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WELCOME
It is great to welcome you to our latest Mailchimp as the new Director of Mission and Dean of Pioneering and Fresh Expressions for the Diocese of Southwark.
I am very excited to see how the combined Mission and Pioneering team can be more than the sum of its parts and can support you in our parishes in Mission and Ministry. We now bring into one team Children and Youth, Estates, Fresh Expressions, Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation, Mission Action Planning, Pioneering and soon the area of Revitalisation.
One thing you will notice in this edition is that we are merging the Mission and Fresh Expressions newsletters into one although we are keeping a separate Children and Youth one.
In this edition we have stories of grafting into Merstham, the new Estates Lay Pioneer Course, the Lent Climate Pilgrimages being led by Bishop Martin, how to get involved in Operation Forgiveness (tackling knife crime) as well as news on training, gatherings and grants.
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Pumpkin Party at St Nicholas Tooting.
Over the winter we heard wonderful stories of the new works of mission and outreach events taking place in the Diocese. St Nicholas church in Tooting hosted an unforgettable Pumpkin Party on the 29th October, to provide a fun alternative to Halloween for church families and their friends. Read more.
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Grafting in, Growing out and Reaching out!
Reverend Dr Nigel Griffiths, rector at Merstham and Gatton Team Ministry shares on the story so far from the Merstham and Gatton Team SDF project. Read more.
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Our one-year training course for Estates Lay Pioneers, Magnify, will start this Spring in a variety of locations around the Diocese.
Magnify is a course customised for estates people, drawing upon successful experiments in the dioceses of Blackburn and York.
Those who have successfully completed year one may go on to the next stage of being a commissioned lay estates pioneer via the Greenhouse Course.
Travel and childcare costs can be provided for participants. Full details.
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Meetings of the estates ministry networks for each of the episcopal areas are taking place this Spring. Anyone working in estates ministry are welcome to these lunchtime meetings designed to foster the sharing of ideas and mutual encouragement.
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Pioneer and Fresh Expressions Gatherings
- Thurs 21st March, 11.15am-12.45pm on Zoom Sarah Flashman, Oxford- Discipleship
Sarah Flashman is the New Congregations Programme Manager for the discus of Oxford working to develop up to 750 new worshiping communities through learning communities across their diocese.
- Thurs 16th May, 12.00pm-2.00pm at Christ Church Gipsy Hill Emma Louth - The Farsi Community
With Emma Louth (Curate) who is leading this successful and expanding ministry to Farsi speaking people at Gipsy Hill and helping other churches across the diocese develop similar ministries.
- Thurs 11th July, 11.15am-12.45pm, on Zoom Bishop Mike Harrison - Mixed Ecology
Mike Harrison is Bishop of Dunwich and is the lead Bishop for Pioneering and Fresh Expressions for the Church of England. He is central to developing mixed ecology for the CofE and of an ambitious and fruitful approach to embed this into the life of his diocese (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich).
- Thurs 19th September, 12.00pm-2.00pm at St Helier CFM
We will meet to see the work of St Heller Centre for Mission; a partnership between the local parish and Church Army, pioneering to the St Hellier Estate in Sutton.
- Thurs 21st November, 11.15am-12.45pm on Zoom Andrew Dunlop - Mixed Ecology Leadership
Andrew Dunlop is the Tutor in Context-Based Training at Ridley Hall and also oversees teaching for the pioneer ordinands and lay ministry students at Ridley. Andrew led a popular seminar at our recent Mixed Ecology Conference and will join us to help us think about leadership as pioneers to develop healthy mixed ecology in our local contexts.
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JPIC
Lent Climate Pilgrimages
Join Bishop Martin and others in a series of pilgrimages through each of our deaneries during Lent. Each of the walks will explore a different theme in connection to the social justice as well as looking at the climate and ecological crisis:
- 1 March - Charlton and Deptford Deaneries
- 8 March - Tooting and North Lambeth Deaneries
- 20 March - Schools and young people
- 28 March - Battersea to Southwark Cathedral.
Full details.
Wed 6th March, 7.30pm-9pm
Talking With Jesus, with Rachel Jordan-Wolf
Did you know more people want to know about Jesus in
London than any other place in the UK! Come and find out
more, it’s all in the Talking Jesus research! Booking and info here.
CYP Team Catch Up
In person at The Diocese of Southwark or a café near you.
We would love to go for a coffee with you to catch up, see how you are, how your ministry with children and young people is going and how we might support you in your ministry. Select a date here. |
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Thurs 7th March, 6.30pm-9.30pm
Operation Forgiveness Vision Night
Operation Forgiveness is an early intervention knife crime initiative that equips young people with the power of forgiveness. It's delivered by local churches to local schools.
On 7 March, we'd love for you to join us to experience Operation Forgiveness for yourself, and find out how you and your church can get involved. Booking and info here.
Wed 24th April, 7.30pm
Through the Roof Disability Inclusion in Church: The ABC journey
Through The Roof’s ABC journey which describes how important it is that disabled people are able to Access church, Belong within Christian family and find their role in the Great commission – sharing the gospel with those around them.
Join us as we discuss ways to equip churches in disability inclusion and neurodiversity awareness.
Please register here.
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JPIC Training
Thursday 29th February 2024, at 12.30pm-1.30pm on Zoom
A Session looking at the current state of poverty, the work of Christians Against Poverty (CAP) and how churches can respond. All welcome!
Facilitator: Naomi Mungroo, Church Partnership Manager at Christians Against Poverty Register here.
Thursday 14th March 2024 at either 12.30pm or 6.30pm on Zoom
Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, these themes are drawn from Marks 3,4,5 of Mission, but what does it all mean and what part to we all play in it? All welcome!
Facilitator: Natalie Walters, Head of JPIC at the Diocese of Southwark.
Register here and contact JPICAdmin@southwark.anglican.org for more information.
CYP Training
Sat 16th March 2024, Catalyst 30K Children and Youth Training (In person and online)
Join our pilot of a dynamic 7 month training course called Catalyst 30K. It aims to equip and connect those who volunteer and work in ministry with children and young people in the local church. It’s free and fully funded by the Church of England and begins in March 2024. Register here.
Sat 20th April, 10am-12 noon, Christmas Unwrapped Training, Christ Church Purley
Christmas Unwrapped is a fun, interactive and school friendly presentation and resource to invite schools into church to learn more about Jesus and the Christmas story. To find out how to use this resource, join Jude Barber at Christ Church, Purley, 859-887 Brighton Rd, Purley CR8 2BN from 10am to 12 noon. Register here.
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Volunteers Needed for the Robes Project
Would you like to volunteer at a night shelter?
The Robes’ Winter Night Shelter season started on the 8th November 2023 and will end on 24th March 2024. The night shelters provide safety, warmth, somewhere to sleep, sustenance, and a community to connect with for those experiencing homelessness.
If you are interested and have availability to volunteer, please contact the Robes Team directly at project.officer@robes.org.uk.
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Grants of up to £100,000 Available for Community Facilities (England)
Registered charities, churches, parish councils, local authorities and CASC registered sports clubs can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 for the provision, maintenance or improvement of community facilities. The funding is being made available through the FCC Community Action Fund and is available to projects located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment site.
The next application round is due to open from the 13th December 2023 until 5pm on the 28th February 2024. Full details.
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