M4M Training Courses

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M4M offers courses to help equip you and your team for mission in the Diocese of Salisbury.

Mission Swap Shop: Dorset

Richard Hancock and Steve Inglis
February 22nd 10am-1pm
Wimborne Minster Church House, BH21 1HT
Following the successful pilot of the Sarum Mission Swap Shop last May we are pleased to announce the first of four Mission Swap Shops for 2020 which will be taking place in each of the four Archdeaconries.
Come and join for an opportunity to delve into the what, why, where and how of mission and discover ideas and resources for your context.
If you have anything you can bring to share that would be great. If you’re stuck for ideas, no problem, just come!
Open to all, clergy or lay, from whatever context. All are welcome.
Can’t make this one? Worry not, other Swap Shops will be taking place in Sarum Archdeaconry (April 29th), Sherborne Archdeaconry (Oct 17th) and Wilts Archdeaconry (Nov 7th)

Building a Culture of Invitation

Michael Harvey
March 18th 10am-1pm Winterbourne Glebe Hall, SP4 6HA
March 18th 7-9.30pm The Annex, St Francis Church, Salisbury, SP1 3PN
Back by popular demand!
The Culture of Invitation workshop is for churches and individuals who want to get better at becoming invitational. Most churches call themselves welcoming, but not many would name themselves as welcoming and inviting.
Join us for this workshop, which will:
Be an opportunity to research your own local situation and make a comparison with other churches.
Be highly suited to churches who want an example of a practical outworking of how to reach people in their community
You will leave with best practice ideas to try out immediately in your own parish which will benefit your upcoming Services and Events!
Michael Harvey is married to Eike and they have three adult children Ben, Kirsty and Lydia. In 2004 Back to Church Sunday was birthed and Michael started to work with churches throughout the UK and eventually throughout the English speaking world and to his surprise started to notice a healing component in mission. He has spoken to thousands of church leaders in his Seminars and has to date seen hundreds of thousands of Christians mobilised to invite, resulting in 1 million+ accepted invitations. He launched the first National Weekend of Invitation in June 2018. He is author of the books Unlocking the Growth and Creating a Culture of Invitation and as an itinerant speaker and has a ministry across 18 countries and 5 continents. He is a member of the College of Evangelists.

Mission Swap Shop: Sarum

Claire Horton and Steve Inglis
April 29th 10am-1pm
Wyndham Hall, Amesbury, SP4 7EU
Following the successful pilot of the Sarum Mission Swap Shop last May we are pleased to announce the second of four Mission Swap Shops for 2020 which are taking place in each of the four Archdeaconries.
Come and join for an opportunity to delve into the what, why, where and how of mission and discover ideas and resources for your context.
If you have anything you can bring to share that would be great. If you’re stuck for ideas, no problem, just come!
Open to all, clergy or lay, from whatever context. All are welcome.
Can’t make this one? Worry not, other Swap Shops are taking place in Dorset Archdeaconry Feb 22nd), Sherborne Archdeaconry (Oct 17th) and Wilts Archdeaconry (Nov 7th)

Home by Another Route: Reimagining Today’s Church

Paul Bradbury
May 16th 10am-4pm
The Annex, St Francis Church, Salisbury, SP1 3PN
Paul Bradbury believes that a movement of the Holy Spirit is beginning to renew and reform today's church - a church marginalised and 'in exile'. Paul takes the prophet Ezekiel’s powerful image of dry skeletal human remains coming to life through the miraculous work of the Spirit of God to encourage and inspire the contemporary church to seek renewal through the Spirit.
Join him as he unpacks this compelling vision and explores the future nature of the church, its leadership and mission through the lenses of story, literature and theology of the biblical exile.
Paul Bradbury is an ordained CofE Pioneer Minister and founder of the missional community Reconnect. He leads Poole Missional Communities and is the author of 'Home By Another Route: Reimagining Today's Church'.

Sharing Faith and Growing Discipleship

Debbie Orriss, Lizzie Whitbread, Andy Malcolm and Steve Inglis
June 11th 10am-1pm Durweston Village Hall, DT11 0QA
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June 18th 10am-1pm Market Lavington Community Hall, SN10 4DG
Join Debbie Orriss (Discipleship Coordinator), Lizzie Whitbread (Senior Adviser for Work with Children and Young People), Andy Malcolm (Children and Young People Advisor) and Steve Inglis (Mission Resource Officer) for an exploration of growing faith and discipleship through community formation in the home, school, church and across generations, as well as in places of work and leisure.

Relationships and Emotions for Life

Jeremy Thomson
July 4th 10am-4pm
The Great Hall, Church House, SP1 2QB
Relationships are essential to all our lives: without them we would not be human. Relationships – in families, neighbourhoods and churches – can be rewarding or pleasurable, but sometimes can be difficult or painful. God comes to us in various ways, but most profoundly God comes to us through people. Sometimes we are intensely aware of this, but more often we are hardly aware of it.
The purpose of this day is to consider some important aspects of human relationships and to reflect upon how emotions play a part in them. We will draw on resources from the Bible, Christian theology and psychology, and reflect on personal experiences. In particular, we will explore the challenges of conflict and forgiveness since they are essential to growth and maturity.
Jeremy Thomson is a Christian educator who has worked in various formal and informal contexts for over forty years, aiming to build the church and equip people for creative discipleship. Following an early career in research engineering, he spent a number of years in Christian ministry (five in the Church of England) before becoming a volunteer relationship counsellor. He studied Biblical Interpretation and Systematic Theology at postgraduate level, and discovered the joys of facilitating adult learning. He was Vice Principal of Oasis College of Higher Education in London until retirement in 2017. His book, Relationships and Emotions After Christendom (Paternoster, 2016), grew out of educating students about theology, emotions and relationships, as they prepared for various leadership roles.

Pray+Serve=Grow? Part II

Steve Inglis
September 30th 10am-1pm
The Diocesan Education Centre, Wilton, SP2 0GF
The equation that is not an equation.
A lively session back in October 2019 kicked off this exploration of what it means to Pray, Serve and Grow.
We framed the conversation, began to look at the question of how to move from social to missional and explored the question of timing alongside mission on the margins and making prayer central to all we do.
And as you can imagine, this uncovered a whole range of further thoughts, questions, challenges, and opportunities.
So now for part II.
An opportunity to continue to unpack our place within the narrative and explore some of the language that so easily seems to get lost in translation.
We will look at where we are now and also what we are seeing, hearing and experiencing in our respective contexts.
We will also pick up some of the key threads that came out of Part I, particularly around translating the language of ‘Church (including dirty words – such as Evangelism), faithful presence, cultivation of the curious, blessing our communities, being snakey, and a myriad of other themes.
Whether you were part of the conversation in part I or not, you are invited to join for this opportunity to delve a little deeper. This will be a great opportunity to share and learn from one another as we explore what it does, and could, look like to authentically Pray, Serve and Grow.

‘It’s not really Church though is it?’– understanding new congregations alongside traditional Church

Alan Jeans
October 27th 10am-1pm
Dinton Village Hall, SP3 5EB
We have many new worshipping communities across the Diocese, each offering opportunities for growing new disciples. How do these relate to our traditional congregations, and how can we support and encourage these communities to be seen as authentic Christian Churches?
Alan Jeans is Archdeacon of Sarum, and has extensive experience of engaging with new mission initiatives within the Diocese.

Mission Swap Shop: Wilts

Rhona Floate and Steve Inglis
November 7th 10am-1pm
Seend Community Centre, SN12 6NS
Following the successful pilot of the Sarum Mission Swap Shop last May we are pleased to announce the third of four Mission Swap Shops for 2020 which are taking place in each of the four Archdeaconries.
Come and join for an opportunity to delve into the what, why, where and how of mission and discover ideas and resources for your context.
If you have anything you can bring to share that would be great. If you’re stuck for ideas, no problem, just come!
Open to all, clergy or lay, from whatever context. All are welcome.
Can’t make this one? Worry not, other Swap Shops are taking place in Dorset Archdeaconry Feb 22nd), Sarum Archdeaconry (April 29th) and Wilts Archdeaconry (Nov 7th)

Mission Swap Shop: Sherborne

Alice Farnhill, Sarah Keen and Steve Inglis November 21st 10am-1pm
Netherbury Village Hall, DT6 5LS
Following the successful pilot of the Sarum Mission Swap Shop last May we are pleased to announce the final of four Mission Swap Shops for 2020 which are taking place in each of the four Archdeaconries.
Come and join for an opportunity to delve into the what, why, where and how of mission and discover ideas and resources for your context.
If you have anything you can bring to share that would be great. If you’re stuck for ideas, no problem, just come!
Open to all, clergy or lay, from whatever context. All are welcome.
Can’t make this one? Worry not, other Swap Shops are taking place in Dorset Archdeaconry Feb 22nd), Sarum Archdeaconry (April 29th) and Wilts Archdeaconry (Nov 7th)