Events

A TWO DAY INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION ON HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH HOLY SCRIPTURE, ENABLED BY THE WILD GOOSE RESOURCE GROUP The Bible … … open or closed? … public or private? … experience or theory? … dynamic or dead? Many lay people feel inadequate when speaking about the Bible. And quite a few ministers and priests find reflecting …

AN EVENING CONCERT Janne Mark writes hymns. Yet there is nothing about her that is stuck in a fusty tradition. She writes in the here and now, she is socially aware and committed, and in her work she draws on the freedom of jazz and all of the breadth of the Scandinavian folk tradition. And that …

Is populism on the rise? Across the political spectrum, populism is considered a catch-all category to be critiqued: describing something as populist and dismissing something as populist go hand in hand. But theological justifications of populism, such as the identification of Christianity with Europe, resonate with mainstream political positions that are articulated and accepted in …

A short retreat to gather with others in ministry and to reflect, re-align and to rest in order to re-engage. Your guide throughout the programme will be Di Murray who will provide the “container, content and containment” over this 3 day experiential learning program. We will be working with the core values underpinning the ComingUp4Air model- Curiosity, …

A new conference to support those involved in early years ministry. Strong roots of security, identity and wellbeing give us all wings to fly to be all that we can be. There is a direct connection between the experiences of early childhood and subsequent adult flourishing. 52% of the UK’s under-5s attend a church-based toddler group …

A CPD event for ministers and worship leaders, offering resources for the year ahead, including new scholarship on Paul, Matthew’s Gospel, and preaching in missional contexts. Speakers include Dr Matthew Novenson and Dr Sandy Forsyth. This event is Study Leave eligible.  

Can masculinity be both wild and sacred? In a post-Weinstein, me too world, can poet Mary Olivers soulful exhortation to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves truly apply to men? Nick Thorpe believes so. Here he offers an interactive workshop that seeks to go beyond the often-binary media narrative in …

Applications for the 2019 programme are now open. Helping lay and ordained leaders from all denominations to develop creative, entrepreneurial skills for rural church leadership. Germinate Leadership is for lay and ordained leaders in rural churches who have already displayed some creative and entrepreneurial flair in ministry and are keen to develop themselves and their …