Tuesday

The bar offers a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as well as snacks. Card payment only.

Fairtrade tea, coffee and other hot drinks are available free of charge from the Lounge throughout the conference.

You have free use of an indoor gym equipped with running, cycling, and rowing machines and weights. The sports hall is also available for football, badminton, and basketball. Croquet equipment is by the main house lawn.

Happening on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, be sure to sign up for one of the spaces for exploration. These include workshops, guided conversations, creative arts and prayer and spirituality reflection spaces. They offer a range of ways to engage creatively, deepen engagement or provide space for active reflection.

Sign-up sheets can be found in the foyer area of the Derbyshire Hall, our main meeting space. Please note that some workshops and reflection spaces have limited space available. Sign up promptly to avoid disappointment.

Derbyshire 2

Explore the Psalms as tools for articulating grief and struggle, public and private, to God and to one another. Fresh translations provide a way to engage and study texts, acknowledging the feelings and thoughts of those who composed them and those who read, recite or pray them today. Megan Daffern teaches the Hebrew Bible in Cambridge.

Tissington Room, Lakeside

The only thing which can truly help us in an increasingly challenging landscape is a fresh hearing of the words of Jesus. In the first of two sessions, Ian Parkinson invites you to engage anew with the heart of our calling and how we understand our role as leaders. Ian works with the Diocese of Sheffield helping clergy develop the ministry of all God’s people and spent 30 years in parish ministry.

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Derbyshire 3 – maximum 30 participants

3D Coaching’s Su Blanch provides a space for clergy to consider approaches to building healthy relationships with key leaders in their own context, minimising possibilities for relationship breakdown. Su works with clergy across the Church of England, coaching on relationships and issues in parish contexts.

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Buxton Room, Lakeside – maximum 20 participants

There’s a time for laughter and a time for tears - and sometimes both at once. Explore the role of laughter in darker times and delve into laughter as a participation in God and a lens to encounter anew sections of scripture. Led by Ian Macdonald, diocesan Discipleship Enabler, and the Revd Dr Andrea Russell, Director of Formation for Ministry.

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Derbyshire 5 – maximum 20 participants

How do you replenish the energy used up in everyday ministerial life? Psychotherapist and Anglican priest Anne Holmes looks at how we can resource ourselves through the creative arts and other outlets. Featuring a short example of creative repair through music and a variety of art works.

A chance to reflect on life and ministry after two years of pandemic, considering what to grieve, what to renew and what to nurture. Joanna Collicutt has a background in clinical psychology and was a theological educator in psychology of religion and spirituality. Paul Cowan is chaplain to Bishop Steven and chaired the Diocesan Emergency Planning Group throughout the pandemic.

An online conversation with Bishop Olivia and bishops from our link dioceses, followed by small group discussions with visiting clergy from our link dioceses. The Bishop of Växjö, Sweden, is Fredrik Modéus. Bishop Brian Marajh was enthroned as Bishop of Kimberley & Kuruman, South Africa, in 2021. The Diocese of Nandyal, south India, is led by Bishop Pushpalalitha Eggoni.

Watch an interview with Bishop Brian below or on our Vimeo account.

 

 

An art and prayer workshop combining practical artwork, images, music, word and silence. No artistic experience needed! It’s not about learning to draw but discovering how to use art as a tool to listen and pray. Carol Marples is an artist, teacher, creative liturgist and development worker for the Soul Marks Trust. All materials provided.

Derwent Room, Lakeside

Express hope and lament through Lectio Visceralis: a combination of Ignatian imaginative prayer and Theatre of the Oppressed methods of improvised movement and critical reflection. John Falcone is artistic director of Lectio East.

The Revd Polly Falconer leads an opportunity to explore gospel music and its origins, delving into “conscious lyrics” and how both can be effectively used in worship, as blessings and for healing and lament. Polly is a secondyear curate in the diocese and the diocesan UKME Development Enabler. She is also a Calypsonian singer-songwriter.

Poetry is speech at the limits of meaning, dancing the borders of talking and silence. Gary Collins invites you to explore what theology and faith could gain from recognising their poetic instincts, with time to form your own poetic response to lament and hope. Formerly an artist, Gary became ordained to explore suffering and hope in the context of community.

Reflective activities and time to contemplate and pray into themes, issues and challenges raised during the conference. BeSpace supports local churches to run prayer and reflection spaces in schools and other areas of the community. Their space will be available to all throughout the conference.

Encounter the people of God as they journey through the desert wondering if God will be in the new place, and if they’ll ever return to what they knew before. A full Godly Play session led by diocesan Discipleship Enabler Yvonne Morris.

Reflective music in an anxious world. A unique production, performed ‘in the round’ with musicians and audience scattered throughout the space. With a mixture of improvised, classical and Celtic music, this is a relaxing opportunity for personal reflection and rest. Epiphany is an innovative group of professional musicians who love improvisation and creativity. Includes Tamara Jackson as artist providing visual impressions of the session.

‘Time out’ for clergy, offering prayer and reflections on the themes of the conference through a short walk in the local area. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the Pilgrim Paths project and some of its benefits and practicalities. Sally Welch is the diocesan Spirituality Adviser and the author of a number of books on pilgrimage.

St Andrew’s Bookshop provides a range of publications written or suggested by our keynote speakers and workshop leaders. Get your hands on some books to help you go deeper with the week’s themes.

At other times through our conference Epiphany and Tamara will be offering individual or small group improvised ‘Sound Portraits’ which last 15 minutes. Many were deeply moved by these experiences in 2018, so these are not to be missed! Time slots must be booked in advance.