Hello, and welcome to the autumn 2015 edition of 'East Central News', the newsletter from the Discipleship & Ministries Learning Network in the East Central Region. The East Central News is a great resource and is designed to help you hear about all things “Learning & Development” in our region. Through it we have tried to give you a flavour of what’s on the horizon, dates for diaries, resources information, and much more. Please have a read and circulate this information to anyone you know who may be interested. Our big news this time is that we now have a full team. Our new colleague Nigel Pimlott is now in post and you can read lots more about him here.
 Nigel Pimlott - Learning & Development Officer (Discipleship Development), East Central Region.
Nigel has spent much of his adult life working with young people, youth workers, churches and community organisations, most notably for Frontier Youth Trust. As a trainer, thinker, strategist and coach he has a passion for mission, innovation, creativity and helping people make a difference in the world. He has written several books, most notably Youth Work After Christendom, Glimpses, and Embracing the Passion. He currently lives in a village near Newark where he is involved in his local church and community. He is married to Sue, who is a headteacher, and enjoys gardening, cooking, yoga, listening to music and supporting Manchester City. His MA examined models of participation and his PhD considered faith-based youth work and social policy, exploring the principles of human flourishing and the common good. |
Digging Deeper into the Lectionary Gospel
Led by the Revd Dr Catrin Harland.
Wednesday 21 October 2015 at Stamford Methodist Church, PE9 2AE from 12.15 - 3.30 pm.
Friday 20 November 2015 at Littleover Methodist Church, DE23 6EP from 12.15 - 3.30 pm.
Please book through Julia Gibson
dmln.methodist@gmail.com
Click here to find out more.
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Here I am Lord!: Vocational Exploration Day
Led by the Revd Dr Catrin Harland.
Saturday 14 November 2015 at Trinity Methodist Church, Harborough Road, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4LA from 9.45 am - 1.45 pm.
Please book through Julia Gibson
dmln.methodist@gmail.com
Click here to find out more.
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Grow in God, Grow the Church: District Discipleship Day
Key Note Speaker: Ann Morisey.
Saturday 10 October 2015 at Littleover Methodist Church, Constable Drive, DE23 6EP from 9.30 am - 4 pm.
Please book through Julia Gibson
dmln.methodist@gmail.com
Click here to find out more.
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Sense and Sensitivity
The National Estate Churches Network, an ecumenical network of Christians with ministries to poorer housing estates, is to hold two conferences on 6 and 21 October in London and Leeds. Click on the links to find out more. Conference 2015:
Sense and Sensitivity: Taking Care with Estate Mission Whatever our style of mission, there can always be the tendency to offer others what we ourselves think the faith should look and feel like. But what if God wants to offer something different that suits each culture and subculture? So how do we mission with Sense and Sensitivity? How do we Take care with Estate Mission? Just how do we learn what God is already doing in the Housing Estates and get alongside him in it? This year’s NECN conference will consider the various current takes on mission, check out how each approach can be undertaken sensitively or insensitively, discuss why we might need to be concerned about that, and share many stories and programmes which are attempting to do it right. Many speakers and practitioners will share their ideas, concerns and challenges so that we hope to come away with fresh insight and lots of new ideas to try. As always, this conference is for lay people as well as ministers, all denominations and those who work in other Christian groupings. We keep the cost down (still only £20 for the day including lunch and hot drinks) and offer essentially the same one day programme in two venues – one north and one south – to help your travel expense. Come along, bring some friends, meet old friends and new, and learn how to be a housing estate Christian with pride, and without prejudice. Conference Booking Details: Tuesday 6 October 10.00-3.30 St Ann’s Church, Tottenham, London, N15 5JG Wednesday 21 October 10.00-3.30 Church of the Epiphany, Beech Rd Gipton, Leeds, LS9 6SW
You can phone or text 07933 438304 for more details. |
Mission Shaped Ministry The course consists of 24 units covering the mission of God, vision and values, gospel and culture, evangalism, discipleship, leadership and team roles, spirituality, worship and the sacraments, how to keep going when things get tough, and what is Church? Please click here to download an application form. Please click here to download a flyer. Please click here to read what Helen Harwood wrote about the course: 'A relevant gospel accessible to everyone'. To look at the article on Facebook please use this link here. |
Methodist Youth President Congratulations and welcome to the new Methodist Youth President, Craig Gaffney. Craig is from East Central Region (from Rugby in the Northampton District to be exact) where he has worked as a Youth & Children’s Support Worker in Rugby. We’re looking forward to having Craig as our colleague for the coming 12 months and encourage you to consider inviting him to visit your church, circuit or district youth events. Drop him a line at gaffneyc@methodistchurch.org.uk |
3Generate Information 
Children and young people aged 8-23 get together from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November at the PGL Centre in Swindon for 3Generate (The Methodist Church Children and Youth Assembly). Over 400 children and young people from 22 Districts up and down the country have booked in already. Tickets are available at www.3generate.org.uk until Wednesday 14 October 2015. |
Being a Student Christian Movement Link Church is now free! Linking your church with SCM is now completely free. By signing up as an SCM Link Church, you'll receive lots of great benefits to help your student ministry, including a profile on the website, information about training in your area and publicity resources.Sign up online today! |
Passion in Paint Please do keep some space in your diary for “passion in Paint” The Methodist Modern Art Collection is visiting Lincoln cathedral during lent 2016 and you find out more here. |
Methodist Schools Work Network Day  METHODIST SCHOOLS WORK NETWORK DAY
A message from Barbara Easton Do you spend some time in schools as part of your role in the church, or would you like to? Are you a school chaplain or a schools worker? Then this day is for you – a Methodist Schools Work Network Day on 2 October 2015 at Victoria Hall in Sheffield. Workshops on: - strategies for enabling congregations to be more engaged in schools activities;
- what’s going on in the world of the schools and how might it affect us (like ‘British Values’ and the new national curriculum for example);
- Refreshing Worship Workshop and thinking about charity activities
- …. and lots of time to talk to colleagues from across the country and about the shape of future training.
£20 for the day to include lunch and refreshments. Booking/queries via Sandra Commins or 0207 317 2112 |
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Cliff College Postgraduate Taught Programme Leaflet Please click here for a leaflet covering all the Cliff College MA streams.
You might like to note this and find ways to ensure that presbyters, deacons, lay employees and members are aware of this and also to remind colleagues that there is some connexional finance available to support study in centres of the DMLN for presbyters, deacons, lay employees and members.
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Local Preachers' and Worship Leaders' News Please click here to have a look at the latest LPWL e-newsletter. |
Core Skills for Family Ministry
A brand new resource ‘Core Skills for Family Ministry’ was launched last week. Click here to find out more. |
Community Engagement Ideas One of the challenges many churches feel is how to connect well with the +community in which God has placed them. In recognition of this, the East Central Team has produced a leaflet which gives ideas for engaging with and serving the wider community. It includes lots of examples of what is working well both in our region and beyond. It isn’t exhaustive, but our hope is it might just spark an idea, inspire prayer or offer encouragement. Please download it here and share it with your churches and circuits. |
Worship: Leading and Preaching Revd Tim Woolley has created a brief practical overview of the new Worship: Leading and Preaching pathway. To have a look at this please click here. |
Using Film in Mission ‘...some filmmakers are interested in more than just making money... as genuine artists they invite us to explore the pain and the joy of being human, to look deeply into ethical issues and dilemmas, and at times to enter into worlds far different from our everyday experience…such films help us to understand a little better what it is to be a human being and, in a few cases, even to see a little more clearly the emerging kingdom of God.’ (Edward McNulty, Praying the Movies). Film can be a rich resource when thinking about some of life’s big questions. In a previous role, our colleague, Tim Woolley, created a helpful document for Churches who wanted to think about using film in mission. Guidance is given on thinking about aim, which film to use and how to shape discussion afterwards. There are also some useful websites and books. Download it here. |
So it’s goodbye from us this month. The autumn is a busy time for all of us but we hope you do manage to learn or experience something new during that time. Please do get in touch if you have any questions or want to know more about what we do.
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