Welcome to the Support page of Growing Disciples – Going Deeper.
If your church feels in need of extra support, whether in terms of ‘getting started’ or you need encouragement in relation to a specific problem, the Congregational Federation offers the following options -
1. Contact the Growing Disciples co-ordinator by email – growingdisciples@googlemail.com – or the Training Office of the Congregational Federation (training@congregational.org.uk)
2. Contact one of the Growing Disciples ‘Advocates’ – they are volunteers in each Area who are happy to help your church think how best to use Growing Disciples, to offer advice and encouragement (we expect this pool of advocates to grow, so watch this space …):
- CF in Scotland … Susan Durham (Lloyd Morris Congregational Church, Glasgow) … email: sdurham@totalise.co.uk
- CF in Scotland … Ivy Barclay … email: ivy.barclay@btopenworld.com
- CF in Wales … Jill Stephens … email: JillRStephens@aol.com
- Eastern Area … Emma Haggar … email: emmahaggar@btinternet.com
- Eastern Area … Jenny Haggar … email: jennyhaggar@btinternet.com
- East Midlands Area … Maureen Ashdown … email: maureenashdown@hotmail.com (or 0115 925 0797)
- North East Area … Liz Maitland (Harden Congregational Church) … email: maitland189@btinternet.com
- North West Area … Edmonde Openshaw (Chinley Chapel, Derbyshire) … email: edmonde@btopenworld.com
- North West Area … Linda Stevenson (Lees Street Congregational Church, Manchester) … email: loopystevenson@yahoo.co.uk
- North West Midlands Area … Rachel Billington (King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme) … email: rachel@picl.uk.com (or 07545 697638)
- South East Area … John Taylor (Penge) … email: minister@pengecongregationalchurch.com
- South East Area … Pam Owen (Penge) … email: secretary@pengecongregationalchurch.com (or 020 8659 2010)
- South West Area … Sandra and John Turner … email: sturner158@btinternet.com (or 01202 822133)
- South West Area … Jill Stephens … email: JillRStephens@aol.com
- South West Midlands Area … Barbara Bridges (Church Support Worker) … email: churchsupportswmids@hotmail.co.uk (or 01608 651946)
- South West Midlands Area … Richard Cleaves (Highbury Congregational Church, Cheltenham) … email: richard.cleaves@highburychurch.co.uk
3. Contact one of the following churches, which already have some experience of the Growing Disciples programme – particularly one local to you – to see if they can encourage or help you (their contact details are on the Congregational Federation website – see the Links):
- in CF in Scotland … Musselburgh
- in CF in Wales … Tabernacle in Haverfordwest
- in the South-West Midlands Area … Highbury Congregational Church in Cheltenham
- in the North-West Midlands Area … King Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme
- in the North-West Area … Chinley Chapel in Derbyshire
- in the North-West Area … Lees Street Congregational Church in Manchester
- in the North-East Area … Exchange Street in Driffield
Hopefully one of these options will suit your church’s needs – we certainly will try to help if at all possible.
4. Here is a list of who devised each Growing Disciples session, if you need any specific help -
- Click here: Contributors
