the2012 Training Events

At least one training event happened in each of the five Areas of the Diocese. We had excellent speakers: bishops, academics, authors and practitioners – and there was no charge to attend. Photos of the events are up on our facebook page. Here’s what happened:

Saturday 12^th November, Christ Church Cockfosters
9.30am-3.30pm lunch provided free of charge
Speakers: Archdeacon of Hampstead Luke Miller, Richard James, Mike Tufnell, Philip North & Ruth Bushyager

Saturday 19^th November, St Stephen’s Twickenham (youth stream only – 13s to 17s)
3.30pm-7pm
This event was entirely youth-led, with speakers and worship leaders drawn from churches across the Kensington Area.

Saturday 21^st January, St Paul’s Shadwell
Registration and Coffee from 9am. Event starts at 9.30am and ends at 3pm. View the flyer here.
Plenary Speakers: The Bishop of Stepney, J. John
Seminars led by: Tim Saiet, Philip North, Erin Clifford & Ruth Bushyager.

Saturday 28^th January, All Soul’s Langham Place
9.30 registration and coffee. Event starts at 10am and ends at 1.10 followed by free lunch.
Speakers: The Bishop of London, Rico Tice, Jago Wynne, Dan Strange
Check out the flyer, and watch Rico’s video.

Saturday 10^th March, HTB Brompton Road, Knightsbridge
10.00-2.00 in conjunction with More Than Gold’s ‘Get-Set’ Olympics outreach training day. BYO lunch
Plenary speaker: The Bishop of Kensington. Evangelism training seminars for the2012 with Bishop Paul, Al Gordon & Ruth Bushyager
View the flyer here.

Saturday 17^th March, St Joseph’s Northholt
10am-2.15, free lunch included
Speakers: The Bishop of Willesden, Tim Saiet, Sally Hitchiner, Elijah Kirby
Click here for the flyer and directions to the church can be found on their website.

Affiliated courses

There are lots of churches across London who regularly run courses aimed to help you know, live and share your faith. First, sign up here to join the2012.

Then check out the list below and if you find a course you want to attend, simply get in touch directly with the host church via their own website. If you want to add a course you know of, ask the course leader to do that here.

The Alpha Course – find a course near you here.
Christianity Explored – find a course near you here.
Discipleship Explored – find a course near you here.

Or any of these….

Daily Discipleship

Everyone knows that being equipped for discipleship does not begin and end with a training conference: it is a life-long process of learning and growing.
So if you don’t do something like this already – why not sign up for an online daily devotional bible study?
They get sent directly to your phone or email – so it is easy to access. Some of the many schemes on offer for free are:

The Bible In One Year with Soul Survivor
The Bible In One Year with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel
The Anglican Daily Office
Bible Gateway Reading Plans

London Calling