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Churches and Community Engagement

Creating Connections between Faith Communities and the Media in Wolverhampton

By Blog, Churches and Community Engagement, Interfaith Understanding, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges

28th November 2024 saw the latest in the Religion Media Centre’s series of Creating Connections events taking place at Molineux football ground in Wolverhampton.  The event brought together representatives of local faith communities and journalists, providing opportunities for those in…

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Faith in ‘Edgy’ and Marginal Places

By All Christian Learning and Discipleship Projects, Churches and Community Engagement, Developing Christian Discipleship, Learning for Ministry and Mission, Research & Evaluation

A project looking at faith in ‘edgy’ and marginal places, and how that faith develops, changes and grows – from the University of Roehampton, in collaboration with St Peter’s Saltley Trust, the Susanna Wesley Foundation, and the Church Mission Society….

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First ever Further Education Sunday launched by WM Churches’ FE Council

By All Faith and Further Education Projects, Blog, Churches and Community Engagement, RE and Spiritual development in Schools and Colleges, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges, Supporting Further Education Chaplaincy, Video

FE Sunday – being held for the first time ever on Sunday 15 May 2022 – is an opportunity to pray for your local college and for the Further Education sector, and to consider how your church could love and serve your…

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Muddy Church Research at St Andrew’s, Rugby

By All Christian Learning and Discipleship Projects, Blog, Churches and Community Engagement, Developing Christian Discipleship, Learning for Ministry and Mission

You’ve heard of Messy Church, but what about Muddy Church?  Trust funding has enabled the second phase development and trialling of a new outdoor approach to church for children and families. In September 2018 Wendy Coleman (Children and Families Minister)…

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Eco-Theological Educators’ Network

By All Christian Learning and Discipleship Projects, Blog, Churches and Community Engagement, Developing Christian Discipleship, Learning for Ministry and Mission

Ministry training in an environmental emergency There is an urgent need to include teaching on environmental issues in ministerial training and formation. This is the conclusion of a recent ecumenical consultation initiated by environmental specialists Martin and Margot Hodson of…

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Chaplaincy in Further Education – 5 New Short Films from WMCFEC!

By All Faith and Further Education Projects, Blog, Churches and Community Engagement, Learning for Ministry and Mission, Spiritual Development in Schools and Colleges, Supporting Further Education Chaplaincy, Video

How might chaplaincy contribute to the lives of students and staff in a Further Education college?  How could you be involved?  Five short films commissioned by West Midlands Churches’ FE Council, and filmed in three local colleges, give you a…

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