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Prayer Spaces in Schools - free training sessions
Prayer Spaces in Schools
The Free Churches Group are actively involved with the Pray for Schools network.
Prayers Spaces in Schools are part of this exciting work.
For anyone in the North East who is interested in learning how to create a prayer space with schools in their area. There are Prayer Spaces training sessions in Durham on the morning and afternoon of 29th June.
For further information and to book a place, please visit their website: http://www.prayerspacesinschools.com/events/56
Welcome!
Sarah Lane Cawte, FCG Education Officer (left), pictured here with Revd Joy Langford, at the recent Congregational Federation National Assembly in Swansea
The Free Church Education Committee are pleased to welcome Revd Joy Langford to join their work.
Revd Langford is a Minister with the Congregational Federation and currently serves congregations in Nottingham City and Markfield in Leicestershire. She is also a tutor for the Congregational Institute for Practical Theology for modules in Christian service and leadership.
The Committee are looking forward to working with Joy.
Prayer for those sitting GCSE exams this year
A prayer for exam time
Let us pray.
Loving God, we ask to bless and uphold all those who are preparing for and sitting GCSE exams this year.
We ask that you give them courage and wisdom in their endeavours.
We pray that you will sustain their teachers and exam invigilators in supporting the students and conducting the exams with integrity and diligence.
Living God, we know that this can be a time of stress and challenge, so we humbly ask for Christ's peace to prevail for all at this time. We pray that each and every student will be able to perform to the best of his or her ability.
We ask all this in the name of Jesus, our teacher and friend,
Amen
Free Churches and Higher Education
Revd Dr Stephen Heap, Chair of the Free Churches and Higher Education Working Group
In 2014, the Free Churches Group (FCG) with the Free Church Education Committee commissioned a working group to write a report and make recommendations for the work of the Free Churches Group for the arena of Higher Education. A Working Group was established, chaired by Revd Dr Stephen Heap. A Report was written and presented to the FCG Directors in 2015.
In May 2016, a forum was held to discuss issues and actions resulting from the report. An Action Plan has been created, based on the report's Recommendations and the Free Churches Group are fully committed, in partnership with the Working Group, to develop strategies and make progress with the Recommendations.
The Report is entitled Hope in Higher Education -
- a full copy of the report can be downloaded HERE.
Watch this space for further news and ways in which your denomination and local church can get involved with this important work.
For further information, please contact the FCG Education Officer, Sarah Lane Cawte sarah.lane.cawte@freechurches.org.uk
Sara Iles, Education Assistant, 24th May 2017
Free Churches Group submission to Commission on Religious Education
Sarah Lane Cawte, the Free Church Education Officer, attended the second evidence-gathering session of the Commission on Religious Education on 4 May at Birmingham University and spoke on behalf of the Free Churches Group. The Free Church Education Committee has considered its submission carefully and consulted Free Church members with expertise in this area.
The Commission on Religious Education is a high-profile independent Commission with a remit to make recommendations designed to improve the quality and rigour of religious education, and its capacity to prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.
Presentation to the Commission on Religious Education is available to download here.
More information is available on the Commission’s website here.