|
CrossTalk -l
CrossTalk is the most exciting international programme
in the Diocese of Lichfield since The Feast or HarvestTime
Join CrossTalk on
These following audio files are taken from the CrossTalk festival, held at The Hayes conference centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire.
Monday 7th July
Tuesday 8th July
Wednesday 9th July
CrossTalk is the name of a project linking churches or parishes in the Diocese of Lichfield with a church in one of our companion dioceses overseas via the Internet, so that they can pray with real understanding for each other, compare parish mission programmes and reflect prayerfully together on their strengths and their ‘growing points’.
This July, when their own bishops are coming to Lichfield before going on to the Lambeth Conference, representatives from the CrossTalk churches overseas will come to share with their partners here: visiting about fifty churches across the diocese, in 30 parishes, teams or deaneries.
But just because your church isn’t part of this pilot project doesn’t mean you can’t share in the excitement, meet the visitors, hear their story and be inspired by their vision and witness. A number of CrossTalk events are open to the whole diocese:
CrossTalk T-Shirts still available!
Priced at just £10.00 (Design A) or £12.50 (Design B)
Order your exclusive Fair Trade organic unbleached CrossTalk T-Shirts by clicking here!
CrossTalk Companionship Service - Plenty of Space - put this in your diary now!
Lichfield Cathedral, Sunday 13 July, 6.30pm.
Celebrate our links with bishops and people from around the world in this CrossTalk service, as we worship together and commit ourselves to share in God’s global mission.
Saving the World! - The CrossTalk Youth Conference - Very Limited places available - book now!
Dovedale House, Ilam,
18-20 July. Cost £50 unwaged, £70 waged.
Open to all young adults between the ages of 16 and 35 (yes, 35!) Join young people from across the world concerned to explore what more they can do to address the major issues and challenges facing our churches, our communities and our planet.
A weekend of fellowship and fun: of discussion and Bible study, joyful worship, and a range of indoor and outdoor activities to suite all tastes – including archery, canoeing and walking – in Lichfield’s superbly equipped youth centre on the edge of the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District and the Staffordshire Moorlands
For more information or booking forms contact the Lichfield World Mission Office: phone 01922 445844 fax 01922 491948 email lichfield.wmo@btinternet.com
Lambeth Conference
The Lambeth Conference is one of the global Anglican Commnion's Instruments of Communion. It takes place every ten years at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury and is an occasion when bishops can meet for worship, study and conversation. Archbishops, diocesan, assistant and suffragan bishops are invited.
Also invited are bishops from other churches 'in communion' with the Anglican Communion, bishops from United Churches and a number of ecumenical guests.
In a parallel gathering, the spouses of the participating bishops are invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury's wife to an independent Spouses' Conference.
The Lambeth Conference runs from 16th July to 4th August. Traditionally, bishops attending Lambeth visit English dioceses for a few days before going to Canterbury and this year the Diocese of Lichfield and our companions in Malaysia, South Africa and Canada, and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg in north-east Germany, have planned the highlight of CrossTalk , their two year mission-prayer twinning programme, to coincide with these pre-Lambeth visits.
From 1-15 July churches in towns and villages across the Lichfield Diocese will host visitors (and bishops) from their prayer-link churches. The visits will culminate in the international CrossTalk Conference, the CrossTalk Festival, a youth conference and a special pre-Lambeth international service of friendship and partnership in Lichfield Cathedral.
The Lichfield News Service at the Lambeth Conference
The Lichfield diocesan director of communications, Gavin Drake, will be reporting daily live and direct from the Lambeth Conference. From the time the bishops emerge from their retreat on Sunday 20th July through to closing service at Canterbury Cathedral, you can access twice daily news reports, audio clips and photos here at www.lichfield.anglican.org/lambeth.
Anglican Communion Global Bible Study
An Anglican Communion Global Bible Study on the Gospel of John will be taking place from 11th February leading up to the Lambeth Conference.
In the Bible Study groups at the Conference, Bishops and their spouses will be studying the "I AM" statements made by Jesus in John’s Gospel. It has been suggested that studying the whole gospel together across the Communion during the five months prior to the Conference would be a helpful preparation and a way of bringing the whole Anglican Communion together in Bible Study. A reading plan and Commentary is being offered for reflection by Richard Burridge and the Bible Reading Fellowship.
The reading plan suggests five passages for use over five days each week, starting in February 2008. This programme eventually takes us to the final resurrection appearance and Jesus’ commissioning of Peter and the Beloved Disciple, with his final call to ‘follow me’, at the start of the week when the bishops are likely to commence travelling to Lambeth.
Clergy and Laity who wish to join the Bishops in this study can find the ‘Special Lambeth Edition’ in Christian bookshops or direct from the Bible Reading Fellowship brf.org.uk
|