Event — 25th April 2023
Ministers’ Summer School 2023: Shapes for Living
Relating, Praying, Working, Playing, Growing

Programme adapted from the themes found in the Diocese of Gloucester Seeking Shapes for Living course
Book in today!
- Where: Nazarene Theological College, Didsbury
- Cost: £60 for meals and full programme; £30 for Wednesday only; £15 for Tuesday or
Thursday only
All accommodation this year is off-site and needs to be booked separately. We hope this gives you the flexibility of price and location.
Local accommodation options to explore:
- Luther King House
- Travelodge Manchester Didsbury (Parrs Wood)
- Britannia Hotel Didsbury
- Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo options locally
- Share accommodation (Airbnb, etc.) with other pastors
- Ask local churches/congregations for spare rooms
Programme Schedule
Tuesday, 30th May
- 3:00pm (Café): Registration and Refreshments
- 4:00pm (Chapel): RELATING — One Body with Many Members
- 6:00pm: Evening Meal
- 7:00pm: PRAYING — Worship
- 8:30pm: PLAYING — Relax in the NTC Café
Wednesday, 31st May
- 9:00am: Breakfast
- 9:30am: PRAYING — Worship
- 10:00am: WORKING — Mapping working lives and ministry lives
- 11:00am: Coffee Break
- 11:45am: WORKING — Mapping working lives and ministry lives
- 1:00pm: Lunch
- 2:00pm: PLAYING — Body, Mind, Spirit
- 2:30pm: PLAYING — Video Games
- 3:30pm: PLAYING — Free Space, Awareness Walk, Youth Club for Adults
- 6:00pm: Evening Meal
- 7:30pm: PRAYING — Worship
- 8:30pm: PLAYING — Relax, Youth Club for Adults
Thursday, 1st June
- 9:00am: Breakfast
- 9:30am: PRAYING — Worship
- 10:00am: GROWING — Roots and Purpose
- 11:00am: Coffee Break
- 11:45am: GROWING — Closing Reflections & Take Away Actions and Resources
- 1:30pm: Lunch
- 2:30pm: Dismiss