This page offers a series of downloads which give basic information about the WMS scheme, vocations and what is involved and on offer, plus some introductory courses. Please feel free to download and explore this material. Each of these is a pdf file, mostly around 50-100kb in size.

• A0 Introductory leaflet
• A1 A Choice of Programmes from WMS
• A2 Basic Information
• A3 Who's Who
• A4 Basic Parish Programme
• A5 Starting the Scheme
• A6 Candidates for Ordination
• A6a Incumbent's Guide to OLM Candidates
• B1 Criteria for Inclusion of Parishes
• B2 Information for Incumbents
• B3 Guidelines for Diocesan Helpers
• B4 Information about Core Groups
• B5 Joining the Core
• B6 Getting Started
• B7 Typical Pathways
• C1 Beyond the Three Years
• C2 Joining the CORE (new members)
• C3 Liturgy for Parish Commissioning
• C4 Health Check for WMS churches
• C6 Core Group review
• O1 Basic Information for Bishop's Selection Advisers
  O2 The Call to Ordained Local Ministry
• O3 Guidelines for Incumbents and OLMs
  O4 Training for Ordination - The Three Elements
• O5 Guide for OLM spouses
• V1 Vacancy Guidelines
• V2 Vacancy Guidelines (CORE Groups)
• V3 Vacancy Guidelines (Rural Deans)
• V4 Vacancy pro forma
• (General guidance for parishes in vacancy can be found in the Handbook - click here)

Vision Building (GR C)

• Contents List
• 1 Mission and vision statements
• 2 Seven ways of building a vision
• 2a Table of gifts
• 2b Table of skills
• 3 Practical tools
• 4 Implementing a vision
• 5 Project planning
• 6 Vision and change
• 7 Visionary leadership & collaborative ministry

Collaborative Ministry (GR D)

• Contents list
• 1 Leadership styles
• 2 Enabling people
• 3 Delegation
• 4 Patterns of behaviour
• 5 Stages and structures
• 6 Visionary leadership

Understanding Groups (GR J)

• Contents list
• 1 Stakeholding in groups
• 2 Content and process
• 3 Task, individual and maintenance needs
• 4 Stages of team development
• 5 Group leadership

Teaching Adults (GR K)

• Contents list
• 1 Adults as learners
• 2 Learning in small groups
• 3 Learning styles
• 4 Planning the session
• 5 How not to do it
• 6 An example of 'unlearning'

Download the complete list of courses as a pdf: in summary (pdf 58kb) or in detail (pdf 37kb).

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