STUDY WEEK
17th - 21st August 2020
St Michael’s Study Week Lecture Series
The Church of England: Where have we come from and where are we going?
We are pleased to announce that from 17th – 21st August we will be holding an online lecture series as part of a study week for the continuing education and formation of clergy and laity in the Diocese of Lichfield. The theme of the week will be "The Church of England: Where have we come from and where are we going?" and on each day a speaker will present a paper for discussion which will focus on past, present and future trends on a particular topic. We hope that this will create an opportunity for thinking, learning and reflecting together on themes which are important for the Christian life as well as the future of the church.
Each session will begin at 2.30pm. Papers will last approximately 30-40 minutes, followed by discussion.
If you would like to register for one or all of the sessions, please email Rev Dr Melanie Clark at revdr.melclark@gmail.com, stating which sessions you would like to attend. We hope to see you there.
Monday 17th August: Biblical Interpretation
Revd Dr Stephen Barton: Landmarks in the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians
Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Barton is a member of the St Michael’s Ministry Team. Before moving to Lichfield, he taught New Testament for many years at Durham University and before that, at Salisbury and Wells Theological College. His books include The Spirituality of the Gospels (1992), and he is the co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to the Gospels (CUP, forthcoming).
Tuesday 18th August: Education (School Focus)
Mary Hawes & Murray Wilkinson: Called, Committed and Connected – a canter through 200+ years of serving church, school and community.
Mary Hawes is the National Children and Youth Adviser for the Church of England. In her spare time she serves as an Assistant Priest at a parish in Teddington, chair’s the local school’s Governing Body, loosely follows Watford Football Tea, loves travelling (when it’s possible) and enjoys Craft Gin.
Murray Wilkinson joined the Church of England Education Office as Growing Faith Enabler in August 2019. He has sustained a deep passion through his career for the place of children and young people in the church, longing for them to be perceived as fellow pilgrims. As Growing Faith Enabler he is looking for creative responses to the challenge of how the church might become a community of faith where children and young people are included and valued as equal members, particularly through developing partnerships between churches, households and schools. He is the father of two girls, serves as foundation governor, dabbles with woodwork and (usually) sees over 100 films a year yet claims to have no time for his guitars.
Weds 19th August: Inter Faith Relations
Bishop of Lichfield, Michael Ipgrave: Where we have come from, and where we are going: the church’s relations with other faiths.
Bishop Michael first became interested in inter faith while serving as a missionary in Japan, 1985-87. His ministry since then has been in Leicester and in South London, in both of which places he was extensively involved in inter faith work. From 1999 to 2004 he served the national church full-time as Inter Faith Relations Adviser to the Archbishops’ Council and Secretary of the Churches’ Commission on Inter Faith Relations. He is national Chairman of the Council of Christians and Jews, and represents the Church of England on the Anglican Communion’s Inter Faith Commission.
Thursday 20th August: Social Justice
Rev Canon Dr Ellen Loudon - Social Justice and Activism
Social justice and activism, in all its many forms, are what I would like to discuss in
this talk. I’d like to throw around some ideas, engage in some theological reflection,
share some practice and get us all to think about what it means to be Christian social
justice activists.
In the middle of lockdown my book 12 Rules for Christian Activists: A Toolkit for
Massive Change as published. This book is an introduction to a way of ordering an
active Christian life that makes positive change possible in a world that desperately
needs difference makers. I have called it a Toolkit for Massive Change because it is
my contention that our small deliberate, purposeful acts of social justice, done in the
name of Jesus, will transform God’s world.
I am Canon Chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral and Director of Social Justice for the
Diocese of Liverpool. I have a PhD in Music Hall, an MA in pop music, BA in Drama
and BA in Theology. Before I was ordained worked in the theatre and was a Senior
Lecturer in Drama. I share my life with my husband Mark, a number of grown up
children who wish to remain anonymous and two dogs that don’t care if I tell you that
their names are Holly and Jacob. Mark and I have a show on an internet radio
station called ‘In the Pop Kitchen’ that is recorded in our actual kitchen.
www.rulesforchristianactivists.com
Friday 21st August: Liturgy
Rev Dr Sarah Brush: In her presentation, she will endeavour to draw from the riches of our Church’s historic experience of worship to illuminate what might be ways forward in liturgy in our current uncertain climate
Sarah Brush is the Tutor in Pastoral Theology and Director of the Context-Based Pathway at Ripon College Cuddesdon. She originally studied Medieval History before working as a parish Youth Minister and later a Diocesan Youth Adviser. She brings these diverse experiences to bear on her approach to worship and the theological education of those in formation for ordained ministry in the Church of England. She has developed a narrative model for faith development using the metaphor of trees (which she is currently preparing for publication) drawing on historic texts and modern Faith Development Theories.
The Church of England: Where have we come from and where are we going?
We are pleased to announce that from 17th – 21st August we will be holding an online lecture series as part of a study week for the continuing education and formation of clergy and laity in the Diocese of Lichfield. The theme of the week will be "The Church of England: Where have we come from and where are we going?" and on each day a speaker will present a paper for discussion which will focus on past, present and future trends on a particular topic. We hope that this will create an opportunity for thinking, learning and reflecting together on themes which are important for the Christian life as well as the future of the church.
Each session will begin at 2.30pm. Papers will last approximately 30-40 minutes, followed by discussion.
If you would like to register for one or all of the sessions, please email Rev Dr Melanie Clark at revdr.melclark@gmail.com, stating which sessions you would like to attend. We hope to see you there.
Monday 17th August: Biblical Interpretation
Revd Dr Stephen Barton: Landmarks in the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians
Rev. Dr. Stephen C. Barton is a member of the St Michael’s Ministry Team. Before moving to Lichfield, he taught New Testament for many years at Durham University and before that, at Salisbury and Wells Theological College. His books include The Spirituality of the Gospels (1992), and he is the co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to the Gospels (CUP, forthcoming).
Tuesday 18th August: Education (School Focus)
Mary Hawes & Murray Wilkinson: Called, Committed and Connected – a canter through 200+ years of serving church, school and community.
Mary Hawes is the National Children and Youth Adviser for the Church of England. In her spare time she serves as an Assistant Priest at a parish in Teddington, chair’s the local school’s Governing Body, loosely follows Watford Football Tea, loves travelling (when it’s possible) and enjoys Craft Gin.
Murray Wilkinson joined the Church of England Education Office as Growing Faith Enabler in August 2019. He has sustained a deep passion through his career for the place of children and young people in the church, longing for them to be perceived as fellow pilgrims. As Growing Faith Enabler he is looking for creative responses to the challenge of how the church might become a community of faith where children and young people are included and valued as equal members, particularly through developing partnerships between churches, households and schools. He is the father of two girls, serves as foundation governor, dabbles with woodwork and (usually) sees over 100 films a year yet claims to have no time for his guitars.
Weds 19th August: Inter Faith Relations
Bishop of Lichfield, Michael Ipgrave: Where we have come from, and where we are going: the church’s relations with other faiths.
Bishop Michael first became interested in inter faith while serving as a missionary in Japan, 1985-87. His ministry since then has been in Leicester and in South London, in both of which places he was extensively involved in inter faith work. From 1999 to 2004 he served the national church full-time as Inter Faith Relations Adviser to the Archbishops’ Council and Secretary of the Churches’ Commission on Inter Faith Relations. He is national Chairman of the Council of Christians and Jews, and represents the Church of England on the Anglican Communion’s Inter Faith Commission.
Thursday 20th August: Social Justice
Rev Canon Dr Ellen Loudon - Social Justice and Activism
Social justice and activism, in all its many forms, are what I would like to discuss in
this talk. I’d like to throw around some ideas, engage in some theological reflection,
share some practice and get us all to think about what it means to be Christian social
justice activists.
In the middle of lockdown my book 12 Rules for Christian Activists: A Toolkit for
Massive Change as published. This book is an introduction to a way of ordering an
active Christian life that makes positive change possible in a world that desperately
needs difference makers. I have called it a Toolkit for Massive Change because it is
my contention that our small deliberate, purposeful acts of social justice, done in the
name of Jesus, will transform God’s world.
I am Canon Chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral and Director of Social Justice for the
Diocese of Liverpool. I have a PhD in Music Hall, an MA in pop music, BA in Drama
and BA in Theology. Before I was ordained worked in the theatre and was a Senior
Lecturer in Drama. I share my life with my husband Mark, a number of grown up
children who wish to remain anonymous and two dogs that don’t care if I tell you that
their names are Holly and Jacob. Mark and I have a show on an internet radio
station called ‘In the Pop Kitchen’ that is recorded in our actual kitchen.
www.rulesforchristianactivists.com
Friday 21st August: Liturgy
Rev Dr Sarah Brush: In her presentation, she will endeavour to draw from the riches of our Church’s historic experience of worship to illuminate what might be ways forward in liturgy in our current uncertain climate
Sarah Brush is the Tutor in Pastoral Theology and Director of the Context-Based Pathway at Ripon College Cuddesdon. She originally studied Medieval History before working as a parish Youth Minister and later a Diocesan Youth Adviser. She brings these diverse experiences to bear on her approach to worship and the theological education of those in formation for ordained ministry in the Church of England. She has developed a narrative model for faith development using the metaphor of trees (which she is currently preparing for publication) drawing on historic texts and modern Faith Development Theories.