Continuing

Ministerial

Development

2017—18

Conference

Programme

The grace of our Lord

was poured out on me

abundantly, along with

the faith and love that

are in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 1:14

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BOOKING FORM 2017-18 Name:

Address:

Postcode: Tel no:

Email address:

Position: (eg: Licensed Clergy, PTO Clergy, Reader, LMDG Member, etc.)

Parish/Group:

12th October 2017 Stimulating Conversations

Paul Griffiths and Sharon Lanfear

1st-2nd November Gospel of Mark

Bishop Gordon Mursell Resident: YES / NO

7th February 2018 Social Engagement

Alison Webster

7th March Thinking again about Ministry

Emma Percy

15th-16th May Teaching People to Pray

Nick Helm Resident: YES / NO

19th June Biblical Perspectives on

Ian Paul Leadership in Ministry

Return this form to: Mrs FA Bowkett, PA to the MSDO, The Diocesan Office, Ludlow Eco Park, Sheet Road, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1FD

Telephone No.: (01584) 871 085 Email: msd@hereford.anglican.org

Re-imagining Ministry: Re-imagining CMD

Welcome to our new programme of CMD events for 2017-18. You will see

that this has a rather different format. As the mission action planning process

has continued to aid our discerning God’s priorities for our Diocese, so have

we looked at how the CMD programme can be focussed more sharply to

support ministry and support the shared priorities. We have also felt it

important to be able to be flexible and more responsive to developmental

and ministerial needs that emerge.

So, we are pleased to present a CMD programme that has three strands:

1. The three diocesan shared priorities (SPs): spiritual and numeric

growth, engaging in transforming communities, re-imagining ministry

2. Three foundational elements of ongoing ministerial development:

biblical, spiritual and practical resources

3. Events in response to identified needs

One of each of these will happen each term. The third type of event is not in

this brochure as they will be arranged with shorter notice and information

circulated separately.

Overview of this Year’s Programme:

Autumn Term:

Shared Priority - Growing Christian Disciples:

Ugly Duckling - Stimulating Conversations

Ministerial Development - Biblical: Gordon Mursell -

Preaching on Mark

Booking Form on Back Page

The Small Print

The Revd Preb Nick Helm, MSD Officer, is responsible for the organisation of this programme. All the administration for the programme is handled by

Mrs Fiona Bowkett, PA to MSDO who can be contacted by:

Telephone: (01584) 871 085 (Answerphone when out of the office)

Email: msd@hereford.anglican.org

Venue:

All events are at the Ludlow Mascall Centre unless stated.

Costs:

Licensed Clergy, Readers, and Local Ministry Team Members in the Diocese can attend as many of these as they wish for no

charge.

Others from congregations in the Diocese, including Clergy with PTO, retired/non-licensed Readers, interested in attending are welcome at a cost of £15 for a day or £30 for a residential

conference; this includes meals and refreshments.

Colleagues from other denominations or Support Ministers of the

Diocese are also welcome to attend at this price.

Booking:

You can book by email: msd@hereford.anglican.org, telephone: (01584) 871 085 or by completing the booking form at the back of this brochure to hand in or post to the Ludlow

Office.

For the two-day conferences, please indicate whether you would like to be resident at the Ludlow Mascall Centre and we will

arrange this for you.

We will confirm the booking by email or post.

Cancellation within 48 hours of the event or nan attendance by those who have booked will be subject to a cancellation charge

of £15 per day. After you have applied:

Please fix the dates in your diary so you can keep the days free of any other commitments and attend the complete conference

(see the Penalty Clauses page near the back of this booklet).

A programme and further information will be sent out before the

conference date.

Spring Term:

Shared Priority - Serving the Common Good:

Alison Webster - Engaging Reality

Ministerial Development - Ministry: Emma Percy -

Thinking again about Ministry

Summer Term

Shared Priority - Re-Imagining Ministry: Ian Paul -

Biblical Perspectives on Leadership in Ministry

Ministerial Development - Spirituality: Nick Helm -

Teaching People to Pray

The programme remains free for all those in licensed ministry (clergy and

readers) LMDG members and parish workers (e.g. children's and youth

workers).

Licensed clergy are required by Common Tenure to undertake three days of

CMD a year. Obviously attendance at these events counts towards this.

There are two other developments around CMD. Firstly, the newly

established School For Ministry (and no its not a physical school, nor for

children) is the umbrella over all opportunities for developing in discipleship

and ministry provided by the Diocese. So the CMD programme comes under

this programme. Secondly, my job title Continuing Ministerial

Development Officer (CMDO) has changed to Ministerial & Spiritual

Development and Curate Training Officer to more accurately reflect the

range of responsibilities that I carry. Its a bit of a mouthful so generally I’m

going to use MSD as the short-hand!

I’m pleased to offer you the programme for next year and look forward to

seeing you at the events.

The Revd Preb Nick Helm

Ministerial and Spiritual Development

and Curate Training Officer

19th June 2018

10.00am—4.00pm

Biblical Perspectives on Leadership in Ministry

Ian Paul

In much of the modern world, ‘leadership’ is seen as the panacea, the solution to all our problems. But the Church has been more ambivalent, at times going along with this and at other times being

guarded.

What do the Scriptures say about leadership—do they even use the term? How can biblical theology assist us in our thinking and our practice of leadership—and can it offer some solutions to the

leadership challenges we face?

Revd Dr Ian Paul is a minister, theologian and author. After studying maths and working in industrial business, he trained for ordination and completed a PhD on the Book of Revelation. Following ten years in parish ministry and nearly ten years in theological education, he is now an associate minister doing a mix of local church ministry, academic writing and teaching. He is a member of the General Synod and the Archbishops’ Council, and is an

inveterate chocoholic.

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2017

1st—2nd Nov

Preaching on the

Gospel of Mark

Bishop Gordon

Mursell

12th Oct

‘Ugly Duckling’ -

Stimulating

Conversations

Paul Griffiths &

Sharon Lanfear

23rd Sept

Reader

Assembly

The Priory,

Leominster

15th—16th May 2018

10.00am - -4.00pm (both days)

Teaching People to Pray

Nick Helm

Lord teach us to pray. The disciples needed help, so do we all! Perhaps the best kept secret in the everyday life of the church is how to pray or how to grow in prayer! Often too much is assumed. It has been suggested the situation is a bit like being at a banquet with lots of delicious food, but with no cutlery. This day aims to provide some cutlery! – exploring some easily grasped approaches

to praying with scripture and how to help people grow in prayer.

We will explore something of our own journey in prayer, resources for working with groups to develop a richer personal prayer life, how to help people pray with others and ways enriching the liturgy

and our preaching on prayer.

Nick is the Ministerial & Spiritual Development and Curate Training Officer in the Diocese. Prior to this he was Advisor in Spirituality in the Sheffield Diocese and has long experience in helping people to develop their spiritual life, training people as spiritual accompaniers / directors. He has published two books in the Grove Spirituality Series: ‘Soul Spark: A Short Course Exploring Prayer and Spiritual Growth’ and ‘Ignatius of Loyola: A Guide for Spiritual

Growth and Discipleship’.

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2018

7th Feb

Engaging

Reality

Alison Webster

7th Mar

Thinking again

about Ministry

Emma Percy

15th May

Teaching

People to Pray

Nick Helm

19th-20th Jun

Biblical

Perspectives on

Leadership in

Ministry

Ian Paul 25th Jan

Clergy Study Day

Craven Arms

Community

Centre

The Revd Dr Emma Percy is the Chaplain and Welfare Dean at Trinity

College in Oxford. She was amongst the first group of women to be

ordained priest in the Church of England. She has experience of both

parish and chaplaincy ministry. She is married to a priest and together

they have brought up two boys who are now flying the nest. Emma’s

research interests are in the ministry of the Church of England and the

theology of mothering. Her PhD is published as Mothering as a Metaphor

for Ministry (Ashgate 2014). What Clergy do especially when it looks

like nothing (SPCK 2014) offers practical insights from her research for

those in ministry. She has spoken at conferences and workshops for

clergy in many different contexts. She does much of her thinking whilst

walking her Bearded Collie and relaxes by doing yoga, reading novels

and cooking.

12th October 2017

10.00am-4.00pm

Stimulating Conversations:

Three Cups of Coffee…….

Paul Griffith and Sharon Lanfear

How do we stimulate meaningful and spiritual conversations about God

and Jesus in our everyday chats with others. Church life and ministry

offer multiple opportunities for these deeper conversations.

In this practical day (of ideas and resources) we will explore how we

can do this.

The Ugly Duckling Company is an innovative mission agency exploring

how we stimulate spiritual conversations in contemporary culture. The

creator of several resources, their portfolio is accessed by over 5000

churches in the UK and their materials have been downloaded in over

80 countries. Their resources are used in homes, businesses, schools,

universities, prisons, pubs, cafes, doctors surgeries, care homes and

churches. Most people journey to faith in the context of friendship.

What the Ugly Duckling Company does is create spaces for friends to

talk to friends about the stuff that really matters.

Paul Griffiths leads the Ugly Duckling Company. A member of the

Archbishops College of Evangelists, he is the author of several books

and the creative influence behind most of the resources.

Sharon Lanfear is the external relations director for UDC. Following a

long career in the care sector, she spends her days serving as a queen

in Africa, leading worship at her local church and facilitating the

external life of the charity. She has also appeared in or road tested

most of the charities resources…. Sharon tells the stories that matter.

To find out more about The Ugly Duckling Company visit their

website www.theuglyducklingcompany.com

1st - 2nd November 2018

10.00am - -4.00pm (both days)

Preaching on the Gospel of Mark

Bishop Gordon Mursell

In many ways, Mark’s Gospel is the Cinderella

of the four. For centuries most Christians

thought it was simply an abridged version of

Matthew, and it received relatively little

attention. Now we know that it is a coherent

presentation of Jesus with its own distinctive

voice, and in its pages Jesus comes across as

profoundly mysterious and yet intensely

attractive. In these two study days we will

explore together some of the characteristics

of Mark’s Gospel and consider how best to communicate his

challenging and life-changing “good news” today.

Gordon Mursell was Bishop of Stafford until his retirement in 2010.

He now lives in south-west Scotland. He has published a number of

books on Christian spirituality, and continues to do a large amount of

teaching, retreat-giving and preaching, especially on Biblical themes.

7th March 2018

10.00am - -4.00pm

Thinking again about Ministry

Emma Percy

In a world of SMART targets with

an emphasis on growth how do

we speak about the aspects of

ministry that are much harder to

quantify? In a world where more

and more focuses on individuals

how do we find a language about

the collective nature of ministry? In

a world of perfectionism how do

we accept that we are good

enough and that what we offer is

good enough? Drawing on insights from theology, philosophy and

child development theories this day will suggest ways of articulating

the aspects of ministry that are hard to quantify; the seed sowing,

the slow cultivation of trusting relationships, the building up of

community and the mission of the church to be God’s witness in the

world. What we cannot easily speak of we often find hard to value,

so drawing out these aspects of ministerial practice can help us

value what we do and enable us to argue for their importance in

our calling to be church.

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7th February 2018

10.00am - -4.00pm

Engaging Reality

Alison Webster

Engaging Reality:

a day exploring community engagement as mission;

an opportunity to share stories, ideas, questions and

resources;

a time to reflect theologically in a practical

and contemplative way.

Alison Webster is currently the Social Responsibility Adviser for

the Church of England Diocese of Oxford. She has also worked

for the Student Christian Movement, The Christian Socialist

Movement and the Institute for the Study of Christianity and

Sexuality. She is the founder editor of two international journals,

Theology and Sexuality, and Political Theology. She is author of

‘Wellbeing’ (SCM Press, 2002), and ‘You Are Mine: Reflections on

who we are’ (SPCK 2009), and also of numerous resource

materials and online publications in the field of social justice and

faith. She is Chair of an arts charity called Amaka Beautiful Child

(ABC), which works towards personal and social transformation

through poetry, art, music and drama.

Continuing Ministerial Development - much more than life-long learning!

The four stages of development:

The concept of Life-long

learning has much to commend

it. It encourages paying

attention to the non-urgent but

important aspects of healthy

life. It promotes ongoing

nourishment for minds, and

continued development of

insights, skills and gifts. The

CMD programme provides

opportunities for all of this.

But there’s more to Ministerial Development than this.

Ministers are called by God to exercise Christian ministry.

Thus Ministry and its development depend on this vocation

and its continuing unfolding. Are we ever given the full

picture of the ministry we are called to? If we were would

we have dared respond? Would we have dared believe

God’s belief in us?

Continuing Ministerial Development needs to give attention

to the continuing unfolding of the ministry we are called to.

This unfolding comes in different ways.

Experience: looking at our experiences – what aspects of

ministry and life bring about the greatest sense of meaning,

of life and purpose? Might this be showing a direction of

call into the next phase?

Listening: taking time to prayerfully be open to inner

promptings of the Spirit to look in new directions. Might

we explore possibilities with a discerning listener to sift

the real promptings of the Spirit from ‘grass is greener’

thinking?

Maybe this vocational development will lead us into

something other than Looking like Santa!