Continual Ministerial Development (CMD) offer for Spring 2025. CMD is available for Ordained Ministers, Licensed Lay Ministers, Chaplains, Lay Pastoral Assistants, Lay Worship Leaders, and Commissioned Lay Pioneers.
Transitions in Ministry
The Diocese of Salisbury is part of the South West Regional Learning Partnership made up of 5 Dioceses: Bath & Wells, Guildford, Oxford, Portsmouth, Winchester and Salisbury.
As part of our shared working, we offer a Transitions in Ministry residential programme (TiMs) for clergy at transition points in their ministry, providing an opportunity to meet with clergy at a similar stage in their ministry from across the wider region.Attendance at consultations is by invitation from the diocese, with the diocese covering the costs. If you think you would benefit from attending one of the consultations, please contact the Director of Mission & Ministry.
- Transitions in Ministry consultation: First Responsibility: This consultation is designed to be an interactive piece of training that is shaped by your questions. 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.
- Available dates: 18th - 20th November 2025
- Available dates: 18th - 20th November 2025
- Transitions in Ministry consultation: 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
- Available dates: 23rd - 25th September 2025
- Available dates: 23rd - 25th September 2025
- Transitions in Ministry consultation: 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.
- Available dates: 16th - 18th September 2025.