Glutton for punishment


You’d think that starting probation in September would be enough to be going on with and that writing a dissertation on the Church of Scotland’s relationship with Emerging Church would keep things ticking over in the meantime. However, a tentative enquiry about the Mission Shaped Ministry courses has now resulted in the Candidates’ Task Group giving me the go-ahead to take the course starting in September. I’m a bit of a ‘test case’ (maybe that should read head-case) to see if it’s do-able. Strictly speaking you are not supposed to undertake additional training courses during probation, but this one is very much about where the CofS want to focus in the future, so they’re taking the opportunity to see if it fits with probation work as well. Useful as well to be able to compare the academic (dissertation) with the practical.


4 responses to “Glutton for punishment”

  1. Oh that’s great news John – yay!
    I am loving the experimental and flexible approach to the way placements and probations are being looked at these days…  I have also had some cool news, but will tell you tomorrow!

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