27th February 2010
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Pastoral Care of People with Dementia Looking at meaningful ways of visiting and worshipping with people who have dementia. more ...
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2nd March 2010
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Walking with God: A Course on Spirituality Designed to develop our spiritual walk by exploring spiritual disciplines (ancient and modern) which can deepen the path of faith. 8 sessions between 2 March and 24 May more ...
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8th March 2010
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Ethnicity, Culture and Faith: A West Yorkshire Perspective Organised by BCDD and the Leeds and West Yorkshire Methodist Districts, this training day is geared to further equipping and enabling Christians in leadership to respond to diversity. It will focus on the local scene where the predominant groups are white Christian and Pakistani Muslim, with significant numbers of asylum seekers and refugees. It directly addresses the issues this diversity raises and engages with Christian responses in mission and ministry. more ...
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11th March 2010
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Safe and Sound Ecumenical Level 1 safeguarding course, certified equivalent to Module A of Creating Safer Space more ...
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16th March 2010
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Quiet Days 'Seeking God Together' An opportunity for peace, space and time out for reflection in our busy lives, exploring God’s presence with us in the ordinariness of every day experience, in the spectrum from joy to sorrow, and all in between! The house and garden offer tranquil space, and seasonal Scripture sits gently at the heart of these days. more ...
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17th March 2010
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Domestic Abuse A chance for all who minister, to seek to be more effective in their response to, and more engaged in their dealing with domestic abuse to those they minister to. more ...
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22nd March 2010
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Getting Ready for Worship Designed to equip, encourage and enable those who lead worship in the local church. more ...
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23rd March 2010
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Interfaith Encounter: Luxury or Necessity? more ...
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17th April 2010
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Safeguarding children and young people Level II This event is for those lay and clergy who have already completed a first Child Protection Course and is an opportunity to share good practice, to raise issues presented to the diocese and parishes and to ensure that we have a good awareness and understanding of these challenging issues. more ...
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17th April 2010
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Myers Briggs Introduction Why do some things drain us and others give us energy? Why do I like my information presented in a way that nobody else seems to? How come I find it difficult to make decisions? This is an opportunity to explore our personalities and appreciate why people behave the way they do, through this most well known personality indicator. more ...
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21st April 2010
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Worship that is not the Eucharist An evening event led by Janet Henderson, Archdeacon of Richmond and Liz Williams, to help those who plan and/or lead services which are not the Eucharist. Services to be considered include Morning & Evening Prayer; Matins; All age worship and Family services. more ...
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11th May 2010
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'A good death and welcomed dying' A day to consider the liturgical issues and pastoral concerns raised when we witness a death of release and a 'joy' in dying, rather than when faced with the pain of dying and the sorrow of loss. more ...
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11th May 2010
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Pastoral care: what can parishes do next in this ministry? More chances to learn and reflect on how established parish pastoral groups can develop further in a safe way that enhances the church's mission and ministry. more ...
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15th May 2010
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Myers Briggs and Prayer Why do some things drain us and others give us energy? Why do I like my information presented in a way that nobody else seems to? How come I find it difficult to make decisions? This is an opportunity to explore our personalities and appreciate why people behave the way they do, through this most well known personality indicator. more ...
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18th May 2010
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Food Safety Training A morning looking at issues of food safety, food hazards and food preparation. What do we need to know to safely offer food as part of our parish outreach and mission? more ...
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18th May 2010
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Pastoral care: what can parishes do next in this ministry? More chances to learn and reflect on how established pastoral groups can develop further so that they enhance their church's mission and ministry more ...
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4th June 2010
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Called to Listen Two residential weekends to explore your 'Call to Listen' to enable you to listen more effectively to yourself, to others and to God. The course provides a Christian understanding of the person and underlines the value of listening to the whole person. A certificate in Christian Listening is awarded by the Acorn Christian Foundation for successful completion. Applicants must have completed Learning to Listen. Two weekends: 4-6 June and 2-4 July. more ...
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8th June 2010
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Food Safety Training A morning looking at issues of food safety, food hazards and food preparation. What do we need to know to safely offer food as part of our parish outreach and mission? more ...
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9th July 2010
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Quiet Day: Struggling to be Holy An open and hones exploration of holiness within ordinary day-to-day living, taking us to the heart of our struggle to be human and showing us that this is also the key to our struggle to be holy. more ...
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10th July 2010
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Getting Ready for Preaching Aimed at equipping those who preach in the local church. more ...
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6th September 2010
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How Should the Church Engage with Society Today? The church has made a major impact on wider social and political thinking at different moments in recent history. In this new century can the church still address society in these kind of ways? Richard Harries will consider the issues in his lecture. more ...
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11th September 2010
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Aelred of Rievaulx Pilgrimage As part of the 900th anniversary celebrations of Aelred of Rievaulx, a day spent at the Abbey hearing about Aelred, listening to his writings and finding fom him help and guidance for our own faith journey. more ...
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21st September 2010
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Introducing Matthew's Gospel Matthew's Gospel is read on the Sundays of the year beginning December 2010. Written for a community of Christians sprung from Judaism, the gospel writer presents Jesus as the Second Moses, the founder of a new People of God and stresses the presence of Christ in the Church of today and of all time. more ...
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21st September 2010
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Being, Showing, Telling 8 weeks between 21 September and 16 November, looking at the work and witness of the local church and the wider mission of God in the world. more ...
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13th October 2010
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Perspectives on Muhammad: Developing Understanding of the Diversity in Islam All Muslims accept Muhammad as Prophet. There are, however, different understandings of what this means. This seminar will deepen your knowledge of spiritual and religious authority in Islam, and how this is differently understood by Sunni and Shia Muslims, and sub groups of these. If you want a clearer understanding of the differences between Salafi, Deobandi, Sufi and Barelwi, this seminar is for you. more ...
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13th November 2010
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You Being You A one- day interactive workshop aimed at identifying and realising you in your calling and spiritual gifts. Appreciate your unique design and how to use your ministries, gifts and abilities to serve God more completely. The workshop will include individual and group exercises through the course of the day. more ...
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25th November 2010
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Beyond the Lunch Club A training day for people from churches and Christian groups that want to understand and engage more with local older people. The day will be interactive and provocative with learning from practitioners, theorists, one another and elderly people themselves. more ...
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1st December 2010
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Who is this Jesus who was Born of Mary? A re-reading of the Christmas stories asking what kind of stories are they, and how they should be read. Using careful Bible study and accessible scholarship this session explores the big question of ‘Who is this Jesus who was born of Mary?’. A useful preparation for Christmas before the rush! more ...
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11th December 2010
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Quiet Day for Advent An opportunity to spend a day in quiet reflection pondering the riches of the season. more ...
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22nd January 2011
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Myers Briggs Day The Myers Briggs Type Indicator is an internationally respected psychometric instrument which explores personality type preferences. The workshops are experiential, fun and informative, and should help you to identify and understand your own preferences and to understand and value the difference between you and those with whom you live, work, play and worship. more ...
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2nd February 2011
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The Future of Preaching An event linked into the 2011 Trust – Celebrating the Bible in English (celebrating 400 years of the King James Bible). An opportunity to reflect on preaching in today’s culture and the currency of the Bible in the UK today. more ...
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5th February 2011
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Quiet Day: Treasures of Darkness Many people have periods in their lives which might be called ‘dark’ events or circumstances or relationships – and we will be reflecting with scripture on how these may contain hidden riches. more ...
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26th February 2011
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Vice to Virtue Conversion Finding our Type is just the beginning of a journey with the Enneagram. During this workshop, we will be looking at how our Type is the key to identifying those habits of mind and heart that block our spiritual growth and how the Enneagram can help us unlock the spiritual gifts we so often deny ourselves. (Delegates for this workshop will need to be familiar with the Enneagram and have a reasonable idea of their own Type.) more ...
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26th March 2011
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Alzheimer's: an Unpolished Jewel? A day exploring the world of Alzheimer’s disease from a variety of perspectives including medical, social and spiritual models and that of the carer. more ...
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2nd April 2011
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Rembrandt's Passion: A Journey to the Cross through Art During this day we will look at the artist Rembrandt and at some of the theological and prayerful themes in his work. We will think about how our own prayer life can be enriched by spending time with these works. more ...
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16th April 2011
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A Certain Age: Some Aspects of Spirituality in the Second Half of Life What are the special gifts of our more mature years? How does our relationship with God grow and develop during this time? As we move on in our pilgrimage of life, we reflect on our own experience and insights, and consider what we need for the continuing journey. more ...
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18th June 2011
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Day by Day: Meditations on Richard of Chichester's Prayer A quiet day of reflection and prayer using the inspirational words of Richard of Chichester whose prayer calls us to ask daily that we might see God more clearly, love him more dearly and follow him more nearly. more ...
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19th July 2011
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Teach us to Pray: Jesus and Prayer in the Gospels The disciples request that Jesus teach them to pray is one that has resonated with Christians throughout the centuries. Many of us would like to have had a master-class on prayer with Jesus himself. During this day we will be looking at Jesus' different responses to this question and ask what they might teach us about the nature of prayer. more ...
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