Southwark Diocese

1. Essays- a reminder
 Put the question at the top of the page, and keep referring to it.
 Keep that question at the front of your mind and keep to answering it.
 Don’t go down too many rabbit holes…much as I love reading them, they take up
word count.
 Do the portfolio if you are struggling with the essays, but be aware that you can’t
swap back to essays without writing them all.
 Keep to the word count. I can’t mark the extra words.
 Look at the advice on the website
 Mark scheme guidance in your student handbook

2. Inclusion
Who is in and who is out?

3. My church
 In the chat, write down the people or groups who you think
may feel excluded from your church fellowship
 In breakout rooms, share why you think this is so, and what
can you do to include such people/groups (15 mins)
 Feedback- we share our discussions

4. Families with additional needs
 How can we include families with Additional Educational
Needs?
 How do we educate the congregation to include people with
AEN?
 How could we make the building and environment more AEN
friendly?

5. Those with physical disabilities
 Is our building user friendly?
Physical access- including communion?
Audible access?
Space for wheelchairs?
Large print service resources?
Hearing loop?
Toilets?

6. Sexuality
 Has your fellowship discussed LGBT+ rights?
 How would your community cope if you had a crossdressing
person amongst you?
 Likewise a transitioning person?
 Where are you on the same-sex marriage debate?

7. Race
 Do you have a racist community?
 How would you know?
 Do you have a clear policy?
 How are different communities represented in your church?

8. Minority communities
 How do you welcome those for whom English isn’t their first
language?
 Does your wider fellowship- Deanery for example- have a
nominated expert for integration and refugees?

9. Age
 What is the age profile of your congregation?
 What is the age profile of your welcomers/sidespeople?
 Are there different groups for different ages, or are you
intergenerational?

10. Coming to church
 If you and your family were to enter your church for the first
time- would you come back?
 Importance of toilets for families with younger children
…see ‘Beyond the Children’s Corner’, Margaret Pritchard-
Houston, Church House Pub.

11. After tonight…
 How are you going to raise any issues that have arisen for you
in this session?