10.Jul.2010 Shaped by God conference on Rural Mission
On Saturday 10th July, 130 clergy and key lay people gathered for a diocesan day conference in Broughton Astley to consider how we might go further and deeper with mission in a rural context. We were welcomed by the assistant Bishop of Leicester, Christopher Boyle, who shared a story of his time engaged in rural mission in Malawi; stimulated by two keynote addresses by the Bishop of Shrewsbury and Chair of the Rural Theology Association, Mark Rylands; positively provoked to further thinking by five subject specific seminars; and visited a range of related stalls. Many people left enthused, encouraged and stirred in their thinking and action. Let’s continue to pray that God uses this, and the energy of all those present, to help grow His Kingdom further, both in breadth and depth. Pictures from the day are below the links to download recordings of the talks and associated notes.
To download the audio of Bishop Christopher’s introduction click here
To download the audio of the first keynote address by Bishop Mark – part 1 – click here
To download the audio of the first keynote address by Bishop Mark – part 2 – click here
To download the PowerPoint from Bishop Mark’s first talk click here
To download the audio of the second keynote address by Bishop Mark – part 1 – click here
To download the audio of the second keynote address by Bishop Mark – part 2 – click here
To download the notes from Bishop Mark’s second talk click here
To download audio of the question and answer time at the end of the morning click here
Seminars were led by Tim and Kirsten Shaw (Fresh Expressions in a rural context); Peter Hooper (Church Tourism and Mission); David Newman (Resourcing Mission); Janet Ingram and John Fryer (Rural Children, Rural Church) and Barry Hill (fruitful rural Mission Partnerships).
With many thanks to all who came and contributed leading seminars, talks, stalls, worship and behind the scenes in so many ways.
Simon Nicholls