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R13 World Church Weekend

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World Church Weekend

What is this Weekend all about?
Useful resources for World Church
The Student Spot
R13 Programme

Resources Addition Form
Contributions to this page

Welcome to the R13 World Church Weekend web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to topics covered in R13 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute.

What is this Weekend all about?

This module is designed to enable students to explore the global dimensions of the Christian Church and Christian theology and to engage with insights from the World Church that can inform ministry, worship and praxis for British churches. The heritage of the European missionary enterprise is explored and there is reflection on mission in the twenty first century. Click here for:

Useful resources for R13

Books

Relevant Books will be available for purchase during the weekend.
The following are indicative books for the weekend

Donovan V. Christianity Rediscovered 1982
Sugirtharajah R. Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World 2nd edition London, SPCK 1995
Wingate A. Anglicanism: A Global Community London, Mowbray 1998

For more detailed bibliographies see our World Church Booklists.
Why not tell us of some books you have found useful? If the webmaster agrees we'll list them here.

R13 World Church Web Resources

You may find the following web sites helpful for reflecting on the World Church. 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!

World Churches

World Council of Churches: Home page for the World Council of Churches and their international areas of co-operation and activity.

International Anglicanism

Anglican Communion official web site: The official website of the Anglican communion for international activities and initiatives.
Anglicans Online: An independent international web site contains links to theology, liturgy, preaching and youth work - perhaps rather traditional Anglican in approach.
The Anglican Domain: This is a web site for the Anglican (Episcopal) Church around the world with links to homepages for international Anglican Churches
Anglican links: An extensive and useful collection of links from the dmoz open directory project

Overseas Churches

Brazil: The Anglican Church of Brazil.
Canada: The Anglican Church of Canada.
Cuba: The Episcopal Church of Cuba.
India (South): The Church of South India - a site maintained in America but nevertheless informative.
Korea: The Anglican Church of South Korea.
New Zealand: The Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
Nigeria: The Anglican Church of Nigeria.

See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching

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The Student Spot

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A sample R13 Weekend Programme

Please note that programmes are constantly being revised and the actual content of your weekend may look rather different.

Friday
6:00 Prayers with UCA
6:30 Arrive and Dinner
7:30 Session 1 - Alpha and Omega - A simulation game

Saturday
8:00 Worship
8:30 Breakfast
9:15 Session 2 Being the Church in the midst of a diverse World (Revd Dr Israel Selvanayagam)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Session 3 Encounter the World Church -Asian Perspectives ( members of UCA)
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Free with optional visits to a multicultural area of Birmingham and/or a creative workshop of crosses from around the world
4:00 Tea
4:15 Session 5 Encounter the World Church - African Perspectives (members of UCA)
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Session 6 Worship from the World Church

Sunday
8:30 Breakfast
9:15 Session 6 Partnership with the World Church
10:30 WEMTC Forum
11:00 Coffee
11:30 Worship
1:00 Lunch

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The Full Module Description for R13

Code and title

R13 World Church Weekend

Tutor

Core Staff and guest speakers from around the world

Brief description

This weekend, based at the United College of the Ascension, Selly Oak, introduces students to aspects of the contemporary world Christian movement and their implications for the life of British Churches

Level and Credits

Contributes to F101 Ministerial Formation or V101 Vocational Discernment

Status

Core for Ordinands and Methodist Foundation Students

Type

Standard

Prerequisites

Nil

Restrictions

Open to Ordinands and Methodist Foundation Students only

Content summary

This weekend will cover:

Encountering another culture through a simulation game.
Forms of worship from around the world Church.
Biblical and theological reflection from the perspective of different parts of the world Church.
Listening to the experience of Christian leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America and/or Oceania.
Practical ways of expressing Christianity's world dimension in the context of British churches.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this weekend students should:

a) Knowledge and Understanding

Be aware of some of the obstacles to cross-cultural communication and understanding.
Have increased awareness of the historical and contemporary links between British Churches and those in other parts of the world.
Have begun to understand some of the issues facing Churches in other parts of the world, for example, cultural integrity, the legacy of colonialism, the unequal distribution of resources and different approaches to evangelism and mission.

b) Skills

Have enhanced skills of empathising with people of different cultures to their own.
Have employed skills of theological reflection in a fresh context.
Have developed strategies for incorporating insights from other parts of the world church into their ministry in Britain.

Teaching and learning

10 hours
7 hours class contact
3 hours personal study (prior reading, self reflection, discussion in Formation Groups and with Tutor)

Assessment

A self-reflection exercise in prescribed format

Indicative resources

Donovan V. Christianity Rediscovered 1982
Sugirtharajah R. Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World 2nd edition London, SPCK 1995
Wingate A. Anglicanism: A Global Community London, Mowbray 1998

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