Alan’s leaving sermon 2021
By popular demand Alan’s leaving sermon can be found here. Leavers Sermon 2021 A Gregory
And now — goodbye to our leaving Readers!!
As the academic year comes to a close, we are sorry to be saying goodbye to those who are leaving us. They include those who have completed initial training for Licensed Lay ministry (Reader ministry), and who will be licensed in the Autumn. So we offer our thanks and prayers for: Elaine Corbett Andy Delves Martin Hennock Miriam Owen Natalie Tanswell Elisabeth Telcs Kate Wydra Gary Carpenter Darren Latty Tracy Williams
Goodbye!!!
As the academic year comes to a close, we are sorry to be saying goodbye to those who are leaving us. They include those who have completed Phase 1 of their training for Ordained ministry, most of whom will be ordained deacon over the coming weeks. So we offer our thanks and prayers for: Eucharia Asiegbu Geoff Abasolo-Munnery Henry Akingbemisilu Janice Bartholomew Charlie Bell Anna Bouch Tim Brunt Karen Burgess Ben Cahill-Nicholls Nick Carpenter Jeremy Cavanagh Mandy Clampin Claire Coleman Sylvia Collins Mayo Andrew Edwards Mark Edwards Leigh Engeham Katrina Jenkins Rupert Jones Lizzie Longhurst…
Last on-line retreat for this year “Windows of God”
For this retreat Chris Chapman will be joined by Dr Gemma Simmonds and Revd. Fabian Wuyts…. Each week will be a personal take on a Christian spiritual tradition or figure and the light they shed on relationship with God, our experience of life and our practice of prayer. Looking through these windows will challenge and refresh our usual ways of seeing. For further details see here. Dr Gemma Simmonds belongs to the Congregation of Jesus. She is known internationally as a speaker and retreat-giver. Gemma is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Religious Life…
St Augustine’s/HeartEdge Summer School (12-16th July)
At this time as we begin to emerge out of lockdown we all have questions of what the ‘new normal’ will look like. Our patterns of mission and ministry have been shaken and disrupted and we need space to reflect and imagine afresh. The HeartEdge and St Augustine’s mission summer school offers just such an opportunity. It will run from Monday 12th July to Friday 16th July and takes place online. Each day will be framed by Sam Wells looking at one of the HeartEdge Network’s 4Cs; commerce, compassion, congregation and culture. As well as…
MA zoom open event – 7 June (3-4pm)
Interested in taking your studies in Theology further? Find out more about the St Augustine’s MA in Theology, Ministry and Mission at our online Open Event. During the Zoom session, you’ll meet Alan, our Principal, Guido, Director of Studies and Simon, our Senior Tutor, who will welcome and introduce you to the College and to the MA programme. You’ll be able to ask questions as well as taking part in a 15-minute sample lecture by Simon which will offer some analysis of the use of the Bible in the Church of England Living in Love…
Open event for Prospective Independent Students (18 May)
On May 18th, we are holding a ‘Zoom open event’ for anyone interesting in learning more about their faith by way of undertaking theological study. Our ‘Theology for Disciples’ program offers certificate and diploma courses, as well as the possibility of continuing to BA and MA levels. To encourage anyone who is interested but uncertain about the commitment involved, we are continuing our ‘taster’ scheme by which students take an initial module in Biblical Studies at the discounted price of £150. This provides the chance to test one’s interest without any obligation to continue beyond…
A Cloud of Witnesses – retreat week 3
This week’s retreat is being lead by St Augustine’s Chaplain – Reverend Harriet Johnson. Preview here. To login or register for the retreat see here.
HeartEdge/St Augustine’s Summer School (12-16 July)
See Sam Wells’ short introduction on what’s planned for the Summer School here. To find out more and book your place see: Mission Summer School (myiknowchurch.co.uk)
Next online retreat – beginning 18 April
‘A Cloud of Witnesses’ What can we learn from the witness of people like Abraham and Sarah, Jeremiah, Job, Naomi and Ruth about the shape of God’s invitation to us? Their journeys, struggles, hopes and prayers are not so different from our own. In this 5 week series we look back to faith journeys within the Jewish tradition – the rock from which our own religious traditions are hewn. What wisdom might we discover for our own times? To register of login see here: https://staugustinescollege.ac.uk/login. Introduction by the retreat leader, Chris Chapman, here.