Posted Wednesday 18 June 2008
The Education Action Network has had an extremely busy year, reports convenor .
Journey in Faith Units 1 and 2 have been presented in Hamilton and Paisley, and Unit 1 in Dalbeattie. Unit 3 has been running in Ayr and Paisley, with Unit 4 due to start in September.
These last units cover The Bible: Contextual Bible Study, Matthew, and Paul’s letters, and all the Sacraments, Prayer in Monastic and daily life, in Scripture and tradition, Liturgy and Worship, and Lay Participation and Authorisation.
Some of these aspects of our faith were lightly covered in Units 1 and 2 but Units 3 and 4 explore these subjects far more deeply.
We are indebted to our tutors who have all tackled the tasks with enthusiasm. As we plan to introduce Units 1 and 2 to new areas we hope they will continue to work alongside us.
Our thanks also go to the churches who host these evenings for Education Action and to the facilitators who make the evenings run smoothly.
The Bishop’s Certificate was presented to those who completed Units 1 and 2 this year at a Eucharist at Holy Trinity and St. Barnabas in Paisley, followed by a buffet lunch. Certificates for Units 3 and 4 will be awarded in October.
Although much of this report has been concerned with Journey in Faith, we do have other resources to offer parishes in the way of training for Intercessors, Readers, Eucharistic assistants, and worship leaders. If you need our help, please get in touch.
We did send out a questionnaire in 2006 for ideas for workshops and we are still working through this list. However, if you have any suggestions for a workshop, we would gladly consider them.
We held a workshop on Conflict Resolution recently. Unfortunately it clashed with other events on the day so the attendance was not good. However, it was an excellent day and the foundations have been laid to have this day again.
We are planning a day on Eco-congregations and the work of the Church in Society but again the date is proving difficult – so watch this space!
I have thanked our tutors, our host churches and facilitators and it would be very remiss if I forgot to thank the members of Education Action.
We all work very well together and with our busy schedule this is essential. Thank you for your sustained hard work and support.
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