Continual Ministerial Development (CMD) offer for Autumn 2024. CMD is available for Ordained Ministers, Licensed Lay Ministers, Chaplains, Lay Pastoral Assistants, Lay Worship Leaders, and Commissioned Lay Pioneers.
November
Using Technology in Worship - a practical workshop
Following consultation with Lay Worship Leaders in late 2023, this course addresses their requests for an introductory course on the creative use of technology in preparing for and in worship. The course will also consider worship websites and copyright issues.
Led by Will Triffitt, Digital Engagement Officer for the Diocese of Salisbury, with Revd Jonathan Plows
Saturday 2 November, 10am-2pm, St Francis Church, Beatrice Rd, Salisbury, SP1 3PN
Growing Generous Hearts: preparing a stewardship campaign
Giving is an important part of Christian Discipleship, yet sometimes feels like the hardest to approach. In this session, we look at how your vision is essential to help raise funds for ministry, and top tips for running a stewardship campaign.
Led by Archdeacon Antony MacRow-Wood and Anna Hardy
Tuesday 5th November, 2pm-3.30pm, online via Zoom
Trauma-informed Ministry
This workshop explores how recent developments in trauma theory and neurobiology can resource clergy who find themselves striving to keep going in times of uncertainty and conflict, and whilst still coping with the legacy of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s not a situation that is going to be resolved easily or quickly – so how can clergy and congregations find courage and creativity to deal with the challenges together without burning out or breaking apart?
Participants will learn:
• how we can use recent developments in trauma theory and neurobiology to help us understand what happens in our body and brain when we are dealing with trauma, or experiencing chronic stress, anxiety and conflict
• how leaders, congregations and communities can respond pastorally, to help responses to be less reactive and more considered, creative and sustainable
• where God is in all of this, and what connections there are between our experience and understanding of trauma and our biblical and faith resources
• how our Scriptures are a robust resource in trauma, and demonstrate the power of reframing as a component of resilience
Led by Hilary Ison, in partnership with Clergy Support Trust
Thursday 7 November, 9.30am-3pm, The Reading Room, Stratford Road, Stratford sub Castle, Salisbury SP1 3LL
Exploring God’s Call
Sometimes we can be aware that God is prompting us to something, but we’re not sure what that is or what to do about it. This zoom information evening will offer insights into the ministries for which the Diocese of Salisbury licenses or commissions individuals, with opportunities to hear from people in different roles, and information about the discernment processes.
Led by Louise Ellis & Karen Hutchinson
Wednesday 13 November, 7pm-8.30pm, online via Zoom
Waking up to Whiteness
In his online 2024 Whitley Lecture, Tim Judson advocates an approach to theology that faces the inadvertent and invisible assumptions made by White people and White institutions in the name of a paradigmatically White Jesus. He witnesses the charge from Black theology towards White Christians. Rather than instrumentalising Blackness, he reflects on the lessons he is learning from Black thought and experience, which have been a mirror and critical friend regarding his own White subjectivity. He proposes a work of reconfiguration in order to address the heart turned in on itself racially (Whiteness), which entails a personal struggle to see, hear and perceive oneself as a disciple who is consciously White. Judson then offers a reading of Gethsemane that yields a helpful theological imaginary for White people like himself seeking to attend to this. From here, Judson proposes some of the rudimentary ways through which White churches and institutions can cultivate greater wakefulness, helping disciples to “stay awake with Christ” and resist the temptation towards racial slumber in a world that is continually racialised by Whiteness.
Led by Tim Judson
Thursday 14 November, 7.30pm-9pm, online via Zoom
Collaborative Leadership
In recent years collaborative leadership has become a well-founded ambition for many churches and church leaders. However, might some of our approaches to collaborative ministry not actually deliver this in practice? This session will explore theological and organisational foundations for collaborative ministry, how this can be set as both a characteristic of a ministry team and an approach to enabling the life of a church in mission. As well as exploring collaborative leadership through different models and perspectives, the session will also offer practical suggestions and ways of working well with others, recognising the reality of the opportunities and challenges that this can bring.
Led by Dr Nick Shepherd and Katy Lyne
Monday 18 November, 10am-4pm, Sarum College, Salisbury
Growing Faith: In Practice
Part 1 - Tuesday 19th November, 1.30pm-4.30pm, online via Zoom.
An opportunity to explore working with children and young people in the context of the cross over between church, school and home in greater depth, including hearing directly from others great practice.
Part 2 - Tuesday 3rd December, 4pm-5.30pm, online via Zoom.
This follow up session will enable participants to reflect on their learning from the first session and build practical plans for their own work.
Led by Mandy Christopher.
Leadership Training for Established Church Leaders
This workshop will benchmark current leadership, refine leadership skills and enhance character formation and personal development to lead with excellence.
Participants will:
Move from plateauing/struggling in leadership to identifying pain points and building a resilient plan for the next season.
Have a personality deep-dive to identify patterns of behaviour and leadership tendencies for personal growth.
Learn skills for leading under pressure and stress, and how to stay healthy and be both present with family and productive in ministry, despite the challenges.
Learn about intentional investment into team leadership – effective delegation, having difficult conversations which liberate and dealing with conflict and organisational change well, in order to increase the health and efficacy of teams.
Increase the ability to pass on gifts, skills and competencies to other less experienced leaders through wise relational and professional development.
Hone their organisational leadership skills in terms of vision, values, roles and responsibilities, structures and strategies for thriving churches and ministries.
Led by GiANT London, in partnership with Clergy Support Trust
Wednesday 20 November, 10am-4pm, online via Zoom
Statement of Significance and Need
This in person training session covers the standard statement of significance and need in depth. Two of the most important documents in a faculty application. It covers all the headings in each document and explains what they are asking for and the types of information to put in them. It will discuss what significance means in a faculty alongside what ‘need’ is. This webinar is for anyone who is compiling a faculty application or has one in progress already.
Led by Dan Crooke and the Church Buildings Team
Monday 25 November, 1pm-4pm, Wilton Pavilion, Castle Ln, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0HG.
December
Art for Advent: The Four Last Things
This course will focus on the season of Advent through visual art that explores the heart of the traditional ‘Four Last Things’. These theological topics have been part of the spirit of preparation and repentance that has characterised Advent for centuries: death, judgement, heaven and hell. These topics sit alongside the focus on the four Sundays of Advent, which take Christians deeper into the stories of the Matriarchs and Patriarchs, the Prophets, John the Baptist, and Mary the Mother of God. Interweaving these key elements of the Advent journey, the sessions will concentrate on works of art by modern and contemporary women artists including Barbara Walker, Corita Kent, and Claudette Johnson.
Led by Revd Dr Ayla Lepine
Wednesday 11 December, 1pm-4pm, online via Zoom
Growing Generous Hearts: preparing a stewardship campaign
Giving is an important part of Christian Discipleship, yet sometimes feels like the hardest to approach. In this session, we look at how your vision is essential to help raise funds for ministry, and top tips for running a stewardship campaign.
Led by Archdeacon Antony MacRow-Wood and Anna Hardy
Thursday 12th December, 2pm-3.30pm, online via Zoom