Related training

Training and courses provided by other agencies and institutions which may be relevant to fresh expressions.

Ordained pioneer ministry training
Post-graduate training
Leadership training

Methodist Cell Church Conference

9th-10th February 2010
King's Park Centre, Northampton

The title is 'CELLebrate! Creating whole-life disciples through small groups' and Bishop Graham Cray, team leader of Fresh Expressions, will be the keynote speaker. The conference is for anyone interested in Cell Church and there will be streams for all levels, whether you are just beginning to think about the concept, have just started or have several years of experience.

The cost is £55 (en suite rooms) before 31st December 2009, or £65 thereafter, with a 5% discount for groups of 4 or more from the same church/circuit. The booking form can be downloaded from the Methodist Church website and should be be returned to Methodist Publishing who are able to accept payment by both cheque and card.

Shaping the Dreams of a Generation

The Ripon and Leeds Diocese Fresh Expressions Fund is substantially supporting a course of story-telling resources and training open to all, particularly geared towards those seeking to engage young people through fresh expressions of worship.

Shaping The Dreams of a Generation takes place in Leeds on six Thursday evenings in February and March 2010.

More details and booking

ReSource

Resource offers training weekends each year for people who are living out the call to pioneer new forms of mission. Each weekend is immersed in a different context and explores a particular edge in mission with a focus on meeting and hearing the story of local missional communities.

Visit the ReSource website for more information.

In-service study weeks (St John's College, Nottingham)

Cost: Tuition and full board £265, Tuition only £195. Serving clergy may be able to receive funding as part of Continuing Ministerial Education.

email the academic administrator or call 0115 9683216.

Christian Apologetics in a Postmodern World, 24th – 28th May 2010

What does it mean for Christians to give a reason for the hope that is within them in our contemporary world? How has the rise of our modern world and its transformation into postmodernity affected the defence of the faith? What are the most pressing questions that challenge our faith today - the question of suffering or the dialogue between faith and science? These are the issues we will explore, examine, analyse and discuss with the help of multimedia resources.

The Revd Dr Tim Hull has a dual role at St John’s working with Extension Studies, developing multimedia teaching resources, and as a lecturer in College in Philosophy and related areas of theology.

Four-week study units (St John's College, Nottingham)

email the academic administrator or call 0115 9683216.

Virtual World (22nd February – 19th March 2010)

This unit focuses on the development of new media (e.g. internet, reality TV, music, integrated media) and its implications for mission and ministry in today’s culture. It will engage theologically and philosophically with issues of identity and community and will consider the ethical issues which emerge for those working with new media in a range of contexts.

Jo Pimlott is Assistant Director of MCYM, Roy McCloughry is a part time lecturer in Ethics and The Revd Dr Tim Hull a lecturer in College in Philosophy and related areas of theology.

Engaging Culture (26th April – 21st May 2010)

Many fresh expressions and pioneer projects are deeply engaged in relating gospel and culture and much Christian ministry has to respond creatively to cultural issues. This unit seeks to equip us to make that engagement and response even more fruitful and insightful by offering tools of cultural analysis and theological perspectives to enable constructive cultural engagement by Christians. We will consider issues such as power and resistance, ideology, social difference, the interplay of material culture and meanings as well as how these may be theologically understood.

Revd Andii Bowsher is a lecturer in practical theology and mixed mode course leader.

Crucible (Urban Expression/Salvation Army)

Crucible is for Christians with courage and imagination, who suspect:

• We need to operate as cross-cultural missionaries because we live in a cross-cultural mission context.
• We need to think creatively about incarnating the gospel and planting new kinds of churches in emerging and diverse cultures.
• We need to recover the biblical vision of shalom and reflect on how we live as followers of Jesus in light of this all-embracing vision.
• We need to pay particular attention to the margins, because we serve the God who frequently does new things there:
  - On the margins of society among the poor and disenfranchised.
  - At the margins of culture, where creative thinking explores new possibilities.
  - On the margins of the familiar, the spaces all around us, neglected or ignored, but full of potential.

For more details, please visit the Crucible website.