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SUMMARY:Life\, Death and Christian Hope
DESCRIPTION:John Wesley is reported as saying: “Our people know how to die well.” \nThis course may help you to prepare for a Christian death\, but that’s not the only reason! The subjects are fundamental aspects of Christian understanding at the core of what we believe\, giving us confidence to live as Jesus lived. And even if our own death is\, we pray\, a long way off\, most of us encounter people who may be closer or who have lost loved ones and are asking deep questions\, craving a Christian answer. One might even say a “true” Christian answer\, free from some of the doggerel that can inhabit bereavement cards. This year\, for the first time\, we will spend some time thinking theologically and pastorally about suffering and the current hot topic of assisted suicide. \nSo\, the aim of this five-and-a-bit-week learning event is to think about the Christian meaning of the last things. After a few (optional) days to get familiar with the learning website\, the topics are.\n• Death and Resurrection;\n• Judgement and eternal life;\n• The coming of Christ.\n• Suffering and Assisted Dying / Assisted Suicide\n• What about Planet Earth? \nMany people in the diocese have experienced eLearning as courses like this have been running since 2011. Our ‘returners’ will be pleased to know that the format of L\,D and CH is much the same as previous courses. But if you’re unfamiliar with this medium\, be encouraged that you need no more IT skill than being able to send an email and move around a website. There is some teaching material\, and a number of on-line discussions with other learners using ‘forums’ that you can post to and read at any time of day or night. We use questionnaires sometimes\, and the occasional ‘wiki’ for collaborative work. A tutor (in this case Peter Nicholls) actively facilitates the course\, participating in the forums\, asking and answering questions and generally making sure everyone is OK. Course material uses text\, images\, music\, voice and occasionally video. It is presented in digestible chunks\, with opportunities for you to respond as you go along. \nEnd-of-course evaluations have always been very good\, with most people saying they have learnt (and been blessed on their Christian journey) more than they have on comparable face-to-face events. There is a lot of ‘repeat business’ – people coming back for course after course.\nThe time expectation is somewhere in the region of 3 – 4 hours a week\, and you’ll do best if you spread this over three or more visits to the website\, ie a little and often is much better than one long stint of several hours. \nThere will be an optional zoom gathering in the first few days for those who’d like to physically see other learners and have a demonstration of how the learning website works. But Moodle is an intrinsically easy\, intuitive system to use. Most weeks there will be a ‘video café’ where we can compare notes\, ask questions\, or just chew the fat! \nA contribution to expenses of £10 is invited\, but for those in licenced ministry (including AWAs and APAs) this is waived. All should book\, however. \nThis event requires booking. Please book here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/allsaintschurchhethel/1566267
URL:https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/event/life-death-and-christian-hope/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:AWA,Education,Outreach & mission
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ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Nicholls":MAILTO:hethel@allbelievers.org
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SUMMARY:We believe …
DESCRIPTION:Most of us say a creed regularly\, but do you understand every word and its significance? This online (Moodle) course allows you to explore in depth beliefs we share with others in the learning group. \n\n\nWe are not alone\, we live in God’s world.\nWe believe in God:\nwho has created and is creating\,\nwho has come in Jesus\,\nthe Word made flesh\,\nto reconcile and make all things new\,\nwho works in us and others\nby the Spirit.\nWe trust in God.\nWe are called to be the Church\nto celebrate God’s presence\,\nto love and serve others\,\nto seek justice and resist evil\,\nto proclaim Jesus\, crucified and risen\,\nour judge and our hope.\nIn life\, in death\, in life beyond death\,\nGod is with us.\nWe are not alone\,\nThanks be to God. \nSo goes a creed from the Anglican Church in Canada. There are plenty of others to challenge us: A Worker’s Creed from The Nicaraguan Campesinos Mass;  from Iona; from the St Hilda Community; from Zimbabwe; from the Masai people of Tanzania. While in the Church of England we usually say the Nicene Creed or the Apostles’ Creed. In some ways\, that Canadian Creed is about the implications of belief; what then for us? \nThis course is a module from the Diocese of Chelmsford’s Course in Christian Studies\, run and honed for more than 30 years. It runs over 10 weeks\, two weeks for each of the five elements: 1. God in Trinity : The Lord Jesus Christ; 2. God in Trinity : God the Father\, Almighty\, Creator; 3. God in Trinity : The Holy Spirit; 4. The Life of the Church; 5. The Future Hope. Each section has a short teaching video with the Dean of Chelmsford\, some text and image input and numerous opportunities to share your views and explore those of others. And an optional weekly “video café” with “guide on the side” Peter Nicholls where we chew the fat on any matter from the profound to the trivial! \nWe use a website learning environment that you log in to at your own convenience: whenever and from wherever. Typically you’ll visit the website 3 or 4 times a week\, maybe for 30-45 minutes each time\, but the breakdown of this is entirely up to you – just budget 2-3 hours a week. Among other things\, we’ll be discussing Jesus’s identity\, the meaning of the cross and resurrection\, whether or not God suffers\, how your church might celebrate God’s good world\, what the church is for and how our hope of eternal life affects our life in the here and now! \nYou’ll learn from the course material\, from each other\, from the course tutor (hopefully)\, from yourself as you push your boundaries and clarify what you do actually believe\, and from the Holy Spirit as this course is ‘wrapped’ in prayer and worship\, week by week. \nTo enrol or to ask any questions\, please get in touch with Peter Nicholls. If you’re an AWA\, please enrol via Sue Hemsley Halls (the small fee is waived for AWAs). \n\nPlease book in advance
URL:https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/event/we-believe-2/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:AWA
ORGANIZER;CN="Peter Nicholls":MAILTO:hethel@allbelievers.org
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