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This is the place to find out what's going on with rural mission & ministry... and join in!

Upcoming webinars:

We offer a whole variety of opportunities to gather online and learn together, please see the Rural Pathways page for full webinar & network details, or click here to explore the Rural Hope collection.

Upcoming training:

Bite-sized rural mission course is an online course over six evenings, aimed at local lay leaders looking to develop mission and evangelism in their rural contexts.

Course runs between 13 Jan - 31 Mar 2025

For full details of content & timings, and to book your place, please click on the link above.

Rural Mission & Ministry Course is an ecumenical residential two day course for lay & ordained rural leaders, hosted with the Arthur Rank Centre.
Content covered includes mission, agriculture, leadership, community, pioneering, working with all ages.


Dates for 2025:
*20-21 May at RAU, Cirencester*
*24-25 Sept at Wydale Hall, nr. Scarborough*.


We offer a £150 bursary for all lay/ordained Methodists on this course

Rural Mission & Ministry Course 2.0 is a termly online gathering for previous 'graduates' of the Rural Ministry Course. Contact the Rural Officer for details.
We will delve further each session into a current rural mission & ministry topic (such as #community #justice #parables #people #outdoors) exploring together as leaders through a rural & ecumenical lens. There will also be space for mutual encouragement & updates.
Dates for 2025 are all Thursdays, 7pm on 6 Mar, 10 Jul, 6 Nov.

Signpost to Rural Chaplaincy:

For rural & agricultural chaplaincy networking, training & resourcing, please visit our Methodist Chaplaincy pages

Rural learning communities of practice: 

The Learning Network host ecumenical rural communities of practice. Click here to view our forthcoming topics & here to watch back previous content.

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