Advent Video Calendar

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Reasons to be cheerful; sharing faith in everyday life

Saturday 14th November, Samworth Enterprise Academy, Trenant Road, Leicester, LE2 6TF - 9.15am - 3.30pm

This is an opportunity for laity to spend a day with the Bishop of Leicester reflecting on how it is that we can both enjoy and share our faith more fully in everyday life with guest speaker the Rt. Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading.

Bishop Stephen has worked in parishes in London, Chichester, as Pastor of Peterborough Cathedral, as Missioner in the Wakefield Diocese and as part of Springboard, the Archbishop's evangelism team. He has written widely about evangelism, spirituality and discipleship. Among his recent books are 'From the Abundance of the Heart: Catholic Evangelism for all Christians (DLT 2006), Do Nothing to Change your Life; discovering what happens when you stop (CHP 2007), Hit the Ground Kneeling; seeing leadership differently (CHP 2008) and a book of Lent and Holy Week meditations The Things He Carried (SPCK 2008). He is married to Rebecca and they have three boys.

The Programme

9.15 - Arrival and Registration

9.14 - Introductions

10.15 - Bishop Stephen Cottrell

11.00 - Coffee

11.30 - Bishop Stephen Cottrell

12.00 - Group discussions

12.45 - Lunch (please bring your own)

1.45 - Questions & Answers with Bishop Stephen

2.15 - Questions & Answers with Bishop Tim

2.45 - Worship

3.30 - Close

NO COST - ALL WELCOME

Refreshments provided

Visit the diocesan website and download the booking form

YFRIDAY - GREAT & GLORIOUS

YFRIDAY - GREAT & GLORIOUS with special guest Noel Richards in support
An all age, all family, all church, all denomination, all inclusive, One God Worship Event!
Sunday 11th October 2009, 7pm at Athena in Leicester (the old Odeon cinema)

We have just 1000 tickets available for this fantastic event - unprecedented in Leicester - so please hurry.

This event is open the the whole church family, any age, with special discounts for ages 8 & under.

Churches are being encouraged to use this event in place of their normal Sunday evening service - or as one if you don't already run one. So please get behind this & give your support - let's show just how great our God is!

1000 voices, of all ages, joining together in common worship for 2 hours - make sure you remember where YOU were on the evening of October 11th 2009!

See you there!

www.greatandgloriousweekend.info

PS - let us know if you want any posters or leaflets to promote this in your churches / youth clubs / schools / colleges...

Next Event:

Away Day - 'Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done'

Saturday 19th September 2009

10.00am – 4.00pm

Gartree House, Illston on the Hill

Led by Revd. Ludger Fremmer, of St Wilfrid's, Kibworth.

A time to get together and get to know each other as well as some input and a time for reflection. Organised by the Mission Partnership Convenor, The Rev'd Helen Bence.

For further information please contact Liz Smith on 0116 241 4270 or email admin@thurnbychurch.com

Churches and Faith Buildings: Realising the Potential

The paper has been produced by a working group comprising officials from Her Majesty’s Treasury, Communities and Local Government, Office of the Third Sector in the Cabinet Office, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Defra in conjunction with representatives of the Church of England. The paper should help dioceses and similar structures in other denominations and faiths to have a better understanding of how to access resources that will enable them to engage directly at a strategic level with the local and regional structures within which funding priorities and decisions are made. In turn, these structures and funders will be better equipped to understand the important role of the C of E and faith groups in delivering public services.

A hard copy can be obtained from rebecca.payne@c-of-e.org.uk
or read the full report on:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/cathandchurchbuild/realising.doc

£180,000 programme to strengthen rural churches

Mapping the existing provision of training for mission and ministry across England

"The Arthur Rank Centre (ARC) is to launch a £180,000 training project to strengthen churches in the countryside. ‘Rural Life and Faith’ could benefit 13,000 rural churches of all denominations, and will equip them for a modern role in villages and the countryside. ARC will spend £180,000 over 3 years to fill those major gaps in training provision which threaten the life and work of the rural church.

Four grant making trusts - Allchurches Trust; the Maurice and Hilda Laing Charitable Trust; the Henry Smith Charity and St Peters Saltley Trust are providing £180,000 of funding for the project. Research to map the existing provision of training for mission and ministry across England will begin immediately, and the first training modules will become available to churches in 2010.

http://www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/
rurallifeandfaithlaunch_280409.pdf

Rural Ministry Courses

The next Rural Ministry Course run by the Arthur Rank Centre is 3 - 5 November 2009.
More information on weblink:
www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/training/rural_ministry_training_courses/index.html

Contact email: admin@arthurrankcentre.org.uk or tel: 024 7685 3060 for more information.

Support Just Fairtrade Shop

About Just
Since 2000 the shop has been at 10 Bishop Street, Town Hall Square, Leicester city centre.
It’s open 10.00am to 5pm Monday to Saturday

In 2000 Just became a Workers Cooperative Company limited by shares and member of BAFTS, The British Association for Fair Trade Shops, as a social enterprise.

Just aims

• To get people excited by fair trade and the real difference it makes to poor communities all over the world so that they join us in making a difference.

• To sell the best range of fair trade in the Midlands, making enough profit so we can grow and do exciting things that benefit our producers in the developing world.

• To value the people of the Just community so they feel actively involved, encouraged and supported to play their full part in the work of Just.

What Just Does

• The Just shop offers customers the largest range of fair trade products in the Midlands. Just have a sale or return service for parties and events, a City Centre business delivery service for tea and coffee sales and exclusive Fair trade evenings.

• Working with LaFT, Leicester Advocating Fair Trade Just organise fun and informative events promoting fair trade to varied audiences across Leicestershire. The highlight of the year being Just’s annual fair trade fashion show each spring.

• Just provide fair trade education and training activities in a variety of settings including schools, businesses and voluntary organisations.

Concert at St Mary and All Saints Stoughton

An evening of light music presented by Leicester Grammar School including Dixieland Jazz, Folk Group and Soloists. Wine and light refreshments.

Tickets in advance Tel: 0116 271 4947 or at the door on the night £6