Welcome to Equipping God’s People (EGP) 
The Diocesan initiative ‘Living God’s Love’ encourages and challenges all people to explore ways of going deeper into God, transforming communities and making new disciples. Equipping God’s People includes Continuing Ministerial Development for Clergy and Readers, Lay Training and courses run by the Schools Team.
Below you will find a variety of courses, training events and workshops provided by the Diocese and others.
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July 2019
Diocese of St Albans Clergy Quiet Days – 31 July 2019 (BpS)
'Journeying with the Psalms' - an opportunity to spend some time for quiet reflection with the Bishop of St Albans. The Bishop will lead a short walk, with a pub lunch, near Whipsnade. The exact location will be confirmed nearer the time. This event is for licensed clergy in the Diocese of St Albans.
Find out more »September 2019
SchoolsworkUK Day Conference: Old Ground, New Rules
Christians have been doing youth work in schools for decades now, but schools today look very different than they did even ten years ago. They are ever-evolving and our approaches and work we do should adapt and change with our context. The SchoolsworkUK Day Conference is a day dedicated to helping resource and equip all those who work with young people in school or want to start. After being at home, young people spend more time in school than anywhere…
Find out more »Diocese of St Albans Clergy Quiet Days – 3 September 2019 (BpS)
'Journeying with the Psalms' - an opportunity to spend some time for quiet reflection with the Bishop of St Albans. The Bishop will lead a four mile walk, with a pub lunch, around Harrold and Carlton. The exact location will be confirmed nearer the time. This event is for licensed clergy in the Diocese of St Albans.
Find out more »Mission Action Planning (MAP) Workshop (FC)
This workshop is designed to help you and your parish with the process of discerning/reviewing or re-writing your Mission Action Plan. All churches are at different stages of the MAP journey and some useful tools and tips will be shared to help you journey through the four main stages of the process. That is the looking at your community, the discerning of vision under God, the planning of actions and then the actions themselves. Each area has its own challenges…
Find out more »Messy Church Does Science (MDT) (14/09/2019)
The world of families who are part of Messy Church is one that is permeated with science – from the media people watch, through the AI that shapes their choices in smart phone searches, to lessons in school from childhood into adolescence. As creative an expression of human abilities as art and music, science explores the wonder of God’s creation yet is one that is often neglected or avoided in church life. How might science within Messy Church expresses its…
Find out more »Reader Study Day: Science (MDT) (14/09/2019)
The day is broken up into two parts: First Part: Messy Church does Science The world of families who are part of Messy Church is one that is permeated with science – from the media people watch, through the AI that shapes their choices in smart phone searches, to lessons in school from childhood into adolescence. As creative an expression of human abilities as art and music, science explores the wonder of God’s creation yet is one that is often…
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