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News from Canterbury Diocese go to top of page
24/7 Live it! - 'Celebrating Discipleship'
Nearly 1,000 disciples attended the special 24/7 year of discipleship service with Graham Kendrick which took place at the Cathedral on November 20th. For full details and photos visit: www.canterburydiocese.org/247liveit/christtheking
Diocesan Synod - making the most of church buildings for our communities
The Second Estates Church Commissioner, Tony Baldry MP, and Church Times Columnist, Revd Maggie Durran, were speakers at Diocesan Synod in November.
For a one page summary, agenda, speakers' notes and minutes visit: www.canterburydiocese.org/diocesansynodnews
Margate church project awarded national research and development grant
A church growth project in St Paul's Cliftonville, Margate has been awarded a grant from the Archbishops' Council and Church Commissioners of the Church of England with the aim of replicating the project elsewhere in the Diocese. For more information: www.canterburydiocese.org/news/Ignite25nov2011.rtf
Kent churchyards receive awards
The 'Kent God's Acre Project' held an award ceremony at Chilham Church on November 19th to celebrate the management of churchyards and cemeteries in Kent. For information and winners visit: www.canterburydiocese.org/rural
Christmas Gift idea
A DVD of the 'in conversation' event with the Archbishop of Canterbury and comedian Frank Skinner, which took place at 'The Gathering' in September, is available to purchase at £6 (inc P & P).
70+ Complete Deepening Discipleship Programme
By Christmas over 70 people will have completed the eight session Deepening Discipleship programme. During the course they will have had opportunities to think about and develop various aspects of their discipleship.
Parishes or deaneries who are interested can download a leaflet from www.canterburydiocese.org/deepeningdiscipleship or call Peter Ingrams on 01227 459401 for an informal chat. A minimum of 10 students and a venue are required for a course to run.
Photo Caption Competition go to top of page
Last month's caption competition winners include:
- "Pull the Chain to get in" - John Sweetman
- "I said I needed a ciggie, not an Iggy." - Ian Harkness
- "And here's the prize for the loser" - John Scott
To see the other captions visit: www.canterburydiocese.org/caption/november2011
December competition
This photo was taken at the 'Celebrating Discipleship' service on Christ the King. What did the Archdeacons say to each other?
Send your captions to: eshepherd@diocant.org
To view a larger version visit www.canterburydiocese.org/caption/december2011/index.htm
If you have a photo requiring a caption, please send it to Emily Shepherd
On Offer go to top of page
Philips floodlight covers
Two new, replacement glass covers for Philips floodlights that were originally supplied in error to the church of St Mary The Virgin, Upchurch, are looking for a good home. Each glass cover measures approximately 427 mm wide by 484 mm deep and is marked Philips IP 55. These are specialised glass covers and their invoice value in 2002 was in excess of £200. Ideally I would like to identify a potential recipient for these covers that also generated some return to St Mary's. Contact Peter Shorthouse: 01634 364676.
Furniture - free to parishes
Furniture on offer on a first come first served basis (must be collected from Diocesan House). Contact Gilly Marsh: 01227 459401 or gmarsh@diocant.org
several x 4 drawer metal filing cabinets
1 x small metal table size: 47" x 24"
1 x brown desk chair with arms
1 x purple meeting room/visitor chair with black metal legs
2 x computer desks 43" x 30" (wooden tops, metal legs)
1 x wooden bookcase 5' x 2'6"
1 x wooden bookcase 6' x 15"
Ink cartridges
Our printers at Diocesan House no longer use these ink cartridges. Some are out of date but may still work. If you would like these cartridges contact Marilyn Haddock: 01227 459401 or mhaddock@diocant.org
3 x HP 28 (tri-colour)
1 x HP 45 (black)
1 x HP 88 (cyan)
1 x HP 336 (black)
2 x HP 342 (tri-colour)
1 x Lexmark 1
1 x Lexmark 32 (black)
1 x Lexmark 33 (black)
Meet a Colleague go to top of page
Silke Tetzlaff - new Rector for All Saints, Staplehurst: www.canterburydiocese.org/meetacolleague/silketetzlaff
People and Vacancies go to top of page
For latest notices visit: www.canterburydiocese.org/peopleandplaces
Vacancies
Organist and Director of Music - St Mary's Goudhurst: www.canterburydiocese.org/vacancies/parishvacancies.htm
Vicar for the proposed West Sheppey Benefice: www.canterburydiocese.org/vacancies
Diocesan Training go to top of page
ALM Elective Courses January 2012 - places still available!
Are you an ALM looking to further develop your ministry or a student on one of the current Deepening Discipleship courses? If the answer is yes then one of the ALM elective courses below may be of interest to you
Children's Leader (Canterbury)
Healing and Wholeness Minister (Kennington)
Pastoral Assistant (Canterbury)
Worship Leader (Canterbury)
Youth Leader (Canterbury)
For more information on each of these electives visit www.canterburydiocese.org/alm/downloads/index.htm
Self Supporting Ministers' Consult
Wednesday 1 February 2012, 7.00pm - 9.00pm,
Church Centre, St Martin & St Paul's, Canterbury.
(NB: the venue has been changed to accommodate the numbers already planning to come)
A consultation of SSMs that will include a look at the role of self-supporting ministry, its opportunities and challenges, theological reflection in the workplace, and fulfilment of vocation. We will also talk about the Ministerial Development Review and how this contributes to self-supporting ministry. Please book a place via: www.canterburydiocese.org/booking/selfsupportingministersconsult1.2.12.htm
Self Supporting Ministers' Consult for ministers not in employment
Monday 26 March 2012, 7.00pm - 9.00pm
The Upper Room, St Mary Bredin, Canterbury
Further to the consult above, there will be another consultation for SSMs who are NOT in employment. This will include clergy offering ministry in a voluntary, unpaid or non-stipended capacity.
These consultations offer us an opportunity to reflect vocationally and missiologically according to one's ministry context. Those attending the first consultation spend the majority of their ministry and work time with non-church people, those attending the second consultation are likely to minister more substantially in the context of the Christian community. Please book via: www.canterburydiocese.org/booking/selfsupportingministersconsult1.2.12.htm
Bishop's Day for Clergy - 'Accompanying Adventurous Discipleship'
Friday 16 March 2012, 10.00am - 3.00pm, Canterbury Christ Church University Chapel
With Dr Andrew Teal, Chaplain of Pembroke College Oxford, and Warden of Fairacres Convent. Dr Teal has been Chair of Oxford Carers' Group and Chair of the Management Committee and is interested in Early Church, Modern Theology and Christian Formation.
Bookings via: www.canterburydiocese.org/booking/bishopsdayforclergy.htm
A Day of Theological Reflection for Clergy & Readers
Wednesday 25 April 2012, 9.30am - 3.30pm, The Boardroom, Diocesan House
Laurie Green Recently retired as Bishop of Bradwell, in the Diocese of Chelmsford. Laurie has been involved in many exciting initiatives, including presenting the case internationally for an Anglican Network on Global Urbanisation. He is the Chelmsford Diocesan Lead Bishop on issues of Regeneration and Development. Laurie spent seven years of his ministry as Principal of the Aston Training Scheme, and as a priest in inner-city Birmingham and London. Further information and booking details to follow.
Seminar Day for Clergy & Readers
Monday 14 May 2012
Professor David Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University and will offer a Seminar Day for clergy and Readers on a topic relating to his current work on the Gospel of John. Further information and booking details to follow.
A Week of Accompanied Prayer for the Clergy
21 - 26 May 2012
Individually guided prayer retreats for clergy, which allow clergy to remain at home whilst meeting with a prayer guide for 30 minutes each day at Canterbury Cathedral:
www.canterburydiocese.org/accompaniedprayer/Cathedral%20Clergy%20leaflet%20Week%20of%20Accompanied%20Prayer.pdf
Date for the diary:
Study Day for Clergy: Deliverance Ministry
Saturday 23 June 2012
The Living Well Events
A number of events are planned for the winter: www.the-living-well.org.uk/living-well-programme.asp
Children & Young People's (ChYP's) Ministry Update go to top of page
The ChYP's Ministry page has a growing collection of resources and reflections. Or contact Murray at Diocesan House 01227 459401.
Children's Ministry Volunteer Residential 2012
20 - 22 January, The Oast Houses, Northiam
A retreat, organised by Canterbury and Rochester Dioceses for volunteer children's leaders who work in Sunday School, Afterschool Clubs, Children's Church etc. Cost: £80 per person (which includes a 40% subsidy from ChYP's Ministry). Contact Murray Wilkinson: mwilkinson@diocant.org, tel: 01227 459401
More information on all ChYP's activities available on the ChYP's Ministry blog:
www.chypsministry.wordpress.com
What's On in the Parishes go to top of page
Events in December: For full details of events visit: www.canterburydiocese.org/whatson/parish/index.htm
- Thursday 1 December, 1.00pm, Organ Recital, St. Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook
- Friday 2 December, 9.45am - 11.45am, St Nicholas Festival Old Palace Coffee Morning and Fair, Old Palace, Canterbury CT1 2EE
- 3 December, 2.00pm - 4.00pm, Christmas Craft and Produce Sale, St.Margaret's Church, Lower Halstow
- Saturday 3 December, 10.30am - 2.00pm, Christmas Bazaar, All Saints, Westbrook, Margate
- Saturday 3 December, 11.00am - 2.00pm, Shepherds' Market, All Saints' Church, Staplehurst
- Saturday 3 December, 10.00am, St Laurence Church Tour, St Laurence Church, High Street St. Lawrence, Ramsgate
- Saturday 3 December, 12.15am and 1.15pm, St Nicholas Festival Children's Parade and Cathedral Service, St Nicholas Parade will leave Westgate Towers and walk/dance through the streets of Canterbury arriving at the Christ Church Gate at 1.00pm
- 3 December, 10.30am - 1.30pm, St Nicholas Fair, Sturry with Fordwich and Westbere with Hersden
- Saturday 3 December, 7.30pm - 11.45pm, Christmas Dance and supper, Ash Village Hall, Queens Rd, Ash
- Saturday 3 December, 10.00am - 1.00pm, Christmas Fayre, Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Green Porch Close, Milton Regis
- Saturday 3 December, 11.00am to 3.00pm, St Nicholas' Fayre, Lyminge Village Hall
- Saturday 3 December, 9.00am - noon, Christmas Food Fair, St.Peter & St. Paul, Appledore
- Saturday 3 December, 10.00am - 5.00pm, and Sunday 4 December 2011, 1.00pm - 5.00pm, Christmas Tree Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Ospringe
- Sunday 4 December, 4.30pm (half an hour later than normal), Annual Candlelit Christmas Concert, St. Mildred's Church, Preston-next-Wingham
- 7 December, from 12.30pm, Advent Lunch Talks, St Faith's Maidstone
- 10 December, 7.30pm, Caritas Chamber Choir Christmas Concert by Candlelight, St Peter with St Alphege, St Mildred with St Mary
- Saturday 10 December, 7.30pm, Canterbury Orchestra Christmas Concert, Sturry & District United Church
- Saturday 10 December, 3.30pm, Seventy Chamber Choir Christmas Concert - A Feast Of Carols, St Andrew's, Reading Street, Broadstairs
- Sunday 11 December, 4.00pm, Advent Carol Service, St Mary's Church, Lower Hardres
- Sunday 11 December, 7.30pm, Caritas Chamber Choir Christmas Concert by Candlelight, All Saints' Petham
- Sunday 11 December, 6.30pm, Celebration Service with Fiona Castle, Wye parish church
- Tuesday 13 December, 7.00pm, Riding Lights Production, Holy Trinity Milton Regis
- Wednesday 14 December, from 12.30pm, Advent Lunch Talks, St Faith's Maidstone
- Saturday 17 December, 6.30pm, Open-air Carols on the Green, Westbere
- Saturday 17 December, 7.00pm, Eastbridge Chorale and Ensemble Christmas concert, Sturry church
- Saturday 17 December, 10.30am - 1.00pm, Christmas Fair, St. Laurence Parish Hall, High Street St. Lawrence, Ramsgate
- 21 December, from 12.30pm, Advent Lunch Talks, St Faith's Maidstone
- Saturday 7 January 2012, 10.00am, St Laurence Church Tour, St. Laurence Church, High Street St. Lawrence, Ramsgate
- Sunday 8 January 2011, 6.30pm, Celebration Service, Wye parish church
- Wednesday 18 January 2012, 7.45pm - 9.15pm, Quakers: an historical perspective, St Peter's Methodist Church, Canterbury
- Sunday 29 January 2012, 6.30pm, Candlemas Service, St. Laurence Church, High Street St Lawrence, Ramsgate
To include your event on our website and the 'What's On' list, please complete the online form: http://www.canterburydiocese.org/whatson/parish/submitevent/index.htm
Cathedral News and Events go to top of page
Events in December:
www.canterburydiocese.org/whatson/cathedralevents/OctNovDec2011.pdf
Canterbury Cathedral Archives closing in 2012 for about seven months
The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury has announced that it will be closing the Cathedral Archives for essential work to the roof from 31st January 2012, for a period of about seven months. For further information, please see the Cathedral's website at www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/archives. When it reopens, the Archives will continue to care for historic records of churches in the pre-2011 Archdeaconry of Canterbury.
News from organisations linked to the Diocese go to top of page
Churches Together in Kent Annual Forum: "Better Together - Running the Race that is set before us" [Hebrews 12:1, 2]
Saturday 3 March, 9.45am - 3.00pm, Christ Church University, Canterbury
An ecumenical forum with an Olympic theme. Keynote address Bible study and a choice of workshops before Evensong in the Cathedral.
All welcome, please book via: www.canterburydiocese.org/ctkent,
Lunch available fro £5.
Church of England News Round-up go to top of page
News from the Church of England in November - www.cofe.anglican.org/news
News from the Archbishops - www.archbishopofcanterbury.org
Notices from National Organisations go to top of page
Tearfund Christmas
'First Christmas' is Tearfund's new Christmas resource for 2011. It includes a unique easy-to-perform Nativity play script which tells the story of a Christmas miracle in Nepal, a three-minute festive film, a short PowerPoint presentation, children's craft activity, an eye-catching editable poster, background notes about Nepal, individual response leaflets and more. The free Christmas pack is available to order by going to www.tearfund.org/christmas or by calling 0845 355 8355
World record attempt: Christmas carols
On the 18th December 2011 at 7pm, churches and individuals up and down the country will take part in an attempt to smash the current World Record for the largest number of people singing carols together across multiple locations. 15,000 people are needed to join in for 15-mins of caroling, to include Silent Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, O little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger and Hark the Herald Angels Sing. To register your church visit: www.christmasstarts.com
Financial assistance for clergy and clergy families in need
The Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and the Friends of the Clergy Corporation are the two leading grant-making charities helping Anglican clergy and their families (including their widows/widowers, dependent children and separated and divorced spouses) in times of need. They can help towards a wide range of expenses, including the cost of music lessons or sporting activities for children, university maintenance grants for undergraduate clergy children, clerical holidays, heating and home maintenance for the retired, nursing home expenses and bereavement expenses.
Combined grants during 2010 reached £1.8 million. For further information about our work or if you would like to apply for help: e-mail: Enquiries@clergycharities.org.uk or www.clergycharities.org.uk
Christian Aid Week 2012: 13-19 May
In Christian Aid Week 2012 we will be celebrating how new tools, farming techniques and community action groups are transforming towns and villages in Sierra Leone. Christian Aid will be asking churches and supporters to get involved in May by encouraging their communities to fundraise, pray and act, to bring long-lasting change for people living in poverty. www.christianaid.org.uk
New non-emergency number -
From 14 November call 101 to:
report non-urgent crime
speak to your local officer
make an enquiry
101 is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each call will never cost more than 15p, even from mobiles. For more information on 101 visit: www.kent.police.uk/101
Church Housing Trust
The Church Housing Trust supports for some of the most vulnerable people throughout the country. Projects include women's refuges, projects for young people, ex Service personnel, specialist housing for people with drug, alcohol and mental health problems, and projects for ex-offenders. Find out more: www.churchhousingtrust.org.uk
Please consider us when you are planning your charitable support this year.
New guidance issued by English Heritage on replacement metals for churches
www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/guidance-theft-metal-churches
Important copyright law changes affecting all churches
The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) was amended with effect from 1 January 2011. The effect of this change is that if sound recordings (CDs, cassettes etc.) are played during church activities, or during activities of the church in the local community, a PPL Church Licence is now required. This requirement is in addition to the PRS for Music Church Licence. For more information: www.ccli.co.uk/ppl
Free guide helps churches stage big events for the 2012 Games
Churches planning large events in celebration of the 2012 Games can download free a practical guide to help them solve the many practical issues involved: www.morethangold.org.uk/free-resources
York Course for Lent - Sacred words for a secular world
A five-session ecumenical discussion course for groups or individual study.
Christianity is the largest movement our world has ever seen. It continues to grow at an immense pace - especially in Asia (including China), Africa and Latin America. At the same time, Christianity in the West struggles to grow and - perhaps - even to survive. In this course we consider some of the reasons for this and what it might mean for individual Christians, for churches and for Western culture. More details at www.yorkcourses.co.uk including sound clips and sample pages from the booklets.
Conferences, Retreats, Training and Tours go to top of page
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion Course
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion will be running a short introductory course on science and religion 11 - 13 January 2012 in Cambridge for those in, or training for, church ministry. Visit www.faraday-institute.org for more information. Full fees (including accommodation and meals) are £160.
Lyme Regis Organ School, Winter Workshop:
The Glories of French Organ Music from 1600 to the present.
16 - 18 February 2012
The workshop, led by Philip Scriven, includes lectures, recitals, masterclasses and personal study sessions. Participants will be able to play the new 3 manual Skrabl organ in Lyme Regis parish church, and also a Hauptwerk reproduction of the large Cavaillé Coll in La Madelaine, Paris. Cost £160, not including accommodation. To obtain a leaflet, application form and further details, please contact Dr Richard Godfrey rgodfrey78@hotmail.com tel 01297 445709 or visit: www.lymeregisorganschool.org
The Sisters of St Andrew, Edenbridge: Training and Retreat programme
The Sisters of St Andrew in Edenbridge, Kent, offer retreats, spiritual exercises and training, including on May 1st: 'How to run a quiet day in a parish'. More information from: www.sisters-of-st-andrew
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