JUL 2021- Jan 2022 1 Please note that CMD events will be held as video link until official clearance has been received. We are monitoring the situation carefully. We offer you our prayers and best wishes. Revd Dr Earl Collins is vicar of St John the Baptist, Hove, and CMD Officer for the diocese. [email protected] DATE INDEX 2021 Sun-Fri 4-9 Jul 6 day course Faith in Science? Interaction of Science and Belief in a Challenging World' - Faraday Institute summer school CLERGY AND LAY MINISTRY Mon 12-Jul 4 terms CPAS Leading Evangelism Learning Hub CLERGY AND LAY MINISTRY Thu 15-Jul 10.00-12.00 What Exactly is ‘Christian Spirituality’? Revd Dr Earl Collins ALM AND READERS Tue 20-Jul 14.00-17.00 Tragedy and Congregations CLERGY Wed 01-Sep 10.30 Changing the Climate: Preaching in the Environmental Crisis college of Preachers CLERGY AND LAY MINISTRY Wed 08-Sep 10.30 Suffering, Science, and Preaching a Theology of Hope College of Preachers CLERGY AND LAY MINISTRY Thu 16-Sep 10.00-12.00 Is there an Anglican Mysticism?, Revd Dr Earl Collins CLERGY Wed 29-Sep 11.30-13.00 Preaching on Giving Webinar CLERGY AND LAY MINISTRY Thu 07-Oct 10.00-12.00 Lectio Divina as a Method of Prayer, Revd Dr Earl Collins ALM AND READERS Tue-Wed 2-3 Nov 10am-3pm Emotionally, Healthy Spirituality 2 day course, Revd Danny Wignall CLERGY Thu 18-Nov 10.00-12.00 Praying with Icons, Revd Dr Earl Collins CLERGY AND LAY MINISTRY Thu 09-Dec 10.00-12.00 Interfaith Encounters: A Coherent Christian Position, Revd Dr Earl Collins CLERGY 2022 Thu 13-Jan 10.00-12.00 An Anglican Understanding of the Church, Revd Dr Earl Collins CLERGY Thu 27-Jan 10.00-12.00 Why the Trinity Matters for Life, Prayer and Preaching, Revd Dr Earl Collins CLERGY Diocesan workshops and cover image photos with kind permission of Jane Willis. Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/revjane/albums , Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janeewillis/?hl=en 2 4-9 Jul 2021, Sun-Fri CLERGY AND LAY MINISTERS Interaction of Science and Faith in a Challenging World– on-line 5 day course £25-00 - £75.00. Keynote speaker Prof Alister McGrath Life in this world produces an ever-increasing range of challenges, whether Covid-19, the climate emergency , medical ethics or finding meaning and purpose. Science and Faith both give us ways to understand and respond to these challenges, especially when they work together. The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion Summer Course 2021 will feature 13 leading academics in 10 fields of study including; Behaviour and Ecology, Climate Science, Genetics, History of Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience, Oceanography, Philosophy and Theology of Science, Physics and Space Exploration. To find out more and book: https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/event/interaction-of-science-and-faith-in-a-challenging-world/ 12 Jul, 2021, Mon CLERGY AND LAY MINISTERS CPAS Leading Evangelism Learning Hub (2021-2022) £160. Online Learning Hub. 8 sessions that runs over 4 terms. Building on our experience of running learning communities and leadership courses we are piloting Leading Evangelism Learning Hubs for incumbents to attend with others involved in leadership. Do you: Long for people of all ages to come to faith in Christ? Want to see evangelism embedded in the life of your churches and congregations rather than as an add-on extra? Desire to help ordinary Christians find their part in the showing and sharing of faith? Then join the new CPAS Leading Evangelism Learning Hub. To find out more and book: https://www.cpas.org.uk/browse-everything/leading-evangelism-learning-hub-2021-2022 15 Jul 2021, Thu ALM AND READERS What exactly is ‘Christian Spirituality’? Free. 10.00-12.00. Zoom Led by Revd Dr Earl Collins ‘Spirituality’ is a modern buzzword that for many has become more accessible than ‘religion’. This workshop will consider the key elements required if a spirituality is to be considered authentically Christian. To find out more and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/154369367935 3 20 Jul, 2021, Tue CLERGY Trauma-informed Ministry, delivered by the Tragedy and Congregations Team Free. 12 places. 14.00-17.00 Led by Revd Dr Carla Grosch-Miller, Revd Hilary Ison and Professor Christopher Southgate This half-day will provide: • opportunities to articulate experience of the COVID crisis • a chance to make connections between these reactions and trauma theory • explorations of the dynamics of communities after a tragedy • biblical resources for addressing our current situation To find out more and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/150505775827 1 Sep 2021, Wed CLERGY AND LAY MINISTERS Changing the Climate: Preaching in the Environmental Crisis £7, £5 student. 10.30-12.30. Zoom Led by Revd Paul Johns, Methodist Minister. Climate change, floods and droughts, declining biodiversity – is all this just a stock of fresh sermon illustrations? Or does it shift the context of our preaching, and therefore sermon content too? God holds the planet in one hand and offers us the Bible with the other. What hope does the biblical message offer to a planet in pain? This workshop, led by Revd Paul Johns, will provide an opportunity to share your thoughts and preaching experience, and to listen to and discuss two or three recent (and short) ‘environmental’ sermons. To find out more and book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preaching-on-the-environmental-crisis-tickets-153777036255 7 Oct 2021, Wed CLERGY AND LAY MINISTERS Suffering, Science, and Preaching a Theology of Hope £7, £5 student. 10.30. Zoom Led by the Revd Jennifer Brown, Director of Training for the College of Preachers and former Science Missioner. How can science help us understand suffering? Can science offer a way through which we can explore the perennial question of why God allows suffering? And how do we speak of hope in the midst of suffering? This workshop will explore how we can use insights from science in our preaching both to help people engage with questions around suffering and to offer a theology of hope. The Revd Jennifer Brown is Director of Training for the College of Preachers and a Theological Educator. She has worked as Science Missioner in the Oxford Diocese and is Secretary of the Science and Religion Forum. To find out more and book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/suffering-science-and-preaching-a-theology-of-hope-a-preaching-workshop-tickets-148770395257. 4 16 Sep 2021, Thu CLERGY AND LAY MINISTERS Is there an Anglican Mysticism? Free. 10.00-12.00. Zoom Led by Revd Dr Earl Collins Drawing on a wide range of sources from Lancelot Andrewes and Evelyn Underhill to Rowan Williams This workshop will explore what Christian mysticism means and the varied forms it has assumed in Anglican tradition. To find out more and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/154372673823 7 Oct 2021, Thu ALM AND READERS Lectio Divina as a Method of Prayer Free. 10.00-12.00. Zoom Led by Revd Dr Earl Collins The ancient monastic method of prayer called lectio divina (meditative reading of Scripture) has undergone a massive revival across the churches, regardless of denomination, in the last fifty years. We will consider its origins, its development and how it is to be done. It will be suggested that through lectio ‘the Word becomes prayer’. To find out more and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/154373387959 5 29 Sep 2021, Wed CLERGY AND LAY MINISTERS Preaching on Giving Webinar. A webinar for clergy and all those involved in preaching. Free. 11.30-13.00. Zoom Key speakers are Bishop Ruth, Bishop Will, Andy Angel and Andrew Smith. “Imagine you had the resources to really let ministry fly. Imagine you were not constrained by tight budgets. Imagine you could live some of the dreams you brought into ministry. Well, the reality might be closer than you think … but dreams never become reality without challenge.” Rev Andy Angel, vicar of St Andrew's Burgess Hill The programme for the day will be: 11.30 - welcome - +Ruth 11.35-11.50 : +Ruth speaking 'Preaching, vision, and giving; connecting congregations with the bigger picture.' 11.50-12.05: +Will speaking on 'Preaching for financial giving in tough contexts'. 12.05-12.20: Andy on 'The challenge of teaching on Tithing: taking Jesus at his Word; Mat.23.23. 12.20-12.45: plenary discussion and questions. 12.45-12.55: Andrew : Signposting resources. 12.55 +Ruth: closing prayer. To find out more and book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/164108604253 6 2-3 Nov, 2021, Tue-Wed CLERGY Emotionally, Healthy Spirituality 2 day retreat Free. 10 places. Oast Houses, Tufton Lane, Northiam, RyeTN31 6HL Led by Revd Danny Wignall Danny Wignall has been ordained for over 20 years and has led a variety of churches, most recently St Stephen’s Shottermill. Since 2018 he has worked as a Mission Enabler for Evangelism in the Diocese of Guildford. He is also a trained Spiritual Director and Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Coach. During these 2 days we will have the opportunity to be with God, attend to our own ‘self-care’ and be open to him through an introduction to the insights of the EHS Discipleship and Leadership formation materials from Pete Scazzero. The day will be a mixture of input, personal time and plenary, so please try to make sure you clear your diary and have a space in which you can be still and alone with God. We will explore the foundational themes of (i) Emotional Health: defined as the ability to be self-aware and love well and (ii) Contemplative Spirituality: stopping and pausing to intentionally cultivate our relationship with Jesus.