3 & 10  Child Protection Training for Leaders  O  N
A detailed course over two evenings for Clergy and Lay Leaders.  Both sessions must be attended.
Led by Nick Harding & Barbara Selley
7.00-9.30pm
Dunham House

5, 12, 19, 26 & December 3   Four Weeks of Guided Prayer  O  O
This is an opportunity to meet weekly with a trained accompanier to reflect on your prayer life whilst continuing the routine of everyday life.  It is an opportunity to be affirmed in prayer and to experience new and different ways of praying.
Led by Sylvia Griffiths and team
10.00-12.30pm            £35.00
St Martin’s Church, Sherwood

7   The Spiritual Journey  *  P
A day for Readers & RLMs to reflect on our own pilgrimage, through input, small group work and private prayer.
Led by Valerie Rampton
10.00-3.00pm
Venue to be advised

7   Negotiating Skills  O  Q
This workshop explores how we negotiate, how we can prepare for negotiations and be successful.  There will be ample time for reflective practice on how to achieve negotiating goals at the same time as maintaining and promoting our own values.
Led by David Griffiths and David Hallett
9.30-4.30pm
Venue to be advised

12  The Art of Self Emptying: Empowering the Healers Part 1  O  Ri
Working with clay to discover the core of our being.
Ending with an optional trip to Bilborough to see Jean Lamb’s Exhibition “The Way of Priesthood” in St Martin’s Church.
Led by Jean Lamb
10.00-3.00pm
St Alban’s House
(Bring lunch to share)

14  Child Protection Training   O  S
Led by Nick Harding and Barbara Selley
9.30-4.00pm    BYOL
The Magdalene Centre, Sutton in Ashfield

14  FUNERAL COURSE  □  Ciii
The Funeral Itself
Led by Barbara Coleman and Pat Hemstock
9.15-3.30pm    BYOL
Holy Trinity Southwell

16-19  Leading your Church into Growth
This is a highly popular course that is specifically designed for clergy and lay leaders from across different traditions and denominations who are looking for help and encouragement in leading their churches into growth.  The course takes the form of an open seminar with interactive talks, practical exercises, workshops and time and space for personal reflection.
The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
£239 per person.
For more info see www.leadingyourchurchintogrowth.org.uk
To book contact Tracie Hunt 01274 604904
Or e-mail: tracielycig@yahoo.co.uk

16  November – 11 December
4-Week Study Unit: John’s Gospel and Johannine Letters
An opportunity for concentrated engagement with these New Testament documents, focusing on such issues as: How can recent scholarship, such as literary approaches to the text and proposals about eyewitnesses behind the text, help us as preachers and teachers?  What perspectives on spirituality can be found here?  Does ‘historical truth’ matter?  How does John present such themes as the Holy Spirit and the nature of Christian community?
Led by Stephen Travis
St John’s College, Nottingham
Booking and further details from Academic Administrator 0115 968 3216 or e-mail academic@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

17  Taking Good Assemblies and Lessons   O  T *
Led by Maureen Collins
9.30-1.00pm
Dunham House

17  Building Effective Relationships with Schools  O  U *
Led by Maureen Collins
2.00-4.00pm
Dunham House
(*a free lunch if you come to both of these events)

17  Children can Worship!  O  V
A practical session on leading and encouraging worship with children.
Led by Nick Harding
7.30-9.15pm
Church Centre, Carlton-in-Lindrick

21  A Celebration of Healing Ministry O  W
A day for exploration and encouragement for churches in order deepen our awareness and understanding of Wholeness and Healing Ministry.  
Led by Tony Porter, Beatrice Brandon, Paul Bentley and Jeff Cuttell
12.00-5.30pm followed by an Open Celebration Service with the laying on of hands and anointing 6.30-8.00pm
Christ Church, Worksop         £5.00

JANUARY 2010

4-29  4-Week Study Unit: Pastoral Care and Human Community
An exploration of the theological and practical issues of pastoral care including spirituality, gender issues and development theories.
Led by Chrissie Wood
St John’s College, Nottingham
Booking and further details from Academic Administrator 0115 968 3216 or e-mail academic@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

7  Deeper Into the Seasons – Epiphany  O
Led by Angela Ashwin
9.45-12.00pm
Sacrista Prebend 
To book and details of cost please phone 01636 816833

25-27  Walking the Talk
The 2010 Fellowship for Parish Evangelism Conference focuses on the theme “Walking the Talk.” Eric Delve will lead Bible readings with practical implications and inspiration for proclamation in the parish.  Someone to be confirmed to share what God is doing in Fresh Expressions in a rural setting and Dianne Wooldridge will lead an Easter Experience Labyrinth.
Keynote Speaker: Eric Delve
£140 per person
For more details and booking form go to: http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/chadnet/DynamicContent/Documents/FPE%202010%20Conference%20Booking%20details.pdf

30 All Age Worship  O  X
A day to look at issues around All Age Worship
Led by Nick Harding
10.00-3.00pm
Ollerton Community Hall

30  What makes a successful Leadership Team: a Christian Perspective  O  Y
Led by Peter Shaw
10.00-3.30pm
Christ Church, Newark

FEBRUARY

1-5  In Service Study Week – Revelation
Many find the Book of Revelation obscure, frustrating, even oppressive, rather than being the enlightening, empowering and liberating text it was written to be.  This unit, using a wide variety of approaches, will help you discover reading strategies to engage with the text afresh, enabling it to speak powerfully into our contemporary contexts.  We will look at different sections of the book, the different issues that arise, and different ways it has been read as well as looking at its overall structure and purpose.
Led by Ian Paul
St John’s College, Nottingham
£265 full board
Booking and further details from Academic Administrator 0115 968 3216 or e-mail: academic@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

3  Fresh Songs   O  Z
Learn some new songs to use in all-age and children’s worship.
Led by Peter Huxtable and Elaine Buckley
7.30-9.15pm
Emmanuel Church Hall, Bestwood

10  Deaf Awareness Training  O  AAi
This session will focus on some key issues relating to deafness, help you to communicate more effectively with deaf people and deepen your understanding of how access for deaf people can be improved.
Led by Sue Hemsley-Halls
10.00-12.30pm
Venue North of the Diocese to be advised

22  February – 19 March
4-Week Study Unit: Virtual World
This unit focuses on the development of new media (e.g. internet, reality TV, music, integrated media) and its implications for mission and ministry in today’s culture.  It will engage theologically and philosophically with issues of identity and community and will consider the ethical issues which emerge for those working with new media in a range of contexts.
Led by Jo Pimlott, Roy McCloughry and Tim Hull
St John’s College, Nottingham
Bookings and further details from Academic Administrator 0115 968 3216 or e-mail academic@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

25  Quiet Day  O
Led by Geoff Maltby
10.00-4.00pm  BYOL
Sacrista Prebend
To book and for cost details please phone 01636 816833

25  Faiths & Beliefs – ‘The Why and the What’  O  AB
Do you sometimes wonder about other people’s faiths or belief?  Why people dress differently to you?  Why they eat different foods or sometimes fast?  Why they pray during the day and not just on Sundays?  Just a few of the many questions often asked of us at the InterFaith Council. Join us at this introductory workshop, which explains some facts about different faiths, their cultures and what they are about. Includes a little about their history and some facts about beliefs, customs and traditions.
Led by the Nottingham InterFaith Council with input from representatives from a number of non Christian faiths.                        9.30-1.00pm
Venue to be advised

MARCH

2   Spiritual Accompaniment Support Day  O  AC
Led by David Runcorn
9.45-4.00pm
Sacrista Prebend

4  Clergy Study Day  †  AD
The Giving for Life Report
Led by The Parish Support Department
9.30-3.30pm
The John Godber Centre, Hucknall

8   Equality & Diversity, Asylum & Sanctuary – where do our churches fit in?  O  AE
How can churches help to respond to people facing these issues.
Led by Dianne Skerritt
7.30-9.30pm
The Vine, Hyson Green

9   Quiet Day  O
Led by Anne Noble
10.00-4.00pm  BYOL
Sacrista Prebend 
To book and for cost details please phone 01636 816833

9   Personal Security Day  †  AF
Understanding and dealing with non-violent and violent confrontation with advice from Police Officers on protecting your person and plant.  Clergy spouses welcome.
Led by Nick Tolson of National Church Watch and Inspector Tony Dennis
9.30-3.30pm
St Luke’s, Gamston

9  Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and practice of Christian Witness  O  AG
This session focuses on the book “Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness” by Brian Stone (Grand Rapids: Brazos/Baker, 2009).  It would therefore very much help if you read at least part of the book before the session.
Led by Nigel Rooms
7.30-9.30pm
Venue to be advised

10  How do we use the Psalms in our Worship?  O  AH
Led by Andrew Woodsford
7.30-9.30pm
St Saviour’s, Retford

11  The Art of Self Emptying: Empowering the Healers Part 2  O  Rii
Drawing on: our future.  Taking a line for a walk to compliment our Lenten discipline.
Led by Jean Lamb
10.00-3.00pm
St Alban’s House
(Bring lunch to share)

11  Handling Change †  AJ
A day event on change management in Church and in the PCC – analysing change and reactions to it.  We will consider some stories of discomfort and how to ease the process of change.
Led by John Truscott
9.30-3.30pm
Nottingham based venue to be advised.

11  Intergenerational Church  O  AK
A brief look at what it means to have a church that thinks and works for all generations.
Led by Nick Harding
7.30-9.15pm
St Mark’s Woodthorpe

22-26  In Service Study Week – Old Testament Ethics and its Implications for Contemporary Life and Faith
Many Christians struggle with the complex ethical issues we face in society today.  Many struggle even more with how we use the Bible, and particularly the Old Testament in helping us address such issues.  This unit will explore how the Old Testament has been used and help students think through the relevant issues in making use of the Old Testament when facing ethical questions.
Led by Doug Ingram
St John’s College, Nottingham
£265 full board
Booking and further details from Academic Administrator 0115 968 3216 or e-mail: academic@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk

10  Home but not at Home  O  AL
In this session we will explore issues around migration, asylum and citizenship from both theological and practical angles.
Led by Dianne Skerritt
7.30-9.30pm
The Vine, Hyson Green

13   Deeper into Seasons – Easter  O
Led by Angela Ashwin
9.45-12.00pm
Sacrista Prebend  
To book and for cost details please phone 01636 816833

13-15  Rural Ministry Training Course
Designed for lay and ordained minsters across the denominations who may be entering a rural appointment for the first time, or who may already be in rural ministry but feel the need for a ‘refresher’.  It attracts those who are keen to examine the challenges and opportunities that this ministry offers.
The Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
For further info contact 024 7685 3073 or e-mail@ admin@arthurrankcentre.org.uk