Church Society podcast: General Synod | Mental health | Furlough for curates

Posted by Ros Clarke, 12 May 2020

Lee Gatiss and Ros Clarke are joined by Aled Seago for this week's Church Society podcast.

Regular podcasters Lee Gatiss and Ros Clarke are joined by Aled Seago in this episode to discuss the latest announcements about General Synod and Living in Love and Faith, strategies for managing mental health and wellbeing in lockdown, and whether Church of England dioceses should be furloughing curates.

Mentioned in this episode:
Letter re. General Synod plans (pdf download).
Announcement re. Living and Love and Faith.
CEEC website re. General Synod elections.
Ros’s blog posts on mental health and wellbeing.
Emma Scrivener on the gospel hope for mental health.
Government guidance on the furlough scheme.
Edward Connor Solicitors advice on volunteering as a furloughed worker.
Aled’s Daily Dose of Joy.
Zack Eswine’s Spurgeon’s Sorrows.
Garry Williams’ His Love Endures Forever.
Sally Lloyd Jones, Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing.
John Lennox, Where is God in a Coronavirus World?.
Healthy Faith in the Coronavirus Crisis.
Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible.
Dane Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly.

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Ros Clarke is Associate Director of Church Society and Course Leader of the Priscilla Programme.

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