ETC 2024: GENTLENESS

This conference is for women training for ordained ministry, focusing on the theme of "Gentleness".

Tickets are £25 and include lunch, refreshments, and a gift bag.

EARY BIRDS pay £20 - book before 5th August!

** We will have the whole venue to ourselves :-D **

The website to look at is here:

https://bandiquakers.org.uk/

Outline of the Event

10am - 10:30am : Arrivals

10:30 am - Worship

11:00 - Revd. Eucharia - "Applying for jobs under the guidance of the Holy Spirit"

11:30 - Amy Taylor - "Cultivating Gentleness in our Lives and Ministries"

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Revd. Ruth Greenaway-Robbins - “Self-Compassion : Creating gentle boundaries as a Christian Minister"

1:30pm Speaker 4 - TBC Soon

2:00pm Refreshments & time to chat / use prayer spaces

3pm Revd. Canon Liz Shercliff

4pm Gather to Pray

4:30pm Depart

** Please let us know of any accessibility requirements, and any dietary needs ASAP.

Informations about ACCESS, PARKING, TRAINS, and BUSES: https://bandiquakers.org.uk/find-us/

Hi 👋🏾 I am Rev’d Eucharia Asiegbu, a final year Curate at St John the Evangelist Church, Sidcup with All Saints Foots Cray. Prior to my ordained ministry, I have worked as a Senior Sales Executive, a Full Time Mum, a Child Care Provider, and an Entrepreneur. I have also volunteered as a School Governor, A Panel Member for School Admission and Exclusion Appeals Hearing and a Safeguarding Champion, among others roles.

I am married with Children and I enjoy singing and a taking reflective walks.

The title of my talk is: Applying for jobs under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

I will be focusing on prayerfully and patiently discerning God’s will when searching for posts and trusting God’s guidance. My Bible reference text is “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29: 11-13)

Hello I am Amy Taylor, a Second Year Ordinand at St. Stephen’s House in Oxford and from the

Diocese of Chelmsford. I am a former Secondary School Teacher and Senior Leader who took a

career-break to travel and improve my Spanish but never went back to teaching, using the time to

listen to the “still small voice” of God and pursue my calling to ordained ministry.

I will be speaking about what scripture teaches us about gentleness and, starting with Elijah, find

some lessons that the Bible has for us about how to cultivate gentleness in our own life and

ministry.

“Self-Compassion : Creating gentle boundaries as a Christian Minister

We are called as a Christian minister’s to be Servants, what can be incredibly hard is to draw appropriate boundaries of self-care and gentle compassion toward oneself, especially when we are faced with ministering in a Church that has many demands and needs. But without appropriate boundaries we can all to easily burn-out. Through Mindful Self-Compassion, Ruth explores how we can use this gentle and courageous practice to treat ourselves with the same kindness and understanding that you would offer a friend or a parishioner in times of struggle or self-doubt. The practice encourages new patterns of care toward oneself when we are struggling with feelings of inadequacy, or when we have made mistakes, in supportive and nurturing ways. Ruth, explores how this mindful practice is deeply rooted in the life and ministry of Jesus and how in much of his teaching he encourages us into a tri-fold relationship of love for God, Neighbour, and Self. “

Ruth is a curate in Llandaff diocese, in the Church in Wales. Before ministry Ruth was a professional musician and educator. Ruth has a passion for well-ness and well-being, and is an advocate for mental well-being, seeing it as a deeply attractive asset to the Church’s offering. She has offered workshops to teachers and ministers in using the practice of Self-Compassion in the vocational life.

Ruth lives in Wales with her husband a psychotherapist and priest, and has two almost grown up children, and two rescue Dogs; Alma and Lukie.

Revd. Ruth Greenaway-Robbins

Curate in North Cardiff Ministry Area | Diocese of Llandaff | Church in Wales

Liz Shercliff has been a friend of ETC for some time now, and has spoken previously at our conference - once via video during the Covid lockdown. She has written several books for women and women preachers, including Preaching Women, and two volumes of Out of the Shadows. She is on the academic staff of the Luther King Centre in Manchester. Where she leads the Chaplaincy Studies programmes and teaches biblical studies, ethics and leadership.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Brentford and Isleworth Quaker Meeting House, Quakers Lane, Isleworth, United Kingdom