The Poiema Community is led by Andrea and Pete Ward. They are assisted by several volunteers and community explorers, without whom the work of Poiema would be impossible.
More biographical details and information on the story of the Poiema Community will be included here soon.
Andrea and Pete are both licensed by the Diocese of Carlisle, in the Church of England.
Poiema exists to help everyone we meet gain a deeper understanding of how they are both seen by God as His handiwork or masterpiece, and blessed with a purpose, or ‘vocation’, flowing from who He has made them to be. This vision is based on Ephesians Chapter 2, verse 10, in the Bible:
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
The Community takes its name from the Greek word that is used in the Bible for ‘handiwork’, Poiema.
Our hearts desire is to help people gain a deeper understanding of how they are both seen by God as His handiwork, and blessed with a vocation flowing from who He has made them to be. The name of the community, Poiema, is derived from the Greek word for handiwork in the Bible in Ephesians 2:10.