As part of our training services we are pleased to be able to offer two training tracks for those wishing to engage in a regular training programme:

The Centre for Continuing Development in Ministry

Course Directors: Rev Colin Buckland and Dr Nigel Wright

The Centre for Continuing Development in Ministry is a partnership with the Spurgeon’s College set up to offer in service training that is essentially practical and aimed at supporting ministers, stimulating personal growth and skill development. This course is of value to anybody involved in pastoral ministry. Concerns expressed by recent reports have highlighted two discernible trends in relation to ministry today:

• The first pointed to the need for greater levels of support and for investment in the ongoing health of ministers.
• The second to the need to take ministerial development seriously as a life-long process.

If you are looking for a course that will offer personal and professional development without the need to undertake formal postgraduate training, then look no further. If you have pastoral experience of at least three years and want to avoid the hazards of ministry, this course is designed especially for you. The following objectives for the course have been produced with you very much in mind:

• Stimulating personal growth, skill development and imaginative ministry.
• The opportunity to reflect on issues faced by serving ministers.
• Assistance in exploring the resources available to ministers.
• Alleviating the boredom or 'mid-ministry' factor.
• Training ministers in skills related to recognized needs.

The course operates on a one-day a month basis for nine months of the year. It is delivered at Spurgeon's College on a Friday.

Contact Details
To gain direct access to the course contact Spurgeon's College, as outlined below:

Course Administrator
Mrs. Anne Niblock, email: a.niblock@spurgeons.ac.uk
Spurgeon's College
South Norwood Hill
London
SE25 6DJ
(020) 8653 0850
Or to discuss this further contact Pauline Eyles on pauline@claybury.com