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Continuing Ministerial Development (CMD)
The Ordained Ministries Development Officer, the Revd Dwayne Engh, has responsibility for the CMD programme for clergy. A number of programmes are in development. Check back here often for more information. (And please feel free to share any ideas or requests you may have)!
Training Opportunities
Theological Book Group
We will meet on Zoom three times a year (looking at a different book each time). Join our Learning Community looking at classic and contemporary theological texts! Exact time and date will be determined to best suit everone involved. Download PDF of poster here.
Interested? Email: dwayne.engh@derby.anglican.org.
Leadership Book Group
We will meet on Zoom three times a year (looking at a different book each time). Join our Learning Community looking at leadership books from both Chrisitian and secular sources! Exact time and date will be determined to best suit everone involved. Download PDF of poster here.
Interested? Email: dwayne.engh@derby.anglican.org.
Empowering Leadership Forum
A seires of practical training and formational events throughout the year for all Clergy & Laity. Download Poster & Dates here. Please contact marietta.forman@derby.anglican.org to register.
On Priesthood: Empowering Leadership
(a.k.a. ‘The Hamburger of Enabling’)
Tuesday 7 September 2021
7.00-9.30pm - Zoom
Dwayne Engh
Models of Leadership
Thursday 25 November 2021
7.00-9.30pm - Zoom
James Lawrence
Leadership: Conflict and how it affects us
Tuesday 5 April 2022
7.30-9.00pm – Zoom
Sandra Cobbin
Leadership & Conflict Transformation
Tuesday 17 May 2022
7.30-9.00pm – Zoom
Sandra Cobbin
Leadership & Power
Tuesday 7 June 2022
7.30-9.00pm - Zoom
Sandra Cobbin
Please contact marietta.forman@derby.anglican.org to register.
Refreshing Ministry
Training opportunities for refreshing ministry for all clergy & laity throughout the year. Dowload Poster & Dates here. Please contact marietta.forman@derby.anglican.org to register.
Prayer in Mission & Ministry
Wednesday 1 September 2021
7.00-9.30pm - Zoom
Bishop Jack Nicholls
Weddings – Theology & The Law
Monday 8 November 2021
7.00-9.30pm – Zoom
Karen Hamblin & Nadine Waldon (The Registrar)
Baptism & Christian Initiation
Wednesday 10 November 2021
7.00-9.30pm - Zoom
Alicia Dring & Peter Robinson
Funeral Ministry
Saturday 13 November 2021
10.00am-12.00noon @ St Werburgh’s, Spondon
Julian Hollywell & Christine McMullin
Inspiring Everyday Faith
Thursday 3 February 2022
7.00-9.30pm – Zoom
Nick Shepherd
Spirituality for the Elderly
Monday 9 May 2022
7.00-9.30pm – Zoom
Ellie Ballard
Digital Media Communications
Monday 16 May 2022
7.00-9.30pm – Zoom
Liz Morgan
Please contact marietta.forman@derby.anglican.org to register.
Grants & Sabbaticals
Applications for one-time-only COVID Wellbeing Clergy Retreat Grant
Because of concerns for clergy wellbeing post-COVID, £250 is being offered per person for the remainder of 2021 and the entirety of 2022 only. You can only apply for the grant once during that period, but the application can be for more than one event e.g., a series of quiet days or a Christian Conference and sessions of spiritual direction as long as the total being asked for does not exceed £250. You can also apply for support towards something that costs more than £250 but awards are capped at £250.
The Ordained Ministries Development Officer, the Rev'd Dwayne Engh, has responsibility for authorising applications for COVID Wellbeing Clergy Retreat grants.
Download COVID Wellbeing Clergy Retreat Grant Information form here,
Download the COVID Wellbeing Clergy Retreat Grant application form here (Word doc).
Application forms should be sent directly to Marietta Forman at Derby Church House or by email to marietta.forman@derby.anglican.org.
If you have any queries, do please get in touch with Marietta on 01332 388673.
Applications for CMD Grants
The Ordained Ministries Development Officer, the Rev'd Dwayne Engh, has responsibility for authorising applications for CMD grants.
The application form was revised in 2019. Please note applications should be made on the new form and preferred in advance of the event rather than retrospectively. Invoice or receipts will be required.
Download the CMD grant application form (Word doc)
Application forms should be sent directly to Marietta Forman at Derby Church House or by email to marietta.forman@derby.anglican.org.
If you have any queries, do please get in touch with Marietta on 01332 388673.
Applications for Sabbaticals and Study Leave
The Guidelines and applications form have recently been revised.
Sabbatical or Study Leave applications for 2022 have closed. Do get in touch with the Rev'd Dwayne Engh by the end of February 2022 to allow sufficient time to meet with him to plan and prepare your application for submission in June 2022 for a Sabbatical or Study Leave in 2023. Appointments can be arranged through Marietta Forman tel 01332 388673.
The process is set out in the Sabbatical and Study Leave Guidelines (Word doc).
All applications will be considered at the Bishop's Staff meeting in June.
Other sources of funding
Clergy seeking funding for personal development or for academic courses might also consider applying to Lichfield Theological College Trust: Please note that Application Forms for grants from the Lichfield Theological College Trust must be submitted via The Revd Canon Matt Barnes, to be counter-signed before they are sent to the Trust.
Download the Lichfield funding form for personal development (Word doc)
Download the Lichfield funding form for academic courses (Word doc)
It is also worth looking at the following sites:
ministry bursary awards ecclesiastical.com/insights/ministry-bursary-awards/
ministrydevelopment.org.uk/wcmet
