WMCFEC
The Opportunity and Challenge of Chaplaincy – an online opportunity for young Christians to find out more about opportunities to become involved in/train for chaplaincy.
Contributors include WM FE Chaplaincy Ambassador Nigel Roberts – more details on the Churches Together in England website here. (Photo: CTE)
Festive have produced a new podcast – Beautiful Feet – specially for Christian sixth form/college students. Have a listen here!
We’re really excited to announce a networking event for FE and Sixth Form College chaplains on Wednesday 26th February 2025!
Open to anyone offering chaplaincy or chaplaincy-style support to a FE or Sixth Form College in the wider West Midlands region, whether you’re a new chaplain or more experienced, full time in your college or an occasional visitor.
More details to follow shortly. Contact Nigel Roberts to register your interest.
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WMCFEC’s annual report for 2023-24 is now available to read! Read more about our work with the region’s FE Chaplaincy Ambassador, Further Education Sunday, resources to access, and future plans. Click to download.
Further Education Sunday is back – on 12th May 2024. This year we’re hugely excited to announce that FE Sunday will be the focus for the Church of England’s weekly online service. But whatever your denomination, you can take part using the resources, materials and videos available on our FE Sunday page and at the dedicated FE Sunday website.
If you work in chaplaincy, you’ll be interested to know of a new podcast exploring all things chaplaincy, courtesy of the Free Churches Group – click here for the first episode!
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Further Education Sunday 2023 is coming – on 14 May!
FE Sunday is a great time to pray for your local college and consider how to love and serve it better. Visit our brand new website fe-sunday.uk, developed in partnership with Festive, for videos, downloadable prayer resources and ideas for worship and action. You can also keep up to date on Twitter and tweet what you’re doing for FE Sunday, using the hashtag #FESunday2023
Approaches to Dialogue in Colleges is a free online training event on 18 May 1.30pm.
Award-winning Birmingham-based charity The Feast have huge experience in facilitating grass-roots youth work which brings teenagers together across different faiths and cultures to build friendships, explore faith and change lives. The Feast’s Guidelines for Dialogue are now used in hundreds of schools, youth work and community settings across the country.
This online workshop jointly run by The Feast and FE Chaplaincy Ambassador Nigel Roberts introduces approaches to dialogue in college life, and is suitable for any staff keen to know how to do this better – including student services, tutors and chaplains.
This event is free of charge. To sign up, please contact Nigel Roberts on fechaplaincy[at]saltleytrust.org.uk.
FE Sunday is back on 14 May 2023 – a great opportunity to pray for your local college, its staff and students, and to consider how you could serve your local college better. More details to follow, including a brand new, bespoke FE Sunday website, with new resources, materials and topis for 2023.
Watch this space!
Interested in starting a conversation about the place of religion/belief/worldview in the contemporary world? This collection of short films funded by Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, and featuring public figures from a variety of different faiths/beliefs, may be of interest.