The Evangelism and Growth Team is developing an exciting partnership with Leading your Church into Growth (LyCiG). LyCiG is run by an ecumenical group of practitioners who seek to equip ordinary local churches to grow through regular training events and resources. If your church or circuit team are longing for growth and would like some support, we believe LyCiG can help you.

Workshop leader: Canon Victoria Johnson, Precentor, York Minster.

Vicky has taught liturgical studies and preaching to ordinands and curates across the North West, was a Trustee of the College of Preachers and remains a tutor. She has contributed regularly to the Preacher’s Companion and most recently wrote about the transformative power of preaching in ‘Holy Attention-Preaching in Today’s Church’, (2019), Edited by Frances Ward and Richard Sudworth.

This workshop will explore the power of preaching to transform us in season and out of season, and reflecting on how we, as preachers, can make ordinary time preaching extraordinary by weaving our preaching into the liturgy, being attentive to scripture, and open to creativity and transformation.

This workshop is being offered on-line via Zoom. The cost to book a place on this workshops is £7 or £5 for those in training for ministry (ordained or lay). For details of how to book, please visit our web site: www.collegeofpreachers.co.uk/events.

A Living Library is an event where some people are ‘books’, and other people are ‘readers’ who listen to the stories of the ‘books’ and ask them questions.

Methodist Vocations Living Library is a morning event where you can ‘read’ books on the following topics :

• The call of a church steward and circuit steward

• The call of a Deacon

• The call of a Presbyter

• The call of a chaplain

• The call of children’s, youth and families ministry

• The call to global ministry

• Young and called to serve the church

• The call to preach

• The call to lead worship

• The call to pioneer and to plant new churches

• The call to administration

• The call to make new Methodist members

This is a free event.  For further information, please click on link.