National Estate Churches Network

Tag: Discipleship

  • NECN in conversation with Andy Greiff

    Buttershaw Estate in Bradford is most famous for the setting of Rita, Sue and Bob Too film and the birth place of its author Andrea Dunbar. This gritty comedy/ drama shows what life can be like on a northern estate, but there are many other stories that paint the picture. It’s been so encouraging over the past…

  • Praxis Labs Centre for Hope and Activism

    Praxis Labs run courses to help you turn your faith into action. They are starting another one on 8 April. It’s hugely accessible, really inspiring and welcomes all theological perspectives. It’s also ‘pay as you can afford’ and so accessible from a finance perspective too. “As lockdown (hopefully) comes to an end in the next…

  • Managing Finances and Your Mental Health Webinar

      The Mentoring Advocacy Network is a project which promotes positive male role models whilst raising awareness of toxic views of masculinity. They are hosting a series of webinars to raise awareness of and engage with men’s issues. The upcoming webinar will look at managing finances and mental health, particularly during the pandemic. Although the…

  • Who’s who @NECN

    Introducing Emma Ash – Trustee From living in a high-rise building in Hong Kong and travelling back to the U.K. staying with my Mum in her council flat, trying to discern my calling, I ended up writing a piece for the Church Times on the financial barriers that ordination places onto the work-class. Andy Delmege…

  • Coming in September – 1st Annual Charles Gore Lecture

    A new lecture series in memory of the first Bishop of Birmingham, Charles Gore, will be starting this September at Birmingham Cathedral. Charles Gore was known for his concern for justice for people living in poverty in urban areas. When St. Philip’s Church became a cathedral he decided to allocate diocesan funds to meet social…

  • Help for Families in Mixenden for Half Term

    As half term approaches we have some good news about how Holy Nativity Church in Mixenden have stepped in to help hungry families. Ash Green Community Primary School provide breakfast packs and food parcels to the most vulnerable families and families have been able to access the government free school meals vouchers. To fill the…

  • Who’s who @NECN

    Over the coming months we are going to take a look at who the Trustees of NECN are, their passions, their skills and what they get up to in and out of NECN. If you would like to get more involved, feel you have passion or skills which could be useful please do get in…

  • Interview with Guvna B

    Guvna B, a double MOBO Award winning rapper and author from East London, was recently interviewed at the Everything Conference, the focus of which is how Christians can renew culture. Guvna B has faced challenges and disadvantages in life but has nevertheless achieved some remarkable things. How has God has used these weaknesses or the…

  • Hope Community Witham

    Once again churches and communities are having to dig deep into keeping hold of hope as we start the New Year with a third lockdown. Today we bring you some good news of an estate church in Witham, Essex, the Hope Community. Their mission is ‘Bringing Hope, Being Community’. You can find their page on…

  • Apostolic training for an indigenous ministry?

    Estates practitioner and priest, Joe Hasler offers some thoughts around training local people for God’s mission in extracts from his poem below. The whole reflection can be downloaded at the end of this post. Apostolic means ‘Go to’ or ‘being sent’. An Apostle meaning ‘one sent on a mission’.     We have had the…

  • Estates at Advent 2020

      We may be locked down but let’s open up the beauty of estate churches. We want to create an Advent Calendar featuring different estates for each day. If you want to take part email christinem@cofebirmingham.com with a photo from your estate or church, the name & town of your estate for #EstatesatAdvent If you…

  • Ken Leech Memorial Lecture: The Eye of the Storm

    Ken Leech Memorial Lecture 2020 – “Learning from Ken: how to breathe in the tempest “ About this Event Ken Leech Memorial Lecture 2020 will be given by the Right Reverend Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool, on Tuesday 3rd November 2020, at 7.30. Paul Bayes has been the Bishop of Liverpool since 2014. His ministry…