Training events
WORSHIP CONFERENCE
Two weekend events 20 March and 15 May Methodist Worship Leader's Course, a recognised programme of training for anyone involved in working with worship teams or worship bands. For those with experience, newly appointed or just thinking about this. Workshops, discussions and refresher training for existing Preachers, Worship Leaders or anyone just interested in deepening their appreciation of worship, along with those who wish to explore their calling to be Worship Leaders and Preachers. We hope to include sessions on Messy Church, Music for Worship and lots more.
Latest details of course content: Worship Leaders’ Course 2010.pdf
Application form for "Worship Matters" course: Worship Course Reply Slip.doc
PASTORAL VISITORS:
This training day for all those working as Pastoral Visitors, or who are interested in exploring if they could do this work, are invited. The event takes place on Saturday 15 May 2010 at Les Camps. Please make a note in your diaries and further information will be available nearer the date.
TASTER DAY 20 March at Les Cotils -NEW WINE TRAINING PARTNERSHIP
This is an exciting development for people in Guernsey who want to go deeper with God. The Partnership provides accredited theology tuition within a framework of worship and prayer - this is all about deepening faith and understanding, being equipped and seeing Jesus' Kingdom grow. This new venture is being launched in September 2010, but if you are interested come along to the taster day at Les Cotils.
More information by clicking on the pdf file: NWTP TasterDay.pdf
'GODLY PLAY DAY':
We hope that Carole will be leading a 'Godly Play Day' event in 2010. Godly Play provides a really engaging, all-age and interactive way of exploring the Bible, and sharing faith.
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The following Local Preachers Training Course with Reverend David Day 'How to make sermons come alive for our congregations', took place on the weekend of 27 and 28 March 2009.
Roger Browning, Local Preachers' Secretary reports:
Reverend David Day presented a most interesting and challenging training course which encouraged us all to examine how to prepare and deliver the Gospel Message to the listener. There were 24 people involved in the weekend a very even number drawn from the Anglican and Methodist Churches. Reverend Day encouraged us to read the set piece of scripture and stated that before doing anything else we should try to feel what it is saying to us personally, only then can we begin to expand the sermon. He showed us how to develop the message so that the congregations could become involved and with the application of modern day incidents help those listening to understand and receive the blessings contained in God’s Holy Word.
We thanked Reverend Day and sent him away with an Easter greeting.
The Reverend David Day has been an RE teacher in Secondary Schools, a University Lecturer and most recently, Principal of St John's College, Durham.
He retired in Autumn 1999 and since then has been serving on the staff of St Nicholas Church in the Marketplace, Durham.
He has written a number of books including Pearl beyond price, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book for 2002 and Embodying the Word, and is passionately concerned about the importance of training up young Preachers.
He is married to Rosemary, with three grown up children and nine grandchildren and confesses to a totally irrational allegiance to Tottenham Hotspur!