{"id":1403,"date":"2025-07-18T20:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:33:51","slug":"church-leadership-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1403","title":{"rendered":"Church Leadership Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1403\" class=\"elementor elementor-1403\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f8597 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b3f8597\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f37ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91f37ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1028338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1028338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The NEW Church Leadership Programme (CLP)<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80101e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80101e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are delighted to share that the CLP course has been revised and updated and is now being offered, through Northern College, from September 2025.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/northerncollege.co.uk\/learning\/training-for-lay-people\/church-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More details can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cc8285 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0cc8285\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c21222c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c21222c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Taster Session<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cf1f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44cf1f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Join Northern College for a taster session on Wednesday 13th August from 19.00 &#8211; 20.00 on Zoom. You will get a flavour of what you can expect from the course and the opportunity to ask questions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please email Christine to register your interest &#8211;<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:christine.hufton@lutherking.ac.uk\">christine.hufton@lutherking.ac.uk\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de82308 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de82308\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fafea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fafea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Church Leadership Programme (CLP) is a year-long learning journey designed for lay and ordained leaders in URC churches and community contexts. It is delivered through a blend of online learning and three residential weekends held in Manchester.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CLP encourages you to explore reflective practice as a foundation for sustaining healthy leadership in ministry. It aims to deepen your theoretical and practical understandings of reflective practice, by engaging with a range of perspectives including theological, biblical, and psychological approaches.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Experiential learning is central to this programme and will be fostered in several ways:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A regular reflective space led by your tutor, creating an environment for shared reflection and discussion<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Self-reflective tasks designed to help you personalise your engagement with the material<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A reflective journal, maintained throughout the programme, which will form a key part of allowing you to integrate your learning into the heart of your ongoing ministerial practice<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Demonstrate a critical understanding of reflective practice and its application to leadership in your context<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Apply reflective practices to bring insight, transformation, and growth into your leadership and ministry<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gain a clearer understanding of your strengths, vulnerabilities, and development needs as a leader<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CLP is beginning in September 2025. To register your interest and for more information, please contact<\/span>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:christine.hufton@lutherking.ac.uk\">christine.hufton@lutherking.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to register for the course, please download the<\/span>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/northerncollege.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-CLP-Registration-Form.docx\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/northerncollege.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-CLP-Registration-Form.docx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1752867446546000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0t2PSqewXHStbe7OInp6SX\">registration form<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Fees and funding options can be found in Section 8 of the form.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To submit your registration form, or to discuss tuition and\/or funding further, please email<\/span>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:ministries@urc.org.uk\">ministries@urc.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 registration close at 12pm on Saturday 30th August 2025<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taster Session &#8211; Zoom &#038;<br \/>\nCourse Registration Details<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-twpg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypalmgrove.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}