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Artists are a huge blessing to our world and they can also be a huge blessing to our churches. Sputnik: Faith & Arts have put together a course for Christians, especially those in church leadership, to think through how our churches can more fruitfully engage with the arts and support artists.
The course is called 'Releasing Artists to Renew Culture'. It will be launched on Monday 29th April as a one-off Zoom event.
Hopefully, you'll go away envisioned and encouraged and, as we pray for artists to be released to renew culture, you may experience artists released who will renew you!

 AI Expert, Professor Alan Brown briefs on his latest thoughts on "Surviving AI". There will be time to breakout and chat and network about all things AI and ask some private questions of our expert hosts.

How can your church get involved in providing much-needed school holiday food and activities?
Members from CUF's Together Network will share their learnings and experiences from a number of successful programmes. Join to talk practically about how this could work with your resources, funding, paperwork, partnerships, planning, as well as be inspired by the impact these programmes are already having for families and communities around the country.

Hosted by Places of Welcome, this session will bring together a space to understand ‘Equality in the community’.
Suitable for churches, other faith groups and community groups, we will thoughtfully consider how we welcome and respond to people with differing experiences and expectations crossing the thresholds of our projects and buildings.

A webinar featuring Dr. Arnon Bentovim, Child and Family Psychiatrist, Visiting Professor Royal Holloway University of London and Jenny Gray OBE, Social Work Consultant and Ex-President of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Children’s services operate as a series of silos e.g., Child Protection, Looked After Children, Youth Offending, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Education, Community Health. Each has their own models of working, assessment, and intervention approaches. How can this be changed?
Sessions:

• The pathways of exposure to adversity and toxic stress leading to social care, offending, mental health, and educational services Arnon Bentovim
• The strengths and limitations of current trauma informed intervention Jenny Gray
• The value of a modular, multifocal, trauma informed common elements approach Jenny Gray & Arnon Bentovim

Does your church want to do more to support the wonderful asset of older people in your community?
This session brings together several experienced practitioners to cover key principles in supporting older people including enabling participation, building real community, breaking down barriers to entry, additional considerations, preventative work, addressing stigmas, as well as take a look at some practical examples of projects and places that are doing this well.

ForMission College webinars aim to bring key thinkers and significant research to a wide audience. Each session will be an hour and a half with about 30-40 minutes of input from the guest specialist followed by a time of discussion and Q&A. Participants will have the opportunity to hear presentations on relevant topics in mission in the UK today from some of the best speakers in the contemporary UK church.

What does it mean to build growth from your community’s assets, rather than focus on solving problems?
Al Barret, author, practitioner, and parish priest in Hodge Hill, explores the ABCD model to inspire and equip you to see your community and its potential in a new light. Bishop Rob Wickham will also share a theological reflection and we’ll hear from Together Network members about what this really looks like in practice.

ForMission College webinars aim to bring key thinkers and significant research to a wide audience. Each session will be an hour and a half with about 30-40 minutes of input from the guest specialist followed by a time of discussion and Q&A. Participants will have the opportunity to hear presentations on relevant topics in mission in the UK today from some of the best speakers in the contemporary UK church.