Tuesday, 2 June 2009

BCAN 13th June : Church's Response to the Recession

Here is an Overview of the next event

Date: Sat 13th June
Time: 9.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: St Stephen’s Church, 21 St Stephen’s Street Bristol BS1 1EQ
Cost: free
Speaker: Marvin Rees


The event is aimed at faith leaders and activists, those with an expertise and those with a passion coming together to think and pray for plans on how the church in Bristol responds to the recession:

- Pastorally: preparing to meet the pastoral/mental health needs the financial strains will place on individuals, families and communities

- Practically: mobilising the church economy (financial expertise and money) to counter the effects of the recession

- Prophetically: drawing on Biblical insights to critique the prevailing system and ask if there is and if the church should be advocating another way of doing things


Outline of event

9.30am Welcome / Registration

9.50am Introductions

10.00am SETTING THE SCENE

10.15am S1: THE PASTORAL

11.05am Coffee Break

11.20am S2: THE PRACTICAL

12.15pm S3: THE PROPHETIC

1.00pm Plenary – Conclusion & Feedback



Sessions will run something like this:
- 5 min Session Introduction
- 35 mins Discussion Time
- 10 mins Communal Feedback


Download overview of the event:
http://www.bcan.org.uk/downloads/BCAN_13thJune.doc