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Dear Guest,
We recently took part in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January). This is a dedicated time for us to reflect on our unity in Christ and explore ways to demonstrate love and support for one another. Welcoming people into the Christian faith is part of our discipleship duty.
Amazing Grace offers us the opportunity to learn and develop the ways to make us aware of loving our neighbour despite our differences. It takes place over 4 Tuesday evenings. starting 4th March, 7pm-9:15pm at St. Paul’s Church, Foleshill. See below for more information.
Neil Masih
Intercultural Mission Enabler
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Amazing GRACE Learning Community
This is a learning community committed to taking intentional action – in whatever way is appropriate to each member’s circumstances – to promote race equality in our personal and ministerial contexts.
The vision given in Revelation 7:9 is of people of every nation, tribe, people and language worshipping God together, yet this vision is far from fulfilled in the life of the church today. However, the sin of racism can prevent the full and equal flourishing of God’s children and barriers exist for people of colour. It is the responsibility of the whole people of God to tackle this injustice.
4 Tuesday evenings. starting 4th March, 7-9:15pm at St. Paul’s Church, Foleshill.
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Equip Hub Lent Series 2025 – Living Hope
This Lent, Equip Hub’s Lent Series will explore the same themes as the Church of England’s Lent Reflections – ‘Living Hope’. Our series of 45 minute Zoom gatherings, will complement the resources produced by the National Church, including a booklet and daily reflections.
The ‘Living Hope’ weekly zoom gathering, hosted by Anna Naish and Rob Harrison, will provide opportunity to reflect together with others on the day to day challenges and benefits of living in hope.
These will take place from 8.00pm to 8.45pm, on Thursdays from 13th March, and include contributions from a different guest each week.
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Boundaries and Self Care
Do you find it hard to say no? Does ‘you time’ come last on your list? Do you struggle to find time to spend time with God? As we start the new year, it’s a good time to pause and think how you can look after yourself and rest as God intended.
If you struggle to do this, our session ‘Boundaries and self care’ on Monday 10th February might have some helpful inspiration and encouragement to make a change.
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Preaching Pathway
Preaching has been a foundational feature of Christian ministry since the time of Jesus. At that time, the task of training and engaging lay preachers was part and parcel of the mission of the Gospel – teaching people to teach the teaching of Jesus.
In the Diocese of Coventry, all clergy are encouraged to discern potential lay preachers in their community, and engage them in that ministry. The diocesan training Pathway for lay preachers is offered as a resource to augment the training and support offered locally.
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Preparing a sermon
Preaching is about more than the time we are talking but takes time, prayer and planning before hand.
This session will be full of practical guidance on how to shape a theme, structure a sermon, make appropriate notes, and prepare yourself for preaching. This is relevant both to people new to preaching and those who are looking for a refresher or fresh insight for their preaching.
Wednesday 5th February, 7-9pm. St Francis, Radford, Coventry.
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Upcoming Courses & Events
Click the titles of any of the below courses and events to read more about it.
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This session will explore the use of liturgy, both in its formal Anglican sense and in a broader perspective. We will consider how established liturgies can be a living expression of Christian worship, and explore techniques for developing bespoke liturgies for particular contexts.
This is relevant both to people beginning to explore leading in worship and those who are looking for a refresher or fresh insight as they lead.
Wednesday 12th February, 7pm – 9pm, St John the Evangelist, Kenilworth
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All human life has its ups and downs; a faithful life, lived in service to God, is no exception. This five-week zoom course will explore the joys, challenges, hopes and fears of life through the story of King David.
We will see how God’s love was experienced through disaster and failure, as much as through the success and victory.
5 Monday evening sessions starting Monday 17th February, 7:30pm – 9pm.
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We are all shaped by the time we are born through the experiences, attitudes and expectations of that time. This can mean we can sometimes find it difficult to understand or connect with people who are older or younger than us.
While ages and stages is the focus of these sessions age is not the only thing that bring similarity and difference. We will encourage people to bring their own perspectives & experiences and the knowledge of other peoples to add context and variety to these broader themes.
Mondays 3rd March – 31st March, 7pm – 9pm, St. James, Fletchamstead.
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Christian Worship through the Ages aims to explore how Christian worship has developed and been experienced through nearly two thousand years of history. From post-Apostolic Roman Christianity, through the Middle Ages, the Reformation and into the Modern era, this course allows us to explore and experience together the riches of our Christian worship legacy.
Over 5 weeks, we will explore how Christians in different eras have responded to the call to praise God and proclaim the Gospel in their own contexts. Key questions we will tackle are, how did development in theological thinking and political history shape Christian worship? What might we learn about our own worship from those who have gone before? What might the worship of the future look like in a technological age?
Wednesdays 5th March – 2nd April 2025, 7pm – 9pm, St. George’s, Rugby.
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It is helpfully said that children and young people are not the church of tomorrow; they are part of the church of today. Whether or not our church currently has children or young people attending regularly, it is important that we ensure that our worship is welcoming and engaging for them in their own right.
The ways that families with children and young people engage with church has changed over recent decades. This session will consider ways to enable children and young people to be actively involved in our current worship, and simple ways to adapt our current worship to be more engaging young Christians
Thursday 13th March, 2pm – 4.30pm, Holy Trinity, Attleborough
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We all want to engage with our communities, yet is this harder than it sounds? During this workshop we will consider several questions: What do we mean by community engagement? Who and where are our communities? Do we have more than one community? Where do we start…who are our volunteers… do we have the skills…do they even want us! And crucially where do we get the money from?
In this session, led by Linda MacDermott, we will each bring and share our knowledge, thoughts, questions and experience.
Tuesday 8th April, 2pm – 4.30pm, St Peter’s, Wellesbourne.
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Preaching isn’t just about talking to people but helping them to include themselves in the message.
This session will explore techniques and ideas for actively engaging the congregation in a sermon, and consider the sermon as a learning experience rather than a teaching opportunity.
Wednesday 9th April, 7pm – 9pm, Holy Trinity church, Leamington Spa.
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Faith is about our whole lives not just about Sunday mornings at church or Tuesday nights at Messy church. Yet, parents, grandparents and other carers do not always feel confident in talking about faith, praying or worshipping together.
This session will help you think about your ministry space (church, schools, community etc) and how you can help families to take faith home, to share with one another and to grow in confidence. There may be big things to consider, but often small actions and changes can have a big impact!
Monday 28th April, 7pm – 9pm, St Stephens’s Church, Canley.
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Who comes to mind when you think of women in the Bible? Is it Ruth, Sarah, Rahab, perhaps an unnamed servant or someone else?
There are so many women within the Old Testament; some are part of a long narrative, a couple have a book named after them, while others remain nameless despite their significant roles.
Over five weeks we will delve into the lives of some of these women, where they come in the biblical narrative, how their experiences & actions shaped the Bible and how they impact our own perspectives.
5 Wednesday sessions starting 30th April, 9:30am – 11am on Zoom.
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Boost your knowledge about climate crisis and find out how you can help to care for God’s creation. Be inspired and informed as we work together to reach net zero carbon. Join in via an excellent new course created by the Church of England’s Environment Programme team.
Multiple sessions available.
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All of our upcoming courses and events can been seen on our calendar.
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Worshipping God |
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Making new disciples |
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Transforming communities |
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Worshipping God |
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Making new disciples |
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Transforming communities |
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