What's happening?

   Together Weekends

Together Missions have given opportunities for local churches to host a mission team and share in a week of outreach in their local area. Many team members have found their faith refreshed as they reach out to their local communities, The next step, following on from the Together weeks, are the Together weekends. Chester-le-Street Methodist Church held the first Together weekend in November. Have a look at the blog by clicking here. See the attached flier for more information. If you'd like to find out more or join a team email info@togethermission.co.uk or visit the website www.togethermission.co.uk.

 reImagine forum: nurturing mission-shaped churches and circuits

A day for all those interested in revitalising and starting churches. Join us for a panel of diverse practitioners, facilitated break-out groups for your ministry's next steps and a keynote address by Trey Hall, pioneer, writer and coach.
Saturday 20th May 9:30am-3:30pm, Brunswick Methodist Church, NE1 8BJ.
FREE! but booking is required as spaces are limited. Book via elaine@lindridge.org.uk
Click here to download the flier (please display in your churches) and click on the image above to link to keynote speeches from the reImagine 2016 conference (Rev Graham Horsley, Rev Ashley Cooper, Rev Dr Calvin Samuel, Dr Rachel Jordan)

    ECG in the north east

Hold The Date! ECG North East Saturday 4th November 2017 Chester-le-Street Methodist Church. More details to follow, get the date in your diary!
Why not 'Like' the Facebook page ECG A Heart for the North East by clicking here.

 ECG national

The annual national ECG is held at The Spa, Scarborough and this year ECG2017 : INFUSED Jesus in the blood stream is on 18th to 23rd April. See www.ecgevent.org.uk for all the information on speakers and how to book.

What's happening in the world of Fresh Expressions north east?

mission shaped ministry course North East starts January 2017!

Our next mission shaped ministry course (msm) is starting 21st January at The Holy Biscuit, Newcastle upon Tyne. This course will help you to reimagine church and is helpful for those working in fresh expressions AND inherited forms of church. Please pass the information to anyone who might benefit from participating in this year’s course.

"This is the course I have been crying out for, for a number of years! It is relevant, contemporary, engaging, topical and achieves the balance of combining biblically rooted teaching with culturally sensitivity awareness."
msm participant

"I nearly didn't sign up for mission shaped ministry because I thought I would have heard it all before. But the teaching was excellent and, of course, you learnt as much from other participants from other churches and other denominations. Don't miss it as I nearly did."
msm participant

For more details click on the image below to download the flier or visit http://www.missionshapedministry.org/northeast17 Bookings are through Jenny Burton e: jennyburton@lindisfarnertp.org or t: 0191 270 4144.

Please click on the rucksack to print off a flier & booking form and display for others to see. For further publicity including a powerpoint slide click the msm logo.

   

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What's currently happening?

Resources

the connexion magazine     

Inspiring stories from the life of your Methodist Church. Watch out for the next edition due out 5th January. Visit the website here.

d-church     

Exploring spirituality, creating community in an online world. Started in December 2011 a monthly online, multimedia service in real time allowing for an interactive experience via Facebook d-church, Twitter @Dchurchtweet #dchurch or view the blog at https://dchurchblog.wordpress.com

Facebook group

If you are on Facebook you are invited to join the Facebook group 'Newcastle District Methodists'. A place to share resources and events. Find it here and subscribe.

What will be happening?

Messy Church group     

Jenny Pryde is coordinating a group to get together to share ideas and resources for Messy Churches across the region. If you have a Messy Church at your church, or would like to start one, please contact Jenny directly.
prydejennym@gmail.com Mobile: 07740 191 868 Tel: 01661 833869

Please pray for...

• Elaine's work as District Evangelism Enabler
• All those involved in planning Together Weekends for 2017
• Good working relationships with those involved in the projects and with ecumenical colleagues
• Also, give thanks for the first Together Weekend which was wonderfully received by Chester-le-Street Methodist Church. Pray for them as they continue to work out their place in God’s mission.

What could be happening?

Do you have some great ideas for your church and community? Do you need some help to get going? Might you be interested in specific training courses or coaching sessions?

Dates for your diary

Elaine Lindridge is the District Evangelism Enabler for the Newcastle upon Tyne District of the Methodist Church. You are receiving this newsletter because you are a minister or lay worker in the district, you hold a district role, you have expressed an interest in Elaine's work or the Together project, or you have subscribed to the distribution list.

Please forward this email to others in your churches who might be interested to hear about Elaine's work and encourage them if they would like to subscribe to the mailing list.