Dates, Times and Location
We will be holding our annual Faculty Assembly for 2025 in Torcy, France. It will take place from Monday, 27 January 2025 to Thursday, 30 January 2024. We are looking forward to meeting together in-presence again.
Meetings for Faculty and LC Coordinators/Administrators will begin on Monday:
- LC Coordinators/Administrators will begin their meeting at 09:00 and conclude at 16:30.
- We will all join together for our opening worship service at 19:30.
Registration Deadline
You should get your registration in as soon as possible but no later than 1 December 2024. This will allow us to confirm the reservations that are needed for your time in Torcy.
Participants
By Invitation Only: EuNC Board of Trustees members, General Administration employees (LT members, CC members, other General Administration coordinators/assistants), and EuNC Faculty.
Room, Board and Travel
The hotel costs and meals will be covered by EuNC for the duration of the meetings to which you are invited. If you wish to come earlier or stay longer, that is possible, but at your own expense.
We have reserved rooms at the HOTEL CAMPANILE MARNE LA VALLEE - TORCY right outside Paris. You should not contact the hotel directly as this is being handled by us through your registration form. Meals will be provided during the meeting by the college. Please indicate on the registration form if you have any special dietary requirements or room needs.
Expenses for your travel to and from Paris need to be worked out with your local EuNC Learning Centre, your district or your field.
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Language
The meetings will be conducted in English.
Faculty Training speaker
EuNC Faculty Development – Tuesday morning and afternoon as well as Wednesday morning , 28 January and 29 January 2025.
Pedagogical training for teachers of theological education with the title "Assessment and AI in Education" with Rev. Dr. Andrew Cheatle.
About the speaker
I am proud to be a Northern Englishman, born in Bolton near Manchester. I completed an Engineering apprenticeship before moving to Denmark and working as a coded welder. I have a great respect for the skilled professions, with the shop-floor life leaving a warm and indelible impact. Following a clear call to the ministry, my Danish wife and I moved to ENBC in 1983, where I completed a BA in Theology and Religion, and pastored Nazarene churches just outside Copenhagen and in Manchester.
I am an ordained minister in the British Methodist Church and served for seven years as one of the University's senior pastors, having primary managerial responsibility of the chaplaincy team. I preach in local and regional churches and function as a guest preacher across denominational lines. I have a passion for homiletics and preaching, which is my current area of research and which plays into a cross-disciplinary appreciation of Learning and Teaching, particularly oral and public communication. I have had a lifelong interest in the mid-Twentieth century Methodist preacher W.E. Sangster on whom I have published regularly since 2010, which has occasioned guest lectures at Methodist universities in the USA.
At Liverpool Hope I am course leader of the D.Min and M.Min programmes. I teach courses in Biblical theology, Christian theology, and pastoral theology across all levels, and also contribute to the RS programme.
Before being appointed as Director of Learning and Teaching Development in 2022, I was Assistant Head of Subject for TPRS. My role in Learning and Teaching (70%) reflects my longstanding commitment to and keen interest in Learning and Teaching and quality assurance. I am an experienced Higher Education external examiner both at undergraduate and doctoral level, serving as the external examiner for the D.Min programme at Spurgeon's College and the University of Chester and have examined numerous PhDs. I have lived in three countries and speak fluent Danish and have taught Danish at FE level for many years.
Devotional Speaker
About the devotional speaker
Carla Sunberg was elected the 43rd General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene in
June 2017. She has been a missionary, an educator, and a minister in the church, beginning her
ministry as a Registered Nurse, and later being ordained on the Russia North district where she
and her husband, Chuck, were serving as missionaries. After returning to the United States,
they pastored in the state of Indiana, going on to become the first couple to serve as co-District
Superintendents. In 2014, Carla was elected President of Nazarene Theological Seminary in
Kansas City, USA. She has authored and edited numerous books including “Color: God’s
Intention for Diversity,” “Faithful to the Call: Women in Ministry,” and most recently, “Teach us
to Pray.” She and Chuck are parents to two adult daughters: Christa and her husband Iain,
along with Theodore and Alana, who live in Manchester, England; and Cara and her husband
Justin, and their three children, Mackenzie, Alice and Halston, who live in Kansas.
Wednesday outing
Arrival and Departure
Arrival time:
Please plan to arrive on Monday, 27 January 2025 unless you have been requested to arrive earlier (LC Administration, Executive Committee).
Departure time:
- Please book your return flights for Thursday, 30 January 2025 (no sessions are planned on that day).
- If you travel by plane, please make sure to book your flights to Paris - Charles de Gaulle Airport (with the abbreviation CDG).
- Transportation to/from the airport to the hotel will be provided.
NOTE: The currency used in France is the Euro.
Online Registration Form
You can register by going to the online registration form.
We are looking forward to your participation at the Faculty Assembly and do wish you God’s richest blessings. See you in Torcy!