12 June 2019
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Our next edition is 26 June 2019.
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Cathedral to host Knife Angel in Derby
Derby Cathedral will host The Knife Angel when it comes to the city later this year.
Derby has been chosen to be one of the cities across the country to host the National Monument Against Violence and Aggression.
The spectacular 27ft sculpture, made from around 100,000 bladed weapons collected in knife banks during police amnesties across the country, will be based next to the Cathedral on Irongate, for 28 days in October.
Read more
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Support Local Children: Holiday Food and Fun Clubs
Did you know that 3 million children are at risk of hunger over the summer holidays?
The loss of free school meals given out during term time and increased child care costs can mean families already struggling with low budgets may find it difficult to feed their children.
Holiday clubs running across the Feeding Derbyshire network aim to put an end to holiday hunger. They provide opportunities during the holidays for kids and families to come together to play, learn new skills, and share a meal together.
To fund the Food and Fun clubs a crowdfunding campaign has been launched. It runs until 25 June and aims to raise £10,000 for Derbyshire with a national total of £50,000. This will go towards supporting 8325 children and 26 clubs across Derbyshire to provide 11,490 meals and 400 activities throughout the school holidays.
Every donation, small or large, will help please donate here.
More information here
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Bishop Libby heard more about the Holiday food and fun club project on her tour of the Diocese.
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CPO Church Communication Improvement Project
The church has a world-changing message of hope to communicate and sometimes the way it communicates just isn’t up to scratch.
Which is why CPO has set up a comms improvement fund for churches who lack the financial resources to improve their communications.
You can make an application for your own church or anonymously nominate a church for a grant. You will need to supply the name of the church, its address, and a photograph or web address to demonstrate why it needs CPO's help.
Grants are between £50 and £1000. In 2019, the deadline for nominations is 5pm July 1st. Winners will be contacted by July 20th and grants must be used by October 31st. How the grants are used will be decided in consultation with CPO.
More information here
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Ecclesiastical Insurance launches Parish Pixels: Put your church in the picture and it could win £5000
Budding photographers could be in with a chance of winning £5,000 as part of a new competition launched by the UK’s leading church insurer.
Parish Pixels is a new national photography competition for Anglican Churches in England, Wales and Scotland, launched by Ecclesiastical Insurance. The insurer is calling on budding photographers to capture the essence of their church in a single snapshot.
Churches will need to submit a single photograph and a one-sentence caption to accompany it.
The image can be of people, places, features, artefacts or anything that highlights the uniqueness of the church or its importance to its local community. Ecclesiastical will showcase some of the best entries on its website and social media channels. A panel of judges, which will include representatives from the regions, will select eight winners from across the UK who will each receive a prize of £1,500 for their church.
Following this, the public will be given the chance to vote for their favourite image before Ecclesiastical and church representatives select an overall winner. The overall winner will receive a £5,000 prize for the church.
The competition opens on Monday 10 June 2019 and churches must submit their entries by 31 October 2019. More information can be found on the Ecclesiastical website www.ecclesiastical.com/parishpixels
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Choral Jazz Workshop and Evensong
On Sunday 16 June the celebrated composer and arranger Alexander L’Estrange will lead a choral workshop on jazz music with his own arrangements and repertoire at Derby Cathedral as part of the Royal School of Church Music’s Music Sunday. Singers of all ages and experiences are invited to join Alexander for the workshop which will run from 3.00pm and culminate with Jazz Evensong at 6.00pm, when the singers will be joined by the Boys and Lay Clerks of the Cathedral Choir. Tickets are £10 and will be available from Derby Live.
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Announcements
From the Bishop of Derby's office
The Revd Andrew Baguley, Assistant Curate of Belper St Peter, Diocese of Derby, currently on placement at Foremark, Repton and Newton Solney, has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Ilkeston St Mary and of Ilkeston St John in the same diocese. Mr Baguley hopes to take up his new role in the Autumn.
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Learning in Faith is our Diocesan programme of learning opportunities for 2019.
We are really excited to offer a huge range of courses and training events in venues across the Diocese that are fun, educational, interactive and engaging.
Booking is essential -
click on the relevant button to register.
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Treasurer Training
Mon 17 Jun 7pm-9pm, St Oswald, Ashbourne
Whether you are new to the role or have been in post many years, you will find something in the course to benefit you. It will include basic bookkeeping, fund accounting, year-end routines, budgets and the charitable status of PCCs.
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Working with Small Groups: Training for Youth Leaders
Thu 20 June, 7pm - 8.30pm, St John Institute, Tideswell
This course is aimed at anyone, lay or ordained, who wants to encourage a small group of young people in their faith. Many churches have only 2 or 3 secondary school-age youngsters in the congregation. This session will look at why it is important to meet regularly with them, what sort of programme you can put together and we will look at some of the resources available.
These sessions are open to all, but booking is essential.
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Fresh Expressions 2: Growing Disciples in Fresh Expressions
Mon 8 Jul, 7pm-9pm, St Thomas Church, Brampton
Mon 25 Jul, 7pm - 9pm, Holy Trinity, Mapperley
This workshop is designed for those churches that already have a fresh expression but want to move to the next stage with it. The workshop focuses on two particular areas; making and growing disciples within your fresh expression and growing your fresh expression by replicating it. Although it follows on from ‘Fresh Expressions 1,’ the workshop doesn’t assume that you have attended this first. These sessions are open to all, but booking is essential.
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Derbyshire Flower Festivals & Well Dressings
2019 Leaflet out now
The 2019 Derbyshire Flower Festivals and Well Dressings leaflet is out now and available to download from the Diocese of Derby website. Printed copies will also be distributed for churches in June along with Issue 5 of Together Magazine.
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