Ministry in the Diocese of London
The Diocese’s first Clergy Study Summit took place last Thursday at Church House Westminster, hosted by the Bishop of London. It was attended by over 550 clergy and feedback suggests it was exceptionally well received.
The keynotes and focus sessions were all recorded. See the Study Summit website for more information about the speakers.
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Get your church noticed: connect with your community
These two half-day workshops are designed to help you give your church communications a makeover and increase the impact of what you do. In the morning, pick up simple communication strategies and apply them to what you’re already doing, such as church logos, noticeboards, websites, and newsletters. In the afternoon, discuss new ideas for promotional materials such as posters and leaflets, get an overview of working with your local paper or radio station, and pick up the basics of social media. Come for either the morning or the afternoon, or stay all day.
For more information and to book online visit www.churchcommstraining.org/churchcomms.php or call 020 7898 1465.
Do you create printed or web materials for your church or diocese? Effective Design will help you create attractive and effective design for posters, leaflets, magazines and online materials. This half-day course covers the principles of good design, and considers the importance of planning and hierarchy within design. Come and pick up practical tips on everything from the use of fonts to the use of white space, and learn about design resources you will find helpful in your work.
For more information and online booking visit www.churchcommstraining.org/effectivedesign.php or ring 020 7898 1465.
Do you know how you come across when you are giving a talk or presentation? The best way to improve your presentation skills is to see yourself as others see you. This small group workshop uses video playback to assess your public speaking style, and expert coaching to build on your strengths.
For more information and to book online visit: www.churchcommstraining.org/presentation.php or call 020 7898 1465.
Millions of people tune into ‘Thought for the Day’ or ‘Pause for thought’ slots on radio stations around the country. Come and learn how to fit a theological reflection on the current news agenda into 2 minutes. The day includes a discussion of the theology and purpose of Thought for the Day, help on writing a script and the opportunity to practice delivering your script.
For more information and to book online visit: www.churchcommstraining.org/thoughtforday.php or ring 020 7898 1465.
3D Coaching and Coaching4Clergy have arranged two training courses:
Vocational Coaching: Monday 1st October at Trinity House, Borough, London 10-4.30 with me
Draw from our experience of working with thousands of people one-to-one, clergy and people of faith, about their vocation, using a coaching style to effect transformational thinking about calling and purpose. Will include coaching skills and vocational ideas.
Creating a Coaching Culture in the Church: Tuesday 2nd October at Derby Church House 10-4.30 with J Val Hastings from Coaching4Clergy
How do we build a culture within the church which is honest, challenging and moves us in the direction we need to travel? You will learn how to create a coaching culture which will transform your church or regional setting. In addition to developing your own coaching competency, you will learn the four keys to successfully creating and sustaining a coaching culture. You will also discover the multiple ways in which coaching skills can enhance your clergy toolkit.
Each day costs £48 inc VAT and everyone who comes will receive a copy of the book, Ministry 3.0: How Today’s Church Leaders Are using Coaching to Transform Ministry. Val and I will be at both days and are both contributing authors in this coaching anthology. One chapter is about using a coaching approach in MDR. Email us to book your space.
You may be interested that 3D now offer a comprehensive range of courses in coaching skills which stand alone or can be used towards accreditation. The events will count as coaching hours towards coaching accreditation.
What does it mean to exercise distinctively Christian leadership in contemporary society?
To help address this vital question, St Mellitus College announces the launch of a groundbreaking MA in Christian Leadership. This innovative programme has been designed for both lay and ordained Christians who are exercising leadership in a number of professional contexts today, including Politics, Business, Media, the Arts, Science and Church.
Examining modern models of leadership from a Christian perspective, students will critically engage with the theology of Power before turning to study the question of Christian leadership in their own chosen field.
The MA is unique in offering such a broad range of areas of study, and students will benefit greatly from interdisciplinary conversation as they discover what it really means to exercise Christian leadership today. With this highly commended course generating great interest, early applications for September enrolment are strongly encouraged. Further details are available on the College’s website: www.stmellitus.org.
The LDBS SCITT trains graduates for a career in teaching in the Early Years and General Primary. We are eager to recruit candidates from our local parishes so that our local communities are represented in the LDBS schools. To that end we would be most grateful if you would display this poster in a prominent place in your church.
The LDBS SCITT is a programme to recruit high quality graduates and train them to become successful, confident, effective teachers, well equipped to teach in a range of urban primary schools. We are privileged to work in culturally rich and diverse communities and we strive to recruit trainees who represent this diversity.
We offer exciting and challenging learning opportunities where trainees experience outstanding teaching across the curriculum. As a small provider we are able to offer a highly personalised approach to the learning experience and excellent pastoral care.
The LDBS SCITT was developed in 1998/9 by a consortium of Church of England primary schools. These schools wanted to contribute to teacher training and support the training and recruitment of teachers for London schools. Although the consortium schools have changed over the years, we currently operate in more than fifty London primary schools.
The LDBS SCITT is a one year PGCE course, validated by the University of Roehampton. From September 2012 we will operate from St James’ School in Bermondsey. We offer 25 places for training in the Early Years 3-7 and 25 places for training in General Primary 5-11 years. [Read more...]
As summer approaches, I’ve been thinking about how to make sure everyone’s as ready as possible for all they’re planning. This new forum for sharing ideas and training may help make advice and resources more accessible.
We’re starting a few drop in clinics, so clergy (particularly new incumbents/curates) and other church staff with a range of small questions can come and ask the various advisors at LDH, without having to book meetings or have a query big enough for a meeting. It’s a new idea for us, but hopefully one that will make it easier for parishes to get everything they need in one place, a bit like a supermarket. [Read more...]
Sport! You may love it or hate it but you can’t really escape it. And with Olympics on the horizon, it’s going to demand even more of our attention! But how are Christians to engage with sport? Do we treat it with suspicion or celebrate it with joy? And what on earth has it got to do with God? [Read more...]
Many of you will have recently received an email from Bishop Richard announcing details of our Study Summit on 20th September 2012. We are very excited about this new venture and are confident that it will be a really fruitful event.
The invitation to attend the Summit is being sent to all Licensed Clergy in London Diocese. There are over 600 clergy in this category, including incumbents, priests-in-charge, curates, chaplains and others, and we are confident of a very high attendance.
Unfortunately we are not able to invite other clergy in the Diocese (including retired clergy, those with Permission to Officiate, etc) as the number would then be in excess of 1,000 and we simply couldn’t accommodate those numbers. Similarly, we are not able to extend the invitation to other colleagues, lay ministers, team members or congregation members; we wouldn’t be able to cope with the numbers of those who might wish to attend.
I am sure that there will be many people who will be disappointed by this, but I would be very grateful if you would explain the rationale behind this decision to any you know who might be wanting to attend.
We are expecting to record the events of the day and have them available on the website, so that nobody will miss out on the high quality input we will receiving and we hope that the material will be a source of inspiration and learning for churches across the Diocese.
With all good wishes,
Neil
What do people see when they come into your church? Or do they come in at all, is the building too unfamiliar, or even locked? Biblical literacy is at such a level now, that a stained-glass window of St Stephen being martyred may not inspire our visitors, but just confuse and perplex them – who are that angry mob with the rocks, and what’s going on? Visual media have come full-circle, and speak well to a modern generation, but without interpretation our buildings may not be sending out the message we’d think.
But with an extra 750,000 people in London, we’ll all feel the impact of the Olympics. Whether you open daily and want to improve the way you present your building to visitors, or you’d just be open as a one-off, perhaps when the marathon passes your church, it’s important to do this well, as it can be the first impression that visitors have of Christianity. Six walking tours are being set up, to guide Olympics visitors from venues back to zone 1 when public transport is overcrowded. Churches on these routes will be open throughout the Games, with innovative publicity drawing in visitors. With all the hype around the Games, a peaceful space and an authentic way of meeting Christians could open doors for faith enquiry, and meet the spiritual needs of the crowds.
A small group has been meeting to discuss ways to enable congregations to make their building more inviting, interpreted, and open. We’d love to invite you to join us, to be trained and equipped by experts from across the country, on a day conference next month.
It will include a talk from the Bishop of London, and practical workshops to train church representatives in areas such as displaying information about your church; security advice on how to leave it unattended; giving guided tours to explain your faith through your building; advertising and using new media. Over lunch there’ll be an opportunity to look at examples of good practice and good ideas from across the UK. The hope is that you’ll leave feeling encouraged but also equipped; if you have existing publicity leaflets to update, or photos of features of the building you’d be opening, do bring them with you.
When: Wednesday 2 November, 10am – 4pm
Where: St Andrew Holborn, Holborn Circus, EC4A 3AB
Who: Keynote talk from the Bishop of London, with workshops from the Bible Society, Visit England, ARC UK, South Yorkshire Heritage Inspired and others.
Cost: £12 including lunch. All are welcome.
For information or to register, please contact Julia Porter-Pryce on 020 7254 5670 or by email (Email: juliap [at] freeuk.com).
A seminar run by financial specialists from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group aimed at younger clergy (age 45 and below) on personal finance issues. 22 September.
See www.london.anglican.org/CME-EventShow_14066 for full information.
Fresh Expressions mission shaped ministry was launched in 2007. Since then, it has been presented in 56 centres across the UK with more than 2,000 people taking part in the one-year, part-time learning journey. Individuals or teams, leaders and members, clergy and lay people learn side by side in the sessions to make msm a major contributor to lay and ordained ministry training.
Youth work training from the Youth Development Project of the Diocese of London. This training is accredited by Open College Network and is Level 02 course with 3 credits. Thursday evenings from 16 June to 28 July.
1) Purpose of youth work
Learning Outcome: Understanding the purpose of youth work as defined by national and local policies
2) Role of a youth worker
Learning Outcome: Understanding the role of a youth worker and its limitations
3) Health and Safety
Learning outcome: Understanding the legal responsibility of the youth worker for the safety of the young people and how this is implemented
4) Safeguarding young people
Learning outcome: Understanding how to respond to signs and disclosures of child abuse and how to protect self and young people in the youth work setting
5) Access and power
Learning outcome: Understanding issues of access and power in youth work
You can now book for courses from the communications training programme run by the Communications Unit at Church House, Westminster.
Training courses on a broad range of topics are offered, including:
Visit www.churchcommstraining.org to find out more.
Toolbox is the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity’s celebrated intensive training programme, helping Christians engage with today’s rapidly changing world by equipping them with skills in biblical interpretation and contemporary cultural engagement. The next course runs June 13-17, 2011.
Visit www.licc.org.uk/engaging-with-culture/licc-toolbox for full information.
This training day will provide you with an introduction into safeguarding and protecting children. 12 March, 10am-3pm. For more details and to book, visit www.london.anglican.org/EventShow_14105.
Made by members of the Church in Nongoma, Zululand, South Africa.
Celebrate Christingle and join us as we pray for some of the most disadvantaged children in society.
