DERBYSHIRE CHAPLAINCIES

 

The Website of Workplace Chaplaincy in Derbyshire

SPIRITUALITY OF WORK  

 

WORK AND WORSHIP
OTHER ORGANISATIONS
PRAYER TOPICS
RESOURCES

This page continues to grow! Besides the Spirituality of Work Network (SOWN), there are linked pages covering various aspects of faith and work.

The Work and Worship page has items where people have related faith and work together in various ways.

The page for Other Organisations features the work of others who are operating in the field of working life.

The newest page (July 28th) is devoted to prayer topics and requests. Please use the items there to pray for others, and also to send in your own requests and prayer needs.

 

SPIRITUALITY OF WORK NETWORK

The Spirituality Of Work Network (SOWN) has been one of IMD's key objectives in recent years. The editions of SOWNews, began by former Principal Workplace Chaplain, Rev'd Ian Winterbottom, recommenced earlier this year. The June edition is now available (see below) as well as the March edition.

it is intended that there will a conference to explore contacts, stories and ideas further, soon.

SOWN is a network of individuals drawn from the churches and those employed in business/ commerce, industry, and public services including the trade unions. 

It focuses on a number of strands, which essentially fall within the realm of well-being and spirituality in the workplace. This includes an emphasis on ethical issues, the relationship between society and business practice, and the links between community and industry. 

IMD is beginning to emerge from (but to some extent still in) a period of some considerable change. The SOWN network, so legendary a part of IMD activity in former times is now on the road again. The next (October 2009) edition of SOWNews has now been published! As promised the link for it is provided here - and it's in pdf from as well as Word!

October 2009 SOWN News (pdf)

October 2009 SOWN News (Word doc)

 

The previous issue can be linked at:

June 2009 SOWN News

In case you missed the relaunch of SOWNews in March, that issue can be clicked here:

March 2009 SOWN News

The next edition will be targetted for January 2010. Please let us know of any suggestions for inclusion of items for that one.

The previous issue of the old SOWN News can still be found on its link below.

SOWN is intended to be a network to which anyone interested in issues of faith and work can be part of. There were a good number of people who registered for SOWN and must have wondered what had become of it! To those people we offer an apology, and hope that you are still interested in this network now that we are up and running again.

It is intended that the newsletter will be quarterly, as a means of sharing news and topics, and also we hope to organise a gathering before long to focus on work and faith matters.

Thank you.

Click here to view the SOWN newsletter (August 2007) in PDF format

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