Catalyst Leaders Day 2019

Join us for an inspiring day of worship, encounter with God, stories from around the sphere, prayer and teaching.

The next Catalyst leaders day is taking place on Thursday 24th January 2019. This is a key time together as we head into the new year, looking to the future, praying together for breakthroughs in key areas and seeking God for His direction in all things.

The theme for the day is ‘Thriving in a Post-Christian Culture’. We have a great line up of speakers, each of whom will deliver a TED-style talk, followed by an opportunity for us to apply what we have heard to our own circumstances.

Rachel Gardner - Rachel is a Christian leader, speaker and author. Her books include ‘Beloved’, ‘The Girl-Deconstruction Project’ and ‘The Dating Dilemma’. She is a founding director of the Romance Academy, the Relationship Lead at Youthscape, and is used widely to represent and shape Christian thought in the UK, especially among the post-millennial generation and those who desire to reach them. See a recent interview with Rachel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsFtf2ArHO0.

Steve Whitla - Steve is the owner and founder of Visual Meaning, a specialist consultancy that uses visual language to help people understand anything that’s big, complex, ambiguous or difficult. Steve delivered a TEDx talk on 15/2/17 which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFclNJ--Gs.

Andy McCullough - Andy is a church planter, writer, speaker and teaching pastor at Reading Family Church. Born in Cyprus, he identifies very much with the Middle East where he has successfully started a number of churches. Andy is multicultural and multilingual; he is currently finalizing his Masters Degree in Contextual Theology. He is the author of ‘Global Humility’, a book making the plea for bible-centric, rather than Euro-centric, theology and practice.

Jim Harper - Jim leads the Encounter Congregation of Hope Church, Worcester, which is a part of the Catalyst Network. His initiative works particularly with people who have life-controlling issues. Jim is committed to helping churches understand how they too can become more integrated in their communities, serving the more vulnerable groups who might find existing style of church gatherings intimidating, inaccessible or just plain dull!

Who should attend?

We warmly invite church elders, church staff in leadership roles, potential leaders who would benefit from meeting with others in our network and learning more about the vision of Catalyst.

Lunch and refreshments

Lunch will be provided with soft drinks and/or tea and coffee. Please let us know of any dietary restrictions when booking.

Tea, coffee and pastires will be provided on arrival. Tea and coffee will also be provided during breaks.

Tickets

Please note the early bird prices are only available until midnight on Friday 11th January 2019. Please book as soon as you can. The higher price for late bookings is to cover the additional administration required. Online booking will close on Friday 18th January 2019. On the door tickets may be available but will not include lunch.

Block booking:

You can book up to 10 tickets in a single booking.

You should receive an email confirmation when you book online. Please contact office@catalystnetwork.org if this does not occur as it indicates your booking has not completed. Please also bring this confirmation with you as this will speed up registration.

Accommodation

Bedford has a wide range of hotel accommodation.The website www.booking.com is a useful resource as it contains both large chains and smaller hotels.

Parking

There is a reasonable amount of parking on site, and we have paid for overflow parking, but please car share where possible.

Children

We are unable to provide facilities for childcare at this event.

Accessibility

There is designated disabled parking, lift access and wheel-chair accessible toilet facilities.

Cancellations

Because we have priced the tickets as low as possible, tickets are non-refundable. This is due to the cost of administrating refunds. However, transferring your ticket to another delegate is allowable. Please inform office@catalystnetwork.org of any transfers so we can adjust delegate badges, etc.

Programme

The programme is still being developed but here is a rough guide of timings:

10:00am – 10:30am Arrive, registration and drinks

10:30am – 11:00 am Welcome and worship

11:00 am - 12:30pm Rachel Gardner

12:30pm – 12:45pm Break

12:45 pm – 1:30pm Steve Whitla

1:30 Lunch

2:30pm – 4:00pm Andy McCullough and Jim Harper

4:00pm - departure