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FPE 2012 Conference

From Vincie at FPE:

Fellowship for Parish Evangelism have just publicised their Annual Conference for 2012 ‘Evangelism at home and away:  What would Jesus do?’.  It is from 23rd to 25th January at The Hayes, Swanwick and its main speakers are Robin Gamble and Jim Currin.

For more information see www.fpe-network.org/Conference2012.aspx

Textify

We all love connecting with mates on the go and most of us have our eyes fixed on our phones every spare moment of the day. It’s now time to use our phones to start talking about Jesus.
Textify is a youth campaign launching this week and being profiled at loads of youth festivals and camps this summer. It’s a massive initiative.

Between the 12th and 30th September, thousands of young people will take the Textify challenge and start stepping up their conversations about faith. Participants are encouraged to take a week to pray daily for their three chosen mates, think through their ‘God’ story and use text messages to kick off a chat about what Jesus means to them. Young people can use social media platforms to share their progress, comments and stories. You could distribute Textify reminder cards or just encourage youth to be involved.

Email office@hopetogether.org.uk

Follow @TextifyHope on Twitter or ‘Like’ the ‘Textify Hope’ page on Facebook.

www.hope-revolution.com

Funding

As you may know, the Council and the Commissioners have earmarked £12m from the funds available from the Commissioners for distribution in 2011-13 for research and development work.

Most of the development funding will be held back until the research work has been completed but the Task Group which is overseeing the use of R and D funding has agreed that £3m of the development funding should be distributed now in order to help develop existing local mission work which is leading to church growth in order that that growth can be replicated in other parts of the Church.

Bishops will be invited to put forward project(s) which are suitable for funding within the agreed criteria. Cathedral deans and mission agencies will also be invited to consider making an application (provided that it is endorsed by their bishop).

Priority will be given to projects in low income dioceses and/or those with significant numbers of deprived parishes.

The downloadable letter below from the Bishop of London, who chairs the Task Group which has been reviewing spending plans on behalf of the Archbishops' Council's and Church Commissioners, has been sent to diocesan bishops. The letter sets out the agreed criteria for the funding and the application process. Please note that all applications for funding must be supported by the diocesan bishop.

Download 29-06-11 Development Funding Letter

Conference Photos

The2012

Ruth, the missioner from London diocese, is busy running The2012, a project to get young leaders engaged in mission, check out the website below.

http://www.the2012.org.uk

 

 

Bishop of Penrith

Some of you will remember Robert Freeman, who was Paul Bayes' predecessor at Church House.  He has recently been appointed as the new Bishop of Penrith in Carlisle Diocese. More details: http://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/815/124/Suffragan-Bishop-of-Penrith.html

 

Pioneer School

From Dave Male:
Download PioneerSchool

ANVIL

Dear All,

The latest edition of ANVIL (The Anglican Evangelical Journal of Theology and Mission) is on-line! There are articles by Bishop Graham Cray, George Lings, Jonny Baker and Eleanor Williams.  http://anviljournal.org

This edition is on Fresh Expressions, and is the first new, free, on-line version of ANVIL. I do hope you find it useful. Please send any comments my way for future editions.

Best Wishes,

Rachel
(Assistant Editor ANVIL)

Mission Action Planning (MAP)

1)  www.churchmaps.co.uk

The churchmaps site is growing in popularity, and the time has come to give it a facelift and bring it up to date.  We know that many of the documents are old and we are aware that some dioceses have replaced them. So please would you take a look at what is on churchmaps for your diocese, let us know what we can take off, and send us any files that you are happy to share with others.

2) National MAP Facilitator's Day
Bishop Alastair and Maureen Cole of the Diocese of Derby are hosting the National MAP Facilitation Day on Monday 17 October, 10.30am- 3.00pm, at the St Barnabas Centre, Pilsley Road, Danesmoor. Mike Chew, who has organised these MAP days in previous years will also be attending.

The day will be useful for Missioners, MAP facilitators or any church members who are considering using the Mission Action Planning Process. During the day there will be an opportunity to get an update on what is happening nationally, hear how MAPs are impacting local churches and attend workshops which will be based on topics that are requested by those who book.

The price will be £10 and a buffet lunch will be provided.

To book, visit www.churchmaps.co.uk and send us an email by clicking “email us” with “MAP day” as the subject, or for more information, contact: maureen.cole@derby.anglican.org

NMEA News

There is much news to tell you...

Firstly, as those of you at the conference will know, the lovely Laura Caddell will be leaving us to start training as a midwife with Nottingham University from September. (I know she was delighted by the gift that we gathered for her at Merville) and I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to her again for all that she has done for us as a network. 

But not to fear, Suzie Wall is taking over tomorrow, so we are in capable hands! Suzie is married to Chris, lives in Sheffield and attends St Thomas Crookes. She has been working with NJC (Nicola James Communications) for a year, and has a first class degree in Hospitality Business Management with Conferences and Events. So a BIG WELCOME to Suzie. Please send any enquiries to suzie@nicolajamescommunications.com. 

Secondly, I joined the NCI's part-time as the Associate National Mission and Evangelism Adviser in Feb 2008, I have been the Acting NMEA (since last Sept when our wonderful Paul Bayes moved to higher things) and I am to be "The" NMEA full-time from September! Thank you all for your support and encouragement during this time of transition. I'm looking forward to the new things that September will bring! 

For those of you who were at the conference in Merville below are a couple of snaps to remind you of our wonderful time together!

We can now also give you the link to the website with all the conference downloads:  http://starttheweek.typepad.com/missionersconference2011 For those of you who weren’t with us, you can download these and share the experience. We’re sorry for the delay in getting these to you. For some reason it took 8 attempts before the blog would accept the recording of Robin (Gamble)’s session, but we finally got there!

A few important dates for your diary!!!!! 

Mission Communities
One more date…. Please ring fence March 28th and 29th 2012: on one of these days (just awaiting confirmation) somewhere in the country we will meet with +Graham Cray, Chris Neal of CMS, Ian Mobsby of MOOT, a representative from Church Army and some wonderful people with experience of real life in mission orders to look at the way forward for mission communities where you are.

In July 2012 a report will come to Synod that will help point the way forward for mission communities to be formed across the country and for new orders to be created to facilitate this. Some will join up naturally with CMS or Church Army but others might be diocesan initiatives that you might want to help facilitate? This will release hundreds of people with a shared vision for mission to serve in communities across the country. That's the plan, but we will need to be the ones to make the vision a reality especially in each diocese. So keep those dates free and we'll keep you posted!

That really is it for now….. I'm going away for a few weeks and we'll re-start STW in September! It will have a new name as well: "Mission Mailing" so that it is appropriate to whenever it arrives.

Have a wonderful summer break and see you all soon,

Rachel

There is much news to tell you. Firstly, as those of you at the conference will know, the lovely Laura Caddell will be leaving us to start training as a mid-wife with Nottingham University from September (I know she was delighted by the gift that we gathered for her at Merville) and I would like to say a Big THANK YOU to her again for all that she has done for us as a network.

But not to fear Suzie Wall is taking over and so we are in capable hands! Suzie is married to Chris lives in Sheffield attends St Thomas Crooks and has a degree in event and leisure facilities management and has been working with NJC (Nicola James Communications) for a year so, a BIG WELCOME to Suzie.

 

Secondly, I joined the NCI's part time as the Associate National Mission and Evangelism Adviser in Feb 2008, I have been the Acting NMEA (since last Sept when our wonderful Paul Bayes moved to higher things) and I am to be "The" NMEA full time from September! Thank you all for your support and encouragement during this time of transition and I'm looking forward to the new things that September will bring!

 

For those of you who were at the conference in Merville here are a couple of snaps to remind you of our wonderful time together!

We can now also give you the link to the website with all the conference downloads. Unfortunately Robin (Gamble) we need to apologise, Laura has tried to up load your talk 7 times and for some unknown reason it keeps getting rejected! We are working on this and hope to sort it out!!!!!!!!!! Everything else is up there ready for download so that you can all share in the experience that was Merville.

 

A few important dates for your diary!!!!!

 

Missioners New Year Gathering.

This will take place in 2 venues, in the south on the 11th January where Bishop John is kindly hosting us at his house in Staverton and in the north on the 18th January where the Church Army are kindly hosting us at the Wilson Carlisle Centre their new home in Sheffield.

Please do come to whichever one works for you, or both if you want to! We really look forward to having some more time together to work together, eat together and pray together.

The days will run from 11.30 - 3.00.

 

Missioners Conference

We have decided to bring the missioners conference home next year… just to try it for a year. This is to enable those who really can't be with us in France.

So we are going to try Scalford Hall from 17th - 19th July.

We can always return to Merville in 2013 and then swap backwards and forwards to give everyone in the network a chance to be with us.

 

Mission Communities

One more date…. Please ring fence March 28th and 29th 2012 on one of these days (just awaiting confirmation) somewhere in the country we will meet with +Graham Cray, Chris Neal of CMS, Ian Mobsby of MOOT, a representative from Church Army and some wonderful people with experience of real life in mission orders to look at the way forward for mission communities where you are.

In July 2012 a report will come to synod that will help point the way forward for mission communities to be formed across the country and for new orders to be created to facilitate this, some will join up naturally with CMS or Church Army but others might be diocesan initiatives that you might want to help facilitate? This will release hundreds of people with a shared vision for mission to serve in communities across the country. That's the plan but we will need to be the ones to make the vision a reality especially in each diocese. So keep the dates and we'll keep you posted!

 

That really is it for now….. I'm going away for a few weeks and we'll start STW in September! It will have a new name as well "Mission Mailing" so that it is appropriate to whenever it arrives.

 

Have a wonderful Summer break and see you all soon,

Rachel