Graham Hamborg, Continuing Ministerial Education Adviser

Background

Graham has been the CME Adviser for the Bradwell Episcopal Area since September 2004 .   

Before taking up this appointment he was, for eighteen years, vicar of the parish of Ruscombe and Twyford, near Reading, in the Diocese of Oxford.  He was also Area Dean of the Sonning Deanery.  Previously he had been a Team Vicar in Slough (1980-86) and a curate in Birmingham (1977-80).

The Job

Graham has been appointed to divide his time between being 

• CME Adviser for the Bradwell Episcopal Area
• CME Co-ordinator for Years 1-4 for the whole Diocese Of Chelmsford

 Additionally he works with colleagues in the Barking and Colchester Episcopal Area in the provision of training events for Clergy and Readers 

CME Adviser for the Bradwell Episcopal Area

• All licensed Clergy and Readers have entitlement to an annual CME Grant – Graham is able to authorise use of this for appropriate training events

• If you are not sure where to go to find the training you feel you need, Graham should be able to help you – or if not, to find someone who can

• If you are not quite sure what your training needs are, Graham can come and see you in a consultancy capacity

• Graham can give information about sabbaticals, and about registered courses of study and training

• Graham can help deaneries or groups of parishes arrange training days, half-days or evenings for Clergy and /or Readers

In his role as Bradwell Area CME Adviser he also provides learning support to training incumbents and curates in Years 1-4. He also arranges the annual Bradwell Area Clergy Study Day and Readers Evening, and is always happy to receive comments on these, and suggestions for them. 

CME Co-ordinator for diocesan CME Years 1-4

 In this part of Graham's work 

• He provides training to those incumbents whom the Area Bishops have identified as training incumbents with whom they will place curates

• He arranges and supports a network of Theological Reflection Groups for curates

• He arranges a programme of residential weekends and training days for curates

 Diocesan CME Provision

While Graham is diocesan co-ordinator for CME Years 1-4, the Barking Area CME Adviser, David Parrott co-ordinates CME activities for Clergy Years 5+, and the Colchester Area CME Adviser Tim Bull for Readers.  Between them they provide and staff: 

• First Incumbency and Incumbency Skills Courses

• New Posts Conferences

• Pre-Retirement Courses

• The Church Leadership Programme (with Canon Roger Matthews)

• Training for Rural/Area Deans

• Reader Quiet Days and Training

• Other Training as Requested

Sharing our Experience

No one person can ever keep abreast of all the many high quality training opportunities available in and to the Church of the twenty-first century.  So if you have experienced a really valuable piece of training that you think others could benefit from too, Graham would love to hear from you about it. 

And finally…….

Training and Ministerial Education is about

Nourishing the Inner Being…….

Growing in our Ministerial Formation…….

Gaining the Skills we need to be effective in Mission and Ministry…….

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