Resourcing the Diocese -
the Local Evangelism Resources that are available

Pioneer Ministers
Mindful of the recent guidelines about Pioneer Ministers the department will be available to work with groups of churches seeking to appoint Pioneer Ministers. Where they are already in place, the department can offer help to evaluate their effectiveness and make plans for future growth. Click here to find out more about Pioneer Ministry or contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508 or Rev Ross Garner

Fresh Expressions
Fresh Expressions encourages new forms of church for a fast changing world, working with Christians from a variety of denominations and traditions. The initiative has resulted in hundreds of new congregations being formed alongside more traditional churches. Click here to find out more about 'Fresh Expressions'

Everybody Welcome Course
• How many people 'try out' your church each year?
• Do they feel welcome?
• Do they come back?
• What would happen if 10%, 25% or even 50% of your visitors became regular members of your congregation?
Everybody Welcome is the complete course to transform your church by improving your approach to newcomers. In five teaching sessions, it will help you review your attitudes to newcomers, learn new approaches and identify areas of improvement and change. Click here to find out more about 'Everybody Welcome' or contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

Start and Leading Your Church into Growth Courses
Start course helps your group to:
• think where they are going in their lives
• ask questions about the Christian faith
• discover the good news of Jesus
• consider how they want to respond.
Leading Your Church Into Growth: Now in its fourteenth year, this highly popular course is specifically designed for clergy and lay leaders from across different traditions and denominations who are looking for help and encouragement in leading their churches into growth. The delivery team are: Rev Alyson Davie,Rev Paul Kerr, Rev Brian Senior, Rev Canon James Southward, Rev Ross Garner, and Rev Canon Jean Kerr.
Contact Carol Evans

Start The Week
'Start the Week' resources a church shaped for mission and is a newsletter which is updated most weeks by Paul Bayes,the National Mission and Evangelism Adviser for the Church of England and Rachel Jordan

Back To Church Sunday
Back to Church Sunday is now the largest single local-church invitational initiative in the world. It is based on the simplest and shortest step in evangelism - that we should invite someone we already know to something we love; invite our friend to our church. The initial focus was to invite ‘back’ those who used to attend, but we want to ensure that anyone who doesn’t currently attend can be guaranteed a specially warm welcome.
Click here to find out more about 'Back To Church Sunday' or email Veronica Rees - the Back to Church Sunday champion

The Christmas Journey
Rather like 'Easter Experience', but 'Christmas Unpacked'.
Look at www.christmasjourney.org.uk

Experience Easter
Experience Easter is an invitational event open to churches throughout many dioceses. The project was agreed to be a great success by many of the churches who took part last Easter.
Experience Easter involves running special events and services for people of all ages. A Resource Pack outlines the activities, which include making themed ‘stations of the cross’ in church, which children and adults can participate in to ‘live the story’.
There are also the amazing Eggventure beads that are a fun and interactive way for children to learn and enjoy the Easter story.
Churches can order the Eggs (£2 each) and Resources packs (£8) from www.experienceeaster.org

Other national evangelistic and outreach activities.
Coming Home for Christmas, Cracking Open Easter, and other national evangelistic and outreach activities.
Click here for details of 'Coming Home For Christmas' goodie bags. Contact: Rev Ross Garner

Mission Shaped Intro course
Six weeks to rediscover mission and re-imagine church.
New world, new church? Our world and our lives have changed radically in the last twenty years, but has the church adapted to this change? Do we need a changed church for a changing world? Are new forms of church really possible? If so, how can they be developed? Mission shaped intro explores the ‘why’ of creating fresh expressions of church rather than the ‘how’. The six-week course takes you on a journey looking at the ever-changing nature of our social communities and explores why the church needs to rethink its approach to those communities in meaningful and relevant ways. The 90-minute sessions are delivered through presentation, movie clips and stories with active group participation. It is ideal for those who are starting from scratch as well as those who have attended a vision day or who are maybe thinking about joining the mission shaped ministry course.
Click here to find out more or here for the leaflet

Growing Healthy Churches (church audit)
This can be run in more than one way:
• GHC: using the 7 marks of a healthy church to discovering the strengths and weakness of the local church and making realistic plans for the future.
• GHC Angel day looking at the present health of the church and the vocation of the church. This is a more spiritual and intuitive way of achieving the same purpose.
• An Angel day can also be used to jump-start the GHC process when it has stopped, or it can be used after 3 – 4 years as part of a review process.
Click here for more details of 'Growing Healthy Churches'

Mission Weekends (local mission events)
Training is available for parishes wishing to run a Mission Weekend using the programme designed by the Archbishop’s ‘Springboard’ team. Parishes running a Mission Weekend can receive support and help from the Diocesan Evangelists. Contact Warden of Evangelists - Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

Parish Development days or weekends (whole churches, PCC, MLT)
These can be planned and run to fit the requirements of the local church, the person leading the day will meet with the vicar and make appropriate plans. Contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

Mission-Shaped Church days
MSC days include a presentation on the content of the MSC report and can include an opportunity to think about, or plan a fresh expression of church in the parish. The person leading the day would meet with the vicar and make plans appropriate to the local church.

Faith Sharing days
Training is available to help congregation members to share their faith, by telling the story about what God has done for them. Contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

Community Celebration Events
Community Celebration Events: helping your local community to celebrate together. Events that help community groups to work together supported by the local churches. Contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

Servant Evangelism Events
These are random acts of kindness events. The department helps your parish to understand this principle and set up
and deliver Servant Evangelism events. Contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

Working alongside Department of Ministry and Training
Working alongside Department of Ministry and Training in the delivery of the Lay Training core programme Certificate in Theology
Contact Rev Canon Jean Kerr or phone 01634 844508

2011 - 2012 - Click here for details of the numerous celebraitons that will be coming your way from 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible to the Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Click here for the Mission and Unity brochure to see what the Mission and Unity department can offer you

The Canon Missioner the Rev Canon Jean Kerr is available to leading training and development days - phone 01634 844508