Years 1-4

The Years 1-4 Programme for newly ordained assistant curates in their first four years after ordination is organised by the CME Advisers on behalf of the bishops.

Each Area Adviser supports and works with training incumbents and curates in his Episcopal Area.

The CME Years 1-4 Coordinator, Graham Hamborg, arranges an annual programme of training days and annual residential weekend.

The bishops are clear that participation is mandatory, and must be given the highest priority.

Following the report Formation for Ministry within a Learning Church (commonly known as the ‘Hind Report') CME Years 1-4 is now viewed as the completion of Initial Ministerial Training, and is sometimes referred to as ‘IME 4-7'.

Stipendiary curates who intend to move on to incumbency or incumbency-level posts are expected to demonstrate depth of spirituality and faith, maturity of character, ability to engage in collaborative working, and competence in ministry, mission and evangelism.

Self-supporting curates are expected to move on in their personal and ministerial formation in such a way as to exercise competently the particular vocation and ministry to which they are called, whether that be as a ‘minister in secular employment' with a focus on priestly ministry in the workplace, in a chaplaincy, as an associate minister in a parish, or in some combination of these. The Church of England has defined ‘learning outcomes' to be met, and these inform the programme of CME Years 1-4 in the diocese.

In the pages below you will find information about the key elements of CME Years 1-4.

The Training Incumbent

The Training Parish

The Diocesan CME Years 1-4 Programme

Curate Groups

Year 1 - 4 Handbook

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