msm Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

You are invited to share a learning journey in a supportive community to be equipped for a lifetime of good practice and learning in growing fresh expressions of church.

Your local course

The Northampton Methodist Circuit and the Dioceses of Leicester and Peterborough are delighted to make msm available locally. We believe it will be a significant resource for building the Kingdom of God in this area.

Individuals are most welcome, but we particularly hope that a leadership team or core group from a Fresh Expression will come together as this will deepen the impact of the course. There will be opportunity for ongoing involvement in a learning network at the end of the course.

The course is hosted by Tim Woolley in two centres, Northamptonshire with Miles Baker & Richard Priestley and Leicestershire with Stuart Burns & Barry Hill.

Course timetable and venue

Phase 1
Saturday 02/10/10
Saturday 13/11/10
Tuesday 18/01/11
Tuesday 15/03/11
Saturday 09/04/11
Tuesday 10/05/11 (Northamptonshire) or Tuesday 17/05/11 (Leicestershire)
Saturday 11/06/11
Tuesday 05/07/11 (Leicestershire) or Tuesday 12/07/11 (Northamptonshire)

Phase 2 - follow on
Saturday 17/09/11
Tuesday 08/11/11
Tuesday 10/01/12
Saturday 10/03/12

Saturdays run from 10.00am to 4.00pm at a venue on the Leics/Northants border.
Tuesdays run from 7.30-9.30pm at Diocesan Resource Centre, Northants, NN4 7YD (Northamptonshire) or St Martin’s House, St Martin's East, Leicestershire (Leicestershire).

Cost

£180 per person, which covers all materials, refreshments and days away. For those attending as a leadership or core team from the Diocese of Leicester, significant subsidies are available with the subsidy increasing the more people join. Please contact Barry Hill (below) for details.

Contact

Tim Woolley
t.r.woolley.00@cantab.net
01604 784424

Barry Hill (Diocese of Leicester)
barry.hill@leccofe.org
0116 248 7435

Miles Baker (Diocese of Peterborough)
miles.baker@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
01604 887043

Recommendations

From the basic 'what is a fresh expression of church' to looking at vision and values, worship, culture, mission audits, spirituality for mission, opposition and setbacks, leadership and more, this was a comprehensive and very practical course.

Helen Bamber, lay worker, Market Harborough Methodist Circuit

This course, which is becoming increasingly popular around the country, is proving to be a crucial stimulus to the development of Fresh Expressions. It will have great benefit for those who are seriously intentional about developing new forms of church in today's world.

Revd Peter Hancock, Chair, Northampton Methodist District