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National structures and people
The work of Continuing Ministerial Development (CMD)is supported by a national panel. Here the panel members introduce themselves.
Bishop Richard Cheetham is chair of the CMD Panel.
He is bishop of Kingston in the diocese of Southwark.
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Why do you value being part of the Panel?
- Clergy and ministerial development is crucial for the vitality of the Church’s mission.
- Growing awareness of the expertise we already have: and a desire to make ‘best practice’ widely available.
What experience, qualifications, and, expertise do you bring?
- Former teacher (of physics).
- Long experience of clergy development/work consultancy.
- Former curate, vicar, rural dean, archdeacon – now bishop.
- PhD on the place of religion in public life.
What book of the bible/text do you most frequently turn to and why?
- John’s Gospel – the clarity and force of the central theme of the divine ministry of God made known in Christ.
Dr Tim Ling is the secretary of the CMD Panel and national adviser for CMD.
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Why do you value being part of the panel?
I particularly value being part of this Panel because of the breadth of ministerial experience that it brings to addressing the challenges of continuing ministry development.
What experience, qualifications and expertise do you bring?
I am the Panel’s Secretary having previously been the Ministry Development Officer in the Canterbury diocese. I have postgraduate qualifications in adult education, management, and theology, winning a 2007 John Templeton award for my academic work on John’s Gospel. A particular focus of my work in Canterbury was strengthening the relationship between Ministerial Development Review and continuing ministerial development.
What book of the bible / text do you most frequently turn to and why?
I frequently find myself turning to 3John for inspiration. The combination of its brevity and wisdom, in the context of complex and competing demands, is something to which I aspire!
Wendy Sargaent is CME Officer for Readers in the Norwich diocese.
http://www.norwich.anglican.org/training
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Why do you value being part of the Panel?
I value being part of this Panel because I believe in the ministry of the ‘priesthood of all believers’ and am not ordained. I am a Reader (since 1996) and am privileged to represent the interests of my lay colleagues on this panel to ensure that the enormous contribution offered by all lay ministers, but especially those licensed and authorized by the Bishops, is not lost nor neglected insofar as continuing ministerial development is concerned. I am the CME Officer for Readers in the diocese of Norwich.
What experience, qualifications, and, expertise do you bring?
I have an MSc in Education and Training (post-16) and have recently retired after 18 years in the role of Education Manager in a prison, housing 700 offenders, and having had responsibility for the professional development of a staff team of fifty teachers/trainers.
What book of the bible/text do you most frequently turn to and why?
I am part of the leadership team at the Fountain of Life, a ‘Fresh Expression’ network church within the diocese of Norwich, but outside of the parish system. Collaborative ministry is encouraged and is, to me, essential for the extension of God’s Kingdom under King Jesus as reported in Romans 12, 1Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4 in which the apostle Paul emphasizes the importance of every member of the Body contributing according to their Hold Spirit-given ‘gifts’ within the five-fold ministries required for a strong healthy Body. It is to these texts that I return for encouragement on the shape of a healthy church and for which I pray to Out Father in Heaven!
Revd Lesley Bentley is Director of Ministry Development in the Lichfield diocese.
http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/spotlight&SpotID=54
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Why do you value being part of the Panel?
We find ourselves in a time of rapid change for Church and society. I enjoy being part of the big picture thinking on training for the role of licensed ministers in this, whilst at the same time being very much involved on the ground in the parish and Diocese.
What experience, qualifications and expertise do you bring?
26 years in ordained ministry, over 16 of those with responsibility as Incumbent or Minister in charge, working variously in a village, an LEP, a small ‘outer estate’ and a small town. For the most of the last 19 years I have had some Diocesan responsibility for curates and been training Incumbent for 3 curates. At a national level I was one of the authors of Shaping the Future and the current Ministry Division document on assessment of curacy. I was also Dean of Women’s Ministry in the Diocese of Liverpool and chaired the National Association of Deans and Advisors in Women’s Ministry. I was one of the working party that produced Generosity and Sacrifice and the most recent Church Commissioners spending review. As of February 28th I will be Director of Ministerial development for the Diocese of Lichfield.
What book of the bible/text do you most frequently turn to and why?
The Psalms. They bring together all of life within God’s life. All that I experience, joys, disappointments, anger, fear, hope, love and all that those to whom and with whom I minister, are brought together here. I have recently found Bruggemann’s writings on the Psalms, with his analysis of orientation, disorientation and re-orientation helpful. Much earlier in my ministry I was influenced by Gordon Mursell’s Out of the Deep, which includes a discussion of the psalms within a longer text on ‘prayer as protest’. The psalms give a voice for the whole of human experience which is good for me as a disciple, helps me as I minister to others in the highs and lows of life and gives me something to offer to others to enable them in their life and discipleship.
Revd. Martin Thorpe is vicar of St.Philip, Westbrook and Methodist Associate Minister in the Warrington Circuit
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What do you value in being part of the panel?
I have a passion for learning and enabling others to learn and grow and as a consequence minister more effectively to others. My strengths lie in generating ideas with others, strategic thinking, problem solving and turning good ideas into workable, practical projects capable of being implemented, so I enjoy working with the Panel and being on the cutting edge of Ministerial Development. It is also a good place to hear about and learn from best practice in the field from across the Church of England and elsewhere.
What experience, qualifications and expertise do you bring?
I have 10 years’ experience as a half-time incumbent/CME officer in a variety of roles, mainly centred around Initial Ministerial Education for those in their first four years of licensed ministry as Reader, Clergy both stipendiary and self-supporting, Church Army officer, Licensed Lay Worker, Pioneer Minister or stipendiary Reader, most recently leading a team of 10 part-time officers doing this work. My current diocesan role encompasses the evaluation of most aspects of Lifelong Learning for lay and ordained in the Diocese of Liverpool as well as designing and implementing a new framework for Assessment at the End of Curacy. In the other part of my job I am currently a training incumbent and also authorised Methodist minister in a Local Ecumenical Partnership in Warrington, Cheshire.
I currently convene the North West CME officers network and in addition serve on the national Terms of Service Implementation Panel.
I have acted as a St.John’s Extension Studies tutor for over 10 years and have also taught at undergraduate level covering subjects in relation to New Testament studies, early church history and doctrine.
I have many year’s experience of training Shared Ministry Teams in parishes and currently deliver training on a range of topics including Adult Education theory and practice, Volunteer Management in Church, Conflict Management and Resolution and Training Incumbent training. I am also trained to offer consultations using the Belbin team development model.
My own passion for learning has meant that in the last ten years I have completed a part-time MPhil examining issues of collaborative ministry and authority in the Church, a PGCert in Adult Education with theological reflection, gained a qualification in Excellence in Volunteer Management through Volunteering England and the Institute of Leadership and Management and have trained to run Learning Loops. I am currently enrolled on our diocesan School of Leadership / Going for Growth programme.
What book of the bible / text do you most frequently turn to and why?
A bible text that frequently inspires me is the ‘Nazareth Manifesto’, Luke 4:18-19:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.”
In the busyness of ministry these verses call me back to the heart of ministry which was Jesus’ call and now mine along with all who follow after him, and recalls me back to what is truly important in life and ministry, living and proclaiming the Good News.
April Alexander is a representative from the Deployment Remuneration and Conditions of Service Committee.
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Why do you value being part of the Panel?
I enjoy learning from the Panel about the particular learning environment within which the ordained clergy work and the challenge of developing a learning regime for the clergy with the other members.
What experience, qualifications and expertise do you bring?
20 years experience in teaching and adult education before going into the world of pensions and financial services regulation. Within that world I have spent much time setting up learning frameworks and delivering learning. In particular, I have been involved in cascading learning through “training the trainer” exercises and, recently, through distance learning for a very scattered but highly committed group (pension scheme trustees). I try to bring this secular experience to the discussion at Church House. I am a member of General Synod and the Pensions Board as well as the Deployment, Remuneration and Conditions of Service Committee.
What book of the bible/text do you most frequently turn to and why?
The person who inspires me greatly is Mary Magdalene. Over the centuries she has been routinely reviled and misrepresented by a male hierarchy but, in the small wooden figure of her by Donatello in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence, she carries the burdens of womanhood for us all. This is how she emerges from the Gospels.
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