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Preparing for Retirement: Pensions, Retirement Housing and Finances
Tuesday 13th January 2026, 10.00am - 3.30pm
Church House Oxford
You are never too young to start planning for your retirement. Planning for retirement is something all clergy need to do. Clergy can face particular challenges over housing and it is good to have a clear understanding of your pension arrangements. This day will enable you to understand retirement housing provision for clergy and the clergy pensions schemes. There will also be advice on financial planning.
Hosts: the Church of England Pensions Team, and Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Lunch is included.
Theology for the Parish
Tuesday 20th January 2026, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Theology and AI – How does theology help us to engage with the advance of AI? How might our Christian communities be places for reflecting on the place of AI in our lives? Revd Professor Davison will show how theology can help us navigate this topic, which seems to be everywhere now, all at once.
- Putting Doctrine together – How can we fruitfully link the key doctrines of the Christian faith together, in ministry, in our teaching and preaching, and in our lives? It can be easy to deal with one theological theme only at a time: creation, Christology, redemption, and so on. Professor Davison has been writing a book on the harmony and unity of the Christian faith, so is well-placed to help us think about some connections.
Speakers: Revd Professor Andrew Davison, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, and Residentiary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral
Refreshments available from 1.30pm. Please note that there is NO PARKING in Central Oxford
Nurturing our Growth as Ministers
Tuesday 26th - 30th January 2026
St George’s House, Windsor Castle
Early in 2026, we are running another of our popular Clergy Consultations, Nurturing our Growth as Ministers. Feedback from the previous Consultations was terrifically positive so we have every reason to hope that next year’s Consultation will be equally worthwhile.
During the Consultation, we will look at human development and leadership, focusing on “knowing” with head, heart and gut. The final product will be the creation of an individual personal development programme, something our recent participants found extremely valuable. The Consultation is designed for people with at least five years’ experience in Ministry.
The cost of this Consultation is £225. This includes attendance at the five day Consultation, full board and accommodation.
If you would like further information and/or an application form, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Birdseye or on 01753 848886.
Preaching Matthew for Lent and Easter
Tuesday 3rd February 2026, 10.00am - 3.30pm
Church House Oxford
Working through the lectionary gospel for this season, focussing on:
- reading the sermon on the mount for lived discipleship;
- reading the passion narrative with others in ways that help them engage deeply with the Lord Jesus Christ again;
- reading the resurrection narrative within the culture of first century Judaism to hear it with all the resonances its first hearers would have heard.
Speakers: The Rt Rev Dave Bull and Rev Dr Andy Angel
Lunch is included.
Stress & Resilience: Starting Well for Curates and Incumbents
Wednesday 4th March 2026, 10am - 3.30pm
Church House Oxford
Amid the pressures of parish ministry, how do we deal healthily with stress and build resilience for the long term?
Facilitator: Alison Coulter, Adviser & Organisation Health Specialist, from Thrive Worldwide.
Lunch is included.
(More details to follow)
Leadership Training for Emerging Leaders
Wednesday 22nd April 2026, 10am - 3.30pm
Church House Oxford
This day workshop, run by GiANT and sponsored by the Clergy Support Trust, will establish solid leadership foundations for the future, for those taking their first steps in leadership. If you are a more experienced leader, explore GiANT's second course.
Participants will:
- Increase their self-awareness of personality wiring in order to understand behavioural tendencies: strengths, challenges, blind spots and stress behaviours that leaders will need to watch out for
- Develop collaborative leadership skills that draw out the strengths of others and enable a healthy culture in ministry and mission, and in united and effective teams (from staff teams to PCCs)
- Learn about intentional multiplication, learning from the example of Jesus to help leaders prioritise who they give their time to in the parish
- Discover skills to build healthy rhythms for work and rest for long-term flourishing in ministry, identifying both the season the church, and the leader, are in and how to lead through the potential variance
Lunch is included.
CENDD National Conference
Saturday 25th April 2026
Royal Foundation of St Katherine, Limehouse East London, and on Zoom.
National conference for the Church of England Network for Distinctive Deacons:
Keynote Speaker: Revd Canon Rosalind Brown, author of ‘Being a Deacon Today’
Special Guest: Bishop Pete Wilcox, Champion for Distinctive Deacons in the House of Bishops and CENDD Patron
Save the date! Booking and further details will become available in early February 2026, or email CENDD for more information.
Christian Approaches to Money
Tuesday 28th April 2026
Church House Oxford
A day event particularly aimed at clergy who would like to explore the Biblical picture around financial giving, or would like some guidance on how best to broach the subject of financial giving, both inside and outside the church congregation. Sessions will look at Biblical approaches to giving, how we can motivate people to support our churches financially, and a hands-on session looking at how we would use particular passages of Scripture to talk about giving in our own contexts.
Speakers: Rev Wendy Pawsey (Head of Giving, Evangelical Alliance), Joshua Townson (Generous Giving Adviser, Diocese of Oxford).
Lunch is provided.
A Vocation to the Diaconate: Could God be Calling You?
Monday 1st June 2026
On Zoom
An evening zoom gathering organised by CENDD (Church of England Network for Distinctive Deacons) for those considering, exploring or discerning a vocation as a Distinctive Deacon. An opportunity to share journeys, ask questions and hear from Distinctive Deacons in the Church of England.
Save the date! Further details and zoom link will be available nearer the time, or email CENDD for more information.
Recruiting & Managing Staff
Thursday 11th June 2026, 10am - 3.30pm
Church House Oxford
Details to follow.
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