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ON-Line
Coaching Course
Wed 10th June; Tue 16th June; Wed 17th June;
Tue 23rd June; Wed 24th June; Tue 30th June
Each Session 2:00pm - 5:30pm
The course is highly interactive - over half of the time in
sessions is spent doing practical
exercises, mostly in groups of two, three or four.
The coaching skills taught are invaluable both for formal
coaching sessions and for
helping Christian leaders develop a more empowering, interactive
style of leadership.
The material was developed by Keith Webb and his team at Creative
Results Management
(CRM) (www.creativeresultsmanagement.com)
and has been used around the world and
across almost every denomination to equip church planters,
missional pioneers and church
leaders.
The UK team led by Revd Graham Horsley have trained over 200
people as coaches. Graham is
an International Coach Federation Associate Certified Coach and
holds a CRM
Trainers Licence.
The online course is an intensive introduction to coaching skills
consisting of 6 meetings of
three and a half hours (each meeting consists of two sessions
with a 20-30 minute break).
Topic and skills covered in this practical and interactive
workshop:
• How to listen actively so others feel you understand them.
• How to ask powerful questions that initiate a change of
thinking.
• How to generate feedback that avoids defensiveness.
• How to design action steps that will actually be accomplished.
• How to follow-up to increase learning and accountability.
For more information contact Graham Horsley: horsleyg@methodistchurch.org.uk;
07966448310
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Important notice about Easter Offering 2020
As
we all know, the coronavirus is having a big impact on many
aspects of our lives at the moment and many planned events are
having to be postponed. You may be aware that we had already
suggested that Easter Offering services should be held during the
autumn. However, it now looks unlikely that autumn gatherings
will take place, especially for elderly or vulnerable people.
Having spoken to the Global Relationships team, it has now been
decided that we must further postpone the use of the 2020 Easter
Offering materials, and therefore ‘Into All The World’ will now
become the Easter Offering service theme for spring 2021. By
postponing in this way, we hope that the Easter Offering will
raise a good deal more money next Spring, when we will hopefully
be able to gather together properly. We will change the date on
the downloadable materials to 2021, but if you have already
printed materials with the 2020 date, they can of course still be
used rather than wasted.
This therefore means that THERE WILL BE NO EASTER OFFERING
SERVICE IN 2020. Instead, we have agreed to work with the Global
Relationships team to produce a short reflective act of worship
for use in the autumn, on the theme of how Covid-19 is affecting
our global church partners.
Many extra grants have been sought from the World Mission Fund to
help those who are really struggling at this time, and it would
be good to encourage our ladies to make any contribution they can
this year towards that specific work. The service can be accessed
online, or printed off for those without internet access, and
used for individual reflection or in small groups, depending on
what is allowed by then. Easter Offering envelopes could be
distributed with the resource, and donations can be sent to the
World Mission Fund directly.
So we would ask that you pass on the message that the Easter
Offering 2020 materials will now be saved to use in spring 2021,
but that later in the summer we will send out a link to a simple
service based on the impact of Covid-19, to use in autumn
2020. If you have any questions, do get in touch with us.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION SUPERCEDES ALL PREVIOUS
INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2020 EASTER OFFERING.
It is being sent to all of the contacts on our mailing list to
ensure that it gets as wide a coverage as possible. If it doesn't
relate directly to you, then please pass it on as appropriate, or
simply disregard.
Blessings
Carolyn
Lawrence
on
behalf of the MWIB Executive
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Modern Slavery Training Event
Mon 1st June 1.00 - 2.30 pm or
Thurs 11th June 7.00 - 8.30 pm
We’re delighted to share with you details of
our latest training sessions. As part of our
Covid-19
work, we’re putting together a series of events, trainings,
podcasts and videos to empower people during lockdown. We are
calling this ‘Lockdown Learning’. More information can be found
at https://tctogether.org.uk/events
The first sessions are around Modern Slavery,
which is continuing despite lockdown and is even harder to
recognise.
This
training will be led by Debbie Huxton. She is a Modern Slavery
Campaigner, employed by Transforming Communities Together and
funded by Lichfield Diocese Mothers’ Union in partnership with
the Clewer Initiative.
Bookings
are via Eventbrite at https://modern-slavery-awareness.eventbrite.co.uk
Every
blessing,
James
Henderson
Senior
Development Worker @ Transforming Communities Together
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Thy
Kingdom Come 2020
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While
gathered Thy Kingdom Come prayer meetings will
not be possible in 2020, prayer opportunities resourced by
the Thy Kingdom Come WEBSITE include:
- Making use of the daily Prayer Journal to
guide private prayers
- Praying the morning, daytime, evening and/or night prayer
resources from the CoE & RCC
- Downloading the Thy Kingdom Come app to
access stories and prayers from Bishop N T Wright
- Using the Prayer Adventure Map to
engage children in prayer
- Praying with a few friends at a
regular, set time each day during the novena using Social Media
- With friends from one or two local churches, organising a day
of prayer
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In support of Thy Kingdom Come, a
special video has been launched yesterday (Thursday
21 May). The 45-minute presentation features four short
conversations about aspects of the Lord's Prayer.
The conversations are supplemented by Bible readings, sung
worship and intercessory prayer.
The video features (in alphabetical order by
surname):
- Revd Adrian Argile (Regional Minister
Team Leader, Heart of England Baptist Association)
- Pastor Dr Marcus Chilaka (National
Ecumenical Officer, Redeemed Christian Church of God)
- Revd Steve Faber (Moderator, West
Midlands Synod, United Reformed Church)
- The Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave (Bishop
of Lichfield, Church of England)
- The Most Revd Bernard Longley
(Archbishop of Birmingham, Roman Catholic Church)
- Revd Rachel Parkinson (Chair,
Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District, Methodist
Church)
- Lieutenant Colonel Karin Ramos (Divisional
Leader for Leader Development, West Midlands Division,
Salvation Army)
- Bishop Mike Royal (Apostolic Pastoral
Congress)
Watch the programme HERE.
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District
Children's Support Fund
The funding allocated
specifically to the support of children and families in the
District - particularly those experiencing some form of
deprivation - is still open to accept applications at the moment.
Are there projects you might consider which could offer
support even during the lockdown?
The
maximum amount of any claim is £500 and a Church can apply at any
time using the attached form
and send it electronically to Tim Lorimer who will process your
application and give a decision within six weeks of receipt. The
application will need the support of the hosting Church and
circuit superintendent. Church’s cannot apply for retrospective
funding.
We would hope that individuals and groups that have contributed
in the past to the Holiday Fund will still wish to do so knowing
that there money will still be used for Children’s Projects.
For more information please contact Tim Lorimer
on lorimertim@yahoo.co.uk
07971899084.
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District
Policy Committee Secretary Post
The
post of District Policy Committee Secretary has become vacant
following Angela's completion of her term, for which we would
like to thank her for her years of dedication and hard work.
If you would be interested in finding out more about the post,
please contact Rachel at chair@wsmethodist.org.uk
or admin@wsmethodist.org.uk
to request an application form.
Please be aware that the District Office is not in use at the
moment and so please do not leave messages on the office phone as
we are not able to access messages remotely.
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