2025 TiMs

You can see a full list of 2025 training events here.

First Responsibility

This Consultation is for those who have recently been appointed to an incumbency status post. It is intended to help you understand your role more fully and give you the opportunity to explore, in an atmosphere of mutual confidence and away from the parish, any questions or concerns you may have. It will also enable you to discern which areas you need to do more thinking about. It is designed to complement the guidance and preparation you receive within your own Diocese.

• November 18th to 20th, St Columba’s House, Woking. Book here.

New Post

This consultation is designed for clergy who have recently moved to a new post other than a curacy or first responsibility. It helps participants analyse their new context of ministry and identify future priorities. Those who attend this consultation should have been in their new post for about around 3-14 months. There is no “taught” material in this course, participants work in small groups through a process to identify what they have found, their relationship with God, their hopes for the future and by the end some specifics for the next few months. Much of the value of this course comes from interaction with colleagues in a similar position and the sharing of ideas.

• March 10th to 12th, St Columba’s House, Woking. Book here.
• September 30th to October 2nd, St Columba’s House, Woking. Book here.

Preparing for Retirement

This consultation will enable participants who are approaching retirement within the next five years or so to focus on a range of issues related to the closing years of public ministry and the opportunities for continuing discipleship, ministry and well-being when the particular public role has ended. We welcome spouses to this consultation and provide them with the opportunity to reflect on their own and with their partner on what this coming change of life and work might mean for them.

• September 16th to 18th, Sarum College, Salisbury. Book here.

Working with the Newly Ordained

For those taking on specific responsibility for the training of a new clergyperson in their first post after ordination.

• May 13th to 14th, Sarum College, Salisbury. Book here.