Conference Programme Day 1 Thursday 16 July 10.00 Registration and room allocation COFFEE BREAK 11.15 Welcome Sarah Friswell, Chair Methodist Heritage Committee 11.30 Opening Presidential Address The Revd Steve Wild, President of the Methodist Conference 12.00 LUNCH (Please allow visitors to Epworth to queue and eat first) OPTION 1 12.30 Travel to Epworth On coach presentation: Working in partnership Sarah Braisdell, Methodist Women in Britain Researcher Anne Browse, President of Methodist Women in Britain The Revd David Leese, Trustee of Epworth Old Rectory 14.30 15.30 Tour of Epworth Old Rectory, with Gillian Crawley, EOR Manager OR Visit Epworth town and St. Andrew s Church Presentation: A case study of HLF funding experience 15.30 Tea break and swap group locations 16.30 16.00 Repeat tours 17.00 17.00 Travel back to Cliff College OPTION 2 12.45 Meet for academic papers: Heritage for Mission See page 4 for details Introduction by The Revd Dr Stephen Skuce Director of Scholarship, Research and Innovation for the Discipleship & Ministries Learning Network 18.00 DINNER 19.30 Welcome to Cliff College Keynote address: Heritage as Opportunity: Buildings for Community The Revd Dr Chris Blake, Principal of Cliff College The Rt Revd Colin Fletcher, Acting Bishop of Oxford 20.30 EVENING DEVOTIONS (15 minutes) Alison Butler, Liaison Officer for Methodist Historic Objects & member of the Methodist Heritage Committee 1
Conference Programme Day 2 Friday 17 July 8.00 BREAKFAST followed by MORNING DEVOTIONS (at 8.45 for 15 minutes) led by Philip Thornborrow, Liaison Officer for Methodist Archives & member of the Methodist Heritage Committee 9.10 Introduction to the day Sarah Friswell, Chair Methodist Heritage Committee 9.15 Keynote address: Connecting with the Visitor the need for a creative approach Professor Terry Stevens, Marketing Consultant Stevens and Associates 10.00 Parallel workshops/seminars 1: Connecting with the Visitor practical solutions: Professor Terry Stevens, Marketing Consultant, Stevens & Associates 2: What Do We Do with That? (An introduction to significance assessment for church objects): Emma Chaplin, Consultant, Heritage and Museum Services 3: The Truth is Out There: How to research and write your church s history: The Revd Dr David Hart, Chair of the Methodist Heritage Committee s Archives & Records Advisory Group & member of the Methodist Heritage Committee 10.45 COFFEE BREAK and MARKETPLACE PLUS Community Archives how to get your story online An exhibition of projects & services Demo & have a go bring a wi-fi enabled laptop or tablet 11.45 Vice-Presidential Address: Dr Jill Barber, Vice-President of the Methodist Conference Finding our Voice 12.30 LUNCH The contribution of collecting to mission: 13.15 14.00 It s the (Wider) Community: The work of The Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) Preserving our Past, Engaging our Present and Inspiring our Future Crispin Truman, Chief Executive, The Churches Conservation Trust Judy Faraday, Heritage Services Manager, John Lewis Partnership Heritage Centre 14.45 BREAK A global perspective 15.00 Theological Tourism and how to avoid it The Revd Samuel McBratney, Director, Global Christianity Programme, The Queen s Foundation Birmingham 15.45 TEA/COFFEE BREAK 16.15 John Wesley s Experience of Assurance as the Impetus for Mission The Revd Dr John Beyers, Senior Pastor, Hillside United Methodist Church, Woodstock, Georgia 17.00 BREAK 17.15 HOLY COMMUNION With The Revd Steve Wild presiding and preaching 18.00 DINNER 19.00 After dinner entertainment Comedian Tony Vino 2 20.00 EVENING DEVOTIONS (15 minutes) The Revd David Leese, trustee of Epworth Old Rectory & member of the Methodist Heritage Committee
Conference Programme Day 3 Saturday 18 July 8.00 BREAKFAST followed by MORNING DEVOTIONS (at 8.45 for 15 minutes) led by Dr Deborah Gaitskell, member of the Methodist Heritage Committee 9.10 Introduction to the day Sarah Friswell, Chair Methodist Heritage Committee 9.15 Keynote Address: Talking life Creating a living heritage for tomorrow s church Caroline Ramsey, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Liverpool Management School 10.00 Seeing the Spiritual Sarah Middleton, Trustee, The Methodist Modern Art Collection 10.45 COFFEE BREAK 11.15 Parallel workshops/seminars 5: Telling our story: Making how we talk to our visitors part of our mission: Jo Hibbard, Methodist Heritage Officer 12.00 Plenary: Closing remarks PRAYERS 12.30 LUNCH 6: Representing History: innovative interpretation: Louise Hampson, Research and Impact Officer, The Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, University of York 7: Where do we go from here? Reflections on the conference and an introduction to the Methodist Heritage strategy 2014 2019: Sarah Friswell, Chair of the Methodist Heritage Committee Sarah Friswell The Revd Steve Wild 1.30 3.45/ 4.00 Optional visit to Eyam Mission and parish church heritage and well-dressing (Please note this visit will be subject to a small additional charge payable at the Conference depending on numbers). 3
Heritage and Mission Academic Stream Thursday 16 July 13.15 Academic Keynote: Wesley, Savannah and the USA Geordan Hammond STREAM A STREAM B 14.15 Reversing Dolly: Edinburgh Experiments Alison Butler 14.45 What did the Victorians ever do for us? Nigel Walter 15.15 COFFEE 15.45 Quiet Witness Rowland Joiner 16.15 Authenticity and Heritage Jim Shallow Reverse Mission: The impact of overseas visitors and pilgrims on British Methodists The Revd Jennifer Potter Methodism, mission and myth: history and heritage Dr Peter Forsaith Methodist heritage and mission: a case of mistaken identity? The Revd Dr David Hart Researching Methodist Biography; its values and limitations John Hargreaves 4
SARAH FRISWELL became the Chair of the Heritage Committee in January 2012. In her working life she is the Public Relations Manager at St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Suffolk, where she is responsible for all communications, including liaising with the media, volunteer management and the Ministry of Welcome to visitors. This is a role she took up in 2009 having been the Visitor Officer at the Cathedral for the previous 8 years. She is part of the senior management team. She is passionate about the need for churches to offer an excellent welcome to all. Sarah has over 20 years experience in the tourism industry, including working in overseas marketing for the former East of England Tourist Board, working at the local Tourist Information Centre and being a Blue Badge guide for Bury St Edmunds, where she lived for 19 years before recently moving to Downham Market. She has been the Chair of Visit Suffolk Attractions since 2008, convenes the Eastern Cathedrals marketing group, and served on the Council of Cathedrals' Plus from 2002-2008. A lifelong Methodist, she grew up in Hull, worshipping at Anlaby Park Methodist Church. From 1992-95 Sarah and her husband David worked for USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) in Malawi, Central Africa, where Sarah taught English and French at a girls' secondary school. Since moving to East Anglia, Sarah has become a member of the District World Church Action team and has represented the District at the World Mission Forum. In 2011 she was elected a member of the British Committee of the World Methodist Council and attended the World Methodist Council and Conference in Durban, South Africa. THE REVD STEVE WILD THE REVD DAVID LEESE is the North-East Methodist heritage sites representative and a Trustee of The Old Rectory, Epworth. David is Superintendent of the Epworth and Crowle Circuit (17/1) based at Epworth's Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. He is a member of Methodist Council. As well as being a trustee, David is a member of the Development Group for The Old Rectory, Epworth, Chair of the House Committee and a volunteer guide (when necessary), and he participates as a member of the Lincolnshire Tourism Forum. David is passionate about Methodist history, and his personal Methodist history research interests are linked to Primitive Methodism and the Methodist New Connexion, particularly as both relate to North Staffordshire and Cheshire. David has 30 years experience as a General Manger of acute hospitals and Director of a Health Authority, with skills and responsibility in the areas of performance management, governance, and human resources. SARAH BRAISDELL THE REVD STEPHEN SKUCE THE RT REVD COLIN FLETCHER PROFESSOR TERRY STEVENS is the MD of the multi-award winning tourism consultancy, Stevens & Associates. Terry has now worked in over 50 countries world-wide on the development of destinations and visitor attractions. He has worked for international, national and regional tourism organizations as well as many private sector Clients. He is a keen advocate of understanding market trends and applying innovative and creative solutions to attract market attention. Terry is Patron of the Churches Tourism Network in Wales and works closely with the new organization, SANCTAIDD to promote awareness of religious sites. He was Vice Chair of the Wales Tourist Board and is currently Visiting Professor at Cardiff Metropolitan University and the Dundee Business School and Hon Professor at Swansea University. EMMA CHAPLIN is a museum collections management specialist who has worked in the sector for over 20 years. She has been responsible for museum collections including the Kirklees Photographic Archive, the National Waterways Museum Collection in Ellesmere Port and The Salt Museum in Northwich. She has 5
been a consultant for museums and heritage organisations since 2009 and is currently contracted to provide advice on the national standards scheme for museums (Accreditation) to museums in the North East. THE REVD DR DAVID HART has served as an ordained Methodist presbyter since 1986 and currently is the Superintendent of the Bristol and South Gloucestershire circuit. His research interests include the social and theological impact of the eighteenth-century evangelical revival, the development of the Methodism in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is an member of the Associate faculty of Trinity College, Bristol, where he is developing work in Church History and Wesleyan Studies, especially exploring the theology of church history and heritage on contemporary models of mission.he is also the Conference Officer of the Wesley Historical Society, currently preparing the society's next triennial conference in June 2014 on the theme of Methodists and Conflict. David is a member of the committee of the Ecclesiastical History Society, and is currently engaged in writing on Wesleyan Methodism in the 1790s. His interest in methodist Heritage has been an important ingredient in his research, and he has wide experience of using Methodists archives and records, both in the custody of the church and in secular collections in various parts of the country. He also has supported the management of Methodist collections and is working with the team at the New Room in Bristol in the developing new educational and heritage programmes. David also chairs the Archive Advisory Group, a group set up by, and reporting to the Heritage Committee. DR JILL BARBER is Vice President of the Methodist Conference 2015/2016. She has been Project Director at Englesea Brook Chapel & Museum of Primitive Methodism since 2011. Jill trained as a teacher and a librarian, and has a PhD in Archives. She was formerly Head of Heritage Services for Hertfordshire County Council. CRISPIN TRUMAN JUDY FARADAY THE REVD SAM McBRATNEY THE REVD DR JOHN BEYERS serves as the Senior Pastor of the 3,500 member Hillside United Methodist Church in Atlanta (Woodstock), Georgia. Hillside presently averages 1,500 in worship each week and received 174 new members in 2014. John is passionate about teaching and preaching a distinctively Wesleyan view of Biblical theology, the Holy Sacraments, the priority of evangelism, small group discipleship, and hands on mission. TONY VINO SARAH MIDDLETON ED MACKENZIE LOUISE HAMPSON 6