FX Multiplier now open for new teams
The Methodist FX Multiplier is a learning community to encourage and support small teams of 2-6 people to start new fresh expressions of church or to nurture existing fresh expressions. Several districts have piloted and helped refine the process in 2020/2021, and we now have places for teams from any districts or circuit that wish to join. This multiplier experience involves input and teaching around the ‘listening, loving, sharing the gospel cycle’ of the FX methodology, regular fortnightly online gatherings with other teams led by the District Mission Enabler (or someone with similar skills and passion), group coaching, and support from the E&G team and national Fresh Expressions staff. Contact Eunice Attwood.
Book recommendation - The Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Time Against the Speed of Modern Life by Andrew Root
“This is another gift to the Church: the last book in Andrew Root’s practical theology trilogy unpacking how philosopher Charles Taylor’s magnum opus on secularity might positively affect discipleship, pastoral leadership, and congregational life.” Read more of Trey Hall’s review and recommendation here.
Book E&G Team for your Autumn Synods
Members of the E&G Team are available to present at your 2021/2022 Synods. We can offer keynotes, workshops, facilitated large and small group conversations that centre on church at the margins, new places for new people, evangelism, Methodist Way of Life, and much more – and will work with you to create something bespoke for those you serve in mission and ministry with. Email Trey Hall.
Last chance to book for District Chairs “Design Challenge” Creative Conversation
Monday 26 April, 2:00-4:00pm
Over the past few months, the Director of Evangelism and Growth has been hosting small group conversations with lay and ordained leaders across MCB about imagining a vibrant future in ministry with 'unaffiliated' people. How might the Methodist Church in Britain and our partners might meet these rising generations of people with abundant pathways to help them grow closer to God, to others, and to themselves. How might we support the journey of spiritual deepening for new generations? These conversations have been spaces to breathe, explore deeply, and "play" imaginatively without the expectation of having to build something or make a decision by the end of the meeting.
As part of this series, District Chairs are invited to participate in a session with other Chair colleagues, hosted by Trey Hall. This is a completely optional, outside-of-the-box activity – no strings attached! Just a chance to listen for God together in a different way and to see what emerges. The commitment would be for the 2-hour meeting and an hour of preparation/reading beforehand (materials to be sent in advance). To book in, simply email David Harmer, Evangelism & Growth Team Administrator.
Featured Webinar:
Funding for new Christian communities in districts and circuits
Wednesday 21 April, 11:00am – 12:30pm
In March, the Secretary of the Conference wrote to Districts to announce the new process for allocating and distributing funding. A webinar on engaging this process, Hear the Story – Share the Vision, will be offered on Wednesday 21 April, 11:00am-12:30pm and will be recorded for others to access later, via the webpage below. You and your teams are invited to book in for the webinar here. Additional written guidance will be sent to all districts in May. As more information becomes available, it will be accessible online.
Other E+G Webinars and Archive
Every month we host a number of webinars that dive into missional reflection and practice. Click here to see our upcoming offerings as well as a teeming archive on subjects from pioneering to antiracism to Methodist Way of Life and more.
