Deepen:
in the Word
for the Work
Monday afternoon 19th January
to
Wednesday lunchtime 21st January
Whether you preach regularly or occasionally, whether it’s your “day job” or something you do voluntarily, whether you open up the Bible in the gathered congregation, in a home, in a school, or in another setting, the aim of Deepen is to help and encourage us to “up our game”, and work at our Bible teaching.
A core conviction of Gospel Partnerships across the UK is that the means of gospel ministry is the prayerful teaching of the Bible. It is as the Bible is taught in the power of the Spirit that God’s voice is heard.
We long that, across the region, God’s word might be proclaimed ever more faithfully, engagingly and compellingly, and that “the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honoured”.
For next year’s Deepen conference, we’ve struck an excellent deal with the Queen’s Hotel, Paignton, to provide us with accommodation and meals. And we’re delighted that John Samuel, the FIEC’s area director for Dorset and Hampshire, and a regular contributor to Proclamation Trust conferences, will be joining us as our main speaker.
But it’s not going to be just lectures and more lectures! We’re also looking to split into smaller groups for people with comparable levels of experience, led (sensitively!) by more local folk, so that we can all make progress together, “iron sharpening iron”, in this immensely privileged work of “rightly handling the Word of God” – again, whoever our intended hearers might be.
Here’s the draft programme that might yet need a bit of refinement, but which should give you a general idea of how things are likely to run:
Monday 19th
2.00 Arrive and registration
3:00 – 4:15 Welcome, worship and Exposition 1
4:15 – 4:45 Tea break
4:45 – 5:45 Workshop groups – introductions and prayer
6:30 Dinner
8:00 – 9:00 Tom Brassil and Marc Baker: PGP’s current vision, including thoughts about churches’ mutual support and co-operation in church-planting
Tuesday 20th
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
10:00 – 11:00 Exposition 2
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
11:30 – 12:45 Workshop groups
1:00 Lunch
Free time / walk
3:30 – 4:30 Exposition 3
4:30 – 4:45 Tea break
4:45 – 6:00 Workshop groups
6:30 Dinner
8:00 – 9:00 John Samuel and Philip de Grey-Warter: comparing the evangelical Anglican and the free-church perspectives
Wednesday 21st
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
10:00 -11:00 Exposition 4
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
11:30 – 12:45 Workshop groups
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Depart
Please contact us on peninsulagp@gmail.com to make a provisional booking, or with any questions.
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