CLASP

The County Ecumenical Body for Staffordshire and the Potteries

  • Ecumenical Mission Officer (CLASP)
  • 52 South Avenue
  • Chellaston
  • Derby
  • DE73 6RS

01332705078
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WEST MIDLANDS CHURCHES' FORUM

c/o Birmingham Churches Together
St George's Community Hub, Great Hampton Row, Newtown, Birmingham B19 3JG
Telephone: 0121 236 3966 email: office@wmchurches.org.uk

The WMCF meets regularly and draws together regional representatives from all over the West Midlands Region.

At its last meeting in January at St Paul's Church, The Crossing, Darwell Street, Walsall, this was their programme:

Mission in Disadvantaged Communities

PART ONE: Exploring the context & setting the scene

Stories: Part one -  the context we are living/working in

  • case study  1
  • case study 2
  • case study 3

Groups (groups of 2-3)

  • Sharing from our own experiences: what does poverty & disadvantage mean in our different contexts

Plenary

  • Identifying the challenges/issues of poverty

PART TWO: Responding to disadvantage

Stories: Part Two -  sharing how needs and challenges are being responded to?

  •  case study  1
  • case study   2
  • case study   3

Group: (groups of 6)

Sharing experiences, models, ideas & resources etc....

Feedback to wider group -  mapping exercise & flip chart

Reflection, summary and closing prayer

Opportunity to network over lunch

 
These meetings are generally made open to all interested parties -: watch out for news of the next one
 
Revd Bill Anderson, Chair of WMRCF and Chair of the Birmingham District of the Methodist Church
Revd Colin Marsh, Secretary, WMRCF
telephone: 0121 236 3966; email: office@wmchurches.org.uk