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Hosts sought for Convocation 2012 ... and plans for Convocation Retreat 2013
Plans are underway for our annual Convocation Gathering in each of the next two years. The original plan for 2012 has been deferred to 2013 so that everyone can be well prepared.
As a result there is an invitation to all ministers to step forward as the hosting team for Convocation 2012. This is likely to be a one-day or two-day event at a non-residential location chosen by the hosting team. The host group arrange the programme within the convocation guidelines. Bookings are handled by Lindsay. Would you like Convocation to be held near you? If so, please get in touch with proposals for your hosting team.
In 2013, Revs Charles Kemp and Sue Minns are hosting Convocation with a difference. This will be a fully-residential event for 75 ministers and students at Gaunts House in Dorset on 17-19 May 2013. Our exclusive use of beautiful Gaunts House will enable this gathering to be more of a retreat together, with opportunities for shared worship and practice. Make a note of the dates. The cost will include all accommodation and food.
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Other news  Singing the Cycle of our Lives is a new song-learning CD created by Rev Natasha Hood and others, with interfaith ministers and celebrants in mind. There are 45 songs and chants on this double-CD celebrating all the major life transitions from birth to death. The cost is £16 and you can order online.
Correction: the date of Rev Carole Warren's Focus on Funerals workshop is 15 October in Hertfordshire.
Rev Noel Lockyer-Stevens welcomes your support for a fund-raising challenge for the charity Spirit of Peace. In October, he is trekking to the Everest Base Camp and hopes to raise £5,000. On arrival, he plans to say words for peace around the world and invites your prayers which he will carry and make into a traditional prayer flag.
Rev Rebecca D'Arcy has contributed a topical Lammas reading to the online Resource Library (IMA login required to prevent mis-use).
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