Training & Development

Coming soon:
Stepwise Online—Faith Filled Environment—contact Jason for more details

Faith Filled Life

Stepwise is the discipleship development programme from the United Reformed Church. Every Stepwise journey begins with Faith-filled Life – an essential introduction and preparation for the other streams.  It is a core introduction to Stepwise looking at identity, call and purpose.

To find out more go to Stepwise – United Reformed Church

or contact Jason

Discipleship Development Fund

The Discipleship Development Fund is being used in two ways: one is the large grant award, and the other is small, individual grants of up  to £200 per annum. 

To find out more go to DDF – United Reformed Church

or contact Jason

• Bible Reading Fellowship
• Alpha Course
• Free To Believe
• Christianity Explored
• Pray as you go

• Northern College
• Westminster College
• The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
• Greenbelt Festival
• Keswick Ministries

Faith Filled Community & Faith Filled Conversation

Faith Filled Conversation helps you to be confident in sharing your faith with others. Faith Filled Community gets you to look with fresh eyes at your neighbourhoods and communities and exploring how your church can serve and bear witness to God’s love within them.

To find out more go to What are the Stepwise themes? 

or contact Jason

A More Able Church

A More Able Church is a Synod initiative which seeks to make church and serving in church more welcoming and inclusive. It encourages changes that help us all, but in particular people with specific needs, to flourish as human beings.

To find out more and see videos of previous sessions go to A More Able Church

and look out for up-coming events in the synod Newsletter

Eco Church

At the heart of our life and faith is the world that we live and serve in, God’s creation, which God declared was good! It is central to our mission that we care for the gifts God has given.

To find out more go to Eco Church – URC Wales Synod

or contact the Synod Green Advocate at greenadvocate.urcwales@urc.org.uk

Leading your Church into Growth

Also known as LyCiG. 

LyCiG is a resource to help church to go from managing maintenance to realising growth.

To find out more go to Leading your Church into Growth  

or contact Jason

• The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
• Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) | Churches Working for Peace and Justice 
• Mission and Evangelism | World Council of Churches

• mission shaped intro – fxresourcing
• mission shaped ministry – fxresourcing
• The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

EM2/EM3

EM2 is a required phase of supported learning, and continuing ministerial formation during the first 3 years of ministry. Find out more at Education for Ministry: Phase 2  

EM3 is the third and lifelong learning phase of learning and development for Ministers of Word and Sacraments and Church Related Community Workers. Those who are eligible can find out more at EM3-Guidelines and by contacting Jason

URC Learning Hub

This is the home of all the URC online learning and self-access courses, including Stepwise, Exploring Eldership, Safeguarding, Conversation Starters.

To find out more contact learninghub@urc.org.uk

or click this link:  Home | URC Learning Hub

Sabbaticals

Sabbaticals are arranged in dialogue with the Synod TDO. They usually last three months and are offered to every minister at ten-year intervals. Grants are given for educational/vocational purposes. That is, practical training, educational, spiritual, and professional development.

Contact Jason for more information

Candidating for Ministry

Is God calling you to be a Church Related Community Worker or a Minister of the Word and Sacraments?

Find out more at The candidating process – United Reformed Church

and contact the moderator David  

• Northern College
• The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion

• Westminster College
• Discover NTC: Equipping for Life and Deeper Faith
• Keswick Ministries

• The Scottish College
  (URC & Cong.)
• St Beuno’s

Elders Training

Are you an Elder seeking to find out more about Eldership or how you might further help your church? Or, perhaps you have recently been called to be an Elder and are just starting out on your Eldership journey. Exploring Eldership is a six module training programme designed to help you learn more about the ministry of Eldership, whatever point you are at on that journey. 

 Take a look…: Read more about Exploring Eldership

Faith Fuelled Leadership

Stepwise Faith-fuelled Leadership takes you on a journey through the key aspects of Christian Leadership, helping to equip you for leadership in the church and beyond.

It is designed for anyone who serves the church in any kind of leadership role – as an elder, local church leader, house-group leader etc.

To find out more go to What are the Stepwise themes?

or talk to your minister or contact Jason

Sacraments Training

At the heart of our life and faith is the world that we live and serve in, God’s creation, which God declare was good! It is central to our mission that we care for the gifts God has given.

To find out more contact Jason

Church Leadership Programme

CLP is a comprehensive programme to refresh experienced lay and ordained leaders in authentic leadership, helping church leaders to develop external skills from their core sense of being.

To find out more go to The Church Leadership Programme

• Become an Elder   
• Guidelines on conduct and behaviour for Elders

• Eldership – URC Wales Synod
• Managing faith charities as trustees – GOV.UK

Faith Filled Worship

This Stepwise stream gives participants the opportunity to explore Christian worship and lays some foundations for anyone who is beginning to participate in the leading of worship in their church.  It is designed for anyone who is interested in learning more about worship as part of their journey of discipleship and for those who feel called to lead worship locally.

What are the Stepwise themes?

talk to your minister or contact Jason

Lay Preaching & Leading Worship

Is God calling you to leading worship, or perhaps to share God’s word as a preacher?

To find out more go to Become a Worship Leader, even a Lay Preacher

or contact our lay preaching advocate Maggie

• Singing the Faith A  Resource Hub
• The Lectionary Page 

• re-Worship  
• Center for Excellence in Preaching

• BibleGateway.com
• Worship Notes