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On Vocations

Books to help readers to reflect, pray, and discover God's call to them, both in the Church and in the wider world.

Becoming Reverend

A diary

Matt Woodcock

Matt Woodcock's frank, funny diaries reveal what it was like for him to train as a vicar while struggling against all odds to become a father. Becoming Reverend is a compelling account of how faith can work in the midst of a messy life, combining...

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£9.99

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How to Pioneer

(even if you haven't a clue)

David Male

Small new Christian communities created by pioneer ministers, both lay and ordained, are popping up everywhere - on housing estates, in community centres, schools, cafes, and in numerous other contexts beyond the local church. This how-to book fills...

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£9.99

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For God's Sake

Re-Imagining Priesthood and Prayer in a Changing Church

Jessica Martin, Sarah Coakley

What does it really mean to be a parish priest in today's pressurised and changing church? A range of contributors explore first-hand the contradictions and paradoxes of a priest's daily life, focusing on presence and prayer. Urgent yet optimistic,...

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£16.99

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The Gift of Leadership

Steven Croft

Steven Croft, the next Bishop of Oxford, traces the nature and the exercise of leadership throughout the Bible in its record of ambitious rulers, reluctant prophets and others who found themselves called to leadership positions. He offers timeless...

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£9.99

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Listening to Your Life

30 ways to discern direction for your future

Julia Mourant

For those exploring a sense of call - to ordained ministry, another vocation or to a change of direction in life, spiritual director and vocations advisor Julia Mourant offers thirty simple spiritual exercises for exploration and discernment. Each...

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£12.99

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Being a Priest Today

Exploring Priestly Identity

Christopher Cocksworth, Rosalind Brown

Presents work on priestly identity embracing the contemporary varieties of priestly ministry. Aimed at priests, priests in training and those considering the ministry, this title examines the root, the shape and the fruit of priestly identity, and...

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£14.99

The Preaching Life

Living Out Your Vocation

Barbara Brown Taylor

A timeless, powerful and beautiful reflection on vocation and priestly life from one of today's most accomplished spiritual writers. This dazzling account of how to live with one foot on earth and one in heaven is rooted in the notion that the...

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The Emerging Leader

Stepping Up in Leadership

Peter Shaw, Colin Shaw

A practical and inspirational guide for all who feel excited yet daunted at the prospect of stepping into a leadership role, whether it be first-time leaders, or those taking on bigger and more demanding roles. Ideal for all who are starting out on...

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Wake Up and Dream

Stepping into your future

Peter Shaw

Learn to see yourself and the world around you in a different way with Wake Up and Dream. Combining the ancient discipline of spiritual direction with contemporary management coaching, it will give you confidence to explore new possibilities and be...

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£12.99

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Vocation: Exploring Call and Identity (S105)

Margaret Magdalen

‘I think I may have a vocation.’ How does one respond to such a claim? What processes of discernment are involved in facing a life-changing decision and commitment—for oneself or for an enquirer seeking to test a sense of call?

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£3.95

Steel Angels

The Personal Qualities Of A Priest

Magdalen Smith

The nine criteria the Church of England uses to discern potential vocations to the priesthood are explored, and linked with personal qualities that are necessary for new, but also existing, leaders in a church and culture which has changed much over...

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£10.99

Widening Circle

Priesthood As God's Way Of Blessing The World

The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin (Author)

In The Widening Circle, Graham Tomlin explores an exhilarating new approach to priesthood. The author suggests that 'Priest' is much more than a term to describe certain Christian ministers - it is a vital category for understanding God's way of...

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The Christian Priest Today

Arthur Michael Ramsey

Includes charges to ordination candidates, with an emphasis on the intellectual and devotional life of the minister in a self-sufficient world. This book contains chapters that reflect on the ministry of the laity, the theology of priesthood and the...

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£9.99

Life and Work of a Priest

John Pritchard

Maps out the life and work of those called to serve God in the pastoral ministry, looking at the only three things: the glory of God, the pain of the world, and the renewal of the Church.

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Called or Collared?

An Alternative Approach to Vocation

Francis Dewar

This work on vocation is recommended to potential ordinands by DDO's right across Britain. The book updates references to women's ordination and uses inclusive language throughout. Vocation in this context means that God calls every human being to a...

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Contemplative Minister

Learning to lead from the still centre

Ian Cowley

There was a time where Christian ministry offered the opportunity to spend your life in the study of God's word, in reading and reflection, in prayer and sermon preparation, and in the quiet and faithful pastoral care of a community. The world has...

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£8.99

Finding Your Leadership Style

A Guide For Ministers

Keith Lamdin

This book will be attractive to all ministers who are seeking to understand how leadership works and why it can be so difficult. It would be useful as a study book for lay ministers as well and for all who take up a leadership role in local churches.

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DNA of Pioneer Ministry

Andy Milne, Michael Moynagh

Here's a resource to help people involved in fresh expressions, pioneering, youth work and mainstream church ministry. The DNA of Pioneer Ministry explores: - God's calling, teamwork, support, partners, how to plan, reading the context, gathering a...

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£21.99

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Parish Handbook

Bob Mayo, Cameron Collington, David Gillett

Making clear that it is ordinary living which is at the heart of parish life, Bob Mayo provides an important and accessible resource for all involved in church leadership. Drawing on a wealth of experience and research, this handbook brings together...

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£21.99

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Pattern of Our Calling

Ministry Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

David Hoyle

David Hoyle explores the changing theologies of ministry during the church's history with the aim of challenging the lack of theological reflection in some of today's results-driven understanding of ministry that seems more influenced by the...

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£28.00

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£25.00

Called to Love

Discernment, Decision-Making and Ministry

Raymond Tomkinson

A beautiful and thoughtful resource with a focus on those in ordained ministry and those aspiring to ordination. Combining pastoral experience, wisdom and empirical research, the author explores how we discern God's will and how we make decisions...

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Reader Ministry Explored

The Revd Canon Catherine Rowling

A basic and theological introduction to the role and work of a Church of England Reader, covering the full range of Reader ministry, together with a short history of reader ministry. This is a practical guide for candidates, trainees, and licensed...

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£10.99

Instruments of Christ's Love

The Ministry of Readers

Revd Dr. Phillip Tovey, Sally Buck, Graham Dodds

This book, written by two experienced teachers working with Readers and supporting Reader ministry, offers a fresh look at Reader ministry and thus a resource for Readers to consider their own specific ministry as well as for those exploring Reader...

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£15.99

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Reader Ministry Today (W203)

Charles READ

Reader ministry is rapidly changing, in part because the nature of public worship is changing, and in part because Readers have a wider range of ministries than previously. What does this mean for the shape and nature of Reader ministry?

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£3.95

Leading by Story

Rethinking Church Leadership

Vaughan S Roberts, David Sims

It is often considered controversial to draw any links between the worlds of leadership, management and organizational behaviour and that of churches. Leading by Story argues that there is plenty of common ground to be found between the two...

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£28.00

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This is My Body

A story of sickness and health

Jennie Hogan

Jennie Hogan is an Anglican priest with a history of brain injury and illness since childhood. Here she explores what it means to be human and vulnerable, yet made in God's image. She reflects on incarnation, identity, healing, hope, death and...

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£12.99

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Incarnational Ministry

Being with the church

Samuel Wells

The bestselling writer and popular broadcaster Sam Wells reflects on the essence of discipleship and Christian ministry today. Believing that ministry is essentially about `being with' the other, whether that is God, the church, friends or...

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£16.99

Incarnational Mission

Being with the world

Samuel Wells

In this compelling follow-up to Incarnational Ministry: Being with the Church, Wells explores what it means for mission-minded Christians and churches to be with the world.

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£16.99

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£14.99

Life Events

Mission and ministry at baptisms, weddings and funerals

Sandra Millar

Baptism, weddings and funerals bring the Church of England into close contact with hundreds of thousands of people every year. Sandra Millar offers many practical suggestions - often from local parish practice - for enriching the quality and depth...

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£14.99

Reader Ministry resources

Here are some books we thought were essential for those Readers-in-training who need a little extra confidence with prayer and religious texts.

Leadership essentials

Some recent titles on the topic of leadership.

PCC essentials

Find all the forms you need for your APCM here. We also have a selection of titles to help you in your role as a PCC member - whether that's chairing the meeting, managing the finances or keeping an eye on new legislation.

How to Pray

Books on ways of praying, suitable for all levels of experience.

Pilgrim

Pilgrim is a major teaching and discipleship resource from the Church of England.

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