Clergy Development Events
This page focusses on training and development events for Clergy.  You may also find details of, or links to events that are open to both clergy and laity.  If you have a training or development need and would like advice about appropriate opportunities, please contact Liz Williams (liz.williams@riponleeds-diocese.org.uk tel: 0113 200 0556). 

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Taking Responsibility
'Taking Responsibility' is a two year programme, running from January to December each year.  The aims are to equip clergy for a change of role at the end of curacy; a first post beyond curacy; or a first post in the diocese.  Further details, including booking arrangements can be found in the 2012 course programme.
 

Mission and Ministry in Leeds: Multi-Faith Contexts

Tuesday 15 May 2012                                                                    10:00 - 16:00

St Mary the Virgin, Beetson

An opportunity to look in depth at the issues affecting our mission and ministry in a Christian Muslim context. During the day, there is a specific focus on children and young people, which is helpful in a parish context as well as schools and youth work. We will also look at how we, as Christian leaders and activists, can seek to be good news to our Muslim neighbours as we play our part in building peaceful relationships.  To book, contact Gail Matthewman                                                       (email: gail.matthewman@riponleeds-diocese.org.uk or tel: 0113 200 0558)

Festival of Preaching

Saturday 19 May 2012

Ripon Cathedral

£10 per person - book and pay online

Arranged in association with the College of Preachers and the United Reformed Church, we are pleased to offer seminars with Revd Kate Bruce, Dr Greg Hoyland, Paul Johns and Revd Dr Ian Paul, with sermon from The Very Revd Keith Jukes. Booking arrangements and further information available on the programme.

Religion and Society Resarch Day

Wednesday 6 June                                          9:45 - 16:30

Baines Wing, Room G36

The topic for the day will be: 'Religion/nonReligion'.  This will be a diverse and interdisciplinary event, and we have lined up two 'keynote' speakers presenting very different angles within this broad topic:

Robin Le Poidevin, Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Leeds, will present his paper: ‘Honest to God (almost) fifty years on’

Bron Taylor, Professor of Religion and Environmental Ethics, University of Florida and a Carson Fellow of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich Germany will present: 'Spirituality After Darwin: ‘Dark Green’ Nature Religion as a New, Global Religious Movement':

For further information or to book. contact Caroline Starkey  trs6cf@leeds.ac.uk

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Understanding Islam

Monday 11 - Thursday 14 June 2012

St Stephen's House, Oxford

£295 (residential); £210 (non-residential)

This is a course for those who want to learn more about Islam and reflect on Islam as Christians.  It aims to provide an understanding of Islam as Muslims understand it, and to address questions of Christian response to Islam and Christian co-existence with Muslims. No prior knowledge of Islam will be assumed. Most of the teaching will be provided by David Marshall; there will also be input from other speakers, Muslim and Christian (including staff at the Oxford Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies), and visits to Muslim institutions.   For more information, please contact: The College Secretary, St Stephen’s House, 16 Marston Street,  OXFORD OX4 1JX Phone: +44 (0)1865 613500 Email: enquiries@ssho.ox.ac.uk or website: www.ssho.ox.ac.uk

Cost: £150

Facilitated by Jeremy Martineau and run via the office of the National Rural Officer, seven 90 minute sessions focus on appropriate and supported leadership, structures, effective mission and how to share ministry.  Further information and registration details available from Katrina Sealey, The Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG.  Tel: 0247 685 3075 or email katrinas@arthurrankcentre.org.uk

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Bishop Stephen Cottrell will open with a call to affirm our preaching ministry; Stephen Wright will remind us that the Bible is our story and our song, John Rogerson will talk about interpreting the Bible, Katie Edwards about interpreting the strange land. Rosalind Brown will take us behind the conference title and into the into the world of Ps. 137, from which the title comes.Neil Richardson's theme will be one gospel, one church, one preaching ministry. If we all share one ministry, we need to help and encourage each other. And that's what the conference - and the College - are all about.
 
In addition to all that there'll be a choice of workshops, worship with sermons to listen to and discuss, and some 'participative musical entertainment' (!) on the Tuesday evening.

To book, either post a cheque made out to ‘The College of Preachers’ The College of Preachers, 6th Floor, City Gate East, Toll House Hill, Nottingham NG1 5FS  or book online http://www.collegeofpreachers.co.uk/events/breaking-news-deposit-1

Roly Bain

Tuesdsay 3 July                                               19:30

Leeds Parish Church

The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds Readers' Council invite you to join Rev Roly Bain, Roly Bain is a full-time, freelance professional clown, and an Anglican priest.  His clowning is rooted in the Gospel, and his thought-provoking and entertaining presentation of Gospel themes never fails to provoke a profound response.

Rural Mission and Ministry Postgraduate Diploma or MA

Beginning September 2012

York Institute for Community Theology

A part time programme leading to a Postgraduate Diploma or MA in Rural Mission & Ministry is being offered by the York Institute for Community Theology and York St John University, supported by the Arthur Rank Centre. 

Aimed at lay and ordained rural practitioners, modules include:  The rural context in contemporary Britain; Developing and Evaluating models of rural ministry; rural mission theology and practice; and critical reflective practice in rural contexts.

Details from www.theologyinthecommunity.org.uk or contact Rev Richard Andrew tel: 01904 876518, email r.andrew@yorksj.ac.uk or Rev Graham Jones tel: 02476 853074 email grahamj@arthurrankcentre.org.uk

Engaging with Luke

Saturday 20 October 2012                                       11:00 - 15:45

St Mark's, Harrogate

Cost:  £20 - book and pay online

Following the success of ‘Engaging with Matthew in October 2010 and Engaging with Mark in November 2011, we are pleased to welcome back Professor Larry Hurtado, to speak on Luke's gospel.  Using a blend of wisdom, scholarship and humour, Larry will explore key themes in St Luke's gospel in a way that will promote our engagement with the text.  You can book and pay online.  Alternatively, contact Gail Matthewman (gail.matthewman@riponleeds-diocese.org.uk /  tel: 0113 200 0558) or complete and return a booking form

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Additional events and information can be found on the Lay Development pages.
 

Leeds Church Institute
Leeds Church Institute, offers Christian based education for the people of Leeds and provides training events and resources to assist learning for a faithful city. Please explore their web pages to discover . . .

• educational events that will assist you to interpret the Gospel in Leeds

• a library that offers you access to the latest books on Bible, theology and ethics (with a specialism in the theology of the city)

• research work that is taking place at the Institute


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