Up and coming events and activities across Wakefield Diocese.

 

My Place in God's Mission? Exploring ways to live out God's calling

Saturday 10 May 2008, 10.00am - 3.30pm at Bradford Cathedral. Keynote Speaker: Revd Jules Cave Bergquist, National Vocations Officer. Workshops and information on a variety of lay and ordained ministries, and how to work out what God might be saying - something for everyone. For more details - click here (pdf 23kb) or to book - contact Revd Sue Penfold on 01924 434460.

 

Exploring ministry and vocation

Saturday 10 May 2008, 9.30am - 3.00pm. Looking at God's call to discipleship in the world and church. Led by Gill Butterworth and Geoff Clay. Part of the WMS programme. Places may be available to others. Contact John Williams for more information.

 

Christian Aid Week

Sunday 11 - Saturday 17 May 2008. Click here to find out more.

 

Theological Reading Group

Monday 12 May 2008, 10.20am at the Mirfield Centre. The Theological Reading Group this term is reading - 'Public Life and the Place of the Church' edited by Michael Brierley. For more information and further dates - click here (pdf 80kb).

 

Archdeacons Deanery Visitations

Monday 12 May 2008, 7.30pm - Birstall Deanery at St Peter's, Birstall. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.
Tuesday 13 May 2008, 7.30pm - Brighouse & Elland Deanery at St Matthew's, Northowram. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.
Wednesday 14 May 2008, 7.30pm - Halifax Deanery at St John's, Warley. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.
Thursday 15 May 2008, 7.30pm - Huddersfield Deanery at St Peter's, Huddersfield Parish Church. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.

 

Annual Joseph Winter Lecture - Angela Tilby

Thursday 15 May 2008, 7.30pm at West Wakefield Methodist Church. Angela Tilby will be lecturing on 'Deadly Sin - a theme and variations in early Christianity. For more information - click here or contact Revd Terence Keen on 01924 255363.

 

Laughing Jesus Art Exhibition

Friday 16 May - Wednesday 28 May 2008 (excepting Sundays), 8.30am - 4.00pm at Wakefield Cathedral. An exhibition of non-traditional images challenging cosy images of Christ. For more information and a poster - click here.

 

Your Kingdom Come

Saturday 17 May 2008 at All Saints Catholic College, Bradley Bar, Huddersfield. Part of the 'Larger Churches Process'. For more details contact Canon Missioner Tony Macpherson.

 

Pastoral Care for the Bereaved and Pastoral Needs of Older People

Saturday 17 May 2008, 9.30am - 3.15pm at St Andrew's Methodist Church, Huddersfield Road, Halifax. Led by Revd Joyce Jones, Chair of Wakefield Diocese Prayer and Spirituality Group and Revd Albert Jewell, Former Pastoral Director of Methodist Homes for the Aged. Poster (pdf 71kb) and booking form (pdf 89kb). For more information contact Halifax Circuit Office on 01422 359639.

 

A Quiet Day - Mary in the poet's imagination

Saturday 17 May 2008 10.30am - 3:30pm at the Mirfield Centre. The Colour Blue: Mary in the poet's imagination. Led by Elaine Dando. Fee: £8.00 (bring a packed lunch). Click here for more information. To book - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

120th Anniversary Concert of the Foundation of Wakefield Diocese

Saturday 17 May 2008, 7.00pm at Wakefield Cathedral. For more details click here.

 

Not for Sale Sunday - working together to end sex trafficking

Sunday 18 May 2008. Free quality downloadable resources are available at www.notforsalesunday.org.

 

National Ethical Investment Week

Sunday 18 May - Saturday 24 May 2008. Click here for more details.

 

Archdeacons Deanery Visitations

Monday 19 May 2008, 7.30pm - Calder Valley Deanery at St Michael's, Mytholmroyd. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.
Tuesday 20 May 2008, 7.30pm - Wakefield Deanery at St Peter's Church Centre, Stanley. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.
Wednesday 21 May 2008, 7.30pm - Dewsbury Deanery at St Paul's, Hanging Heaton. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.

 

Reading Day at Mirfield

Thursday 22 May 2008, 10.00am onwards using the Community Library and facilities at the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield. For thinkers, lay leaders, clergy, Readers and Pastoral ministers. For more information - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481916.

 

Archdeacons Deanery Visitations
Wednesday 28 May 2008, 7.30pm - Barnsley Deanery at St Paul, Monk Bretton. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.

 

Life Calling

Starting Monday 2 June 2008 for five consecutive Mondays, 7.30 - 9.30pm at St Mary’s, Spen Lane, Gomersal BD19 4PP. A five session course on vocation. Life Calling explores the meaning of vocation for everyone. Places limited to 10. Click here for more information and how to book.

 

The Sufi Face of Islam - Rumi and the operation of divine love

Monday 2 June 2008, 7.30 - 9.00pm at the Mirfield Centre. An evening of readings and music led by Dr Alan Williams, Manchester University. For more details and to book - click here.

 

Learning, listening to and telling stories 2

Tuesday 3 June 2008, 10.00am - 3.30pm at the Mirfield Centre. A day with story teller Simon Airey. Places limited. Click here for more information (pdf 228kb). For a booking form - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

Living Amongst

Tuesday 3 June 2008, 9.45am - 3.30pm at St Margaret's Church, Shipley Fields Road, Frizinghall, Bradford BD18 2DH. A training day led by Andrew Grinnell from the Salvation Army's ALOVE department exploring what incarnational living actually means and is it for us? Cost £10 including lunch. To book - contact David Arscott on 0113 3508070.

 

Archdeacons Deanery Visitation

Tuesday 10 June 2008, 7.30pm - Pontefract Deanery at All Saint's, Pontefract. For church wardens, clergy and all PCC members.

 

Theft of Metal Seminar

Wednesday 11 June 2008, 7.30pm at Dewsbury Minster with the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group. For clergy, churchwardens and others. To book a place - contact Rita Peacock on 01924 234945.

 

The Lambeth Conference - Transforming Expectations?

Thursday 12 June 2008, 7.15pm - 9.15pm at the Mirfield Centre. Bishop Michael Doe, General Secretary of USPG, Anglicans in World Mission talking about the Lambeth Conference 2008. Click here for a poster with more information. Cost: free but booking essential. Contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

Bishop's Development Fund 20th Anniversary Celebration and Workshop

Celebrate and discover new ways of developing and funding church-based projects.
Saturday 14 June 2008, 9.30am - 1.00pm. With Tony Robinson, Bishop of Pontefract, Canon Kevin Partington and Revd Maggie Durran. Click here for more details and a booking form.

 

Godly Play Taster Day

Saturday 14 June 2008, 9.30am - 3.00pm at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield. Cost £3. Bring your own lunch. For more details and a booking form - click here (pdf 85kb).

 

Quiet Garden Day - the writings of Thomas Merton

Saturday 14 June 2008 10.30am - 3:30pm at the Mirfield Centre. Reflections and thoughts from the writings of Thomas Merton. Led by Keith Griffin. Fee: £8.00 (bring a packed lunch). Click here for more information and a poster. For a booking form - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

The Reflective Disciple - How Christian Adults Learn 1

Thursday 19 June 2008, 10.00am - 12.30pm at the Mirfield Centre with Roger Walton. Cost £7.00 including refreshments. Download a poster here. To book - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

Clergy Meeting

Tuesday 24 June 2008, 11.00am - 3.30pm at St Thomas, Bradley, Huddersfield HD2 1RA. Meeting with Christopher Lowson, director of the Ministry Division. Please bring sandwiches - drinks provided. For more details - contact Canon Tony Macpherson on 01924 275274.

 

Multi-Church Ministry Course

Tuesday 24 June - Wednesday 25 June 2008, at the Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. For more information and to book - click here.

 

Help for Churchwardens

Wednesday 25 June 2008, 7.00pm for 7.30 - 9.30pm at Dewsbury Minster. A training evening for new wardens and for wardens wanting a refresher in the basics. Led by the Archdeacons of Pontefract and Halifax. Click here for a poster. To book - email Rita Peacock at Church House on 01924 371802.

 

Imagery and Metaphor - How Christian Adults Learn 2

Thursday 26 June 2008, 2.00pm - 4.30pm at the Mirfield Centre with Margaret Cooling. Cost £7.00 including refreshments. Download a poster here. To book - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

 

Suffering and Crisis - How Christian Adults Learn 3

Thursday 3 July 2008, 10.00am - 12.30pm at the Mirfield Centre with Andrew Clitherow. Cost £7.00 including refreshments. Download a poster here. To book - click here or contact Rachael Salmon on 01924 481920.

 

Lambeth Conference 2008

Monday 21 July 2008 - Sunday 3 August 2008.
Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield's Presidential Address to Synod, March 2008.

 

Taize 2008

Saturday 16 August - Monday 25 August 2008.

 

Time and Seasons

Saturday 30 August 2008, 11.00am - 3.00pm at the Function Rooms, Cannon Hall Farm, Barnsley. An opportunity to spend time together as a family, young and old, and find God in change through craft, activities and reflection. Click here for a poster or flyer.

 

Child Protection - basic training for clergy

Monday 8 September 2008, 7.30pm - 9.30pm at St Peter's Gildersome. Basic 2 hour training with Jenny Price - Diocesan Child Protection Officer.

Wednesday 10 September 2008, 2.00pm - 4.00pm at the Church in West Bretton. Basic 2 hour training with Jenny Price - Diocesan Child Protection Officer.

Tuesday 16 September 2008, 7.30pm - 9.30pm at All Saints, Elland. Basic 2 hour training with Jenny Price - Diocesan Child Protection Officer.

Thursday 18 September 2008, 2.00pm - 4.00pm at St Peter's Centre, Stanley. Basic 2 hour training with Jenny Price - Diocesan Child Protection Officer.

To book - contact Revd Stephen Kelly on 01226 382550.

 

Back to Church Sunday 2008

Sunday 28 September 2008. For more details - click here.

 

Godly Play Taster Day

Saturday 11 October 2008, 9.30am - 3.00pm at the Church of the Resurrection, Kinsley. Cost £3. Bring your own lunch. For more details and a booking form - click here (pdf 85kb).

 

Godly Play 3 Day non - residential Teacher Accreditation Course

Wednesday 22 October, Thursday 23 October and Friday 24 October 2008 at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield, HD1 5PX. For more details and to book - click here.

 

Multi-Church Ministry Course

Tuesday 28 October - Wednesday 29 October 2008, at the Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. For more information and to book - click here.

 

Bishop's Day for Clergy

Thursday 13 November 2008. John Barton will lead a study day on making the Bible fruitful for study and preaching. John is Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at Oxford University. Venue to be arranged.

 

One Life - How will you spend yours?

Saturday 29 November 2008, 11.00am - 4.30pm at Wakefield Cathedral. A day of challenge and celebration for young people confirmed in 2008, finishing with a ...

A Celebration of Confirmation for all

Saturday 29 November 3.00pm - 4.30pm at Wakefield Cathedral for family supporters, friends and all confirmed in 2008. Download a poster and more information here.

 

Transforming Lives - Diocesan Celebration

Sunday 14 June 2009. Please book it in your diaries now!