We need each other - Chelmsford Diocese Estate Network Conference
About this Event
You are invited to our thrid annual conference as a network, where this year we will be exploring the theme 'We need each other.' For everyone ministering on estates and in low income communities across the diocese, this will be a day to share together and encourage one another, leaving with new tools and ideas to make a difference in your neighbourhood.
Expect inspiring teaching, practical wisdom, small group discussions and seminars, panels, prayer and worship and time to share stories with one another. We'll be thinking about growing our network and working together across contexts, working with others on our estates and in our parishes, and how Christ calls us to be peacemakes in the often fragile and fractured places where we are called.
No one is a spectator and everyone has a part to play, so we would love you to sign up and join us at Chelmsford Central Baptist Church on Thursday 18th June 2026, from 10am-3pm. It is free and includes lunch, but booking will help us cater correctly for everyone. And come ready to contribute and take part as well as to receive and grow. Please do share this with others in your church or who you know might like to join us too.
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival and Coffee
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Opening Worship and Talk - We Need Each Other
Info: Sampling the 'Hour of Power' from St Barnabus Walthamstow, and then Dan shares with us about the theme of the conference.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Listening in the Spirit; Our Stories and What we long to see
Info: We listen to God and one another, sharing where we have come from and reflecting on what God might be saying in and through us as we gather. Ensuring that we hear the voice of God and the voices of the margins in all that we are and do.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Making Space for...
Info: How do we make more space in our churches for Those in Recovery, Working Class Men, Migrants and Refugees, Members of the LGBTQI+ Community. Short presentations on each of these followed by Breakout Groups to discuss and apply to our contexts in more detail
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Conversations across Difference
Info: How do we grow conversations in our neighbourhoods, in light of all the polarisation in our countrt at the moment? How do we build bridges and act as peacemakers, what is the church's role in this moment?
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Listening in the Spirit - How do we find our voice?
Info: We continue to listen to God and each other as we reflect on how we speak into our neighbourhoods, our churches and our diocese. How do we offer the voices of those we represent and ensure that the right people have a seat at the table?
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Closing Thoughts and Worship
Where is it happening?
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