Links and downloadable resources on a number of different topics.
Suicide Awareness & Prevention - Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA)
A FREE short, Online Course (approx. 30mins) suitable for Clergy, Lay Leaders, Pastoral Care Teams, Foodbank Teams, etc on Suicide Awareness, covering: suicide risk factors; suicide warning signs; coached scenarios sharing approaches for how you can talk to someone you’re worried about; videos from people sharing real experiences; where to find information about available support.
(A reminder that Training on this subject should be accompanied by additional training and reminders on Church Safeguarding Policy - particularly the need to raise appropriate issues with your Parish Safeguarding Officer.)
Preparing for Elections: Running Hustings and Preaching Politics
A workshop led by Bishop Gavin Collins, Revd Dr Andy Angel and Hannah Ling.
Preaching in Holy Week and Easter
Broken Vessels: Shards of Inspiration for Holy Week and Beyond
Iinspiration and resources for those who are preparing their Holy Week and Easter sermons from Revd Clare Hayns, Chaplain of Christchurch College Oxford: find out more about her role and her story here. She is the author, with artist Micah Hayns, of "Unveiled: Women of the Old Testament and the choices they made". This series will include original pieces from Micah which you are welcome to use as you preach.
Clare takes a fresh look at texts and readings for Holy Week to inspire our teaching and preaching, drawing on contemporary and traditional art, stories of Old Testament women, poetry and more. Each session contains a mixture of teaching, interactive group work, and space for personal reflection.
Session 1, 7pm Tues Feb 7th: ‘She Broke Open the Jar’
Session 1 Slides & Artwork and Video
Focussing on the extravagant act of anointing in the home of Mary of Bethany, we reflect on how we might inspire faith and worship in those we serve in Holy Week.
Session 2, 7pm Tues Feb 14th: ‘Broken for You’
How might we lead people in holy lament as we focus on Jesus’ death and reflect on the brokenness in our world?
Session 2 slides & Artwork and Video
Session 3, 7pm Tues Feb 7th: ‘Gather up the Fragments’
The miracle of Easter is that all is redeemed, nothing is wasted, and broken shards are part of the rebuilding plan.
Session 3 slides & Artwork and Video
Christchurch New Zealand slides
Quotations from the sessions in full
Wellbeing In Rural Communities
Download a Powerpoint Summary of Notes on this subject, with links to videos of relevant Interviews on this subject.
For more Resources on 'How Village Churches Thrive' go to our Rural Ministry pages here
Theology Of Place - 'Blessed Are The Placemakers
Webinar
Andrew Rumsey, the Bishop of Ramsbury, leads us through some ‘ecclesiastical geography’, explores biblical themes of place and locality and how the parish system translated these into the English context, and helps us reflect on what that mean for us now.
Preaching On The Cross
Tom Wright, former Bishop of Durham and known to many as the author NT Wright, offers a series of three Webinars to help inform our theology of the cross and how we might preach on it, particularly over Lent, Holy Week and Easter.
Session 1: Hope Amid the Broken Signposts
Session 2: The Crown of Thorns and the Game of Thrones
Session 3: A Far, Far Better Thing: With his Stripes We are Healed
Podcasts From University Church Oxford
Preaching the Gospel of Mark
The Revd Dr Will Lamb, Vicar of the University Church in Oxford, offers a number of resources that explore some of the major themes that can help preachers connect Mark's gospel with the life of the Church and the world. Kindly hosted on the University Church website.
Christ's Last Seven Words
A series of podcasts by Professor Graham Ward.
Seeking The Common Good
A series of three podcasts hosted by Professor Sarah Mortimer with guest speaker.
Climate Change & Spirituality
A series of four podcasts exploring the spirituality of climate change.
The Bampton Lectures
The prestigious annual Bampton Lectures are intellectually stimulating and often court controversy.