The Crucible Course and the Methodist Church’s Church at the Margins project are partnering together to offer an online module - 'On the Edge'

We need to pay particular attention to the margins, because we serve a God who frequently does new things there:

• On the margins of society among the poor and disenfranchised.
• At the margins of culture, where creative thinking explores new possibilities.
• On the margins of the familiar, the spaces all around us, neglected or ignored, but full of potential.

6 Thursdays 7-9pm 

18 January, 25 January, 1 February, 8 February, break, 22 February, 29 February.

The course module will run over 6 evenings from 7.00 until 9.00pm. A team of experienced trainers will deliver the sessions, which will be interactive.

Bursaries & Discounts

The cost is £80 per person. 
Methodist Church delegates can access bursary funds by emailing attwoode@methodistchurch.org.uk for a code.

Urban Expression delegates may be able to access bursaries by emailing admin@urbanexpression.org.uk.

Community of Practice

To accompany the Crucible Course, partners Urban Life are hosting a community of practice for those who have participated in the On the Edge module.  Please select the ticket for either a self-funded or a sponsored place.

Urban Life offer online Communities of Practice to accompany those engaged in mission in marginal contexts. The sessions aren’t about ‘experts’ presenting material or content. Rather, it is a mutual and collaborative learning environment where questions emerge from the participants as they discern wisdom together.

We began online Communities of Practice in 2021 as a response to the changes in working accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. We quickly found that a diverse group gathering monthly via Zoom could provide a creative and companionable space to reflect on our mission practice and be transformed together.

Group members described the impact their experience in CoP has had on them and their ministry:

“A lot! Made me more open, more authentic, more adventurous and more expectant. Opened my eyes. Made me more content in who I am.”

“Encouraged me to carry on!”

“It makes me reflect more on who I am, rather than what I do.”

“Realising that I am not alone in facing some of the issues of modern day ministry”