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Continuing
Ministerial Education
Training Courses: Sept 2006 - June 2007
'NOT
JUST FOR CURATES'
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Community, Ethics and Pastoral
Care
Housing
and Homelessness
Thursday 22nd March 2007
Day Course 10am - 4pm
Venue:
St Matthew's House, Croydon
Led by:
Ken Leech (Retired Community Theologian), Steve Joyce (Southwark &
London Diocesan Housing Association), Alastair Murray (UNLEASH), Tim
Scott (Diocesan Regeneration Adviser), Terry Drummond and Barry
Goodwin (Social Responsibility & Regeneration Working Group).
Numbers:
4 - 30
Course intended for:
For all Clergy, Readers, SPAs and lay persons with an interest or
expertise in housing and/or homelessness
Content of course:
The workshop will look at the issues around housing provision and
homelessness in London and the area covered by Southwark Diocese
Aims:
The aim of the day is to look at all the key issues including:
- The problems of the vulnerable
homeless
- The lack of affordable housing
- The potential use of church plant
for partnerships in creating new housing
- Housing policy
- Areas of regeneration and housing
Learning objectives of course :
As above
Teaching methods :
Lectures, small group work and plenary session
Assessing course effectiveness :
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation for course? :
None
Theology, Philosophy or Methodology
participants need be aware of? :
None – all ideas, assumptions and experience welcome
Addiction
Wednesday 31st January
Wednesday 16 May 2007
Afternoon session 12:30pm – 4pm
Venue:
Annexe Flat, Trinity House
Led by:
The Revd. Nicholas Roberts, Chaplain, Sisters of the Church, & Dr.
David Ball, Senior Lecturer in Addiction Studies, Institute of
Psychiatry, London SE5
Numbers:
Up to 15
Course intended for:
All Clergy, Readers, SPAs etc.
Content of Course:
To address issues in the pastoral & spiritual care of people in our
parishes with addiction to drugs and/or alcohol.
Aims:
To equip clergy & other pastoral care givers to work
effectively/safely with people who have addiction problems
Learning objectives of Course:
- Knowledge of causes of addiction and
medical and psychological approaches to treatment
- Developing confidence in trying to
minister to people with these problems
- Increasing ability to provide a safe
environment for helping sufferers who come to us; clear access to
other helping organisations in the community for support and onward
referral.
Teaching methods:
Lectures with ample opportunity for questions & discussion.
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
By using questionnaires before and after the session.
Reading/Preparation
for Course?:
The General Synod debates on Addiction1998 and 2004.
www.c-of-e.org.uk
Also:
Ken Leech: Drugs & Pastoral Care, DLT 1998,
Gerald May: Addiction & Grace, Harper, 1991
James B Nelson: Thirst, Westminster, 2004
Robert West: Theory of Addiction, Blackwell, 2006
Theological,
Philosophical or
Methodology
Participants need
be aware of ?:
In addition to lecture material participants will be invited to speak
of their own experiences in this area, and their reflections on them.
Mental Health
Thursday 1st March 2007
Day course 10am – 4pm
Venue:
The Maudsley Hospital
Led by:
Canon Andrew Wilson and Canon Ivelaw Bowman
Numbers:
8 to 20
Course intended for:
Clergy, Readers, SPAs etc
Content of course:
Mental Health Awareness
Aims:
To become more confident in supporting mental well-being in ourselves
and in others.
Learning objectives of course:
To discover the relationship between mental health services and the
faith community.
Teaching methods:
Exploration, reflection and group discussion.
Assessing course’s effectiveness:
Feedback forms
Reading/Preparation for course?:
Meaning in Madness – John Foskett SPCK
The Psychology of religious behaviour and belief. Benjamin
Beit-Hallahmi and Michael Argyle. Routledge
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need be aware of?:
None
Ministry in a
Hospital Setting
Thursday 15th March 2007
Day course 10am – 4pm
Venue:
The Maudsley Hospital
Led by:
Canon Andrew Wilson and Canon Ivelaw Bowman
This course will explore ministering to
the sick and how to care for them in a general teaching hospital. For
all authorised ministers, lay or ordained, or those training for such
ministries, who are involved in or interested in hospital ministry.
Includes input on acute hospital chaplaincy. Meet at 10am at King’s
College Hospital, Denmark Hill, in the Board Room (near main entrance
– ask at the Help Desk). Lunch may be purchased in the hospital
refectory.
Faith in the Countryside
Saturday 17th March 2007
Morning course 10am – 1pm
Venue:
The Youth Centre, Godstone
Led by:
Revd Dr Barry Goodwin (Faith in the Countryside Officer) and members
of the Diocesan Faith in the Countryside Group
Numbers:
4-30
Course intended for:
For all Clergy, Readers, SPAs and lay persons who exercise or are
considering ministry in the rural church
Content of Course:
The nature of countryside is changing rapidly in all areas of its life
and there is a need for the church to respond to these changes. The
workshop will address the issues and consider what it means to be
rural church.
Aims:
- an opportunity to reflect on the
place and presence of the Church in our villages
- looking at models of rural churches
- to provide support and stimulation
for those engaged in rural ministry
- sharing examples of good practice
and problems encountered
Learning objectives of course :
As above
Teaching methods:
Lectures, small groups including case studies and a plenary session
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation for Course ?:
The General Synod Report ‘Seeds in Holy Ground’ (GS1606)
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need be aware of ?:
None – all ideas, assumptions and experience welcome
Dementia
Saturday 12th May 2007
Morning course 10am – 1pm
Venue:
Gilmore Room, Trinity House
Led by:
Revd Hilary Fife
Numbers:
6-12
Course intended for:
Clergy Readers, SPAs.
Content of Course:
Exploring the spiritual and pastoral needs of people with dementia.
Aims:
To broaden and deepen our understanding of dementia, its impact on the
sufferer and those around and to reflect on what constitutes
appropriate pastoral and spiritual care
Learning objectives of course:
- To understand more about dementia as
a condition
- To become more aware of resources
available to meet the challenge of dementia
Teaching methods:
A mix of direct teaching, group work and reflection on personal
experience of dementia via video and cast study material
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation for Course ?:
Reflection on personal experience of working with/caring for people
with dementia.
Preparing brief notes on what pastoral care provision is already in
place in the parish you belong to.
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need be aware of ?:
None
Euthanasia
Saturday 19th May 2007
Day session 10am – 4pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
The Reverend Duncan Swan, Team Rector of Caterham
Numbers:
8-16
Course intended for:
Licensed Ministers
Content of Course:
Three 75 minute sessions entitled
- ‘What does it mean to be human?’
- ‘Is life sacred?’
- ‘Euthanasia as it is practised.’
Aims:
To examine the traditional Christian attitude to the issues of
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in the light of contemporary
challenges to this position.
Learning objectives of course:
Participants to gain knowledge of the theological background to the
issue and the contemporary debate.
Teaching methods:
Lecture and group work
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback forms
Reading/Preparation for Course ?:
None required
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need be aware of ?:
No
Debt Slavery and the
Faith of the Church
Wednesday 13th and 20th September
2006 6-9pm
(note BOTH evenings!)
Venue:
Goodenough Room, Trinity House
Based on the work of the Christian
Council for Monetary Justice (for more detail, see http://www.ccmj.org/index.htm),
these two evenings will consider the actual and the ideal response of
the Christian Church to the issue of slavery to debt, at almost every
level of society. These evenings will be led by Canon Peter Challen.
For more information, contact Canon
Challen (see “Clergy with PTO” in Diocesan Directory).
Proactive
Pastoral Care
Tuesday 19th June 2007
Morning session 10am – 1pm
Venue:
the Flat, Trinity House
Led by:
Paul Perkin - Vicar, St Mark’s Battersea Rise
Numbers:
6 - 30
Course intended for:
All clergy, readers, SPAs, laity
Content of Course:
Looking at a Biblical and practical model of pastoral care that is
more proactive than reactive
Aims:
To see how we can avoid the pitfalls of just reacting to endless
pastoral emergencies
To see a more proactive model in practice
Learning objectives of course:
To learn how to train others to help with pastoring
To hear about other resources to help in pastoral care
Teaching methods:
Talk/interview. Questions & discussion
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Verbal feedback and feedback form
Reading/Preparation for Course ?:
None
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need be aware of ?:
That all Scripture is God breathed (2Tim 3:16). Therefore it gives us
all the principles we need for ministry today. It is not necessary for
the participants to share this assumption
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