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Fresh Expressions Rural Conference 2013

‘Making and Growing Disciples in the Countryside 2’

 4-5 June 2013, King’s Park Conference Centre, Northampton

Have you planted or are seeking to plant a fresh expression of church in a rural area?

Do you long to see new people becoming disciples of Jesus in the countryside?

Do you want to keep growing in faith and love yourself?

Do you want to learn and pray with other rural pioneers?

If any of these things are true of you, “Making and Growing Disciples in the Countryside 2” is for you – not just a conference but a gathering for learning from each other, story-telling, and prayer.

Further details to follow.  If you have any questions please contact Kath on [email protected]

Assistant Director for Mission and Community Engagement

Full-time employed post (Ordained or Lay)

Stipendiary or Salaried

An experienced, lay or ordained Anglican to join this newly formed department. You will help parishes explore issues around mission and church growth. You’ll enable and encourage Fresh Expressions of church, build up lay mission teams, develop MSM and MSI training opportunities and help parishes respond to the new housing developments in their midst. You will work with designated deaneries on Mission Action Planning

We want someone who can demonstrate

• experience within the Anglican Church 
• energy, drive and a commitment to church growth
• a clear ability to lead
• an innovative approach to mission
• that they are up for a challenge
• and eagerness to put theory into practice

You will live in the Rochester Archdeaconry area, with easy access to local facilities and nearby Bluewater and Ebbsfleet

Want to know more?

Contact: Rev Canon Jean Kerr - Director for Mission and Community Engagement
Email: [email protected] Phone: 01634 844508
Prebendal House, 1 Kings Orchard, Rochester ME1 1TG

www.rochester.anglican.org

Closing date for applications: 9th November 2012
Interview dates – late November

Thought For The Day

Job Advertisement- Diocese of Bath and Wells

PRIEST IN CHARGE ANDASSOCIATE VICAR/MISSION ENABLER
Ashwick, Oakhill and Binegar
Shepton Mallet with Doulting and Cranmore

This is a full time post formed in partnership with the Benefice of Ashwick, Oakhill
and Binegar (AOB) and the Benefice of Shepton Mallet, Doulting and Cranmore in
Somerset. The person appointed will have parochial responsibility for AOB as
Priest in Charge (50%) and live there and be an Associate Vicar in Shepton Mallet,
Doulting and Cranmore (50%).

We offer:
• A new and exciting opportunity to work across these two benefices
• Enormous possibilities for mission and ministry
• An opportunity to work with an experienced colleague, to pioneer exciting
new models of ministry across the Shepton Local Ministry Group (LMG)
• A demographically diverse community in which to work
• A commitment to seeing lay ministry grow and develop

Closing Date: 12 November

Interviews: 13/14 December

Application pack available from:
The Archdeacon of Wells
6 The Liberty, Wells BA5 2SU
Tel: 01749 685147
e-mail:[email protected]

Download Final Advert Oct 2012

Download Profile of Dual Post Final

ReSource- Mission in the Emerging Culture

There are plenty of courses out there that impart head knowledge but we think we learn best by meeting people who are doing mission, by hanging out with their communities, hearing their stories and then thinking about what we can learn for our own contexts. Throw in some diverse contexts, some great food and inspiring other people on the weekends and you've got a great mix! That's what Resource is all about. You can dive into one weekend or do all four in a year to get a much broader experience.

For more information:  Download Resource_12-13

College Street

The Church of England Newspaper has started something called College Street, a strain of the paper that releases monthly emails for the 16-25 year old kind of mark! See below for an example. It is completely free and subscribers will just receive the one email a month from us, though the website is updated weekly with various polls and ‘College Street Loves’ posts - http://religiousintelligence.org/churchnewspaper/?cat=2098.

Anyone who is interested just needs to email [email protected] with College Street as the subject.

School Ministries Give Away- Journey Out of Darkness

In September this year, Bible charity SGM Lifewords launched Journey Out Of Darkness, a manga-style comic telling the story of Jesus’ birth in the Bible’s own words. SGM Lifewords invited schools and youth workers to order as many as they needed to help them share the Christmas story with young people across the country, and many have responded.

For more information on the project download the below:

Download schools ministries take advantage of give-away

Diocesan Church Growth Strategies - A Consultation for Southern Dioceses

St John’s Centre for Church Growth

With The Venerable Bob Jackson

15-17 May 2013

At High Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, Herts

For more information download the brochure below:

Download Centre for Church Growth Conference St John's 15to17May2013

Rock UK Takes On Operation Christmas Child’s 100 Million Challenge

Alongside the many outdoor adventures Rock UK provides for thousands of young people, the charity has taken on a new challenge to help Operation Christmas Child deliver their 100 millionth gift-filled shoebox this year.

Please download the attached press release for further information:

Download Press Release Rock UK Takes On Operation Christmas Child 100 Million Challenge

Research Bulletin Released

The fourth offering of Steve's, from the Sheffield Centre, free bulletin tomorrow's evangelism has been released. 

You can download it from their website here:

http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ms/sc/Evangelism/sfc_tomorrows_evangelism.aspx