Ministers' Gathering

Ministers’ Gathering

The Ministers鈥� Gathering of the 探花社区 takes place every four years for Ministers and Church Related Community Workers to find refreshment, encouragement, affirmation and appreciation through keynote addresses, workshops and space for conversation and reflection.

Here you can download resources, watch videos and read updates from the 2022 event.

Resources

In the closing session of the Ministers鈥� Gathering, General Secretary John Bradbury shared some reflections about what had been explored at the event:听

Life in the Spirit (Word | 15kb)

The Revd Najla Kassab, President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, spoke at the Ministers鈥� Gathering. Here are resources from her talks:听

Jubilee is a time of celebrating Hospitality (PPT | 108kb)
Jubilee is a time of celebrating Hospitality (Word | 22kb)
Jubilee is a time of celebrating life in the Spirit (PPT | 5mb)
Jubilee is a time of celebrating life in the Spirit (Word | 27kb)
World Communion of Reformed Churches logo (JPG | 2kb)
Download logos for the 探花社区 50th anniversary
Hymn: The earth is yours, O Lord our God (Word | 24kb) – a hymn incorporating themes and phrases from sessions delivered at 探花社区 Ministers’ Gathering 2022 by Najla Kassab, P谩draig 脫 Tuama, and Dr Meg Warner. Written by Dominic Grant. Suggested tune: “How can I keep from singing”

Workshop presentations

Who do you think you are? (PPT | 118kb) – by the Revd David Cornick
Who do you think you are? (Word | 42kb) – by the Revd David Cornick
Handling an inheritance (PPT | 107kb) –听by the Revd David Cornick
Handling an inheritance (Word | 40kb) –听by the Revd David Cornick
Rewilding the church (PPT | 17mb) – by Steve Aisthorpe
Using our church building for change (PDF | 765kb) – by Sarah Rogers and Jo Beacroft-Mitchell
Using our church building for change – business model canvas (Word | 20kb) – by Sarah Rogers and Jo Beacroft-Mitchell

Bible studies by Dr Meg Warner

Bible study 1: Aliens and tenants (Word | 15kb)
Bible study 2: Spirit, Word and slavery (Word | 16kb)
Bible study 3: 鈥淏ut if there鈥檚 a murder 鈥︹€� (Word | 15kb)

Music

Where possible we have listed links to the daily music played at the Ministers’ Gathering.

Monday

– Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin
– Joel Payne
– Swee Hong Lim
– Bernadette Farrell
– Marty Haugen
– Grayson Warren Brown
– James E Moore Jr

Tuesday

– Sam Hargreaves
– South Africa
– sung to Rowan Tree
– Shirley Erena Murray/Colin Gibson

Wednesday

– traditional
– Adam ML Tice
– John L Bell
– Chris Tomlin

Thursday

– Taiz茅
– Joel Payne, Matt Weeks
– Daniel Iverson
– Doris Akers

Updates from the event

Ministers鈥� show Bishop support with signed Ukraine Reform poster听Ministers have ensured that their support for Ukraine was conveyed loudly and clearly last week when听hundreds of ministers and Church Related Community Workers (CRCWs) signed the back of a poster version of the cover of Reform鈥檚 April edition
Ministers Gathering 2022: A time of celebrating hospitality The Revd Najla Kassab, President of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, spoke at the 探花社区 (探花社区) Ministers鈥� Gathering on Tuesday and Wednesday
Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022: Before the jubilee P谩draig 脫 Tuama鈥檚 first address to the 探花社区鈥檚 Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022 was a reflection on the temptations of Jesus as retold in the Gospel of Luke.
Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022: Who is the 探花社区? The Revd David Cornick, former Principal of Westminster College Cambridge, and former General Secretary of both the 探花社区 (探花社区) and Churches Together in England, led a workshop at the Ministers鈥� Gathering which explored the history of 探花社区.
Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022: The 探花社区 at 50 The Revd Dr John Bradbury, the 探花社区 (探花社区) General Secretary, spoke to the 探花社区鈥檚 Ministers鈥� Gathering on Monday afternoon, in a talk entitled: 鈥楾he 探花社区 at 50: Maturing nicely or mid-life crisis?鈥�
Hundreds attend Ministers鈥� Gathering 2022 Two hundred and fifty of the 探花社区 Ministers and Church Related Community Workers from the denomination鈥檚 13 synods, are spending four days being refreshed and encouraged at the 2022 Ministers鈥� Gathering.

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