Exploring Vocations

There are a number of ways in which those who wish to, can explore whether they have a vocation to authorised lay or ordained ministry:

• Vocations ‘taster’ morning.  This annual event occurs a few weeks after Vocations Sunday (4th Sunday after Easter) 
  For details of the 2008 Vocations 'Taster' Morning on Saturday 26 April, please click here
• Placements can be arranged with opportunities to ‘shadow’ a person fulfilling one of the church’s ministries, such as Reader, Church Army officer, Minister in Secular Employment, Ordained Local Minister, Pioneer Minister etc.
• To read one person's reflections on the transition from Deacon to Priest, click on the following link:
  www.coventrydiocese.org/upload/file/ministry/From Deacon to priest - some reflections.pdf
• Vocations conferences and events are held by CPAS, etc. Ministry Division publish a list of  events each year
• Work experience: for those still at school opportunities can be arranged to experience work in the church
• Parish Assistant and other short term paid posts. Every year there are a number of interesting posts, usually for one year, which are particularly suitable for those who are considering a vocation in the church
• Reading:
  • Francis Dewar Called or Collared
  • John Adair How to Find Your Vocation
  • Henri Nouwen The Road to Daybreak
  • Steven Croft Ministry in Three Dimensions
  • Alastair Redfern Ministry & Priesthood
  • Michael Ramsey The Christian Priest Today
  • Christopher Cocksworth & Rosalind Brown Being a Priest Today