1. Saturday 20th May 2017
Local Ministry Development
The Revd Rachel Wood

2. inclusively and intentionally
LMD is the development of Mission & Ministry
inclusively
and
intentionally

3. 3 Key Stages of Development pre 2012 :
Ideal of local teams growing leadership and participation, encouraging vocations, which may include a calling to sacramental ministry .
Individuals offering for OLM, selected and trained by the diocese. LMDTs often formed around these individuals to support them during initial training and IME 4-7. Team can lose focus when this training period over. Emphasis upon training in ‘ministry skills’ – pastoral care, assisting in the leading of worship, healing etc.
A clear (almost) uniform process established for becoming a Local Ministry Parish emphasising the setting up of a Local Ministry Development Team, sub group of the PCC, elected by the whole congregation, given a mentor for a year to help the group form and discover their task.
NB Phenomenon of a team ‘life-cycle’. Short-term teams (eg 3 years) have been extremely helpful to kick start or re-focus participation in mission, ministry and discipleship.

4. LMD 2012 – 2017 Building a Network Offering 3 Key Values:
Collaboration
Mission
Learning

5. LMD Network Discipleship Lay Ministry Task Group
Mailings, annual network event, annual quiet day,
Discipleship
New Diocesan Task group NB Open Synod in November
Lindisfarne Discipleship Courses
Collaborative leadership training with IME6, Incumbents and Readers
Joining up existing work with Supporting Ministers and Task Groups
Parish and Deanery Development: facilitating conversations about deployment, mission and ministry
Lay Ministry
Lindisfarne and Diocesan Readers Board
Deanery initiatives in Morpeth and Norham

6. LMD Network
Lay Ministry
Discipleship

7. Growth Impact Rural Prayer
Post LYCiG requires formation of teams to work on growth – LMDTs have a working understanding of the nature of groups and collaborative working – resources for teams are available on the website.
Impact
LMDTs are used to tackling difficult issues and thinking missionally
Rural
Re-imagining Rural Multi-Parish Benefices – LMDTs have been at the heart of this, forming teams across parishes and exploring new patterns of ministry – a wealth of experience and practice will be drawn upon here.
Prayer
LMDTs are encouraged to put prayer at the centre of their meetings and follow a light-touch ‘rule of life’. The annual Quiet Day seeks to emphasise importance of prayer and commitment to continue our journey into God together.

8. Network Event 2017 Local Ministry Development
Café Azure, Cramlington on Tuesday 20th June
6.30pm for food
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