Events
Clergy training and development
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June 2019
Tuesday 25 June 2019
Fearing the Workhouse: Reflecting together on Poverty and Power
Speaker: Sue Richardson, Christian Aid’s Theological Education Advisor 
How do we learn about poverty and how do we see it today? Jesus tells his audience that they will have the poor with them always. Do we hear this as affirming the inequality we see, or do we resonate with the implied ‘therefore do this….’ and strive to respond in the face of poverty’s challenge? Can the practice of our faith resource us in prayer, generosity and action?
The talk will be at Sacrista Prebend Retreat House, where we will have lunch (suggested donation £5.00 per person) before going on to the Southwell Workhouse. Entrance is free to card carrying National Trust members. Entry will cost £9.60 for non-members.
About the Southwell Workhouse: The Workhouse was built in 1824 as a place of last resort for the destitute. It was influenced by prison design and housed around 160 inmates. The regime was harsh. Visiting the property prompts reflection on how society has tackled poverty through the centuries.
Southwell Workhouse, Nottinghamshire
Saturday 29 June 2019
Gen2 Conference
For everyone involved in Children’s, Youth, Family & Inter-generational Ministry
Bringing together practitioners and thinkers to share current ideas and inspiring ways of being.
With plenty of helpful and practical tips, plus space to worship, be refreshed and network.
Bring your whole team. FREE. Booking opens on Eventbrite on March 1st
Speakers booked so far include Bishop Donald, Jason Royce, Anna Hawken… more to come!
Contact becky.wills@peterborough-diocese.org.uk for more details
King's Park, Northampton, NN3 6LL
Saturday 29 June 2019
C1 Safeguarding Foundation Module
For anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities or who have contact with children, young people and / or adults who may be vulnerable.
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Tim Hitch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Great Casterton church hall PE9 4AP
July 2019
Wednesday 3 July 2019
C3 Foundation / Leadership Safeguarding Training and Development Module
Required for those holding a license, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate from a Bishop - Ordained and Lay
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
Bring your own packed lunch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB. No parking available, please use public car parks
Tuesday 9 July 2019
C3 Foundation / Leadership Safeguarding Training and Development Module
Required for those holding a license, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate from a Bishop - Ordained and Lay
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery
Bring your own packed lunch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
Saturday 13 July 2019
Using PowerPoint in Worship
Speaker: Mark Lane works in IT and is a Reader in the Daventry Ministry Team.
Have you ever wanted to start using a computer and digital projection for church services? This morning session will help you learn how to set up and use PowerPoint on your computer.
St Peter's, Irthlingborough, Wellingborough NN9 5WB
Saturday 13 July 2019
C1 Safeguarding Foundation Module
For anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities or who have contact with children, young people and / or adults who may be vulnerable.
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by John Kidney
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Weedon Chapter House
August 2019
Saturday 10 August 2019
C2 Leadership Module (must complete C1 first)
For anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities or who have contact with children, young people and / or adults who may be vulnerable.
Please bring your C1 certificate with you
and S3 Responding to Domestic Abuse Module
Recommended for anyone holding the Bishop’s commission or authorisation, Senior staff teams, Churchwardens, Youth Workers and others as relevant to role.
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Peterborough St Mary (Lower Hall)
Wednesday 28 August 2019
C2 Leadership Module (must complete C1 first)
For anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities or who have contact with children, young people and / or adults who may be vulnerable.
Please bring your C1 certificate with you
and S3 Responding to Domestic Abuse Module
Recommended for anyone holding the Bishop’s commission or authorisation, Senior staff teams, Churchwardens, Youth Workers and others as relevant to role.
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
September 2019
Tuesday 3 September 2019
Financial Planning During your Ministry & Beyond
Speakers: Subject experts from The Church of England Pensions Board, clergy pension and housing teams; plus independent financial advisers from Ecclesiastical Financial Advisory Services.
This session is aimed at helping clergy (and their partners) demystify financial matters and helping you plan for your financial future no matter how far you may be from retirement. The speakers will address personal financial planning issues and questions that in their experience face most clergy, the key themes of the session centre around:
- General financial planning hints and tips
- The importance of planning ahead
- Housing options including how the church can help and buying property (or remortgaging) during your ministry
- What to expect from the clergy pension scheme and considering the options for saving more
- Protecting your family
- Saving & investing hints and tips including tax efficiency, investment risks and ethical investment options
- Answering your financial questions (questions from the audience are encouraged)
During and after lunch, there will be an opportunity to meet one to one with any of the speakers for personal advice. If you would like to arrange a meeting in advance, please let us know when you book your place.
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
Saturday 7 September 2019
C3 Foundation / Leadership Safeguarding Training and Development Module
Required for those holding a license, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate from a Bishop - Ordained and Lay
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
Bring your own packed lunch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Kettering, Christ the King NN15 7AA
Saturday 7 September 2019
Eucharistic Assistant's Training
All Saints Church, Church Lane, Middleton Cheney, OX17 2NR
Saturday 14 September 2019
C3 Foundation / Leadership Safeguarding Training and Development Module
Required for those holding a license, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate from a Bishop - Ordained and Lay
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
Bring your own packed lunch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Peterborough St Mary (Lower Hall)
October 2019
Wednesday 9 October 2019
S1 Safer Recruitment Module
Recommended for anyone involved in the recruitment of church officers, paid and unpaid, ordained and lay.
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
Wednesday 9 October 2019
C2 Leadership Module (must complete C1 first)
For anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities or who have contact with children, young people and / or adults who may be vulnerable.
Please bring your C1 certificate with you
and S3 Responding to Domestic Abuse Module
Recommended for anyone holding the Bishop’s commission or authorisation, Senior staff teams, Churchwardens, Youth Workers and others as relevant to role.
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
Sunday 13 - Monday 21 October 2019
A 9 day Pilgrimage to Israel and Palestine
Following in the Footsteps of Jesus led by The Rt Revd Donald Allister
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a very special experience. My testimony, shared by many who have travelled with me before, is it that the bible comes to life in remarkable ways. In addition, today’s situation in Israel and Palestine, inseparable from the very complex history, is seen and experienced quite starkly.
We will have opportunities to meet, listen and talk to ordinary people as well as community and other leaders.
The pilgrimage is open to all. However, please bear three things in mind: first, we will be worshipping as Christians each day; second, a reasonable degree of fitness is needed, as we will have to do quite a bit of walking, including up hills and steps and on uneven rocky ground; third, although we will eat well with lovely Mediterranean/Middle Eastern food, and the restaurants we use are very helpful and hospitable, it may not always be possible to meet every dietary requirement in the way you might be used to.
This won’t be a holiday, though it may well refresh those parts that holidays can’t reach. It will be stimulating, deeply moving, perhaps emotionally exhausting. You will almost certainly be changed.
I hope you can join us.
+Donald
For prices and more information please click here to view the brochure.
The Holy Land
Saturday 19 October 2019
Binding up the Brokenhearted
A Practical Day of Resourcing your Church with guest speaker Becky Harcourt - Author of ‘Walking on Water’
We will also be exploring the following workshops:
• Emotional Healing
• Wellbeing Cafes
• Parish Healing Ministry Course
• Churches as places of healing
Bring your own packed lunch. Beverages will be available
Christ the King, Deeble Road, Kettering NN15 7AA
Tuesday 22 October 2019
Gender Variance and Pastoral Care
Speaker: Susannah Cornwall is Senior Lecturer in Constructive Theologies at the University of Exeter. She leads the Modelling Transgender Spiritual Care project in partnership with the West of England NHS Specialist Gender Identity Clinic.
How can Christians best respond to gender-variant, trans and nonbinary people? This day gives an opportunity to reflect on recent social and medical trends in the care of people going through gender transition. We will explore some biblical and theological responses to gender variance, including examples of both conservative and liberal responses and engaging closely with trans Christians’ experiences and testimonies. Finally, we will explore gender variance and church policy, looking at some practicalities surrounding matters such as welcomes and celebrations, naming liturgies, and implications for individuals' journeys of discernment for ordained or other ministry.
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
November 2019
Thursday 7 November 2019
C3 Foundation / Leadership Safeguarding Training and Development Module
Required for those holding a license, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate from a Bishop - Ordained and Lay
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
Bring your own packed lunch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Diocesan Office, The Palace, Peterborough PE1 1YB. No parking available, please use public car parks
Friday 15 November 2019
C3 Foundation / Leadership Safeguarding Training and Development Module
Required for those holding a license, commission, authorisation, permission to officiate from a Bishop - Ordained and Lay
To promote awareness of possible safeguarding concerns and to equip people in relevant roles to feel confident to share with the appropriate person.
More information on these modules can be found here:
www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/training/training
This workshop will be presented by Bev Huff / Sam Suddery.
Bring your own packed lunch
To book a place please contact sharon.welbourne@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
Bouverie Court, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YD. Parking is limited so please car share if possible or/and park if need be up at the nearby hotel and walk to Bouverie.
Thursday 21 November 2019
The Theological History of the Civil War
Speaker: Bishop Donald Allister
Where did the divine right of kings come from? Why did Charles try to impose episcopacy on the Scots? Did Laud cause the Civil War? Why was the Act of Uniformity so strict? And what can we learn from all of this?
The talk will be at St Bartholomew’s, Greens Norton (near Towcester) before going on to a buffet lunch at The Butcher’s Arms for lunch (£9.00 per person to include a hot drink). We will then go on to Canons Ashby. Entrance is free for card carrying National Trust members. Entry will cost £8.50 for non-members.
NOTE: Sometimes the house is shut in November for conservation reasons. If so, our visit will be to the church and the gardens.
About Canons Ashby: The house was home to the Dryden family, who during the Civil War were Puritans and supported Parliament. A fight between Parlimentarian and Royalist soldiers took place on the grounds and the nearby church. The only casualty was the shepherd boy who had kept watch, and a statue honouring his sacrifice stands in the gardens.
Canons Ashby, Nr Towcester
