Swanwick
Conference 2008
Sharing
the story
3rd
- 6th June 2008
Exploring
different ways of sharing our
common
story which is our life with Jesus
The
Conference Workshops
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the Workshop Booking Form
Roly
Bain:
Wednesday:
“Let us Play” a chance to play around with circus skills.
Thursday:
“Storytelling”: ways of telling your story and the story
Richard
Box:
Wednesday:
Drawing for the terrified
Thursday:
Drawing as devotion. No previous experience necessary
Norris
Boyland: Telling
the Christian Story to Children - The session will explore why
we should tell the Christian story to children and look at various
different methods of doing so.
Kevin
Cecil: Story
telling with music. You can bring something that you are working
on, or start from scratch.
German
Delegates: Our
visitors will present some stories from the Lutheran church
Elaine
Goddard :
Godly Play. In Godly Play we discover for ourselves who God
is, using a time of ‘wondering’ to allow the story to unfold
towards us.
Sylvia
Green: Sylvia
has recently moved to Hereford from Ely Diocese and has experience
in spiritual direction. She had offered to lead a workshop in
spiritual accompaniment
Diana
Hoare: Environment
and Mysticism
Maggie
Kingston :
Rags to riches. Starting from hessian we weave our story using
colour and texture to go beyond words. No experience needed,
just a willingness to play
Anne
Lanyon-Hogg: Liturgy
with love - exploring balance and wholeness in weaving together
the elements of worship.
Jill
Lawson: Sharing
the Story with Pen and paintbrush – Jill is an experienced and
skilled artist and calligrapher. She will offer a workshop that
explores the use of picture and text as another tool to share
good news. Please bring your own paints, pens and brushes.
Peter
Massey: Gospel
Magic A workshop for beginners to conjuring to explore some
truly 'magical' ideas for communicating the gospel of Jesus
Christ with the excitement and wonder it deserves. Participants
should leave with at least one idea for a conjuring trick to
practice and use during a church service or special event.
Alistair
McGrath: New
Challenges to Faith: Responding to Recent Atheist Criticisms
of Christianity” – This lecture will explore the issues raised
by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchins, and how we can
respond in our ministries.
Norman
Morris: Creative
worship in small rural churches - and still keep BCP– using
the natural seasons and the Church’s year to share the story
through various acts of worship.
Kathy
Priddis: Scribble
the Story – using pastels to scribble in words or pictures to
discover more of your own story with God and how to express
it. Participants would
be
expected to attend both workshops.
Nick
Read: "
The Countryside of the Future" What will our rural diocese
be like in 2020? - a look at current trends and future prospects.
Maggie
Kingston: From
rags to riches.
Paul
Scott: The past still speaks.
Tanzanian
Delegation: Stories from Tanzania
Julia
Francis: Signing the Story
Christian
Aid: Climate
Cahange in Bangladesh
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