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Updated 10 January, 2003
CME List of useful information
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Paper copies of most of this information (and often supplementary material) may be seen and read (but not taken away from) on request at the Diocesan Resources Centre.
Much of it is publicity material & copyright free. For a small fee a photocopier may be made available.
Resources Centre,
Diocesan Office Bishop, Woodford House, Barton Road, Ely Cambs, CB7 4DX. Tel:
01353 652725
ACE - ART AND CHRISTIAN ENQUIRY
107 Crundale Avenue
London NW9 9PS.
Tel & Fax: 020 8206 2253
Director and ACE Bulletin Editor: The Revd T P N Devonshire Jones
More details from CME Resources
AVEC RESOURCES
for people working and consulting in church and community AVEC RESOURCES
are pleased to announce three new publications which complete their list.
Consultancy, Ministry and - Mission: A handbook
practitioners and work consultants in Christian organisations
by George Lovell to be published by Burns and Oates in July 2000, 350 pp. £20.00
This teach yourself book will help people to get and to give qualitative nondirective consultancy support and assistance in relation to their vocation and work. Consultancy is a significant feature of the future. This book will help practitioners to provide consultancy help to each other in the work place and assist specialists to make services readily available to clergy and laity throughout the Church.
The value of consultancy is proven. Beyond any doubt it is a good investment: it helps practitioners with things that previously stumped them, it improves performance and morale of practitioners, churches and organisations out of all proportion to its costs in time and money. Yet little is written about this much needed and scarce resource. Consequently this is a timely book which makes consultancy far more accessible to practitioners, anyone engaged in appraisal schemes, those engaged in pastoral management such as bishops, and those who train people for ministry.
Meetings that Work: A practical guide to teamworking in groups
by Catherine Widdicombe, The Lutterworth Press, April 2000, £5.00
This is a republication for a wider constituency of Group Meetings that Work,
(1994, St Pauls). The original work was still in demand after it was sold out.
Meetings are inescapable features of modern life. Vital though they are, meetings
are too often experienced as deadening rather than life-giving. Meetings that
Work is written to help groups, teams and committees of all sorts to realise
increasingly more of their potential for promoting all round development and
enjoyment in and through meetings.
It is a 'how to' book, a manual and helpmate for those in meetings who wish to take everyone's contribution seriously and to make decisions together.
Meetings that Work treats each group and every meeting as unique, deals with all aspects of meetings: forming a committee, preparing for sessions, getting people to pool ideas, insights and expertise, dealing with problems, concluding meetings, action-taking after meetings. Throughout, attention is paid to the dynamics, and the practical and theoretical detail which make meetings work or prevent them doing so.
Order address
Catherine Widdicombe, Avec Resources,
125 Waxwell Lane, Pinner, Middx HA5 3ER
Tel: 020 8866 2195 Fax: 020 8866 1408.
Please make cheques payable to Avec Resources
Bishop's Clergy & Family Care Co-Ordinator
BOSSEY ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE
Beyond Boundaries pub by: Ecumenical Institute, 2 Chemin Cheneviere, Bogis Bossey,
CH-1298 Celigny (Vaud, Switzerland), www.wcc-coe.org/bossey
WANTED: Ecumenical Recruiters
To prepare leadership for communities and churches around the world is an intentional process. Bossey needs to identify, encourage and support promising young leaders in their ecumenical journey to assure future generations of ecumenical leadership.
Bossey needs you to be an ecumenical recruiter
Look for promising women and men who might benefit from the Graduate School or Master's Program at Bossey. Share the Bossey story and invite them to apply!
Detailed information, applications and scholarship information can be easily printed from the Bossey website:
Deadlines for the submitting applications are:
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Applications are to be submitted at the latest by 31 December of the year preceding the desired beginning of the course, i.e. by 31 December, 2002 for autumn 2003, by 31 December, 2003 for autumn 2004, etc.
Admission decisions will be completed by February 15.
Help identify prospective students for Bossey!
BRIDGE BUILDERS
A programme of the London Mennonite Centre
14 Shepherds Hill London N6 5AQ.
Tel: 020 8340 8775 Fax 020 8341 6807
Email: AlastairMcKay@menno.org.uk
Details from CME at Bishop Woodford House
CAREM
Cambridge Resources Ministry
23 Newmarket Road, CAMBRIDGE. CB5 8EG Tel:(01223) 353393
For all with a Christian Vocation in Pastoral Care
Counselling
Vocational work, such as that of a minister or priest, is very demanding. At CAREM we know that the pressures on time, home life, health and spirit can be more than those in other professions.
Christians in ministry may face unrealistic expectations. Sometimes these are self-imposed, but often they come from congregations or, even, colleagues. Some assume that clergy are available at all times. Yet ministers need personal space and feel frustrated if they are unable to create it. Anxieties and low self-esteem may further inhibit them and the resulting tensions wear them down and can play havoc with family life. Burn out, a sense of failure or guilt, and loss of faith may result.
All too often there seems no-one to turn to who can provide independent, confidential support and understanding.
It can be particularly traumatic for single people who do not have the support of a partner and whose congregation may make additional demands.
For couples and families there are other issues such as poor communication, dual careers, financial concerns, threatening relationships outside the marriage and the isolation of clergy families.
CAREM wants to put CARE into Ministry and one way is through counselling for individuals, couples and families. But there is more; this is also a place for them to be fed and their spiritual journeys to be taken seriously. We understand the context in which ministry takes place.
CONFIDENTIAL
Consultation and Supervision
We do not want only to be involved when things have gone wrong but to promote and help maintain healthy patterns of work. Our experience has taught us that much needless pain could be prevented by the processes of supervision and consultation which are the norm in other caring professions. These not only prevent stress but also facilitate creative ministry by encouraging reflective practice.
Consultation provides opportunity for the discussion of difficult situations. lt takes place away from the scene and the personalities involved, where there is no vested interest. The consultant does not intrude or take away responsibility, but offers insights and objectivity, facilitating the emergence of the clarity and compassion needed for effective work. CAREM offers a consultation service in the field of pastoral care.
'Supervision' is not used in the controlling, managerial sense but describes a process which focuses on the reactions of a minister to the situations he/she faces. Relationships with others trigger responses within pastoral workers, especially if the circumstances resonate with the worker's own experience; eg bereavement, marital breakdown, painful memories of childhood. Supervision provides a forum in which personal agendas can be identified, separated and dealt with, freeing the pastoral worker and enabling them to plan how to respond appropriately to those they serve.
ECUMENICAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
Pastoral caring can be tough and adequate time is needed for reflection and planning. There are matters which always need to be borne in mind when dealing with fragile people seeking help and assistance, especially so if ministers are isolated, or if their own intimate and emotional needs are not being met. These include the maintenance of boundaries, the role of sexuality in relationships and issues related to power.
Learning from unassessed experience risks the reinforcement of bad habits but time set aside to examine mistakes rather than sweep them under the carpet can turn them into learning opportunities.
Reflection on personal issues may also be needed. Though they are now being addressed, problems of race, sexual harassment and gender issues still exist. CAREM is a safe place to explore strategies for dealing with these,
CAREM is for all denominations. Though much of this leaflet seems clergy-orientated, we equally value lay ministry and are available for everyone with a Christian vocation in pastoral care.
CAREM is independent of church structures. It is financed through donations and fees charged for services. These are kept to a minimum. For ministers and their families seeking counselling, we can advise how funding may be obtained through the Churches' Ministerial Counselling Service. In cases of hardship, contributions to fees can be made by the CAREM Trust, a Registered Charity (no 1059769).
FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MINISTRY
Project Director
The Project Director, Joy Levine, is an ordained minister in the
Methodist Church, a BAC Accredited (UK Registered) Counsellor who, for ten years
was attached to a medical practice. She is a qualified social worker who has
also worked for the Probation Service, in school counselling and as a staff
care consultant for NCH. For five years she was a Tutor in Pastoral Care in
the Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges. She is trained In Pastoral
Care Supervision and Consultation
To Contact Carem
The best time to telephone is 8.45 - 9.30 am or 5-6 pm on weekdays. There
is an answerphone at other times.
To Reach Us
We are on the north side the Grafton Centre, Cambridge's shopping mall.
Leave by the Napier St exit which leads straight to Newmarket Rd opposite number
23.
By car: Follow the signs to the Girafton Centre West Car Park, which
is on Newmarket Road, five minutes walk away.
By train: take the bus from Cambridge railway station to the Grafton
Centre.
By coach: Drummer St bus station is about 10-15 mins walk away. Follow
the pedestrian signs to the Grafton Centre.
Cliff College
Mrs Theresa Phillips, Tel: 01246 582321 - ext 109
Email: postgrad@cliffcollege.org
Internet:www.cliffcollege.ac.uk
run an “Avec” course; PGD - MA in Consultancy Mission and Ministry
For further detail contact George Lovell on 0113 393 0130
Conflict Management Workshops 4-5 February & 1-2 April 2003
The College of Preachers
10a North Street, Bourne, Lincs PE10 9AB
Tel/Fax: 01778 422929
Email: collpreach@mistral.co.uk
Website: www3.mistral.co.uk/collpreach
A copy of The Journal published by The College of Preachers is held in CME files.
CENTRE FOR JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS
Wesley House, Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BJ. Tel: 01223 741048/9
Email: wesley-cjcr@lists.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.cjcr.cam.ac.uk
The Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations is a research and teaching facility associated with the Cambridge Theological Federation. It is supported by members of the Faculty of Diivinity and the Council of Christians and Jews. The Centre offers MA and M. Phil Degrees in Jewish-Christian Relations and courses are available both in Cambridge and through Distance Learning.
Bursaries available for study 2002-2003 leading to an MA in Jewish-Christian Relations, Contact Dr Melanie Wright at the above address.
THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
5th Floor, Camelford House, 87-89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP
Tel: 020 7820 0090, Fax: 020 7820 0504
Email: cjrelations@ccj.org.uk Website:
www.ccj.org.uk
CHRISTIAN COMPUTER ART
33 Bramley Way, Hardwick, Cambridge CB3 7XD
CDs filled with over 6000 pictures for Christmas, Easter, Harvest, church occasions, Bible events, Bible backgrounds, Bible characters, Bible places, Christian lifestyle and much more. 30 day free trial: Details from address above.
See also http://www.free4all.co.uk
CHRISM
www.chrism.org.uk
Christians in Secular Ministry or Chrism is ecumenical and for both lay and
ordained men and women. Members live out their vocation through meeting god
at work. By choosing to share the daily experience of work colleagues they celebrate
the presence of god and tell the Christian story. Chrism believes that this
affirmation of God's concern for every aspect of creation is an essential part
of ministry, mission and life of the church.
For further information please contact:
Church Action on Poverty, Central Buildings, Oldham Street, Manchester MI IJT
Tel: 0161 236 9321 Fax: 0161 237 5359 e-mail: info-churchaction@cwcom.net
Prayer Cards: Cost: £3 for 50 cards
Work and Worth: Unemployment and the Future of Work - A New Agenda?
A 30-page report published to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the Churches' Inquiry into Unemployment and the Future of Work. Contributors include: Bishop David, Andrew Britton (Secretary to the Original Inquiry), Gabrielle Cox (United Reformed Church), Ed Mayo (New Economics Foundation), Lewis Rose (Scottish Churches Industrial Mission), Sean Healey (Conference of Religious in Ireland), David Price (South Yorkshire Industrial Mission) and a number of unemployed people who gave evidence to the Original Inquiry. Cost: £2.50 each (available from January 2001)
CPAS - CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY
Athena Drive, Tachbrook Park, Warwick CV34 6NG.
Tel: 01926 458458. Fax: 01926 458459.
E-mail mail@cpas.org.uk.
Web: www.cpas.org.uk
CPAS is an Anglican mission agency working across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland providing a wealth of resources for leaders of local churches. It has a wide range of services and resources available to help you and your church.
To find out more contact your local consultant.
Revd Peter Dowman, 33 Nightingale Avenue, Cambridge CB1 4SG.
Tel: 01223 244331.
E-mail: pdowman@cpas.org.uk
Magazine is called "Together".
CRUSE Bereavement Care and Training
Cruse offers bereavement care and more specific counselling. Cruse
also offers training in bereavement care for volunteers clergy and parish visitors.
There are Cruse branches at March 01354 659499; Huntingdon 01480 414511;
Cambridge 01223 302662.
The March branch of Cruse also run courses on the nature of breavement and practical skills to assist you in working with the brereaved.
EAST of ENGLAND CHURCHES NETWORK
Actively promoting the spiritual, physical and material well-being of everyone who lives or works in the East of England with due attention to the wider interests of the UK and the world. Ensuring that plans for social development in the region are evolved in the context of spiritual and moral values
Part of a region with an economic and social vision, the churches task is to share its vision in a way that informs the other so that all may be included and God’s creation protected.
If you would like to know more about the Network contact Jenny Kartupelis, The East of England Churches Network, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS Tel: 01223 421606 (leaflet held at BWH)
Can you help with one of the projects? If your church is involved in
projects or proagrammes which address the needs of the community can you inform
us of what you do? The contact for this is Chris Warner - Community Connections,
Electra House, 32 Southtown Road, Southtown, Great Yarmouth, NR31 0DU
Tel: 01493 656372. E-mail: chris.ima@paston.co.uk
EVANGELISM
www.evangelism.uk.net
this is a "one-stop site" for UK evangelism resources, links and ideas.
It is maintained by the Archbishop's Council, Board of Mission.
FRIENDSHIP LINK INTERNATIONAL
126 Burstellars, St Ives, Cambs PE17 6YN Tel: 01480 498328
Copy of their newsletter at Bishop Woodford House
A Network Newsletter mailed with an ACCESS UK Supplement. This
is an annotated list of articles from journals etc selected to enrich reflection
of the Gospel and our culture.
Further details and subscriptions from:
‘The Gospel and our Culture network’
11 Redgate Road, Girton, Cambridge CB3 0PP
'British society is thus at once polarised and homogenised. The great institutions that gave it depth and complexity fade away. Instead we have on the one hand the undifferentiated mass of individual consumers!, and on the other hand the legislative and executive power of central government'. - Nicholas Boyle
CHRISTIAN WITNESS in a, landscape of individual consumers and mass legislation
Funeral Service for NVF/Stillbirth/Neonatal
HELP THE AGED
St James’s Walk, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0BE Tel: 020 7253 0153
Senior Line - Welfare Rights Advice Service call free on 0808
800 6565
CHURCH FRIEND BRIEFING
Further Information and to order literature contact:
Terry Thirdborough, Church Promotions Manager, Help the Aged,
207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. Tel: 020 7253 0253
Web: www.helptheaged.org.uk
You may also wish to ask about
- Church Friend Information Pack
- Beating the Bounds Pack
- Church Worship Pack (new edition)
- The Best is Yet to Be - a book of Reading for older People
- Taking the Right Steps - a practical guide for older people before and after death
provided by the Church of England & Catholic Communications Centre with the support of the Baptist Union, Church in Wales, Methodist Church, Salvation Army & United Reformed Church.
Introductory courses for:
Journalism
Desktop Publishing & Digital Photography
Media Impact - Publicity and Radio and Television Interviews
Presentations using PowerPoint
Creating a Web Page
IT Clinics
Using Desktop to produce Orders of Service
Advanced Radio
Crisis Management
Thought for the Day
Visit their website
IMA (Industrial Mission Association)
IMAgenda on line - http://www.imaonline.org.uk
Contact: Charles Dodd, 6 Sylvia Avenue, Hatch End, Pinner, Middx, HA5 1QE
Phone:/fax: 020 8428 3275 e-mail: chri@popanva.freeserve.co.uk
Magazine available for reference at Bishop Woodford House
LOCAL AGENDA 21 - FOR EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE
(Watch out in other districts for similar information)
Contact: Suzie Osbourn, Babylon Bridge, Waterside, Ely, Cambs CB7 4AU
Tel: 01353 665555 Fax: 01353 668819
E-mail:suzie.osborn@eastcambs.gov.uk
Examples of projects: Actions, Targets and Contacts
Natural and Built Environment
Action: Encourage the involvement of communities and schools
in conservation projects (chruchyards)
Target: 3 additional communities and schools involved in projects
by 2003
For details contact: ECDC - Planning Department
Community
Action: Improvements to village and community halls and
centres according to local need
Target: 3 halls or centres assisted each year to improve their usage
by their local community.
For details contact: ECDC - Community Development Officer; Cambs ACRE -
Community Outreach Worker
Action: Develop a district wide computer network and training
package based on public access PCs located in villages which do not have libraries
or village colleges
Target: Network established by 2001 involving 15 villages
For details contact: ECDC - Economic and Community Development Manager; ECPCG
- Head of Service Development
Awareness and Participation
Action: Train people working in communities to run further
courses in community development skills and increase the number of community
development workers to support local volunteers
Target: 10 people trained by 2002
For details contact: ECDC - Community Development Officer; Cambs ACRE - Community
Development Worker (Littleport)
McCabe Travel
53-55 Balham Hill London SW12 9DR.
Tel: 020 8675 6828.
E-mail:info@jasmin-tours.co.uk
A Collection of Bible related tours to a wide range of destinations: April -October
Contact at the above address for a brochure
The Ministry Bursary Award Scheme
Ecclesiastical Insurance Group,
Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1JZ
The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group's Bursary Scheme is open to those engaged in full time stipendiary ministry in a Christian Church, whether clerical or lay people, male or female.
The Awards aim to provide opportunities to pursue a work related line of enquiry or build on established foundations of study outside the pressures of a demanding ministry.
A. Requirements
- Applicants must normally have
completed at least 10 years full time stipendiary ministry in the Anglican
church, or one which is fully recognised as being within the mainstream of
Christian Churches. Particular consideration will be given to applicants who
have had extended service in their ministry.
- Applicants must have their Diocesan
or District permission in writing accompanied by an application. We shall
expect personal confirmation from their Bishop, Archdeacon (or the equivalent
to Bishop in non-episcopal churches) on the application together with his
comments on the course of action proposed and the applicant's suitability
for it.
- Award recipients must write a report on their use of the award and the benefits which have arisen from it. Reports should contain a minimum of 2000 words and a photograph, together with a 100-150 word Project Summary.
B. Judging
Entries for 2002 will be judged by the current judging panel, The Rt Revd Dr Donald Snelgrove, The Very Revd John Simpson, The Ven Brian Harris, and Mr Graham Doswell, Managing Director, Ecclesiastical Insurance Group.
The judges will be looking for particularly imaginative and worthwhile ideas which will help churches relate to the needs of modern society - ideas which will use Awards to help clergy or lay workers make an even greater contribution to their congregation and communities.
C. Entries Deadline
Entries for the year 2003 must be sent to:
Maggie Vinson, Ecclesiastical Insurance Group,
Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1JZ
to arrive by 30th September 2003.
Further enquires to above address
TRUST FUNDS
(MTF) MISSION TRUST FUND CRITERIA
For further information: Please contact the Trust Fund Administrator,
Mr Alan Tuddenham, Board of Mission, Church House,
Great Smith Street, London SWl P 3NZ.
Tel: 020 7898 1467, Fax: 020 7898 1431
Email: alan.tuddenham@.c-of-e.org.uk
The Board of Mission administers modest Trust Funds creating opportunities to assist towards the cost of study projects. Applications are invited where the purpose of the study leave is to consider the mission of the church or particular mission issues.
Who may apply?
Primarily those who consider themselves members, ordained or lay, of the Church of England and those who belong to churches in membership of Churches Together in England. Ordinands, those planning sabbatical leave and voluntary organisations planning a project furthering the work of mission are also welcome to apply.
What level of grants are awarded?
Normally grants range from £100 to £400, with approximately
fifteen awards made each year.
Who decides?
The Administrator initially checks any applications against the criteria, those
which meet the requirements are then processed and offered to the Trust Fund
Committee for consideration. The Committee meets in November to decide on awards
for the coming year. As no awards are made retrospectively, some applications
may not fit the timetable, in such exceptional cases a decision by correspondence
between the Trust Fund Committee is possible.
Positive Criteria
- The grants must normally be for
the expenses of an individual. The Committee will seek to distinguish between
projects, which are solely for personal development, prefering those, which
would also benefit the Church as a whole.
- The Committee will thus be looking first and foremost for evidence that the applicant is going to spend time reflecting on the proposed project, and rather than it being just an experience'. This implies that the applicant has:
- a clear idea of the purpose of the study visit;
- thought out the questions which the visit seeks to answer;
- thought out how to use the information gained for the benefit of the wider church;
- The Committee will use its own judgement as to the likelihood of the objectives in the previous section being achieved as a result of the study visit proposal, but will take into account any supporting letters produced.
- The Committee will be predisposed to favour chiefly:
- those for whom this is the first such project, and who have had little or limited previous opportunity to observe Christian work (or its context) whether in this country or overseas;
- those who plan to stay in one locus and learn in depth, or who are attending a well-authenticated project.
- Areas of study which are designed to widen horizons personally but particularly between traditions within the church and between churches.
- Visits which include areas of study which have the potential for enabling the applicant to develop further his or her vocation in God's mission to the world.
- The Committee will thus be looking first and foremost for evidence that the applicant is going to spend time reflecting on the proposed project, and rather than it being just an experience'. This implies that the applicant has:
Negative Criteria
Proposals which appear to the Committee to fall into the following categories
are unlikely to be looked upon favourably, unless there is strong supporting
evidence to suggest that an exception should be made:
- Overseas visits which appear to
be chiefly for long and faithful service.
- Visits on behalf of a Diocese to its Companion Diocese overseas (this should be primarily the responsibility of the Diocese itself).
- The necessary costs of fees or other expenses of any degree course or other study courses.
- Visits on behalf of a Diocese to its Companion Diocese overseas (this should be primarily the responsibility of the Diocese itself).
Special Criteria for Young People
The Committee will look favourably at those at the beginning of their ministry
for whom an overseas visit is an integral part of their training for some form
of Christian service or a particularly important part of their preparation for
such service.
PRAXIS
Formed in 1990 and provides & supports liturgical education the Church of
England
General Enquiries: Praxis, 20 Great Peter Street, Westminster
SW1P 2BU.
Tel: 0207 222 3704.
Email: praxis@stmw.glaobalnet.co.uk
Praxis Resources or Enquiries to the National Education Officer:
Mark Earey, Sarum College, 19 The Close, Salisbury SP1 2EE.
Tel: 01722 424815
Email: praxis@sarum.ac.uk
Copies of the Booklet available from Bishop Woodford House
Radius
Exploring faith through drama
Hawkstone Hall, 1A Kennington Road, London SE1 7QP.
Tel: 020 7401 2422.
E-mail office@radius.org.uk
RE
www.theresite.org.uk
The RE site is run by SPCK and Culham College to provide
an on-line searchable database of religious resources.
RIDLEY HALL FOUNDATION
Ridley Hall, Cambridge CB3 9HG
Tel: 01223 741074/741080 Fax: 01223 741081
Email:rah41@cam.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.ridley.cam.ac.uk
REEPING RICHES
Newsletter of the Race Equality in Employment Project
27 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NY
Tel: 020 7928 3970
e-mail slim@dswark.org.uk
SHELDON - HOME OF THE SOCIETY OF MARY & MARTHA
Sheldon, Dunsford, Exeter EX6 7LE
Tel: 01647 252752
E-mail: smm@sheldon.uk.com
The Society of Mary & Martha's primary purpose is to offer care and support
in Christian ministry and/or their families They offer
· Support for people in Christian ministry,
especially at difficult times
· Resources for personal development and spiritual
growth open to everyone
· Self-catering facilities for school, church and
special needs groups
St DEINIOL’S LIBRARY
Hawarden, Flintshire CH5 3DF.
Tel: 01244 532350, Fax: 01244 520643
Email: deiniol.visitors@btinternet.com
Internet: www.btinternet.com/~st.Deiniols/homepage.htm
At St Deiniol’s Library we are committed to providing a first rate resource for clergy. We have been able to keep the current low residential rates in 2001, making it excellent value for clergy & theologians who would like to come for a few -days' private study or even a well-deserved break.
St Deiniol’s was founded over a hundred years ago by William Ewart Gladstone, the Victorian Prime Minister, for the "pursuit of divine learning'. It contains a fine up-to-date working library (250,000 volumes) with comfortable residential facilities in delightful surroundings. We specialise in Theology and History but also have excellent collections of Philosophy, Classics and Literature.
It is the ideal place to spend a sabbatical, catch up on your reading, attend a course, spend a few days on holiday in Wales. It's a good place to study, but also to relax and enjoy the country house ambience. It is close to some of Britain's most breathtaking countryside and ancient monuments - the National Park of Snowdonia 2 the Roman city of Chester, the castles and beautiful gardens of Wales.
COURSES
Clergy Rate
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Friday, 31st January Sunday, 2nd February Youve got to have a dream: theology and the musicals from Gilbert and Sullivan to Bombay Dreams Ian Bradley explores the theological and spiritual resonance of musical theatre together with its liturgical influence. Sgl £125 Dbl £90 N/R £79 |
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Friday, 28th February Sunday, 2nd March Creative writing workshop: re-visiting and re-writing the past Caroline Rose uses the unique Victorian resources of the Library as a starting point for creative writing. Have you always wondered if you could write? Are you an experienced writer but in need of time, space and inspiration? Join us for a friendly, informal workshop in a fabulous setting! Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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Friday, 7th - Sunday, 9th March Visual Culture in the Age of Oscar Wilde: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Aesthetic Movement. Colin Cruise assesses the influence of these movements and their impact on art, design and sexual identity. Sgl £99 Dbl £82 N/R £79 FULLY BOOKED |
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Monday, 24th Friday, 28th March The New Monasticism Ray Simpson, Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda, explores Celtic, desert and other emerging patterns. Sgl £160 Dbl £136 N/R £79 |
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Friday, 25th Sunday, 27th April Explorations in Film and Theology The sixth annual film and theology weekend. Melanie Wright, Tom Aitken, William Telford and Eric Christianson explore issues of theology in film. Sgl £99 Dbl £82 N/R £79 |
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Monday, 19th Thursday, 22nd May Personality and Preaching Leslie J. Francis and team extend the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to deepen our understanding of the gospel narratives and enhance our preaching skills. Sgl £156 Dbl £130 N/R £79 |
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Monday, 26th Friday, 30th May A Christianity of integrity, love and equality John Shelby Spong outlines the hallmarks of a new Christianity on his last lecture tour of the UK. Sgl £180 Dbl £180 N/R £150 FULLY BOOKED |
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Wednesday, 4th Friday, 6th June Exploring Wisdom in an Ecological Age As a scientist and theologian, Celia Deane-Drummond is the ideal guide for those wishing to explore theological and ecological issues. Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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Monday, 23rd June Friday, 27th June Psalms Lyn Bechtel, a feminist Old Testament scholar and one of St Deiniols most popular lecturers, shares her insights on the Book of Psalms. Sgl £156 Dbl £130 N/R £79 |
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Friday, 27th Sunday, 29th June Fundamentalism(s) Ron Greaves looks at the nature, growth and prevalence of fundamentalism in the world. Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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Friday, 4th Sunday, 6th July The Gladstone Umbrella An international gathering of Gladstone scholars to consider the enduring legacy of the Grand Old Man. Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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Monday, 14th Friday, 25th July A Celtic Experience Donald Allchin, Ian Bradley and others examine Celtic traditions through lectures and visits. Sgl £669 Dbl £499 N/R £333 *£559/£419 |
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Monday, 28th July Friday, 1st August because of the Jews : the gospels and anti-judaism David Rensberger examines how the gospels may encourage Christian prejudice against Jews and Judaism and how to prevent their misuse. Sgl £160 Dbl £136 N/R £79 |
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Saturday, 23rd Saturday, 30th August Greek in a week John Dobson teaches New Testament Greek in one short week for those with little or no previous knowledge of the language. Sgl £379 Dbl £284 N/R £189 £269/£201 |
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Saturday, 30th August Saturday, 6th September Hebrew in a week John Dobson teaches biblical Hebrew for complete beginners. Yes it is possible! Sgl £379 Dbl £284 N/R £189 £269/£201 |
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Friday, 26th Sunday, 28th September Science fiction and theology Stephen May explores theological themes in science fiction Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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Monday, 6th Friday, 10th October Who do the movies say that I am? Jesus at the movies Peter Francis and Tom Aitken take a critical look at the history of Jesus on the screen through a series of clips, lectures and screenings. Sgl £160 Dbl £136 N/R £79 |
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Friday, 10th Sunday, 12th October Ann Griffiths: A weekend with Donald Allchin Donald Allchin explores Celtic, Welsh and other influences on contemporary spirituality. Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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Friday, 31st October Sunday, 2nd November Where do I belong in my church? James R. Adams and Patti Whaley of the Centre for Progressive Christianity ask if it is possible to be honest about belief and still belong to a community of faith. Sgl £95 Dbl £79 N/R £65 |
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St George's College in Jerusalem
From the Director of Studies at St George's College in Jerusalem.
St George's is a continuing adult ecumenical education centre of the Anglican Communion and offers a number of courses covering a variety of subjects throughout the year.
The St George's College web page is at www.stgeorgescollegejerusalem.org
THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Acting President: Professor Morna D Hooker
Secretary: Revd Roger D Greeves
Mrs S. Lotz, Secretary, Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity, West Road,
Cambridge CB3 9BS
Tel : +44.1223.763002, fax: +44.1223.763003,
http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk
Theology for Life
at Chester - a College of Liverpool University
For further details contact Helen Wilson Tel: 01244 392847
E-mail h.wilson@chester.ac.uk
Undergraduate Certificate Programmes by Open Learning
Post Experience/Postgraduate Award by Open Leaning - Adult Education
with Theological Reflection
Cost £125 per module
For ordained and lay ministers/preachers and teachers seeking professional or ministerial development, those with responsibilities for the promotion, provision or management of adult education at an advanced level in its relationship with theology. Anyone educating adults in any context who is concerned with the issues of value, meaning and spirituality
Core modules are “How Adults Learn” “ Theology of
Adult Education” “Understanding Process in Adult Education” and
“Design for Learning”. Elective modules include “How
Adults Learn” and “Cultural Contect of Adult Education”
Ian Stubbs - trs.adult@chester.ac.uk
Start at any time in negotiation with the Programme Leader, though A September start is recommended. the dept is closed in August.
Leaflets available at Bishop Woodford House
'Human Rights seen in Christian Context'
A Day Conference 'Human Rights seen in Christian Context' will be held in Oxford with Professor Oliver O'Donovan on Saturday 28th September, at Harris Manchester College, 10am - 4pm, the cost will be £25 waged, £10 unwaged, including sandwich buffet for lunch; advance registration is required.
Enquiries should be directed to me at the address below
Revd David Kettle
Co-ordinator, The Gospel and Our Culture network
11 Redgate Road
Girton
Cambridge CB3 0PP
England
DJK@kettle.force9.co.uk
OVERSEAS LINK
Email:Fiona Brampton
Here are some suggestions for those interested in overseas links
We have links already through the link with the North
Elbe, through the link with Vellore, and through the Mothers’
Union. It might be wise to develop a link through these, rather than setting
up an entirely separate one. One reason for this is that it roots the link firmly
in the life of both this and the overseas diocese.
A group of nine people has just returned from the diocese of Vellore. Why not
invite some of them to a service or meeting to share what they have learned
about that particular part of the world church, and in what ways they think
it has/ will enrich their lives? Some of them will also be leading a workshop
at the Lay Odyssey.
I'm also both willing and happy to come to PCC or other groupings to talk about
world church links (not just Vellore) and help people think through what they
are looking for in such a link.
Partnership for World Mission is in the process of revising guidelines
for overseas links, and any parish embarking on links would be well advised
to follow these. They are drawn from experience of good and bad in links.
THE ARTHUR RANK CENTRE
National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ.
Tel: 02476 696969
Fax: 02476 696900
E-mail j.martineau@ruralnet.org.uk
Web: http://www.rase.org.uk
Registered Charity No: 209961
Rural Ministry Courses May 7-9 2003 and November 3-5 2003.
Multi-parish benefice consultations March 12/13 and September 18/19
THE GRUBB INSTITUTE
Cloudesley Street, London N1 0HU. Tel:020 7278 8061 E-mail: info@grubb.org.uk
Applications and enquiries: The Conference Administrator, the Grubb
Institute, Cloudesley Street, London N1 0HU
Tel: 020 7278 8061 Fax: 020 7278 0728
E-mail: bme@grubb.org.uk
Dudley: for Ricoh Contact: Grant Thomas 0208 709 4349
Philips: for Rex Rotary Tel: 020 8460 2772
CAM-RI: for Riso & Risograph Tel: 01223 420644 Fax: 01223420384
Many parishes are finding a need for higher volume printers. Printing magazines and short lived Common Worship service sheets and RCL weekly sheets.
I have a collection of leaflets on Copy-printers. Before you buy I suggest you give one a try. A request on the Ely web-list will find you a local user, and I am at Witchford.
Cam-Ri Ltd are local to Cambridge so I append their recent letter.
CAM-RI LIMITED
William James House, Cowley Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB4 0WX
Tel: 01223-420644 Fax: 01223-420384
The following are a brief list of what we can offer in respect of our range
of Risograph Digital Printers.
Current range of 8 different models from basic A4 to full A3 600x600 dpi.
Pricing from £1595.00 to £5995.00 plus 3 interface units priced
from £895.00 to £2390.00.
Complete range of Masters A4, B4 and A3. Inks black and 18 colour options plus colour drum units.
Pricing on all products would be offered at our Educational levels. Purchase or fixed rental terms (over 3/Syr periods) are available on request.
An example of the most popular models to produce A4 are:
CRI61OEP inc. stand and black A4 drum: Rental over a 5 yr. period is £475.00 p.a.
RN2 100 inc. stand, black A4 drum and interface unit: Rental over a 5 yr. period is £750.00 p.a.
All products have a full year parts and labour warranty, there after we offer an optional inclusive maintenance agreement or a call-out charge plus parts. Prices include delivery, installation and training but are subject to v.a.t.
We have a number of ex-rental models which are on offer over a 3 year period at special terms.
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square London
A very interesting article in the Mothers Union "Home & Family" magazine introduces Neil MacGregor, Director of the National Gallery.
"The pictures from "Seeing Salvation" are in the collection and on public display. A permanent free sound guide, 'The Life of Christ' is available to visitors."…
"We'd like to follow the exhibition with something that is not so much an event as a habit: we hope to have more lectures, more discussions, and to encourage more use by Churches of the images in their local collections- more preaching from images. Preaching from postcards is increasingly popular, and it's extraordinarily powerful because everybody can have their own illustration to take home. What we would like to see as the sequel is really trying to build a habit of using pictures in talking of God."
A visit to the National Gallery to explore these opportunities might well be seen as fundable under the Ministry as Partnership initiative, as a training day for the Deanery Chapter with Readers or an ecumenical group.
LEARN DIRECT
www.learndirect.co.uk
Tel: Helpline 0800 100 900
Local centres at Cambridge, Ely, March, Littleport, Peterborough libraries and
Peterborough Regional college. New centres are opening.
Local, on-line (on the internet) and some CD, video & book based training. Course range from 30 minutes to over 100 hours. There are lots of Information Technology courses and many in Business and Management skills.
A small sample from the 100's on offer (Membership at Ely Library is £12).
Title |
hours |
cost - normal |
cost - members |
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Motivation skills |
10 |
£30 |
free |
If a course uses CD ROMs, videos or workbooks, these will be sent to you once you've enrolled.
British & Foreign Bible Society
"Faith Comes by Hearing" - a new programme that works by recovering "lost time" for Bible listening. If a family plays a tape for 28 minutes each day while driving, walking of doing dishes, for example, that household would hear the entire New Testament every 40 days and create a life long habit of being in the Scriptures each day.
Sample tapes available from the Ely Resource Centre
Special Subscription Offer for Curates and New Readers
Crucible is an essential read for those concerned with social issues. It is written by those engaged in the work of social responsibility and takes a lead in
- encouraging reflection on crucial
issues in today's society
- provoking debate and discussion
- and providing in-depths features on important and sometimes controversial topics ranging from politics, media, medical ethics and women through to technology, race relations, global poverty and sexuality.
Crucible normally costs £12 a year or £3/00 for single copies. It is being offered to curates and new readers (within 5 years of starting ministry) for the special price of £7.00 a year.
Order forms obtainable from the Resources Centre.
If you are interested in Godly Play the stockists for items are:
St Michael's Cottage Crafts
Bowthorpe Community Trust
Craft Workshops
Bowthorpe Hall Road
Bowthorpe
Norwich NR5 9AA
Spiritually
RETREATS 2003
AT ST FRANCIS' HOUSE, HEMINGFORD GREY,
HUNTINGDON, CAMBS
Open Retreats are for everyone and not restricted to a parish or other group.
They are conducted preayerfully in the spirit of the Christian retreat tradition.
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Chelmsford Diocesan House of Retreat, Pleshey
2003 Programme
awaiting details
Retreat Fees: Individual per 24 hours full board:£40. Quiet Days:
weekend-£80 per person Sunday with lunch-£17 per person, without
lunch £7. Parsonage Cottage: £42 per night, £230 per week,
sabbaticals by negotiation.
e-mail: retreathouse.pleshey@virgin.net
Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6LZ
Hengrave
Hall is a beautiful Tudor house set in its own extensive grounds. Within these
grounds stands the mediaeval Church of Reconciliation which the Community uses
for its daily prayer. There is also a smaller oratory in the House with original
16th century Flemish glass.
The Hengrave Community is an ecumenical foundation, comprising men and women, young and old, lay, Religious and ordained as well as a number of young volunteers from overseas (mostly central Europe). All gifts and talents are valued equally.
The Community lives together, exploring its ecumenical vocation. Together, members run the Hall as a conference and retreat centre, seeking to promote reconciliation - between churches, and more widely.
Web Site: http://www.hengravehallcentre.org.uk/
For further information, contact:
The Events Secretary, Hengrave Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6LZ.
Tel: 01284 701561 Fax: 01284 702950
Email programme@hengravehallcentre.org.uk
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2003
Quiet Days
awaiting details
Retreats
awaiting details
Other Events
awaiting details
http://www.launde.org.uk/explore.htm
http://www.retreats.org.uk/
http://members.aol.com/stathern/stathern.html
http://www.whaleyhallckl.org.uk/
http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/index.asp
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/commpp/
http://www.tap.net/csc/
http://www.othona.org/othona.htm
http://www.mirfield.org.uk/retreats/hemming.asp
http://www.lincoln.anglican.org/ekh/
Other Retreats
awaiting details
The CME grants application form is available here
Tantur Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies
Box 19556, 91194 Jerusalem, Israel
Tel: int+ 972 2 676 09 11
Fax: int+ 972 2 676 09 14
Email: tantur@netvision.net.il
Web: www.come.to/tantur
In October 1963 Orthodox, Anglican and Protestant observers at the Second Vatican Council shared with Pope Paul VI the dream of an international ecumenical institute for theological research and pastoral studies. After his 1964 pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Vatican purchased Tantur (Arabic for "hilltop"), then leased it to the University of Notre Dame (USA) for fifty years. With the guidance of an International Ecumenical Advisory Board, the University built the beautiful and spacious Institute that opened in 1971. The Board has continued to set up the programs, seek out faculty and staff, and administer the property. Under the guidance of both Protestant and Roman Catholic rectors, the Institute has welcomed over 3,500 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Roman Catholic participants to its programs. They have come from dozens of countries and all but one of the continents.
Aims
We assist the search for Christian unity and interchurch harmony among diverse
Christian communions. We seek a broader and deeper understanding of each other's
faith and traditions, ethics and social witness, liturgies and pieties.
We explore the relationships between Christians and peoples of other world faiths,
especially Jews and Muslims.
We participate in the search for world peace and justice, through theological study and through exploring human rights and conflict resolution in different religious and social contexts.
Creative Arts Retreat Movement (CARM)
Painting - Calligraphy - Embroidery - Poetry - Creative Writing
- Music & Art Appreciation
Join the many who gather at retreat houses in the UK and abroad to share their creativity and their faith with the guidance of CARM's team of tutors and chaplains. Retreats vary in length from a week to a weekend.
Membership at a minimum of 2GBP provides early receipt of the year's programme and a newsletter sent out in November.
CARM operates a Bursary Fund for those in need of financial help to make their retreat.
Your membership will be valid until the Autumn of 2003.
To join CARM contact the Membership Secretary
Audrey Cooper, 136 London Road, Gloucester GL1 3PL
Website: http://www.carmretreats.org
INTERNATIONAL LINKS
The Fellowship of the Maple Leaf - furthering mutual learning between the Church in Canada and the UK.
AIM: To promote the links between the Church in Canada and the United Kingdom by furthering mutual learning in our engagement with each others' cultures.
To this end grants are awarded to two broad categories of applications
- Individual bursaries to clergy,
ordinands and lay people for study and sharing of experiences by
- Canadians coming to
the UK
- People from the UK going
to Canada
(Extended Placement - min of three months or Short Placement - max of three month
- Canadians coming to
the UK
- Grants for projects
- Developing ministry
in education, social responsibility and pastoral work
- Projects related to the people of the First Nations in Assisted Dioceses' in Canada
- Developing ministry
in education, social responsibility and pastoral work
Support for Native Ministry projects and training has been a major focus of the Fellowship's work in recent years, and a number of grants have been given to the Native Degree Programme at the Vancouver School of Theology among others.
Applications for grants and bursaries should be received by the Secretary of the Fellowship at least one month before the meetings of the Governing Body in the first week of February, June and November of each year.
For people wishing to visit Canada from the UK contact:
Canon John Williams, The Secretary,
Fellowship of the Maple Leaf
2 Fox Spring Rise, Edinburgh EH10 6NE
Applications from those training for the ministry for FML bursaries to undertake cross-cultural placements in Canada, to:
The Revd Preb David Sceats,
North Thames Ministerial Training Course
Oak Hill, Chaseide, Southgate, London N14 4PS
Wedding information
From April 2002 The Deputy Registrar General says that the postcode should
be included as part of each address in Column 6 when registering a marriage.
Notice received from the Cambridgeshire County Council, Register
Office 18.3.2002
Puppet Productions
Offer an online catalogue of children’s and youth training videos, clowning supplies, balloon sculpture assistance, juggling tricks, illusions and other creative ministry resources for children’s, youth and all-age worship. And… it sells puppets and puppet scripts – some of the scripts are free!
A ‘must’ visit for all church youth and children’s workers.
http://www.puppetproductions.com
Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources
Indexed according to the Revised Common Lectionary
and by Scriptural Text
The PriscillaTrust
Enquiries: The Revd David Gerrish,
Scribbage House, Herbert Place
Weymouth DT4 8LR
Tel: 01305 789319
Website: www.priscilla-trust.ik.com
Do your batteries need recharging?
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How? Through study, reading,reflection and prayer combined with recreational activities.
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Where? In an idyllic, tranquil setting in the Dordogne, south-west France
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Means? Rent free cottages provided by the Priscilla Trust
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Whom? Full-time, and recently retired Christian ministers and their spouses.
Full details (including travel options, life in the Dordogne and booking dates) are available from the website, or from Revd David Gerrish.
