LR101 Living with the Church Easter School
Welcome to the LR101 Living with the Church Easter School web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to topics covered in LR101 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute.
This long residential explores the nature, purpose and theology of the Church, different models of Church both past and present and the reality of Church as we know it. In groups, students working with church case studies, explore the nature of team work, group dynamics and leadership. The material here includes preparatory material for Easter School this year and some material from past years.
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Useful resources for LR101
Books
The following are core books for this subject:
- Croft, S. Ministry in Three Dimensions - Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church, London, DLT, 1999
- Croft, S. Transforming Community, London, DLT 2002
- Francis L. Church Watch: Christianity in the Countryside London, SPCK, 1996
- Gunton C & Hardy D On Being the Church Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1989
- Moody C Eccentric Ministry London, DLT, 1992
- Murray S & Wilkinson-Hayes, A Hope from the Margins: New Ways of Being Church Grove Booklets, Cambridge, 2000
- Warren, R. Being Human, Being Church Marshall Pickering, 1995
For a more detailed bibliography see our Living with the Church Booklists.
Why not tell us of some books you have found useful? If the webmaster agrees we'll list them here.
You may find the following web sites helpful for this subject. Material on the net has no quality control making tutors very wary - and rightly so! Nevertheless there is a growing amount of first class work on line particularly coming from Religious Studies Departments of good Universities. Treat with care and you'll find it very useful.
The Internet is not 100% reliable and documents move, disappear and change their names. If you find a link does not work, try again in an hour, a day, or a week. But do feel free to email us to report a link doesn't work. Don't forget to tell us the name of the link!
What is Church?
- Centre for the Study of the Christian Church
- The Centre for the Study of the Christian Church exists to promote the scholarly study of the Christian Church. It is a response to widespread interest among laity, clergy and the informed public in the nature of the Church, its unity, ministry and mission. The Centre is ecumenical and interdisciplinary. It provides taught courses on ecclesiology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The honourary director is Paul Avis. Unfortunately although this provides contact details, the Centre makes very little available online
The Church of England
- Church of England
- Official web site for the national Church. Full of useful information
- The Archbishop of Canterbury's website
- Find out what the Archbishop does and what he thinks and even who he is
- Central Church Fund
- Supporting and funding the work of the Church of England
- Church Army
- The Church of England society of evangelists
- Church Commissioners
- Find out what the Church Commissioners do
- The Church House Publishing
- The Church of England's Publishing wing
- Church Times and Church of England Newspaper
- The two Church of England Newspapers. The Church Times is central churchmanship and the Church of England newspaper is more evangelical. This is the place to find out what is really going on in the Church of England
- Church Urban Fund
- The Church Urban Fund - mission and service within the urban areas of England
- Ministry Division
- The Ministry Division is responsible for ordination training for the Church of England
- Readers
- The Home Page for Reader Ministry in the Church of England
- Church Net Links
- Unfortunately Church Net's new website doesn't seem to be functioning fully at present.
Anglicanism
- The Anglican Communion
- The official web site for the international Anglican Communion with news and articles on for instance Anglican spirituality
- The Anglican Domain
- This is a web site for the Anglican (Episcopal) Church around the world created by the Society of Archbishop Justus. Useful if unofficial
- Dmoz Open Directory Project - Anglican Provinces around the world
- Links to Anglican Provinces around the world
Methodist Church
see also TM104 Methodist Studies for links about Methodism.
- Methodist Church of Great Britain
- Official web site
- Methodist Archives and Research Centre
- The Methodist Archives and Research Centre (MARC) was established by the Methodist Church of Great Britain in 1961 to house the Connexional records of the church
- Church Net Methodist Links
- Unfortunately Church Net linking you to Methodist Circuits and individual Methodist Churches seems to be down at present.
Ecumenism
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland CTBI
- An extensive and useful collection of links
- Porvoo
- The Porvoo Communion is a group which recognises each other ministries. It contains the Church of England, Church in Wales, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Ireland, Church of Norway, Lusitanian Church of Portugal, Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church, Church of Lithuania, Church id Iceland, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland, Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Emerging Church
- Encounters on the Edge
- Produced by the Sheffield Centre under the auspices of the Church Army, this site reports on new initiatives around the country. It also contains many good articles on the future of the Church
- Fresh Expressions
- A joint Methodist and Church of England initiative to cordinate and aid Fresh Expressions of Church this is the website for Fresh Expressions headed by Revd Steve Croft.
- Mission Shaped Church
- The Church Army website with supporting material and links for Mission-shaped Church
- Alternative Worship
- A well established web site bringing together all those experimenting with alternative worship and plenty of resources for trying it yourself. But it also covers the theory and theology as well.
- Emerging Church and Alternative Worship Blogs
- This is the first time I've ever included blogs on the WEMTC web site but then emerging church is for emerging world. They do have some good things to say and more particularly both sites have articles and links on emerging church
- Clubbers Temple
- Clubbers temple is an interesting site that gives you something like an alternative worship event online - it was designed to work alongside a mission to young people on holiday in Ibiza. Very heavy graphics and sound so you really need Broadband to enjoy it. It was created by NGM - New Generation in Music and Mission.
- Smallfire
- A photographic record of alternative worship and links to many churches who are offering it.
- Web Church of Scotland
- One of many attempts to establish a virtual web church from Scotland
- i-church - a web Church set up by the Diocese of Oxford
- The Diocese of Oxford's recently established web church for those who can't join or feel uncomfortable in 'ordinary' churches. Appointed and supported an Anglican to be web pastor
The Book of Acts Link Pages
for more links see TM103.5 New Testament
- Textweek's Acts articles
- A labour of love by Jenee Woodard. Textweek is designed to provide resources related to the Common Lectionary readings. Look around this site more widely as there are specific pages for each Gospel and Acts.
- New Testament Gateway
- Mark Goodacres's Birmingham University site includes among other things the ability to search a lot of bible sites i.e. bible versions for particular chapters and verses as well as key words. The linked page starts you with Luke/ Acts then use the menu
- Bible.org's commentaries and articles
- Contains a growing set of online commentaries on the NT books by a variety of authors. Fairly conservative but engaging with academic subjects and the major scholars.
- Torrey Selund of Hivolda University, Sweden
- Lots of good links to English material of scholarly quality.
The Book of Acts Articles
- W Larkin's IVP Commentary
- The IVP NT Commentary Series is online courtesy of InterVarsity Press and Gospel Communications International at the New Testament Gateway. Choose Acts
- The Church in Jerusalem
- From the Wheaton College distance learning course an article entitled "THE CHURCH OF JERUSALEM IN ACTS: THE FINAL SCENE(1)" by J. Julius Scott, Jr.
- F Just's Introduction to Acts
- Felix Just SJ's site has good general introductions to most bible books and good links. He lectures at Loyola Marymount University
- F Just's Introduction to the Book of Acts
- Felix Just SJ's site has good general introductions to most bible books including Acts. He lectures at Loyola Marymount University
- D Wallace's Introduction to the Book of Acts
- D Wallace's Introduction to the Book of Acts from the the bible.org website
Worship at Easter School
- The new Lent, Holy Week, Easter or Times and Seasons
- Advent 2006 Times and Seasons was launched. For those who have not purchased this, you can access draft services for Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide here. There is some good liturgical material here for anyone leading more formal services during Easter School but really you should buy the book.
See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching
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Programmes for this Easter School are revised and updated every three years. Previous Timetables are only general guidelines for the programme for the next Long Residential.
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Code and title
LR101 Long Residential: Living with the Church
Tutor
Core Staff and guest lecturers
Brief description
This long residential explores the nature, purpose and theology of the Church, different models of Church both past and present and the reality of Church as we know it. In groups, students working with church case studies, explore the nature of team work, group dynamics and leadership.
Level and Credits
Level I 10 credits
Status
Core for Diploma
Type
Standard
Prerequisites
Nil
Recommended prior study*
Nil
Restrictions*
Open to Ordinands and Methodist Foundation Students only
Content summary
This Residential will cover:
- A theological understanding of the nature and purpose of the Church local and universal in tension with the realities of Church
- Ecclesial traditions
- Contemporary movements and ways of being Church
- Team tasks, team building and the nature of group dynamics
- Leadership styles
- Ecumenical structures and relationships and denominational identity
- Handling change and conflict within the church
- Bible Studies from the Book of Acts relating to ecclesiology and leadership
- Quiet Day
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Residential students should:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Have developed their understanding of the structures and purpose of the Church and related that to the life of the local Church
- Understand the nature of the Early Church and its relevance to present structures and character
- Have explored and critiqued some models for handling change and conflict
- Understand contemporary models of leadership and group dynamics
- Have reflected on local and national examples of being Church.
- Be aware of the main issues in the practice of ecumenism and have explored their denomination's stance on ecumenism
- Have an overview of the Book of Acts, its main themes and some reflections on the nature of the Early Church as portrayed in the Book
- Skills
- Be able to work with others and reflect on the experience
- Be able to reflect on their own strength, character and ability to work in groups
- Be able to give a reasoned and informed theological contribution to the debate on the future of the Church
- Be better equipped to live with a Church and a ministry that falls short of their hopes and expectations
- Exercise leadership in ways appropriate to their preferred style and character while recognising the strengths and weaknesses of this style
Teaching and learning
80 hours
45 hours class contact in Residential Week
30 hours personal study (reading, preparation, self reflection)
5 hours interview and group reflection
Assessment
A Self-Reflection exercise of 2500 words or equivalent 70%
A reflection in prescribed format, on a visit to a church which does not use a conventional building or a conventional style of service carried out within two months of the Long Residential 20%
An interview with a Core Staff Member 10%
All marked on a pass/fail basis
Indicative resources
- Croft, S. Ministry in Three Dimensions - Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church, London, DLT, 1999
- Croft, S. Transforming Community, London, DLT 2002
- Francis L. Church Watch: Christianity in the Countryside London, SPCK, 1996
- Gunton C & Hardy D On Being the Church Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1989
- Moody C Eccentric Ministry London, DLT, 1992
- Murray S & Wilkinson-Hayes, A Hope from the Margins: New Ways of Being Church Grove Booklets, Cambridge, 2000
- Warren, R. Being Human, Being Church Marshall Pickering, 1995
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