The Curate's Guide: From Calling to First Parish - Softcover

To those seeking helpful advice and clear thinking about the journey to ordination and the day-to-day realities of parish ministry, this guide is of inestimable value. - Canon Professor Martyn Percy, Principal, Ripon College

Are you considering ordained ministry? Training on a course or at theological college? About to embark on your first curacy - full or part-time? Tackling the issues in a realistic and thoughtful way, this in-depth book covers: how to discern a calling to ordained ministry; selection and training; choosing your first parish; CME and your curacy; working with the training incumbent; the personal impact of transition into ordained ministry; self-management; and, public ministry. This accessible and informative guide combines essential information, practical survival tips and theological reflection all honestly grounded in the writers' experience. The contributors Diane Clutterbuck, Vanessa Herrick, Claire Pedrick, Eileen Turner, David Runcorn, Margaret Whipp, and John Witcombe are all involved in training, consultancy or selection and between them have a wide experience of the challenges of ordained ministry.