Current Courses & Training Opportunities

Various sections of Diocesan life provide courses in a multiplicity of things and these should be regarded as equally accessible to all involved in the Church's ministry. In addition to what is described here, the CMD Officer (in association with many others) is involved in ensuring that the following are available on a regular basis:

The 'Funerals & Bereavement module'
'Prayer and Worship' mobule
Continuing learning opportunities for Readers & others
Contextual Theology Courses
Guidance in personal safety for those in ministry
Working in Sector Ministries
Issues in Rural / Urban Ministry
Professional Development for Clergy in Leadership & Management
Developing Supervision skills
Changing Posts courses
The 'Leading from the Future' programme
Mid-ministry courses - for those 'about half-way through'
Courses in Spiritual Direction
Pre-retirement courses
Preparing parishes for vacancies - Interim Ministries
Study Days
Support groups for OLMs, NSMs and MSEs
'Training for Trainers' - how to engage, develop and use the gifts of others
Area Deans workshops

The CMD Officer welcomes suggestions and proposals for extensions of all of this and is also glad to hear from anyone who would like to share in the development and delivery of appropriate courses.

Further Academic Work

We have a tradition of encouraging ministers - lay and ordained - in pursuing further theological and related studies at appropriate times in their ministry and we can sometimes provide a modicum of financial support. Academic work of this sort is increasingly costly. Further funding will always be necessary, and sources of funding must be clearly identifiable and available before such courses commence. As such work naturally impinges on time available for other ministerial responsibilities, the Bishop has to be consulted and his permission sought. In the first instance, please complete the form available and submit it to the CMD Officer, at least six months before any course is due to start.