Topic – spirituality of older people in rural communities
To book click here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/positively-rural-spirituality-of-older-people-tickets-754628081907?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Contactac9998@coventry.ac.uk for tickets to Launch event

The Hidden Hardship Exhibition explores people’s everyday experiences of hardship, their coping strategies, and barriers to better wellbeing in the rural North Cotswolds.

The large, freestanding, professionally printed exhibition stands include work by the artist Beth Waters to illustrate research participants’ interview and diary extracts of their experiences.

The exhibition will be hosted at Coventry Cathedral 30th January to 26th February 2024 (full details here), and later in 2024 be at the Houses of Parliament alongside theLife on the Breadline Exhibition.

All welcome. This webinar is a conversation aimed at people looking to gather outdoors, explore, encounter & journey together, pioneer new ways of being church, reimagine pilgrimage & develop mission in their rural communities.
Event booking:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rural-wild-pilgrimage-learning-community-tickets-732164302137?aff=erelpanelorg&keep_tld=1

Rural Mission Hub: 15th February 2024

Are you engaged in pioneering ministry in a rural context? Looking for some quality time with colleagues to share and pray together? Launde Abbey and Rural Ministries are holding a Rural Mission Hub event at Launde to create space for engagement and reflection.

This rural mission hub day includes led reflection, time for personal prayer, mutual learning, shared wisdom and companionship with others in rural pioneering ministry. It will be run jointly by members of the Launde Abbey Community and the Rural Ministries team.

Each Rural Mission Hub gathering is at a special price of £10, which includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day. The special price for this event is made possible by financial support from Rural Ministries.

The Rural Mission Hub at Launde Abbey is a partnership between Launde Abbey and Rural Ministries. For information and booking go to: https://www.laundeabbey.org.uk/event/rural-mission-hub-at-launde-abbey-15-feb-24/

Rural Mission Hub: Ashburnham Place, 22nd February
A Place to gather with other Christians on mission with God in rural places.
Sharing stories of mission, listening and resting with God together.
Lunch and refreshments included. Cost £10
More information and booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rural-hub-tickets-789944684817?aff=oddtdtcreator&mc_eid=d7e39b5fb7&mc_cid=5f94d3d5b2

This conversation is open to anyone from a small church or rural community looking for ways to be church (even without a building.)

We will hear examples of ‘live’ & ‘notice’ using a Methodist Way of Life and explore how these commitments could be used in our local contexts.

Event booking:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rural-rooted-thriving-small-churches-tickets-700909989647?aff=odcleoeventsincollection&keep_tld=1

Hear from Deacon Carys Woodley (Shropshire and Marches Circuit) and Lol Woods (Family Project lead in Lunesdale, Cumbria) as they share stories of getting outside and doing church differently.

• What might we learn?
• What might we try?

Free event, book your ticket here:Dreaming Beyond FX – Forests and Firepits Registration, Tue 5 Mar 2024 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Online forum hosted by Rural Mission Solutions
‘Accentuate the positive’
Free, register here:
https://subscribepage.io/mtyrNe

Come and join Eunice Attwood & Sarah Hulme, to explore rural economic margins.
A training session for anyone leading a small group using the new Beginning a Church at the Margins resource in rural contexts.

Free event, to book:Beginning a Church at the Margins – leading a small group Tickets, Tue 12 Mar 2024 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

Rural Mission Hub: St Cuthbert’s Centre, Holy Island, 21st March
Our next North East & Borders Rural Mission Hub will be gathering on the 21st March at St Cuthbert’s Centre, Holy Island. All bookings to be via Eventbrite.

Tickets are just £6 for the day, including tea and coffee but please bring your own lunch.

If you are interested but would like to know more about this group, then please get in touch with Jon Timms on 07588 288189.
For booking please go to: https://NE-borders-hub-21st-march.eventbrite.co.uk