Resources and Information
Kent Workplace Mission
KWM have put together a daily prayer calendar - if you would like to join them in praying for the group and local chaplaincies in the area, you can view the current calendar here.
Spurgeon's College
Open Day for Undergraduate & Postgraduate Studies in Theology
Saturday 8 March, 9.30am-12.30am
Spurgeon’s College, South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6DJ
Are you interested in studying Theology at undergraduate or postgraduate level and would like to find out more? We are delighted to open our Campus and invite you to come and meet some of our academic staff and hear about the various courses we offer. You will be able to hear presentations, tour the campus including the library as well as discuss funding options. For more information, please register here or contact the admissions department for further information: admissions@spurgeons.ac.uk
Free Taster Day for Undergraduate & Postgraduate Studies in Theology
Tuesday 11 March, 10am-2.15pm
Spurgeon’s College, South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6DJ
Are you interested in studying Theology at undergraduate or postgraduate level and would like to find out more? We are delighted to open our Campus and invite you to come and meet some of our academic staff, sit in lectures with our current students and hear about the various courses we offer. You will be able to take part in our weekly lectures, tour the campus including the library as well as discuss funding options. For more information, please register here or contact the admissions department for further information: admissions@spurgeons.ac.uk
Bristol Baptist College
Young People and Far Right Extremism: The Church as Help or Hindrance
Saturday 15 February, 10am-4pm
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8EP
Bristol Baptist College and the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence have come together to put on this event with speakers from HOPE not Hate, and Youthscape among others.
To book your place, go to https://young-people-far-right.eventbrite.co.uk
The College of Preachers
Preaching the Story of Holy Week
Tuesday 25 February, 10.30-13.00 | Online via Zoom
Workshop Leader: Michael Beck
This workshop will explore the narrative that connects these events and consider ways in which our preaching through Holy Week can tell a coherent story of the journey to the cross, while still managing to be effective ‘stand-alone’ sermons. The workshop will be led by the Revd Dr Michael Beck. Dr Beck has been a priest for 44 years in a variety of settings: mainly parish but also 5 years in a major cathedral, as well as having been a police chaplain and a locum hospital chaplain alongside parochial work. He has been a member of the College of Preachers since 1980 and a tutor for over 20 years.
Preaching and Apologetics
Saturday 22 March, 10.30-13.00 | Online via Zoom
Workshop Leader: John Woods
“Always be ready to give a reason for the hope that you have.” (1 Peter 3.15)
This workshop will explore the importance of apologetics within the Church, the relationship between preaching and apologetics, and how our sermons can become effective and powerful tools for equipping Christians to think and speak confidently about their faith. This workshop will be led by Rev Dr John Woods, who is the Training Director of the School of Preachers Trust. He has had four decades of experience in pastoral work in the UK and since 1993 has taught preaching in Latvia and other parts of Eastern Europe. He is the author of God is in the House, which seeks to reimagine how we prepare sermons.
The Language of Resurrection: Finding the Right Words
Wednesday 2 April, 10.30-13.00 | Online via Zoom
Workshop Leader: Rod Garner
This workshop is for preachers wishing to engage with preaching the resurrection in a secular age. Preparing for Holy Week and Easter provides the fitting, even urgent context, in which teaching and faithfulness to the word of God can be enriched by the fruits of theology and the creative imagination. This workshop will be led by Rod Garner, Anglican priest, writer and theologian. Rod has served in four urban parishes and taught at colleges and universities in the UK and America. He is an Honorary Fellow at Liverpool Hope University and Emeritus Canon of Liverpool Cathedral. He is the author of numerous books, his most recent being Outsiders: Marching to a Different Drum (Liverpool Hope University Press 2022).
For more information about these workshops, including prices and links to book tickets, please visit www.collegeofpreachers.co.uk/events.
Save the date! In addition to our workshops, our next preaching conference, with the theme of ‘The Wonder of Words’, will be taking place in 2025. The conference will be held at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick from 9th to 11th September.