LIVING THE PSALMS
SPEAKER : Jeff Hankins
Now retired, Jeff has over 30 years experience of teaching English and English Literature in Wales and in South America, where with his wife Sue he served alongside the South American Missionary Society. A lay communicant within the Church in Wales, he continues to be involved in leading worship and teaching; over the years he has also led several Christian retreats and workshops at parish level and wider, and has been a speaker at Christian Writers’ groups.
A lifelong love of poetry has meant that he has always written, has been published in several magazines, and his self-published Lent book of poems and prayers has been widely used and appreciated. With an equal interest in contemporary song, Jeff has also performed his own compositions at several folk clubs and festivals. He continues to enjoy both writing and encouraging others to do so, especially perhaps in the context of exploring and expressing aspects of faith.
THEME OF THIS WORKSHOP
LIVING THE PSALMS
The people of God from both testaments of church history have found, in the extraordinary poetry anthology/songbook which is the Psalter, a source not only of encouragements to praise and worship, but a remarkably multi-faceted, multi-layered range of expressions to reflect and challenge the human condition. As Christians today we still reach back and find ourselves ‘inhabiting’ the psalms, and responding to them, using them, ‘adapting’ them in a variety of creative ways. Something of how we do that is what I hope we’ll explore in our workshop’
BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!
The maximum number of participants in each workshop is limited, so book early to avoid disappointment!