Speaker: Revd Dr Calvin Samuel

Title: ‘Jesus, Holiness and Conflict in the Gospels’

This was a very successful event and if you wish to listen to it  again or for the first time it will be uploaded shortly.

Poster

 A new course module from Cranmer Hall and The Wesley Study Centre, St. John’s College, Durham

TASTER DAY 13^th May 2013

Subjects to be covered during the day:

Biblical, historical context for considering financial issues

Church Accounts – how to read them, what they reveal

The Charity Commission framework within which the Church has to work

Money, Mission and Risk

Case studies integrating theology and practice

Coordinating Team

Dr Jocelyn Bryan

Canon Dr Alan Bartlett

Rev Rick Simpson

Roger Pinchbeck FCA (Deputy Secretary & Treasurer Diocese of Sheffield)

Robert Scott-Biggs M.A., ACIS

The Taster Day, which aims to provide an overview of the course subjects, will commence with registration at 9.30 a.m. and end by 4.00 p.m. A nominal charge of £10.00 will be made to cover the cost of lunch and refreshments.

To reserve a place on the Taster Day contact:

Val Strickland

Cranmer Hall/Wesley Study Centre

St. John’s College, 3 South Bailey Durham DH1 3RJ Tel: 0191 334 3894 

 Email:  v.e.strickland@durham.ac.uk

Taster Day flier

 Note: It is possible to undertake the module as a stand-alone module or as part of the MATM, PGDip or PGCert programmes on offer at St John’s College.

We will be having our final Conference as Wesley Study Centre and we will be inviting all our friends to attend and there will be a call for papers in the very near future.

The conference will run from Monday lunchtime to Tuesday lunchtime and will be based in St John’s College.

There will be public lecture in the evening on the Monday.

The service of thanksgiving and celebration will follow on Tuesday 17 June at 3pm in Elvet Methodist Church.  So if you can only come for this don’t worry it will be good to have you share with us in this final act of worship as the Wesley Study Centre.

Watch out for more details – coming soon.

Newsletter Easter 2013

Venue: Leech Hall, St John’s College, Durham Speaker: Professor Ben Witherington III
Title: ‘Did the Canon Misfire? Why these Gospels and not the Gnostic ones’

C K Barrett Lecture

Poster

C K Barrett Lecture – Wednesday 15th May at 7.30 pm
Venue: Leech Hall, St John’s College, Durham
Speaker: Professor Ben Witherington III (a former student of Kingsley Barrett)
Title: ‘“Almost Thou Persuadest Me”: Why reading the New Testament Rhetorically is Essential’ 
 

Explore: Study Days on the Bible Friday 17th May 10.00 2013 am till 3.00 pm
Venue: Leech Hall, St John’s College, Durham Speaker: Professor Ben Witherington III
Title: ‘Did the Canon Misfire? Why these Gospels and not the Gnostic ones’

 
Cundy Lecture – Wednesday 29^th May 2013 at 7:30 pm
Venue: Leech Hall, St John’s College, Durham 
Speaker: David Wilkinson
Title: ‘Phoenix or Dying Swan?: Learning to Cope with Failure in Ecumenical Relations’

Its aim is to produce high quality research on church growth in Britain and internationally. It is run by a team from Cranmer Hall, an Anglican theological college which is part of St John’s College, Durham. The centre researches church growth across all Christian churches and, whilst its primary focus is the UK, it explores the international dimensions of church growth. The first major event organised by the centre is a conference, ‘Towards a Theology of Church Growth’, to be held on 12-13th September 2013.

A conference featuring leading speakers on a crucial subject

Justin Welby says “The team involved in this conference have done ground breaking work and it will be very worth the commitment to attend.”

You can find out more about it on the centre’s website –www.dur.ac.uk/churchgrowth.research

It is also on twitter – @CCGR_Durham – and facebook:www.facebook.com/ChurchGrowthResearch.

For further information, please contact David Goodhew on d.j.goodhew@durham.ac.uk or telephone 0191 3343863

CODEC have uploaded an introductory video
by Rowan Williams on the following link. 

 http://bigbible.org.uk/big-read/bigread13/