If you are interested in becoming a spiritual director, you may wish to consider joining the next training course on Spiritual Accompaniment
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It is a one year ecumenical training course for lay and ordained Christians and is scheduled to run from September 2025 to July 2026
The course will consist of 17 Tuesday meetings over three terms meeting from 10.00am – 3.30 pm.
It is a hybrid course with 10 days online via zoom, and 7 in person days in Birmingham at a venue tbc.
Spiritual Accompaniment:
A one year ecumenical training course for lay and ordained Christians
The next course is scheduled to run from September 2025 to July 2026
The course will consist of 17 Tuesday meetings over three terms meeting from 10.00am – 3.30 pm.
It is a hybrid course with 10 days online via zoom, and 7 in person days in Birmingham at a venue tbc.
Who is the course for?
The course is open to Christians of any denomination. Those seeking a place would be people who:
- find others turn naturally to them to talk about their life and faith.
- are stable and open to learning in their Christian faith, and keen to develop their knowledge and discipleship.
- already have, or are prepared to have, a spiritual director.
The course aims to:
- Encourage each person to grow and develop gifts for spiritual accompaniment in various contexts.
- Offer knowledge, critical awareness and skills for spiritual accompaniment and direction
By the end of the course, participants will have:-
- Broadened and deepened their understanding of Christian traditions of prayer.
- Experienced differing approaches to, and emphases within, Christian spirituality.
- Explored the meaning of their faith and spiritual traditions and how these encourage growth and personal fulfilment.
- Practiced key skills as a spiritual companion, and supported others in this process.
- Developed a reflective approach to their work as a spiritual companion.
Could this course be for you?
Some questions you might want to ask yourself . . .• Do others come to share with you their hopes and fears about their faith and life journey?
• Have you felt that God may be calling you to ‘companion’ others in this way?
• Have you considered whether training might develop your gifts?