August September

  • Local Leadership & PtO Training LL/048

    The Local Leadership & PtO course is an alternative safeguarding leadership pathway. Read more

  • Diocesan Conference 2026

    Our clergy and lay leaders will gather at High Leigh Conference Centre for three days as we consider the future shape of our diocese Read more

  • Safeguarding Leadership Training SGL/85

    This programme is designed for people who play a lead role in shaping the culture of the church body concerned. The course provides an opportunity to develop your safeguarding skill set, reflect on the safeguarding culture in your own setting and identify potential areas for development. Read more

  • CMD: Francis and Clare of Assisi for Today

    In this course, we will explore the lives and legacies of Francis and Clare of Assisi, with an eye to understanding their spiritual maturation and how we can learn from them for wising living today. We will use the book, The Courage to Care: Wisdom from Assisi to guide our learning. We will cover topics including spiritual discontent, metanoia, intentional community, Clare’s contemplative method, and living with generosity of spirit. Read more

  • CMD: Reading the Biblical Prophets for Today

    The Biblical prophets are often cited but do we really know what they mean and how to read them? The prophets were full of passion – rage, love, hope, and desolation – and their words can both wound and heal. Many feel their value is only in what can be read as predicting Jesus and that they are largely irrelevant now, but we have largely forgotten how to read them, to whom they are speaking, and responsibly apply what they are saying to our own contemporary context. For this day, we will explore some introductory work on reading the prophets and then delve more deeply into the texts themselves, looking specifically at passages from Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos, and Micah amongst selections from a few others as time allows. Read more