LEMnAID Issue 159

LEMnAID 159 Local Evangelism & Mission Network Aid

Helping each other to resource evangelism and mission in the local church

Get this in its best format at; www.lichfield.anglican.org/chadnet/lemnaid

 

This week:-

• Barrett’s Burblings
• RESOURCES AND OTHER IDEAS

·         WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: Schools Work

·         MORE THAN GOLD: January Update

·         Sharing the Mess - Shrewsbury

·         LYCIG 2012

·         Mission Library Courses

·         Healing Ministry Training Day

·         What do Trades Unions Do?

·         The Telford Twitterer

·         Costa Coffee Competition

• Cartoon ‘Fun’
• Saints and Birthdays
• Calendar

·         The Small Print

 

Barrett’s Burblings

 

Hello everyone. I hope that you enjoyed a double helping of LEMnAID last week, and that it may not have proved too fizzy for you. Ahem. Apologies this is a day late this week; Sunday night was the latest Growth Fund deadline; as you may imagine, the last couple of days have kept me out of mischief with processing a lot of interesting applications. Next week I’m in London on Tuesday, so I promise that I’ll do my best to shock you and actually get LEMnAID out on Monday Evening before I leave!

Lots of good things here, I believe. I hope that you will appreciate the timing from More Than Gold; it certainly made me chuckle. There are excellent training opportunities available for Messy Church, Church Growth, and Healing. Oh, and I always did think my former vicar was a bit of a twitterer; or something like that! J

Finally, why not raid the tidied-up Parish Mission Library for a course that you’d like to check out? Our former Curate did only this morning!

 

RESOURCES AND OTHER IDEAS

 

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: Schools Work

 

George makes his latest recommendation;

Some great resources for schools work - have a look at: www.schoolswork.co.uk/home/

 

MORE THAN GOLD: January Update

 

George advises: The same day we sent out the LEMnAID special featuring More than Gold and the Jubilee, in my in-box came January's More than Gold update so here's the first item of interest from it and more to come next week:

If you do only one thing, make sure your church is well represented at a 'Get Set' training day over the next couple of months.

We are going UK-wide on Saturdays from 10.30am to 4.30pm with choice of 11 workshops. Your church will get new ideas, strategies, skills and resources to help them well beyond 2012. Please get the word out to all who are involved with children, youth, community engagement and outreach.

You'll find all the workshop subjects, speakers and dates at; http://bit.ly/xetIbJ

And for a flier to print and pass on go here; http://bit.ly/xnIVhi

The full-day sessions are on;

·         Running a Community Festival

·         Using Sport to Impact Every Age-group

·         Being a Games Pastor.

Electives are on;

·         Reaching Children and Youth,

·         The Torch Relay and Your Community

·         Prayer

·         Using International Mission Teams

·         Mission Through the Paralympics

·         Games-related Social Justice.

The dates and locations for 'Get Set' are;

February: 4^th Crawley, 25^th Reading, 25^th Cardiff.

March: 3^rd Stoke, 3^rd Bath,10^th Wolverhampton, 10^th Central London, 17^th Greenwich, 17^th Gateshead, 24^th Barnsley, 24^th Weymouth, 31^st Bolton, 31st East London.

April: 21^st Glasgow, 21^st Stevenage, 28^th Belfast, 28^th Nottingham.

 

Sharing the Mess - Shrewsbury

 

Our Messy Church Adviser Cerys Hughes has flagged up the latest evening, for Monday 20^th February, 7pm – 9pm, at Emmanuel Church in Harlescott in Shrewsbury. It should once again be an excellent opportunity to share ideas and resources, this time

All the relevant details, including about the essentiality of booking, are at http://bit.ly/wpjHUi  

 

LYCIG 2012

 

Details of the dates and availability of this year’s ‘Leading Your Church Into Growth’  conferences are now available at; www.leadingyourchurchintogrowth.org.uk/?page_id=2

Coming up first up is Monday 11^th – Thursday 14^th June at High Leigh Conference Centre in Hertfordshire, but the nearest option is Monday 5^th – Thursday 8^th November at The Hayes Conference Centre at Swanwick in Derbyshire.

The conferences come highly recommended, and once again we can offer a limited number of £100 subsidies, for up to two people from each church, and we recommend it as ideal for a clergyperson with a key lay leader. Just get in touch with me if you’re interested.

 

Mission Library Courses

 

Before Christmas we had a good tidy up of the resources available here in the Mission Library at Small Street, and we’d love to recommend any of the following; http://bit.ly/zFpbzH

 

Healing Ministry Training Day

 

Revd Richard Merrick, the Curate of St Mary’s Bushbury has flagged up this day with Revd Gareth Davies, the Bishop of Lichfield's Adviser on Healing Ministry.

Date: Saturday 24th March 2012 - 9am to 4pm
Location: St Mary’s Church, Bushbury Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton. WV10 8JP

Disabled toilet facilities available in the church.

Local services and shops are just a short walk from the church.

So that we have an idea of how many to expect on the day we would be grateful if you could let us know by post, phone or preferably email how many people will be attending.

We hope you will be able to join us.

Contact:  Rev Richard Merrick – Tel: 07402 151593 or email: revrichstmarys@gmail.com

Richard briefly slipped into my bad books when I couldn’t find the details for this day on their otherwise impressive church website, but was quickly redeemed when I noticed they were plugging LEMnAID on their notices page instead!

Honestly - http://bushburyparishchurch.co.uk/notices.aspx

Thanks everyone!

 

The Telford Twitterer

 

Telford Ecumenical Dean Andy Smith is keen to plug their Twitter account (‘telfordcc’) and also their presence on Facebook (Telford Christian Council). At the time he mentioned that  ‘it might also inspire other to use social networks better’.

I’ll let you be the judge of that, he says he always values feedback, (and as he was my vicar for nearly a decade I gave him plenty J).

Andy then recommended ‘@communic8jesus’ as ‘giving one or two suggestions a day to help share the faith’. Happy Tweeting!

 

What do Trades Unions Do?

 

An interesting question that I’m perfectly happy to let people wiser than me attempt to answer! BCUIM, the Black Country Urban Industrial Mission, is putting on the following event together with Unite the Union;

What Do Trades Unions Do?

A seminar for local church leaders, with input from a Union Official, ACAS and an Employer.

10.30 – 12.30, Thursday 22^nd March 2012

at 6 Victoria Square Wolverhampton WV1 1LD (by the new Bus Station)

to be followed by a buffet lunch.

For more details, and to book, contact bcuim@btconnect.com or 01902 710407

 

Costa Coffee Competition

 

A plea for support from the Bishop’s Healing Adviser Gareth Davies;

My son and his wife (who are worship leaders here (St Andrew’s Sneyd Green)) have entered a song competition with their employer Costa Coffee, the link is below.

If you feel able to do this can have a listen and if you like it please vote? Thanks

www.costafactor.com/videos/view/125

In the interest of fairness, I’m sure you may like to check out some of their competition as well!

 

Cartoon ‘Fun’

 

In the same week as we’ve mentioned Twitter in a couple of ways, David Primrose of Transforming Communities pointed out something from a slightly different angle; http://bit.ly/dqjbd0  

 

Saints and Birthdays

 

Saints and Feast Days:

Next Sunday our Lutheran cousins commemorate the birthday of the famous Civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King, whose teachings and eventual assassination continue to resonate today.

Birthdays:

As well as Martin Luther King, another figure at least remotely connected to an infamous assassination in the 1960s was the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who of course went on to marry JFK’s widow Jackie. There are a couple of very recognizable small screen actors in James Nesbitt, and Frank Thornton turning an impressive 91. But I’ll finish with the glamorous TV presenter Claudia Winkleman, passing a major milestone at 40.

 

Calendar of Events

 

Mon 23^rd – Wed 25^th January. FPE 2012 Conference ‘Evangelism at home and away:  What would Jesus do?’. The Hayes, Swanwick. With main speakers Robin Gamble and Jim Currin.

The Fellowship for Parish Evangelism has several members from Lichfield Diocese and George Fisher is the Chair. It is made up of people involved in evangelism and includes church members, itinerant evangelists, clergy, bishops, Church Army evangelistic and Missioners.

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

 

NEW ENTRY

Sat 28^th January – Sun 5^th February. Poverty and Homelessness Action Week. Plenty of materials available at; www.actionweek.org.uk/html/downloadresources.html

 

Tue 31^st January. Engaging with Muslims. A day event for Christians to explore why and how to engage with Muslims St George's Post 16 Centre, Great Hampton Row, Birmingham, B19 3JG

10am to 4pm. Sessions; Why is it OK to engage with Muslims? What should we know about Birmingham Muslims? Christian Responses to Islam. Mission and Dialogue.

Speakers: Steve Bell, Director, Interserve and Sue Fearon, Children’s Team Co-ordinator, Birmingham City Mission

Cost £20 (£10 concessions) with lunch included, from either;

·         Christian Muslim Forum 0207 820 0444, info@christianmuslimforum.org

·         Faithful Neighbourhoods Centre 0121 675 1155, jess@nearneighbours.com

 

NEW ENTRY

Fri 3^rd – Sun 5^th February. Children’s Ministry Conference. Eastbourne. An opportunity for Children’s workers to have a look at up to date resources and learn more about what is happening in the world of Children’s Ministry. Seminars on Messy Church, Schools Work, Nurturing faith in children, Reaching out into the Community and more. Details at www.familyministry.co.uk and clicking on ‘2012 conference’. Diocesan Schools Outreach Adviser Libby Leech recommends it strongly and would love to know if you are going; libby.leech@lichfield.anglican.org or 07891 290564.

 

Tue 7^th February. Worship 4 Today. An excellent one-day course for Worship Leaders and Musicians, as recommended by Bishop’s Chaplain Peter Walley. St Mary’s Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield. S2 4QZ. More details at; http://bit.ly/o4eT41

 

Wed 29^th February. Going for Growth Course – St John’s College Nottingham. 2pm – 5pm. The start of 5 week course with former Bishop’s Growth officer Ven Bob Jackson. Cost £85 + lunch or supper as required. Booking deadline: Friday 21 January 2012. Booking via Helen Taylor at St John’s on 0115 968 3221, 0115 925 1114, or h.taylor@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk. Booking form at http://bit.ly/ux8TAX, and more details at http://www.stjohns-nottm.ac.uk/going-for-growth-2/

 

Thu 1^st March. Facilitating Small Groups. First meeting of a short 4-week course at Shallowford House. For people interested in leading small groups in their church or facilitating courses such as The Bishop’s Certificate Course. It will offer some practical tips on facilitating groups and look at best practise in working with small groups. Led by Lindsey Hall, the Director of Lay Development. Cost £18pp, and be held on 4 consecutive evenings. More details are at http://bit.ly/qflXTr. Bookings (and only 16 places) via Sheila Walker on 01543 306223 or at sheila.walker@lichfield.anglican.org

 

NEW ENTRY

Sat 21^st April. Evolution v Creation. St James’ Wednesbury. With a variety of speakers including Revd Dr Fr Anthony Moore, Revd Bob Morris, Dr Gillian Pearce, and Mr Graham Warton; tackling the following questions; How did life on Earth begin? Where did the Universe come from? How will the Universe end? Did we evolve or were we created? What does the fossil record tell us about the great flood? All relevant details at; www.stjameswednesbury.com/evolution-v-creation.html

 

Sat 22nd September. Revised launch of msm Wolverhampton. Trinity Methodist Church, Histons Hill, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 2ER. Other dates and details at www.missionshapedministry.org/westmidlands12 or from administrator Anne Riddle on 01782 769532, or 07974 197806 or by e-mail at anne.riddle1@ntlworld.com.

 

For details of more events happening in the Lichfield Diocese and if you want to upload your event please go to www.lichfield.anglican.org/Index.aspx?Page=latest-events

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEMnAID

is designed to help everyone involved in mission and evangelism in Lichfield Diocese to:

·         keep in touch with each other with news

·         pray for each other

·         keep informed about the latest resources

·         share great ideas and top tips

·         know what is going on around the Diocese

 

This email group will work best if you are willing to share your ideas, news and prayer requests with others. Send in your news and views to richard.barrett@lichfield.anglican.org

Resources and Top Tips will be put in our list of Resources on the Diocesan Web Site so will be an ongoing resource. If you wish to comment on any of the items why not visit our Blog Site on http://ldfe.blogspot.com/ and set up an ongoing conversation.

If you know someone who you think would value receiving this, please send us their name and email. If you would prefer not to receive this, let us know and we will remove you from the email group.

 

George and Richard

 

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Richard Barrett

Parish Mission Research Assistant

Lichfield Diocese

01922 707863

The Parish Mission Office, The Small Street Centre,

1A Small Street, Walsall, West Mids. WS1 3PR.

www.lichfield.anglican.org/chadnet/mission

 

 

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