News and reports
On this page you will find useful resources that address contemporary issues, and respond to news stories that affect Reader (LLM) ministry.
Advent resources
Advent resources
October – ‘Now hell is here’: Poetry as a response to current events
The Reverend Dr Andrew Pratt is well-known for his hymns, but he also paints, takes beautiful photographs and writes...
September – Celebrating the season
It is that time of year when the leaves change colour and many churches (even urban ones) hold harvest festivals. John...
August – Emily Brontë: No Coward Soul is Mine
Although best remembered for her novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë was a passionate poet. Although much of her...
Vacancies at the Central Readers’ Council
Secretary to the CRC Andrew Walker, our Secretary, will be retiring in the late autumn. The Board is looking for...
The Hiding Place
Moving into film Transforming Ministry is now experimenting with film reviews, and Andrew Carr has started the process...
July – Ben Jonson: On my First Son
Shakespeare’s contemporary Jonson is best remembered as a playwright, but in this poignant and very personal piece his...
June – Christina Rossetti: A Birthday
Like her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel, Christina was fascinated by medieval tales and imagery. But while it is...
Greening Your Church and Your Ministry
This topical new course will provide Readers/LLMs with tools and resources to ‘green’
their churches and ministry. Click for more information.
William Blake: ‘London’
Blake’s best known poem, ‘Jerusalem’, set to music by Sir Hubert Parry (a favouritecomposer of the king) has been sung...
CMD and lifelong learning
The Central Readers Council is committed to supporting ongoing development and lifelong learning for Readers/LLMs. With this in mind, a
Poem of the Month – April
Meeting the Risen Christ
Poem of the Month – March
George Herbert: A meditation for Lent
Positions available
Vacancies within the CRC
New book reviews for this Lent
Here are our new book reviews for this Lent. Click here.