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Continuing
Ministerial Education
Training Courses: Sept 2006 - June 2007
'NOT
JUST FOR CURATES'
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Leadership and People
Growing
leaders
Tuesday 19th September 2006
Day Course 10am – 4pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
Rev James Lawrence (CPAS Director)
Numbers:
Max 50
Course intended for:
Clergy who are interested in running the Growing Leaders
Course. Growing Leaders is the latest practical resource from
CPAS. Over a year, its unique mix of teaching, mentoring and practical
application focuses on: leadership rooted in Christ, deepening
commitment to long-term service and developing essential skills for
the task.
Content of course:
To consider both the principles underlying GL as well as the
practicalities of how to set up a course.
Aims:
To equip and inform Clergy who are interested in running the Growing
Leaders Programme. To help Clergy launch the Growing Leaders Programme
in the Local Parish setting.
Learning objectives of course:
By the end of the session participants will have clearer understanding
of the underlying principals of Growing Leaders and be confident in
running the programme in the Parish.
Teaching methods:
Lecture/ Discussion highly participative.
Assessing course’s effectiveness:
Feedback form.
Reading/Preparation for course?:
Useful web site -
www.cpas.org.uk/growing
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need be aware of ?:
None
Assertiveness Training (Four
sessions)
Wednesday 20th September
Wednesday 4th October
Wednesday 22th November
Wednesday 13th December 2006
Evening course 7pm – 9pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
Mary Smail, Psychotherapist, Dramatherapist and Assertion Trainer
Numbers:
8 - 12
Course intended for:
SPAs, Church workers, Curates and Priests
Content of Course:
An introduction to assertive behaviour
Aims:
To enable verbal and non verbal communication skills of people
involved in Christian ministry
Learning objectives of course:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to :
- Identify and understand the roots of
self esteem and link this to passive, aggressive and assertive
behaviour (Life in all its fullness)
- Understand their right to make
requests (Ask and you will receive)
- Refuse or agree with other people
(Let your nay be nay)
- Think about anger (Be angry but sin
not)
- Set God goals (I know the plans I
have for you)
Teaching methods:
Input from facilitator, discussion, life situation assessment and
rehearsal, non performance and non confrontational, experiential drama
exercises, reflective processing and prayer
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Self assessment through Reflective Journal and peer feedback
Reading/Preparation for Course?:
None
Theological,
Philosophical or Methodology
Participants need be aware of ?:
None
Creating Willing Followers - legitimate leadership of volunteers
Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Day course 11am – 5pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
Auriel Le Pleu and Helen Roberts, CMS Consultancy
Numbers:
10 min to 20 max
Course intended for:
All in a leadership role
Content of Course:
An introduction to Legitimate Leadership a generic model of leadership
based on the quality of the relationship between leader and follower.
Aims:
The workshop seeks to explain:
If I am a leader:
- Who are my followers?
- Why do people follow me?
- What have I to offer?
- How do I remain true to my
followers?
- How can I help people fulfil their
purpose?
- Why might people turn their backs?
Learning objectives of course:
To provide the opportunity for individuals to consider the
appropriateness of the Legitimate Leadership Model for their own
leadership roles.
Teaching methods:
Workshop format with group
activities and personal reflection
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation
for Course ?:
None
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need
be aware of ?:
None
Conflict Resolution
Saturday 7th October 2006
Day course
10am – 4pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
The Revd Naomi Whittle
Numbers:
6 - 26
Course intended for:
Church leaders, lay and ordained
Content of Course:
Handling conflict in Christian communities
Aims:
1 To look at different styles of personal responses to conflict
2 Biblical examples of conflict and their relevance today
3 Handling conflict in church congregations
Learning objectives of course:
To see that in our daily lives as Christians an element of conflict is
necessary and can be helpful when handled in a positive way.
Teaching methods:
1 Input from leader
2 Individual personal reflection
3 working in small groups
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Evaluation sheet for participants
Reading/Preparation
for Course ?:
None necessary
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need
be aware of ?:
The material is from the London Mennonite Centre which is involved in
peace and reconciliation particularly in Christian communities
Introduction to Leadership
Tuesday 10th October 2006
Evening course
5pm – 9pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
The Reverend Canon Michael Hart, Canon Missioner
Numbers:
6 - 25
Course intended for:
People in the first two years of an incumbency in the Diocese of
Southwark
Content of Course:
What is leadership?
What makes a good leader?
Some models of leadership.
Aims:
To help clergy develop their existing understanding of
leadership
Learning objectives of course:
To provide participants with ideas and tools for their own ministry
Teaching methods:
Lecture/discussion/perhaps individual and group work
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation
for Course ?:
None
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need
be aware of ?:
None
Working with
Volunteers
Thursday 18th January 2007
Morning session
10am – 1pm
Venue:
Gilmore Room, Trinity House
Led by:
Ven Chris Skilton (Archdeacon of Lambeth)
Numbers:
6 - 12
Course intended for:
All clergy
Content of Course:
1. The life of the volunteer
2. Recruiting, nurturing and equipping volunteers in the life of the
church.
3. Legal responsibilities
Aims:
To equip clergy with a better understanding of the place of the
volunteer in the life of the church and the role that they play in
nurturing and sustaining them in their roles.
Learning objectives of course:
By the end of the session participants will have reflected on what it
means to be a volunteer and learned or revisited some skills and
strategies for the better management of volunteers in the life of the
local church.
Teaching methods:
1. Lecture, informal and plenary discussion
2. Handouts provided on the day
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Checking participants’ assumptions and expectations at the start
of the course and revisiting those at the end to see how they have
been met.
Feedback forms
Reading/Preparation
for Course ?:
Participants will be asked to consider a case study before
the day and to bring their reflections on this to the course.
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need
be aware of ?:
The session will be set in the context of an understanding of calling,
vocation and discipleship
Formation for
Personal Leadership
Thursday 17th May 2007
Day course
10am – 4pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
Rob Mackintosh
Numbers:
18-24
Course intended for:
Clergy and laity
Content of Course:
Formation expressed as identity, calling and stability.
Aims:
To visit or revisit key issues in personal leadership
Learning objectives of course:
To equip people with insights they can use for personal formation
Teaching methods:
PPT, discussion, personal reflection, small group work
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation
for Course?:
None
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need
be aware of ?:
Learning circle, biblical reflection
Theology of
leadership
Thursday 7th June 2007
Day course
10am – 4pm
Venue:
Stockwood Room, Trinity House
Led by:
The Revd Stephen Hance, Vicar of the Ascension, Balham Hill
Numbers:
Max 35 people
Course intended for:
Mainly for stipendiary clergy exercising a leadership role in a parish
context; others welcome if there is space.
Content of Course:
Theological perspectives on leading God’s people
Aims:
1. To offer theological insight into leadership in the parish
2. To look at Scriptural models of leadership
Learning objectives of course:
To allow participants to gain awareness of their own leadership style
and to critique this with theological/Scriptural insights
Teaching methods:
Assessing Course’s Effectiveness:
Feedback form
Reading/Preparation
for Course?:
None
Theological, Philosophical or
Methodology Participants need
be aware of?:
None
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