We’ve developed this in response to the pandemic and our changing world. The church is changing too, and - as we improvise and experiment - we can learn and support each other.
This is 'Living God’s Future Now’ - talks, workshops and discussion - hosted by HeartEdge. Created to equip, encourage and energise churches - from leaders to volunteers and enquirers - at the heart and on the edge.
The focal event in ‘Living God’s Future Now’ is a monthly conversation where Sam Wells explores what it means to improvise on God’s kingdom with a leading theologian or practitioner.
The online programme includes:
- Regular weekly workshops: Biblical Studies (Mondays - fortnightly), Sermon Preparation (Tuesdays) and Community of Practitioners (Wednesdays)
- One-off workshops on topics relevant to lockdown such as ‘Growing online communities’ and ‘Grief, Loss & Remembering’
- Monthly HeartEdge dialogue featuring Sam Wells in conversation with a noted theologian or practitioner
W/c 23 May 2021
Sunday
Inspired to Follow
Zoom
Sunday 23 May, 14:00 (BST)
Register here.
‘Inspired to Follow: Art and the Bible Story’ helps people explore the Christian faith, using paintings and Biblical story as the starting points. Session 19: Death of Stephen. Text: Acts 6:8 – 7:60 (extracts). Image: ‘The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen’, Possibly by Antonio Carracci, about1610, NG77.
Theology Reading Group
Zoom
Sunday 23 May, 18:00 (BST)
Register here.
Purgatorio (Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso. Explore and discuss Dante’s The Divine Comedy with Sam Wells, St-Martin-in-the-Fields congregation and HeartEdge partners.
Monday
Biblical Studies
Zoom
Monday 24 May 19:30 -21:00 (BST)
Register here.
Join Simon Woodman on two Monday evenings each month for a Biblical Studies class: a lecture followed by discussion, with handouts, looking at the Gospels and Acts. This week: Lecture 10 Luke-Acts.
Tuesday
Art, Scripture and Contemporary Issues
Zoom
Tuesday 25 May 14:00 -15:00 (BST)
Register here.
In a short series, curators for the Visual Commentary on Scripture will speak about their experience of curating for VCS. In this session Susanna Snyder will speak about her experience of curating the Ruth 3-4 exhibition exploring why she made the choices and decisions she did in relation to questions such as: How are we to respond to refugees and migrants? How should we understand and inhabit boundaries?
Sermon Prep Sally Hitchiner and Sam Wells
Livestream
Tuesday 25 May 16:30 -17:30 (BST)
Live streamed on the HeartEdge Facebook page here.
A live preaching workshop focusing on the forthcoming Sunday's lectionary readings in the light of current events and sharing of thoughts on approaches to the passages.
Wednesday
Public Health and Church Engagement post pandemic
Zoom
Wednesday 26 May 10:30-12:00 (BST)
Register here.
In this series of workshops, The Revd. Dr. Gillian Straine CEO of The Guild of Health and St Raphael will be exploring the potential of the church and people of faith to be agents of healing in our post pandemic world. Workshop 3 explores best practice in the healing ministry, including how to pray for healing, the healing sacraments, and how to create an healing atmosphere; exploring the different approaches, and looking at some of the diverse experience of healing.
Community of Practitioners workshop
Zoom
Wednesday 26 May 16:00-17:00 (BST)
Email Jonathan Evens here to take part.
This is open to all, including ordinands and lay leaders. Church leaders join in community, share and reflect together on their recent experiences in the form of wonderings with one of the HeartEdge team and book discussions.
Thursday
Being With Neighbours Internationally
Zoom
Thursday 27 May, 16:00-17:00 (BST)
Register here.
This workshop shares practical examples of how to be with neighbours internationally in a way that leads to mutual flourishing for the whole congregation. We will hear stories from US, UK, Africa, Europe and beyond to inspire our ministries. We will end with a short liturgy of thanksgiving.
Friday
Shut In, Shut Out, Shut Up Season 4: Ableism, Faith & Church
Zoom
Friday 28 May, 16:30-18:00 ( BST)
Register here.
Ableism is discrimination and social prejudice against disabled people. Like racism and sexism, it classifies entire groups of people as 'less than'. In this groundbreaking 4th series of Shut In, Shut Out, Shut Up we explore the context, culture and practice of ableism in faith and church. Come and join the conversation with Fiona MacMillan and Rev Dr Hannah Lewis and Dr Rachel Holdforth.
Coming Up
Mission Summer School - 12 – 16 July 2021
Zoom
12-16 July 2021
For more details and to reg click here
An opportunity to engage more deeply with the theology of mission and to explore how it relates to your own practice.Input structured around the four Cs of Commerce, Culture, Congregation and Compassion. A mix of teaching and conversation with leading scholars and practitioners including the Revd Dr Sam Wells, Professor Anthony Reddie, Dr Cathy Ross, and Revd Heather Cracknell, among others. Workshops to engage with the themes and issues presented. Encounters with churches, organisations and projects (HeartEdge and Fresh Expressions) to get a hands-on feel for how it works out in practice.
For more information please have a look at this video of Sam Wells telling us more, here.
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Sunday
Inspired to Follow
Zoom
Sunday 23 May, 14:00 (BST)
Register here.
‘Inspired to Follow: Art and the Bible Story’ helps people explore the Christian faith, using paintings and Biblical story as the starting points. Session 19: Death of Stephen. Text: Acts 6:8 – 7:60 (extracts). Image: ‘The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen’, Possibly by Antonio Carracci, about1610, NG77.
Theology Reading Group
Zoom
Sunday 23 May, 18:00 (BST)
Register here.
Purgatorio (Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso. Explore and discuss Dante’s The Divine Comedy with Sam Wells, St-Martin-in-the-Fields congregation and HeartEdge partners.
Monday
Biblical Studies
Zoom
Monday 24 May 19:30 -21:00 (BST)
Register here.
Join Simon Woodman on two Monday evenings each month for a Biblical Studies class: a lecture followed by discussion, with handouts, looking at the Gospels and Acts. This week: Lecture 10 Luke-Acts.
Tuesday
Art, Scripture and Contemporary Issues
Zoom
Tuesday 25 May 14:00 -15:00 (BST)
Register here.
In a short series, curators for the Visual Commentary on Scripture will speak about their experience of curating for VCS. In this session Susanna Snyder will speak about her experience of curating the Ruth 3-4 exhibition exploring why she made the choices and decisions she did in relation to questions such as: How are we to respond to refugees and migrants? How should we understand and inhabit boundaries?
Sermon Prep Sally Hitchiner and Sam Wells
Livestream
Tuesday 25 May 16:30 -17:30 (BST)
Live streamed on the HeartEdge Facebook page here.
A live preaching workshop focusing on the forthcoming Sunday's lectionary readings in the light of current events and sharing of thoughts on approaches to the passages.
Wednesday
Public Health and Church Engagement post pandemic
Zoom
Wednesday 26 May 10:30-12:00 (BST)
Register here.
In this series of workshops, The Revd. Dr. Gillian Straine CEO of The Guild of Health and St Raphael will be exploring the potential of the church and people of faith to be agents of healing in our post pandemic world. Workshop 3 explores best practice in the healing ministry, including how to pray for healing, the healing sacraments, and how to create an healing atmosphere; exploring the different approaches, and looking at some of the diverse experience of healing.
Community of Practitioners workshop
Zoom
Wednesday 26 May 16:00-17:00 (BST)
Email Jonathan Evens here to take part.
This is open to all, including ordinands and lay leaders. Church leaders join in community, share and reflect together on their recent experiences in the form of wonderings with one of the HeartEdge team and book discussions.
Thursday
Being With Neighbours Internationally
Zoom
Thursday 27 May, 16:00-17:00 (BST)
Register here.
This workshop shares practical examples of how to be with neighbours internationally in a way that leads to mutual flourishing for the whole congregation. We will hear stories from US, UK, Africa, Europe and beyond to inspire our ministries. We will end with a short liturgy of thanksgiving.
Friday
Shut In, Shut Out, Shut Up Season 4: Ableism, Faith & Church
Zoom
Friday 28 May, 16:30-18:00 ( BST)
Register here.
Ableism is discrimination and social prejudice against disabled people. Like racism and sexism, it classifies entire groups of people as 'less than'. In this groundbreaking 4th series of Shut In, Shut Out, Shut Up we explore the context, culture and practice of ableism in faith and church. Come and join the conversation with Fiona MacMillan and Rev Dr Hannah Lewis and Dr Rachel Holdforth.
Coming Up
Mission Summer School - 12 – 16 July 2021
Zoom
12-16 July 2021
For more details and to reg click here
An opportunity to engage more deeply with the theology of mission and to explore how it relates to your own practice.Input structured around the four Cs of Commerce, Culture, Congregation and Compassion. A mix of teaching and conversation with leading scholars and practitioners including the Revd Dr Sam Wells, Professor Anthony Reddie, Dr Cathy Ross, and Revd Heather Cracknell, among others. Workshops to engage with the themes and issues presented. Encounters with churches, organisations and projects (HeartEdge and Fresh Expressions) to get a hands-on feel for how it works out in practice.
For more information please have a look at this video of Sam Wells telling us more, here.
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