THE Father and the Bible shows us how God parents us. He must be the model for us as we parent our child. So we can be sure the Bible is full of parenting principles which we can apply practically with God’s help.
At each stage of this course, we consider:
Parenting God’s Way is a series of 7 booklets plus a “profile” booklet for each child. There is also a Leader’s Guide to using the course.
There is a PowerPoint presentation for each session of Parenting God’s Way, in editable format. They can be edited to fit with your requirements. Some slides include short video clips.
At the bottom left of each slide is the “Session Number” and the “Page Number” in the corresponding booklet.
About
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
Geoff & Mary Norridge married in 1968. They have been in pastoral ministry for over 50 years, planting churches and leading churches.
They make their home in Oxfordshire, UK and have five married sons and thirteen grandchildren.
A major emphasis of their pastoral ministry has been pastoring congregations, facilitating the development of new pastors and leading family life seminars and pastoral training courses in the UK and a number of other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Geoff & Mary Norridge are part of Oxfordshire Community Churches — a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.
Orders of 5 or more copies of The Call to Care are £10 per copy plus p&p. Ask for postal costs for multiple copies, or for addresses outside the UK. Payment can be made by bank transfer.
