NEWS
Funding the future with the Student Christian Movement - apply here!
The Student Christian Movement are seeking a Trust and Grants Fundraiser. You can see the full details of the vacancy HERE.
Could this be the job for you? Anyone in your network who might have the gifts and skills for this role? Feel free to share this vacancy.
Are you an experienced trust fundraiser? Do you have a ‘can do’ attitude and communication skills? Do you share our vision of a vibrant and growing student-led movement committed to deepening faith, seeking justice, celebrating diversity and working for Christian unity?
Closing date - 24th Sept - for full details see HERE.
Every blessing from the Education Team at FCG, as SCM seek to appoint the right person for this role.
Recruiting now! Student Christian Movement in Scotland
The Student Christian Movement are seeking a Regional Development Worker for Scotland. You can see the full details of the vacancy HERE.
Could this be the job for you?
Anyone in your network who might have the gifts and skills for this role?
Are you passionate about helping young people deepen their faith?
Closing date - 17th Sept - for full details see HERE.
Every blessing from the Education Team at FCG, as SCM seek to appoint the right person for this role.
Pray for Schools - new website launched!
The Free Churches Group have been working with Pray for Schools for many years, and so it is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of Pray for Schools' new website - it's fantastic!
It's full of inspiring ideas, testimonies, resources and ways to get involved.
Their mission: that every school in the UK is a prayed-for school.
So, check out their exciting new website and discover how you and your church can…
- Strengthen links with your local schools
- Engage in prayer for the children, staff and young people in the schools near you
Engaging with the Issues
A series of Round Table Discussions on topics that are engaging the hearts and minds of the Community, the churches, local and national government at Free Church House, 27 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HH.
Spiritual Care in Community Health Care Settings – Community Chaplaincy
Thursday 4th October 2018 & Tuesday 5th February 2019
For those who connected with a faith community there is both social and spiritual support. For those who aren’t where is their spiritual support in times of health care crisis? This day will be based on the shared experience of individuals working in Community Health Care Chaplaincy and will enable participants to build their plan to make a difference in their community.
Dementia – caring for the carers as well as those who have dementia
Wednesday 3rd April 2019
The rate of increase in the incidence of dementia means that everyone knows someone who has dementia or who is caring for someone with dementia. This day will enable churches and individuals to learn from others in looking at opportunities to these needs in the local community.
Dying Matters
Thursday 29th November 2018
It’s a certainty – we will all die. This day will enable participants to explore the contemporary aspects of death and dying and look at ways to provide safe spaces when matter of death and dying may be explored. Ways of meeting the spiritual needs of those who are dying and their families will also be discussed.
Each day will begin with coffee/ tea and registration at 10.30 with a formal start at 11am and finish at approx. 3.30pm, lunch and refreshments will be provided.
The cost is £10 for each day and you are advised to book early as places are limited.
Please contact Thandar Tun (thandar.tun@freechurches.org.uk) with any questions.
This information is accessible to download here.
To book please complete and return the booking form.
A prayer for guidance in education...
Let us pray.... Loving God, We pray for all those who are seeking vocational guidance at this time in the academic year. We pray for all of those who are awaiting GCSE and A Level exam results or the outcomes of vocational course diplomas and exams...
We pray for all those who are in the sixth form and FE who are visiting open days at Universities and planning the next steps in their vocational education.
Praying for those working in careers guidance and teaching and learning support.
We pray for all young people who are considering taking their first steps into work.
We pray for all adults who have been engaged in further and higher education who are planning to return to work after career breaks, spells of unemployment or raising a family.
May God uphold and direct those in need of support and direction. May the paths be clear and the purpose be steady.
'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and He shall direct your paths' Proverbs 3:5-6.
In Jesus' name, we pray.
Amen