Plans are being made now for forty people called United Methodists of all ages — clergy and lay — to gather at Sarum College in the Close of Salisbury Cathedral (www.salisburycathedral.org.uk) in the heart of Salisbury, England. Sarum College (www.sarum.ac.uk) is an ecumenical school that provides training and continuing education for pastoral leaders. It will serve as home for the group in 2006. The people who participated in the August 2003 Wesley Studies event know that the hospitality offered by Sarum College is warm and generousÉthe food is also out of this world!

Leaders for this event will be Dr. Steven W. Manskar, Director of Accountable Discipleship for the General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church, and Dr. Tim Macquiban, Principal of Sarum College, Wesley scholar, and a minister in the Methodist Church of Great Britain.

Sarum College

From the home-base in Salisbury — http://tinyurl.com/yt3hb — the group will visit places important to the life and ministry of John and Charles Wesley and the early Methodists. The first stop will be Wesley's birthplace at Epworth, http://tinyurl.com/28n4o.

Bawtry Hall

Overnight accommodations for the trip to Epworth will be Bawtry Hall — http://bawtryhall.co.uk — in the little village of Bawtry in Southern Yorkshire. The group will visit the Epworth parish church, Wesley Memorial Chapel, and the Old Rectory. There will also be a brief visit to the town of Lincoln (including Lincoln Castle and Cathedral).

There will be day trips to:

• Oxford: Christ Church College, Oxford,
  www.chch.ox.ac.uk
  Lincoln College, www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk
  St. Mary's Church, www.university-church.ox.ac.uk
• Bristol: John Wesley's Chapel (The New Room),
  http://wesley.fen.bris.ac.uk/newroom and
  Charles Wesley House,
  www.methodistrecorder.co.uk/mrbristol.htm
• London: City Road Chapel and Wesley's house, www.wesleyschapel.org.uk;
  Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, http://tinyurl.com/yph5d
  Aldersgate Street;
  St. Paul's Cathedral, www.stpaulscathedral.org.uk

There will also be learning time and free days in Salisbury.

The purpose of this event is to help participants gain a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the United Methodist Wesleyan tradition and practice. This event is for all United Methodist clergy and laity who want to gain a deeper knowledge of Wesleyan theology and practice and reflect on implications and application for ministry in the twenty-first century.

Begin planning today for August 2-12, 2006 — Be a part of an exciting, transforming experience! Please RSVP by contacting Dr. Steven Manskar: toll-free 877-899-2780, ext. 1765, smanskar@gbod.org.