Diocese of Portsmouth

Diocesan Readers Conference 2010

“Fuel, Feed, Focus”, Carlton Hotel, Sandown, IOW, 22nd to 24th January, 2010

The theme of the this year’s annual diocesan conference for Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers) was ‘Fuel, Feed and Focus’:

Fuel: How do we connect to the presence and power of God?

Feed: How do we nourish our ability to go on searching

Focus: what is the main impact of our ministry?

The Bishop of Sodor and Man, The Right Rev Robert Paterson, was the guest speaker. His talks were challenging both to the present and future of the mission and ministry of the Church and are reproduced here in full:

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3