Training events and resources
School of Theology
A series of talks that are taking place in 2009, which include teaching, discussion and interaction in groups and plenary sessions with the speakers. The aim of the course is to develop a more confident, articulate and applied faith as we grow in our understanding of the nature of God and of his remarkable acts in history.
See School of Theology.
Leadership training
A set of nine leadership training sessions given in 2007 and on the following dates in 2008/2009:
22 September 2008
20 October
1 December
26 January 2009
23 February
23 March
27 April
18 May
22 June
Each evening includes formal teaching, group work and space for prayer for one another. There is a small amount of extra reading, mainly of Biblical material, and some personal spiritual exercises set for you to do between the sessions.
See leadership training if you wish to listen to the talks given in 2007 or download the notes.
Team building
Leadership as well as ministry needs to be shared if the church is to grow beyond the physical and spiritual limits determined by the capabilities and capacity of the senior leader. Drawing others into leadership results in an extension to the scope of the ministry in which we can engage as well as the creation of a structure for exponential growth.
See Building teams that work by Ian Parkinson, from New Wine 2008.
Growing healthy churches
Church is God’s mission agency in the world, his chosen vehicle for the continuing advance of his Kingdom, a sign to everyone of his saving power and presence in a lost world.
Click here to download Ian’s notes on Growing Healthy Churches.
Unhealthy thinking patterns
Thoughts shape the way we feel, and feelings affect the way we react, what we go on to say and do, and how we live our lives.
A thinking pattern is an habitual way our minds process what happens to us and around us. Some of our thinking patterns are good and healthy, reflecting what is true. Some are not so good and may reflect significant distortions of truth which need to be challenged and replaced with the truth.
Unhealthy thinking patterns can generate negative emotions within ourselves and towards others, and add unnecessary pain and difficulty within relationships.
See these notes and exercises adapted from material by Intimate Life Ministries.
Leadership talks and notes
Calling of a Leader by Ian Parkinson
Ian’s New Wine talk recorded in August 2005. Click to listen to the talk.
Leadership and Vision by Ian Parkinson
Notes on the vital importance of vision, the leader’s role and receiving and sharing a vision.
Recommended books
Books on family life and relationships complement some of the relationship courses on offer in 2008. Other recommended books include some that help us to grow in godliness. Click here for details.
Sermon notes
Sermon notes on difficult questions:
Sermon notes on homosexual relationships:
See also Sunday morning sermons.
