The National Continuing Ministerial Education

ConsultationJune 30th- July 2nd 2008

Hopes• Good induction

– Clarifying roles– Mentoring– Know what available– Meeting NCI staff

• Networking– Country and Regions

• Knowledge bank– Easily accessible– Who doing what – In touch with research

• Sharing best practice knowledge/standard practice

• Annual gathering – how intersects with other networks (to co-conference with) patterns of meeting

• Learning and Training, as CME Officers– Learning communities– HR function skills– Evaluating learning– Developing senior leadership

(talent pipeline?)– Appointment and interview

skills• Don’t overwhelm Tim!

(resources)• Ecumenical dimension

More hopes…

• The church of the future – the role of non-stipendiary, lay and ordained licensed and accredited ministries – how relates to Pioneer Ministers and Church Army

• Patterns of meetings• (HOPE) Website –

can upload documents to, e.g. feedback forms, calendar of events, discussion forum

More hopes…

• Annual residential conference

• Webpage• Good to have ‘outside’

colleagues, including voluntary and statutory sectors

• Wales working as a ‘region’ and want to be part of the conversations

• Encouraging CME in the barren places (cultural and strategic issues, integral to the whole life of the Church embedded)

• Lets not be blind to those who arent here

More hopes…UP – God, discipleship

Training the trainers

Missio Dei – taking part, enabling others needs more emphasis

Webpage

Still more hope

• Staying vibrant and resourced• Start to meet in the South of France!• More positive stories (failure is not an option)• Find out about clergy numbers (statistics –

Lynda B?) link to the future shape of the church• Explore CME for Pioneer Ministry• Training in collaborative ministry by Bishops• What is the relationship between CME and

support for ministers (e.g. counselling)?

Conference…annual?

• Worth meeting nationally rather than regionally (know region) cross fertilisation

• TCS with MDR a huge shift over the next five years, deserves we meet once a year

• Same with Assessment at the end of curacy

• Energy for at least this period of time…

What language conveys what we do?Continuing Ministerial Education 2

Other 3 (in-service training for clergy, ongoing training of ministers)

Continuing Ministerial Development 4

Lifelong learning 4

Continuing Professional Development 14