Praxis Midlands

My mum gave up on faith when she visited her new parish church. She explained I was a priest but was told they didn’t acknowledge my ministry. She was so hurt. Today, she told me she worshipped for the 1st time in 7 yrs thanks to @revkatebottley on #SongsOfPraise Thank u Kate❤️

@whatkatepdoes Sounds great! Faith Development, Medieval church, Theological Reflection.

So let's say someone asked you if you'd be up for setting up a theological school once a month in your parish, starting in January 2021....how would you structure the morning? What would be the different aspects? And which of my friends are willing to come to speak on a passion?

Members of clergy - are you marrying anyone in your church on Saturday? We're looking for a couple marrying in church who might be willing to talk about their experience.

Our OFM Midlands group would like to invite you to join us (whether you are in the Midlands or not!) for an evening of reflection, discussion and worship, exploring the idea of sacred space, and what that means for us at the moment. Wednesday 1st July 7.30-9.00pm on Zoom.

Bishop @CottrellStephen will be confirmed as the 98th Archbishop of York at 11am on Thursday 9 July 2020. The service will be broadcast online due to the coronavirus restrictions. cofe.io/ABY98Virtual

We're hosting two public Webinars on Ministry during Lockdown. Admission £10 each. Webinar 1: On-line Pastoral Care & Church Life (Ros Clarke & Tanya Marlow) 28/5/20 3-4.15pm. Webinar 2: On-line Worship (Grant Bayliss & Simon Rundell) 1/6/20 3-4:15pm rcc.ac.uk/events

THE PROGRAMME IS OUT for #OFMonline #SacramentalSpiritfilled Mon 27th - Thu 30th exploring what it means to be sacramental and Spirit-filled at home! 7-8pm Streaming on YOUTUBE: (search ‘On Fire Mission’) m.youtube.com/channel/UCtadw…

HELP US SPREAD THE NEWS! 27th-30th April is OFM online: exploring what it means to be sacramental and Spirit-filled at home! 7 - 8pm. Streaming on YouTube (search ‘On Fire Mission’) 8-9:30pm. Join us in the Zoom bar #OFMonline #SacramentalSpiritfilled

Golgotha darkness is profound and real, yet within it lies glory and salvation. I wish you and all for whom you care joy and love in the Resurrection of Our Lord at this season, and in every circumstance. #thread 4/4

and it was to disciples deprived and despairing that he came on the Emmaus Road, ministering hope and promise into their darkest hour. At Cuddesdon and on all our Pathways we – like you – live by that hope and are sustained by that promise. #thread 3/4

Even the Sacraments are substantially denied us, along with so much more that gives us comfort and binds us together in the Body. Yet it was to Mary Magdalen blinded by grief that the Risen Christ appeared in the garden #thread 2/4

This is an #Easter in which the character of Holy Saturday predominates. A season of bleak waiting with so little, apparently, to hope for and so much to dread. #thread 1/4

A hymn for Easter Eve 2020 reverendally.org/2020/03/29/dar…

We're using the #BCP as our family #DailyOffice. If you are too, you're welcome to use drive.google.com/file/d/1u_9P-u… with #littleones this #evening. (graphics are for 'personal faith use') Morning Prayer booklet follow! #HopeItHelps @CofEPortsmouth @StClemsFamilies @RiponCuddesdon

58 of us now gathered in prayer. Join us. You are not alone.

#Candlemas: when the church reminds itself that we have a great history of being inter generational. If your church is full of Annas and Simeons, how are you enabling them to be prophetic to the young in your community?

On @BBCRadio4 now 📻 @SamiraAhmedUK looks at the changing role of art in churches, with author Bill Bryson, artist Larry Achiampong, writer @simonjenkins4, director @CofE_ChurchCare @beckyclark83 and Lichfield Cathedral artist-in-residence Peter Walker. bbc.in/35JjrDN

So who’s up for this #XmasSongLiturgies challenge from @ShervingtonD ? Set the lyrics of a popular non-Religious Christmas song in a liturgical form...

Our next big training event is in Leamington Spa Thursday 14th May 2020: Worship - All things to All People? We’ll be exploring issues of inclusion in worship from a variety of perspectives such as physical ability, mental capacity, socio-economics & inter generational factors.