Revd Dr Elizabeth Jordan Lay Ministry Adviser

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1 Lent Modules 2019 Details about Centre locations will be sent to you nearer the time. If you require any other information please contact: Diane Hardy at the Diocesan Office, 53 New Street Chelmsford CM1 1AT Tel:

2 There are many opportunities here to use the season of Lent to find out more about the prayers history, beliefs and habits of the Christian life. Please do look through the booklet and see what is on offer. Remember CCS members can choose one free module. These modules during Lent this year are part of the CCS programme, but also are open to everyone. The normal CCS programme will resume in the summer term so that the CCS members can consider, in their own groups, their part in God s mission and vocation. There s plenty here to choose from! CCS members are expected to choose at least one - but you can do more. And anyone else can join in as well. Look for something that grabs your attention, challenges what you already know and equips you to serve in God s kingdom. Revd Dr Elizabeth Jordan Lay Ministry Adviser ejordan@chelmsford.anglican.org

3 Lent Modules Module Lent 1 Church History Church History - Christians and Moslems 500 A.D A.D. This broad brush course will outline the relations between Christians and Moslems between 500 A.D. and 1204 A.D., the results of which we live with today, yet of which many are unaware. Week 1. The Eastern Mediterranean in 500 A.D. The religious policy of the East Roman Emperors and the controversies within the Church. The life of Mohammed. Week 2. The Arab expansion. The Golden Age of Islam from Baghdad to Spain. Week 3. The conversion of the Slavs to Christianity including Grand Duke Vladimir of Kiev, leader of the Russians. The Great Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Week 4. The Turks enter the Middle East; the Battle of Manzikert and the fall of Jerusalem to the Turks. Week 5. The four main Crusades. Tutor: Miss Rowena Rudkin Thursday evenings 7.30pm pm Gwinnell Room March 7,21,28 & April 4,11 St Mary s Church Course fee 40 South Woodford Module Lent 2 Last Things In order to participate in this module you will need to have read The Great Divorce by CS Lewis, prior to the course. The following will be explored through the lens of the book: The Great Divorce can be purchased from the Christian Bookshop by calling them on Heaven Hell, Religion and Faith Salvation Sin, Redemption and Free Will Time, Space and Reality Please bring your own lunch. Tutor: Canon Dr Linda Barnard Saturday 10.00am pm Diocesan Office March 9th Chelmsford Course fee 7.50

4 Module Lent 3 Christ Pictured A reflection on Jesus' life and how artists portray this in their paintings. Session 1 Mary Session 2 Jesus growing up Session 3 Christ in the Wilderness Session 4 The Cross Session 5 The resurrection Tutors: Mrs Lesley Lynn Thursday evenings 7.30pm pm Revd Mark James February 28 & March 7,14,21,28 Room 1, Church Centre Course fee 40 Christ Church, Warley Module Lent 4 Pastoral Care Practical insights from Psychology This course will focus on some of those who helped build today s Modern practices in the field of Psychotherapy and how the insights of our forebears can have a huge impact on the Pastoral Care we offer. Many of the well-known figures from Psychology s foundations would distance themselves from any faith. But the Judeo-Christian roots of their theories means Christians can learn much from what they believed and practiced. We shall briefly look at these Psychologist s theories and then find out how these can help us in our day to day efforts to care for one another. Week 1. Saturday 9th March Morning: Freud & Jung. Transference, projection and The Shadow. Afternoon: Carl Rogers: Christianly without Original Sin. Week 2. Saturday 23rd March Morning: Eric Berne, The Games People Play Afternoon: Melanie Kline, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth: Attachment Theory Please bring your own lunch. Although drinks will be provided, we may not have use of the halls crockery. So in the interests of reducing our plastic usage, please bring your own reusable cups/mugs. Tutor: Revd Tim Coleman Saturdays 9.30am pm Chaplain to Barking, Havering & Redbridge March 9th & March 23rd University NHS Trust Course fee 15 St Michael s Church Gidea Park, Romford

5 Module Lent 5 An in depth study of the Fourth Gospel Week 1 Looking at the background, date, authorship and prologue. Week 2 Reflecting on the I am sayings and what they tell us about Jesus. Week 3 Investigating the significance of the signs in the Fourth gospel. Week 4 The purpose of the fourth gospel and the role of women. Week 5 Why did Jesus have to die? The crucifixion and resurrection narratives. Tutor: Ruth Burditt & Wednesdays 7.30pm pm Jeff Burditt March 6,13,20,27 & April 3 Burnham-on-Crouch Course fee 40 Module Lent 6 Being Christian Beyond Church To help Christians live out their faith Monday to Saturday, in the home, workplace, neighbourhood and friendship group. The course will help you think about the person you are as well as help you with everyday decision-making. What does it mean to be holy? What is the Genesis to Revelation trajectory for our world, and how can you play your part? How can you think and act Christianly in every situation? What about social justice (including a look at Catholic Social Teaching)? Learning is wrapped in worship and appropriate devotional material, and it concludes with an audit and ambition activity suitable for Lent. Please note this module will be entirely online, there will be no face to face meetings. It allows the flexibility to participate at any time during the week. Once you have registered, your confirmation letter will provide details of how you can access the site. If you haven t participated in elearning before, you are welcome to try it out. It requires no more computer literacy than is required to look at websites and to send an , and the learning can be deeper than in a two-hour face-to-face group. (You should think in terms of 3-4 hours per week for participating.) Tutor: Mr Peter Nicholls 5 weeks beginning 25 February ONLINE Course fee 30

6 Module Lent 7 The Development of Holy Communion from the Latin Mass to Common Worship This module will trace the development of Holy Communion from the pre-reformation Latin Mass through the English Prayer Books of 1549, 1552 and 1662 to Common Worship. Each week there will be a Celebration of each Communion Service, as it would have been at the time, followed by (or preceded by) a detailed discussion. This module will be of interest to anyone currently on the CCS (or having completed it previously); any Christians interested in how Holy Communion has come down to us today; and very useful for Ordinands and those in training for Licensed Lay Ministry. Tutor: Revd Simon Law Thursday evenings 7.30pm pm Revd Michèle Marshall & Revd Paul Haworth February 28 & March 7,14,21,28 St Gabriel s Church Course fee 40 Pitsea Module Lent 8 Introduction to Icons Session 1 Saturday 2nd March pm - 5pm Tiptree United Reformed Church, Chapel Road, Tiptree, Essex CO5 0HP We will be looking at the history of Icons and learning to read them. Session 2 Saturday 16 th March pm 5.45pm St John the Baptist Orthodox Monastery, Rectory Road, The Old Rectory, Tolleshunt Knights CM9 8EZ Fr Kyril, the Abbot, has invited the group to eat our packed lunches with them, have a tour of the buildings where we will experience icons made by the community for worship and end with Vespers in one of their chapels. For one afternoon we can experience a different spirituality. Please bring packed lunches to both days. Drinks will be provided. Tutor: Mrs Isabel Adcock & Saturdays Mr Bob Tarpey March 2nd & 16th Venues as above Course fee 15

7 Module Lent 9 The nature and character of God: an exploration of the Trinity We will explore the intimacy between the persons of the Godhead (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and man s relationship to God through the book and film The Shack Introductory Session: What do we understand by the Trinity? Second Session: The Loving Father Third Session: The Obedient Son Fourth Session: The Power of the Holy Spirit You will need only a basic knowledge of the Trinity and be interested in knowing more about it. Before attending you will be required to have read the book The Shack by William P. Young, which can be purchased through the Diocesan Christian Bookshop on Tutors: Mrs Karen White & Wednesday evenings 7.30pm pm Mrs Susan Shadrake & Revd Michael Hall February 27 & March 6,13,20 St Andrew s Church, Basildon Course fee 40 Module Lent 10 Spiritual Companionship and the Big Life Questions This module will explore the Ministry of Spiritual Companionship either to resource your own Christian discipleship or with the possibility of moving into this ministry in the future. Drawing of the Scriptural model of the Emmaus Road, the Course will explore how we can walk alongside others in their faith journey as life servants rather than life fixers. The context for our explorations will be some of the Big Life questions: Who am I? Who is God? What s gone wrong with our world? Where do I belong? Each session will include some input, some group discussion and some personal work. We begin and conclude each session with prayer. (This course forms one of the core modules for the course in Spiritual Companionship offered by the Diocese. It can be used as a stand alone or as a Taster to explore a calling to this ministry.) No experience necessary. Tutors: Revd Ann Coleman Thursday evenings 7.30pm pm Room 2, Church Centre, February 28 & March 7,14,21,28 Christ Church, Warley Course fee 40

8 Module Lent 11 Journeying the Emmaus Road with people with Additional Needs and Dementia This course will be a broad look at how we walk alongside people. There will be opportunities for group members to share their own experiences and suggestions. Week 1. Saturday 9th March Journeying with children and young people with Additional Needs and their families. Considering how we walk with them on their faith journeys. Week 2. Saturday 16th March Journeying with people with Dementia and their families. Considering their spirituality and how we walk alongside them. Please bring your own lunch. Tutor: Revd Julie Hardy & Saturdays 10.00am pm Guest Speakers March 9th & March 16th St Mary w Leonard s Church Course fee 15 Broomfield Chelmsford Module Lent 12 The Wondrous Cross This module is a survey of the wondrous Cross and seeks to discover the meaning and significance of the death of Jesus exploring such questions as: is the Atonement a mystery that we shall never be able to plumb the depths of, or is it just a theory? If the Atonement is a theory, then is there one theory that is dominant, or is multi-faceted? In exploring these questions, we shall examine the way in which Jesus viewed His death and why it was necessary; the Biblical images and metaphors relating to the Cross; the theories and models of the Atonement including the most recent Non-violent theory; and the theories of some modern theologians. No previous experience required. Tutors: Revd Brian Kyriacou Thursday evenings 7.30pm pm Memorial Hall February 28 & March 7,14,21,28 Frating Course fee 40

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