Conference Programme

Tuesday 11th to Thursday 13th July, 2017

Harper Adams University

Newport

Shropshire

Stewardship Network Conference 2017

Engage Equip Exchange

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Welcome to Harper Adams College for what, we hope, will be a productive time of professional development, networking, worship and fellowship. If you have any questions during the conference, please contact one of the national team: John Preston, Eleanor Stead or Esther Stewart.

Conference Information

Breakfast is available in the conference dining room each morning.Wednesday 7.45- 9am and Thursday 8- 9am.

There is a cash machine on campus which does not charge.

You will need to check out of your rooms by 9:30am on the Friday morning.

Please take time to browse exhibition stands, and chat to exhibitors, many of whom are joining us as delegates. We are grateful to all of our sponsors and exhibitors for their support.

Please would you complete a conference feedback form and return it to us - your feedback is helpful in shaping future years’ conferences.

There is a small shop on campus in the Faccenda building. This is open during the mornings only.

Please check the conference noticeboard in the reception area regularly. Notes for planning team members can be left there.

The offering at the conference eucharist will go the work of Christians Against Poverty. Your pack includes a Gift Aid envelope.

If you want to share a taxi to return to Stafford or Telford stations at the end of the conference there is a sign up sheet at conference reception. We will book these for you. This also has local taxi numbers for you to call if need a taxi at a different time.

Free Wi-fi is available. To connect to the guest network, select “hawlan” from the list of available wireless networks. Open a web browser and attempt to access an internet site. You will be redirected to a registration page. Please select “Guests WITH an Account”. User: church of englandPassword: church of england

Once you have entered the user name and password, select “Download” (no software is downloaded or run for guest users) which will take you to the registration page. Please enter the requested details on the form and then select “Continue”.

If you encounter difficulties accessing websites on completing this last stage please restart your web browser. If you still encounter a problem please briefly turn your wifi off and then back on which will clear the connection and allow it to connect correctly.

Breakfast

Cash Machine

Check out

Exhibition

Feedback

Newspapers/Shop

Noticeboard

Offering

Taxis

Wi-fi

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Car Park

HarrisCar Park

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Soil HallCar Park

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QMHCar Park

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Arriva Bus 519

AEICCar Park

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Weston Car Park

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QMHCar Park

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HarrisOverflow

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Car Park

FARMRestricted Access

No Parking

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HALLS OF RESIDENCE

Princess Royal

Leverhulme & Jerman

Harris

Ward

Gloucester

Bradford

Boughey

Darby, Jebb, Silcock & Darwin

Flatt Road, Newtown & Poultry Drive

MAIN BUILDINGS/TEACHING

Main Building (Reception)

Aspire Centre (Short Courses & Conferences Reception)

North West Building

Skills Training Centre

Regional Food Academy

The Weston Building

Postgraduate & Professional Development Centre

Jubilee Adams

Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre

Applied Engineering Facilities

Princess Margaret Building - Science Laboratories

Elizabeth Creak Laboratories

Foulkes Crowther Building(TG/ TF)

Bamford Library and Engineering Design Centre

Faccenda (Student Centre)

Queen Mother Hall (QMH)

Veterinary Services Centre

Jean Jackson EntomologyBuilding

Companion Animal House

Anatomy Teaching Laboratory

A-Block Teaching Rooms

B-Block Teaching Rooms

Frank Parkinson Farm Education Centre / Frontier Crops Centre

SPORTS AND LEISURE

All-weather Sports Pitch

Main Rugby Pitch

Rugby/Gaelic Football Pitch

Rugby/Training Pitch

Harris Football Pitch

Barnyard Football Pitches

Main Bar and Welly Inn

Sports Hall

Multi-gym

Squash Courts

Outdoor Swimming Pool

Multi-use Games Area MUGA

Cricket Pitch

Bowling Green

FARM

Farm Seminar Room

Pig Unit

Beef and Sheep Unit

Dairy Calf Hutches

Farm Records and Information

Dairy Unit

Youngstock Building

Agri-EPI Precision Dairy

Commercial Poultry

OTHER FACILITIES

Poultry Research

C-Block (Linden Hall GP Surgery)

D-Block

Crop & Environment Research Centre (CERC) / Jean Jackson Glasshouse

Estates Department

Laundry Building

Porters’ Lodge

Energy Centre, Biomass Boiler and CHP

Off-Road Demonstration Track

Dairy Crest Innovation Centre

Agri-Tech Innovation Hub

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PARKING ZONES

Staff and visitors

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Car share (staff and students)

Postgraduates and visitors

Purple zone

Overflow (any valid permit)

MAP OF HARPER ADAMS SITE

The key places you need are:22 Foulkes Crowther Building. Conference reception and all sessions will take place in this building. 8 All conference bedrooms have been allocated in Darwin B and Darby

SOIL HALL Car Park is the recommended car park, closest to accommodation and to the conference sessions.25 Queen Mother Hall – where meals and receptions will be held in the new Conference Dining Room as indicated located off the main dining room.39 The Bar - open in the evenings. An extension to midnight has been requested.

Sports facilities are available:43 Outdoor swimming pool (free to use but delegates must sign disclaimer paperwork to gain user code)42 Squash Courts (charge)44 Tennis courts (free for delegate use)

Thank youWe’re grateful to all of our Conference sponsors and exhibitors for their support. As has been the trend in past years, it’s good to welcome many of them as delegates which gives increased opportunity for conversation with them.

We’re particularly grateful to Stewardship, who are our major sponsors this year.

Stewardship’s mission is to support a community of generous givers – people passionate about resourcing the Kingdom and making an impact. They envision a thriving UK church, abundantly resourcing the global work of the Kingdom of God.

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Arrival and Registration.

New Advisor Introduction in the Chapel on the first floor

Lunch in the Conference Dining Room in the Faccenda building.

Welcome and Opening Worship in the Lecture Theatre. All of the conference sessions will take place in the Foulkes Crowther Building where conference registration took place.

Plenary Session in the Lecture Theatre.

Coffee and Tea will be available in the Reception area.

Plenary Session in the Lecture Theatre

Evening Worship in the Chapel led by Gabby Parikh and Gordon Randall.

Tuesday July 11th

noon onwards12.15pm

1pm

2pm

2:20pm to 3:10pm

3:15pm

3:45pm

5pm

Responding to Debt and Exclusion with Dr Andrew Orton This presentation will explore how Christians are responding to debt and financial exclusion in local communities, drawing particularly on interactive research funded by the Leech Research Fellowship between 2014-16 with churches and Christian charities across the North East of England and London. It will particularly consider ways that Christians can reflect theologically on money and debt, and how this might affect stewardship practices within the church as well as Christians’ wider social engagement on these issues. Andrew will distribute copies of his Money Talks Guide, but you can also access this at: bit.ly/Money-Talks-Guide In addition, the research report from the project is available at: bit.ly/Money-Talks

Dr Andrew Orton is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University, with experience of researching and working with churches, charities, national governmental and international organisations on issues related to faith, diversity and social action. He is also a Methodist, with experience of being Circuit Steward responsible for a group of local churches, so appreciates the joys and challenges this can bring!

Case Study: A local CAP Debt Centre with Jane PrestonThe session starts with a short presentation on the work of the Telford CAP debt centre – providing an illustration of the practical issues and benefits of practical local church engagement.

Jane Preston has been manager of the Telford CAP debt centre since its launch in October 2015 and leads a team of 30 volunteers from 10 churches.

Wednesday July 12th

Free time until7:00pm

8:00pm

7.45 to 9am

8:45am

9:15 to 10:00am

10:00 to 10:45am

Wine Reception in the Conference Dining Room.We are grateful to Kingdom Bank for sponsoring tonight’s reception.

Dinner in the Conference Dining Room Wine is not included in this meal, but a cash bar will be available in the dining room.

The Bar will be available after dinner. (The Welly Inn is no 39 on the map)

Breakfast in the Conference Dining Room

Morning Worship in the Chapel led by Claire Bampton and Hannah Silcock.

Plenary Session in the Lecture Theatre

Plenary Session in Room A.

Working with Treasurers led by Robert Scott-Biggs This session will explore the church treasurers’ role and function and how that should relate to others involved in administering and resourcing the Church at both local and diocesan level.

Robert is a founder member of the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers in 1998 (current membership 17,847) and is currently Development Advisor. He is a Chartered Company Secretary with an M.A. in Theology from Durham University whose 40 year career has spanned banking, construction and higher education sectors, including consultancy specialising in change-management and the implementation of risk management strategies.

A Journey of Generosity with Lee Behar and Gordon Randall.A Journey Of Generosity is a gathering that enables givers to explore God’s Word, watch stories of other inspirational givers, enjoy meals together, and ask God’s Spirit to show us how to use the money that He’s entrusted to us. Following last year’s conference, we’re exploring how this might work for the C of E.

Lee served as the Chief Operating Officer of Generous Giving before joining the staff of Generosity Path in 2015. Lee also serves at the Maclellan Foundation, which he joined in May, 2006. Gordon is Stewardship Advisor for the Diocese of Winchester, and chairs the Legacy Good Practice Group. He is also a Trustee of the Parish Giving Scheme.

Legacies with Nichola Sims, Training Manager at the Institute of Legacy Managment Nichola Sims has been the Training Manager at the Institute of Legacy Management since 2005, having worked in the charity sector since 1993. She was a member of the legacy administration teams at The Salvation Army, NSPCC and Diabetes UK, and provided consultancy service for numerous other charities such as Save the Children UK, Dogs Trust, Barnardo’s and Children’s Hospice South West. Nichola has a passion for ensuring that every charitable legacy achieves its greatest potential, honouring the wishes of the donor and helping the charity meet the needs of those it serves. She is married with two children, is a member of Leigh-on-Sea Salvation Army, and adores coffee and chocolate in equal measure!

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11:15 to 11:30

11:30 to 11:45am

11:45 to 12:30

12:30pm

1:30pm to 2:20pm

Briefing in the Lecture Theatre.

Soapbox – a chance to share resources.

Plenary Session in the Lecture Theatre.

Lunch in the Conference Dining Room in the Faccenda building.

Streamed Session

“Generosity and Grace from Luke” with Bishop David WilliamsThis talk will cover three elements, with Bishop David bringing us the fourth and final element during the conference eucharist:1. Generosity and Grace. Luke 18:9-172. Generosity and Relationships. Luke 17:3-103. Generosity and Hospitality. Luke 14:7-24

Bishop David is Bishop of Basingstoke and Chair of the National Stewardship Committee. Before his consecration in 2014, he was vicar of Christ Church, Winchester.

A. Porcupines in the Parish with Jonathan Farnhill in Room AThis session will canter through some of the insights into giving that are in “The Porcupine Principle (and other fundraising secrets)”, a book published by the Directory of Social Change. We will look at how to inspire generosity, and how we can communicate persuasively and positively in order to do this.

Jonathan Farnhill has recently started as Generous Giving Adviser in the Diocese of Oxford and has worked in fundraising and leadership roles in charities for over 25 years. He has given talks and presentations on giving in the UK and abroad following the publication of “The Porcupine Principle”. Further information at www.farnhill.org.uk.

B. Developing Giving Leaflets – a working session in Room BThis is a practical session to develop new leaflets for congregational use. It is intended that these might be used alongside a parish booklet produced for a giving review, or in a stand alone capacity to accompany a talk or light-touch annual review. We will consider what parishes find most helpful and give some thought to developing leaflets that ultimately would be available for order through the Parish Resources website.

Parish Buying with Rob KissickA short briefing on developments with Procurement within the Church of England, especially in relation to Parish Buying. Rob is one of our National Procurement Officers, and is also CEO of 2buy2.com Limited .

Briefing in Room A.

Plenary Session in the Room A.

Coffee and Tea will be available in the Conference Reception area.

Conference Eucharist in the Chapel. Bishop David will preach on “Generosity and Ministry” (Luke 9:49-10:2) and preside. The offering will go to the work of Christians Against Poverty.

Pimms Reception in the Faccenda Reception area or outside if sunny.

We are grateful to Fund Filer for sponsoring this reception.

Conference Dinner in the Conference Dining Room.

Followed by a very special edition of “Would I lie to you?”The Bar will be available throughout.

What kind of leaders are we? with Alison MaddocksAlison moved to Worcester Diocese in January 2017 to take up a full time role as Stewardship Officer. Prior to this she was a half-time Parish Priest and half Diocesan Leadership Officer in Derby Diocese for nearly six years. Her early career was spent working in Nottingham for Boots in Marketing and New Product Development before ending up in Personnel in a role as Career Development Manager for High Fliers. Having left the company to train for ordination, she did a conventional parish curacy followed by a time spent in full time workplace chaplaincy before moving to Derby.

Alison is thoroughly enjoying the Stewardship work for the way it brings together strands of discipleship and vocation, facilitation and leadership.

2:30 to 2:45pm

2:50 to 3:45pm

3:45pm

4:15pm

Free time until

7.00pm

7.30pm

The Parish Giving Scheme with Eleanor SteadThis session will provide a short update on recent and planned developments with the Parish Giving Scheme. In June over 21,000 donations were processed for over 1100 parishes across 18 dioceses.

Eleanor is National Legacy and Funding Officer, and is spending two days each week covering Helen Richardson’s maternity leave as CEO of the Parish Giving Scheme.

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Conference Closing and Final Worship in the Chapel.

A Buffet lunch is available in Conference Reception Area

A final session for New Advisors in Room B.

Thursday July 13th

8:00am to 9:00am

9:00am

9:40 - 10:25am

10:30 – 11:10am

11:10 to 11:40am

11:40 – 12:30pm

Breakfast in the Conference Dining Room

Morning Worship & Thought for the Day in the Chapel. This will be led by Steve Cumberland and Charles Adams

Choice of Streamed Sessions

Plenary Session in the Lecture Theatre.

Coffee and Tea will be available in the Reception area.

Plenary Session in Room A.

Please leave your room keys in the box at Conference Reception by 9:30am.

A. Still Giving in Grace with Steve Pierce in Room B. Steve presents an update on Giving in Grace, helping advisors use the tool effectively with parishes.

Rev Steve Pierce is director of Learning and Stewardship with the diocese of Liverpool and co-author of Your Money and Your Life. He was one of the original authors of Giving in Grace back in 2005.

B. Mind your language! With Tom Brazier in Room AHave you ever noticed that we shoot ourselves in the foot with the language we use about Christian giving? Hopefully after this session you will notice it regularly and annoy people just as much as Tom does when he points it out. In love, of course!

Tom Brazier is a software engineer turned vicar, a husband and a dad. Tom has a passion for stewardship which has resulted in him being one of the shadowy figures in the background behind Durham Diocese’s Generous Giving Project.

HLF Support for Churches with Adam Tyson.Adam is a policy adviser and programme manager in the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) Historic Environment team, his policy work covers places of worship; industrial, maritime and transport heritage; and war memorials. He is also responsible for the management of HLF’s Grants for Places of Worship programme. Adam previously held roles in HLF’s London grants team and Historic England’s South West regional office.

12.30pm

12.45pm

Conference Closes

1.15-2pm

Digital Giving Our final session is another practical work session. We will share the national strategy for Digital giving – which identifies three key priorities to enable digital routes to secure regular and one-off giving, and also enable churches to receive payments and gifts by card.

This section will include a number of shorter contributions as well as discussion around tables and Q&A.

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Wednesday July 12th Thursday July 13th

8am Breakfast BreakfastNew Conference Dining Room New Conference Dining Room

8:30am Please leave keys at Conf Reception.Morning Worship & Reflection 2 8:45am

9am Chapel Morning Worship & Reflection 9am Session 3 : (9:15am to 10:00am) Chapel

9:30am Plenary Session: Robert Scott-Biggs Session 9: (9:40am to 10:25am)a Tom Brazier (Room A)

10am Session 4 : (10:00am to 10:45am) b. Steve Pierce (Room B)Plenary Session: Lee Behar / Gordon Randall Session 10: (10:25am to 11:10am)

10:30am Plenary Session: Adam Tyson (LT)Tea & Coffee (10:45 to 11:15)

11am Tea & Coffee (11:10 to 11:40)11:15 to 11:30: PGS Briefing - Eleanor Stead

11:30am Session 5: 11:30 to 11:45 Soapbox: Rapid Session 11 : (11:40am to 12:20pm)sharing of resources and materials Plenary Session: Digital Strategy (Room A)

12 noon New Advisors Intro Session 6: (11:45am to 12:30pm)Arrival and Registration 12:15 - 1pm Plenary Session: +David Williams (LT) Closing Worship (12:20 to 12:45)

12:30am Room B ChapelLunch (12:30 to 1:30) Lunch: 12:45

1pm Lunch (1pm to 2pm) New Conference Dining RoomNew Conference Dining Room New Advisors Session

1:30pm 1:15 - 2:00pmSession 7: (1:30pm - 2:20pm) Room B

2pm Introduction and Opening Worship a Jonathan Farnhill (Room A)(LT) b. Developing leaflets (Room B)

2:30pm Session 1: (2:20pm to 3:10pm) 2:30 to 2:45: Briefing on Parish Buying (A)Plenary: Nicola Sims (LT) Session 8: (2:45pm - 3:30pm) Room A

3pm Plenary Session: Alison MaddocksTea & Coffee (3:15 to 3:45)

3:30pm Tea & CoffeeSession 2: (3:45pm to 5:00pm)

4pm Plenary: Andrew Orton (LT) Conference Eucharist +David to preach and preside.

4:30pm Case Study: CAP Debt Centre ChapelPlenary: Jane Preston

5pmEvening Prayer & Reflection 1 5pm to 5:30pm

5:30pm Chapel Free TimeFree Time

6pm

6:30pm Reception

7pm Reception Conference DinnerOutside New Conference Dining Room Conference Dining Room

7:30pm DinnerNew Conference Dining Room

8pm

8:30pm Would I lie to you

9pm Bar Available: Welly Inn

9:30pm Bar Available

10pm

2017 Conference: Harper Adams

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Notes2017 Conference: Harper Adams