We are committed to supporting and developing your ministry.
As a condition of your licence, your Bishop will look for evidence of your commitment to ongoing training and development.
Upcoming Events
Walk Through the New Testament – Sunday 24th November 09.30am – 4pm Deanery High School, Frog Lane, Wigan, WN1 1HQ
Relax and enjoy the journey as an experienced guide encourages us to see God’s Word through the ‘Big Picture’.
The FUN and MEMORABLE sessions will help you learn with such CLARITY you’ll be able to retell the whole STORYLINE to a friend. We will also do our best to INSPIRE and EQUIP you to keep digging deeper. You will be given your own booklet of material to take away with you on the day. We will be providing tea and coffee but please bring a packed lunch with you.
The day will start with a 09.30am – Eucharist.
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Quiet Day: Saturday 5th April 10am – 3pm
St Joseph’s Prayer Centre, Formby
Bishop John will lead a quiet day.
Refreshments will be provided, but please bring your own lunch.
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Summer School – June 18th and 25th Matt Allen
Matt will lead a two part workshop which will focus on ways in which we, as preachers, can refresh and enliven our preaching.
Part One: Telling great stories and showing real faith.
To include a look at narrative preaching and the use of testimony.
Part Two: Preaching from the heart to our hearers.
To look at rhetorical skills and preaching without notes (or less reliant on them).
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Matt Allen is the Blackburn Centre Lead Tutor at Emmanuel Theological College. He oversees the teaching in Preaching and Practical Theology. Prior to that he was the Director of Training in Blackburn Diocese and has been a parish Priest, including leading an Anglican-Baptist Local Ecumenical Partnership in Accrington. Matt is passionate about helping others develop their gifts for ministry. He is the co-author of The Present Preacher and is the Reviews and Resources Editor for The Preacher magazine. He is in the final stages of completing a doctorate in Homiletics and Practical Theology.
Autumn Study Day – November 23rd: Readers and Discipleship a ministry of word and Spirit.
The day will be spent focusing upon the role of scripture and the work of the Holy Spirit in our discipleship journey and how we can stimulate and support other disciples of Jesus in our ministry.
The day will be led by Rev Nick Crawley.
Nick Crawley, who founded Bible for Life, is an Anglican clergyman with over 30 years experience of church leadership in London, Harare (Zimbabwe), Sheffield, and Bristol. He is a qualified Banker and Investment Analyst and was awarded an MA with merit in Christian Theology from the University of Bristol. He holds a Certificate in Mentoring from Anamcara Consulting. He teaches on Discipleship and Spiritual formation at churches and colleges in the UK. He is married to Dr. Lucy Peppiatt the systematic theologian and author, and current Principal of Westminster Theological Centre. They have four sons.
For more information visit – https://bibleforlife.co.uk/about
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