It's hard to believe, isn't it, that we're five months into another year?  We at The College of Preachers are very excited about 2012 - and particularly our National Conference, which is now less than a month away.  It's titled "Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land".

Rev. Dr. Rosalind Brown (pictured), Canon Librarian at Durham Cathedral, is one of our impressive line-up of speakers.  She says, "How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?  The cry of an unknown psalmist has echoed through the centuries... and expresses the church’s request to those who preach today: 'Help us to sing God’s song in our world today!'  Let’s explore Psalm 137.  Let it first capture and then release our imagination to inspire our preaching."

Another speaker at our National Conference is Rev. Dr. Stephen Wright (pictured), Director of Postgraduate Research at Spurgeon’s College.  Stephen says, "Join me on a journey through the Bible, listening to the different voices with which it sings - teaching, wisdom, poetry, prophecy, gospel, story - voices which we can and should echo in our preaching as we sing our way through this strange land."

Other speakers will feature on this page between now and June, but they're all listed here.  You don't have to be a 'member' of anything to attend; if you preach you should find something of interest at this conference.

If you're going to book a conference place please do so as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.  Paul Johns, Director of the College, urges, "If you haven't already booked, well I really think you should."

But there are other ways the College can help with your preaching ministry.  One's through our magazine The Preacher.  We picked up a lot of new subscribers in the last quarter of 2011, so we must be doing something right!  Why not browse sample pages here and, if you decide to subscribe, you'll receive issue no. 145 (pictured) - containing  lectionary-based sermons for every Sunday in the second quarter of 2012 - now; and issue nos. 146, 147 and 148 later.

And The Preacher isn't The College of Preachers' only publication.  Why not browse our on-line shop?  Currently this offers four publications for sale, as well as the facility to book a place at the National Conference.  Everything we sell is sold in accordance with our Terms and Conditions of Business:

'Sing the Lord's Song' booking, £250.
'Sing the Lord's Song' deposit or balance.
The Preacher subscription or renewal, £25
'What Did You Make of Your Sermon' booklet, 10 for £10
'How to Listen to Sermons' booklet, 10 for £10
'Strictly Come Preaching' DVD, £9.50.

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