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Booking deadline: one week before event Is My Parish the World? Pastoral care: a next move for parishes involved in this ministry? A short course enabling British churches to explore global mission. Four sessions: A chance to learn and reflect on how established parish pastoral groups can develop 1. Is everything mission? 2. Foundations for Mission 3. Global – local – glocal further in a safe way that enhances the church’s mission and ministry. 4. Principles of partnership. CLAY Venue 1: St Mary’s Church, Garforth Date: 1 December 19.00 to 21.30 Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield Venue 2: Hackforth Village Hall Date: 28 January 19.00 to 21.30 Date: 21/28 Jan, 4/11 Feb 14:30 to 16.00 Fee: £10 (inc. refreshments) Leaders: Liz Williams and Pastoral Team Members Fee: FREE Leader: Neil Traynor USPG Northern Regional Co-ordinator Details: Liz Williams 0113 200 0556 or [email protected] Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk SEPTEMBER 2009

Booking deadline: 18 January for both Quiet Day for Advent: Why are we Waiting? to FEBRUARY 2010 A day of worship and reflection on the one who comes to us, the Desire of Nations and “A good death and a welcomed dying?” Light of the World. A day event to consider the liturgical issues and pastoral concerns raised when we Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield witness a death of release and a ‘joy’ in dying, rather than when faced with the pain of Date: 12 December 10:00 to 15.30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) dying and the sorrow of loss. Leaders: John Gribben CR with novice brothers Venue 1: St Margaret’s, Horsforth Date: 26 January 10.00 to 15.30 Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk Venue 2: Chantry Hall, Bedale Date: 2 February 10.00 to 15.30 Leaders: Liz Williams and Pastoral Team Members Fee: FREE Enneagram Workshop: How Different People View the World Details: Liz Williams 0113 200 0556 or [email protected] This interactive day offers an introduction to the Enneagram personality types. Participants will be guided in an exploration of the 9 types as a tool for self Reading Christian Art: Growing Our Inner Lives Welcome to the eleventh edition of CLAY. Our website understanding and relationships. A day of prayerful reading and discussion of artworks led by two Christian artists. The (www.claycourses.org.uk) contains details of the current courses that are available via CLAY. You can use the site to Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield aim of the day is to introduce methods for engagement with Christian art that can Date: 3 January 10:30 to 15.30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) spiritually enliven, inform and inspire us now and for the future. browse our courses, search for a course, make email contact, find travel directions to the venues, and print publicity leaflets Leaders: Revd Julian Perkins & Dr Anna Sutton (qualified Enneagram teachers) Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk Date: 26 February 10:00 to 15.30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) for your church/organisation notice board. There are links to Leaders: Revd Matthew Askey & Iain Mckillop (Christian artists) the websites of the churches and organisations offering events Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk through CLAY and you can also download the latest CLAY leaflet. Images of Christ in Art The listed courses are open to all, and we look forward to Jesus Christ is the second most painted subject in art. This is an opportunity to explore sharing and learning together. some of the more memorable images as an aid to reflective prayer. You are welcome to Quiet Day: Struggling To Be Holy bring a copy of your own favourite image. Drinks provided, bring your own lunch. An open and honest exploration of holiness within ordinary day-to-day living, taking us Venue: The Old Vicarage, Kilburn, YO61 4AH to the heart of our struggle to be human and showing us that this is also the key to our Date: 16 January & 6 February (repeat) 10.00 to 15.30 struggle to be holy. Leader: Kit Dollard Fee: £10 Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield Details: Christian Community Resources, Ampleforth 01439 787070 or [email protected] Date: 27 February 10:00 to 15.30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) Leader: Revd Judy Hirst, author of Struggling to be Holy contact Breda Theakston to arrange a date and time Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk

Home is a Holy Place contact Linda Pennington to arrange a date and time Two hours to sample the new Home is a Holy Place DVD Resource Pack. We will try out a variety of ideas from the pack to help us to see and to celebrate the joys and sorrows Everybody’s Welcome ~ The Ministry of Welcome of everyday family life in the light of the Gospel. This will appeal to all family people as A two-hour workshop to experience a range of welcoming ideas and family friendly well as those who work with or care about families. resources for church communities. Fee: £5 per person or £50 per group Fee: £5 per person or £35 for a church group Details: Breda Theakston 0113 261 8050 or [email protected] Leaders: Breda Theakston and Linda Pennington Details: Linda Pennington on 0113 261 8043 or [email protected]

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This leaflet has been compiled by: Jim Coleman, Yorkshire Synod of the United Reformed Church; Rachel Hirst, ; Gaynor Hammond, Northern Baptist College; June Lawson, The Mirfield Centre; Viv Morrissey and Bob Young, Yorkshire Methodist Districts; Linda Pennington, RC Diocese of ; Debbie Orriss, Wilson Carlile College; Steve Allen, Diocese of ; Alan Isaacson, Visit our website for details and updates: ; Liz Williams, & Leeds; Jane Cook, RC design and production by Diocese of Middlesbrough; Stephen Kelly, Diocese of www.triptych-design.co.uk www.claycourses.org.uk booking is essential for all events booking is essential for all events booking is essential for all events

Booking deadline: one week before event date Worship with Small Congregations Christian Responses to Medical Ethics Domestic Abuse... how should we respond? A study day for all who preach. Bring your own lunch. A study day for all who preach. Drinks provided An opportunity for ordained and lay ministers to be more effective in their response to, Venue: Sheriff Hutton Methodist Church, YO60 6SH Venue: Chapel Allerton Methodist Church, Town Street, Leeds LS7 4NB and their dealing with, domestic abuse amongst those they seek to minister to. Dates: 10 October 10.00 to 15.30 Fee: FREE (donations welcome) Dates: 7 November 09.30 to 15.30 Fee: FREE (bring your own lunch) Venue 1: St Edmund’s, Roundhay Date: 5 September 10.00 to 12.30 Leader: Revd Anne Tomlinson, Ministry Development Officer, Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway Leaders: Dr Richard Vautrey (a Leeds GP and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference), Venue 2: Venerable Bede, Wyther, Leeds Date: 23 September 19.00 to 21.30 Details: Revd David Godfrey 01904 623881 or [email protected] Dr Stanley Pearson (a recently retired Leeds GP) and Professor Peter Howdle Venue 3: Holy Trinity Church, Ripon Date: 21 October 19.00 to 21.30 (Professor of Clinical Medicine, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds) Venue 4: Crakehall Village Hall, N.Yorkshire Date: 7 November 10.00 to 12.30 Details: Angela Britton 0113 266 3309 or [email protected] Fee: FREE Holey? Wholly? Holy? Leaders: Sue Booth and Mark Lawton Details: Liz Williams 0113 200 0556 or [email protected] Embracing Holistic Spiritual Healthcare to heal holes, make wholes, and nurture holiness. Venue: West Wakefield Methodist Church, Thornes Road, Wakefield WF2 8QR Marriage Preparation Dates: 14 October 19.15 to 21.30 Fee: £5 Four evening training sessions in Leeds city centre on the use of the Leeds Diocesan Booking deadline: 11 September Leader: Revd Jonathan Sharp, Chaplain, Wakefield Hospitals Marriage Preparation Programme. Details: Libby Toomsalu 0113 241 6848 or [email protected] Collaborative working – does it work for you? Venue: West Wakefield Methodist Church, Thornes Road, Wakefield WF2 8QR Dates: Mondays 9, 16, 23, 30 November A ‘Master Class’ opportunity to see and hear how a parish might tackle the joys and Fee: £50 per person or £75 for a married couple to include refreshments and the complete challenges of working together in a collaborative way. Why do the Wicked Prosper, and all that? Heroes, Villains, Marriage Preparation Programme resource folder. Venue: All Hallows Church, Regent Terrace, Leeds and Wisdom from the Psalms Details: Breda Theakston 0113 261 8050 or [email protected] Date: 19 September 09.30 to 13.00 Fee: FREE If you’re amongst those who find yourselves not infrequently asking this question, then Leaders: Revd David Robinson and Liz Williams this session may be the one for you. Details: Liz Williams 0113 200 0556 or [email protected] Safe And Sound (level 1) Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield Date: 17 October 10:00 to 15:30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) Safeguarding foundation course for children’s workers and others. (Certified ecumenical Leader: John Wigfield(Theological Consultant and Co-ordinator for SAMS) equivalent to module A of “Creating Safer Space”.) Quiet Days ‘Seeking God Together’ Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk Venue: Whingate Methodist Church, Whingate, Leeds LS12 3EJ An opportunity for peace, space and time out for reflection in our busy lives, exploring Dates: 24 November 19.15 to 21.30 Fee: FREE God’s presence with us in the ordinariness of every day experience, in the spectrum from Leaders: Sue Booth and Viv Morrissey joy to sorrow, and all in between! The house and garden offer tranquil space, and seasonal Man Church Details: Libby Toomsalu 0113 241 6848 or [email protected] Scripture sits gently at the heart of these days. Drinks provided, bring your own lunch. Pioneer minister Ben Norton will talk about Bridlington’s Fresh Expression – Man Church Venue: The Old Vicarage, Kilburn, YO61 4AH – which meets in a local pub. Your Worship, Your Story Date: 22 Sept, 22 Oct, 7 Nov, 12 Dec 10.00 to 15.30 Fee: £10 Venue: The Endsleigh Centre, Hull Leaders: Kit & Caroline Dollard Date: 20 October 19:30 to 21:00 Fee: FREE (donations welcome) A day workshop based on Roger’s new book about worship, exploring how we can help our Details: Christian Community Resources, Ampleforth 01439 787070 or [email protected] Leader: Revd Ben Norton familiar services really come alive for us in a way they haven’t always managed to do before. Details: Siân Henderson 01904 786275 or [email protected] Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield Date: 28 November 10:00 to 15:30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) Anticipating Advent Booking deadline: 16 October Leader: Revd Dr Roger Grainger, author of The Drama of the Rite, Sussex Academic Press, 2009 Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk A day to explore resources and ideas to make Advent meaningful. Open to all. Advent and Christmas Resources Venue: Christchurch, Stockton Lane, York YO31 0RP Dates: 26 September 10.00 to 14.30 Fee: £15 (inc. lunch) A welcome opportunity to gather up those vital resources and materials needed to make Leaders: Members of York Diocesan Worship and Music Group your celebration of Advent and Christmas that little bit different… or a whole lot different! Ancient Medicine for Modern Ills: Preaching the Gospel of Luke Details: Rachel Hirst 01904 400811 or [email protected] Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Ripon for the 21st Century Date: 24 October 09.30 to 12.30 Fee: £5 per parish or group For all who preach - lay or ordained. Bring your own packed lunch. Leaders: Members of Ripon & Leeds Worship Committee Venue: Pocklington Methodist Church, Chapmangate, Pocklington YO42 2BG Details: Liz Williams 0113 200 0556 or [email protected] A Day with Novelist Salley Vickers Date: 28 November 9.30 to 15.30 Fee: £5 Leader: Revd John Proctor, Tutor in New Testament Studies, Westminster College “While there is always a good story and engrossing characters, there are also deeper Details: Siân Henderson 01904 786275 or [email protected] ideas and images which resonate through the books, often with philosophical, Fresh Expressions Vision Day psychological and other worldly themes.” A day for the whole Christian Community to discover more about Fresh Expressions Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield of Church. Living Faith in the Bible Lands: Politics and Scripture Date: 3 October 11:00 to 15:30 Fee: £20 (inc. lunch) Venue: West Wakefield Methodist Church, Thornes Road, Wakefield, WF2 8QR Leader: Salley Vickers, author of Mr Golighty’s Holiday, Miss Garnett’s Angel et al Venue: The Mirfield Centre, College of the Resurrection, Stocksbank Rd, Mirfield Date: 24 October 09.45 to 16.30 Fee: £6 (£5 if booked by 10th Oct) Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk Date: 30 November 13:15 to 15:45 Fee: FREE by ticket only including Leaders: Bruce Mounsey and Sue Wallace lunch at 1:15 (talk begins at 2.15) Details: Bev Hollings 01924 826130 or [email protected] Leader: Dr Stephen Need, Dean of St George’s College Jerusalem Details: The Mirfield Centre 01924 481920 or www.mirfieldcentre.org.uk

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