As disciples we all want to offer our best to God. As part of a community of disciples we all want to encourage and support one another in becoming the best we can be for God.
That is why this year your minister will be taking part in a new process of Ministerial Development Review. It will probably happen without most of you knowing when it is happening, but it’s important that you should be aware of the ways in which the church tries to support your minister and what you can do to offer support as well. This is what Martyn Atkins, the General Secretary of the Methodist church has written:
Ministerial Development Review has its roots in the Church’s responsibility to support its ministers, and in the Conference’s specific desire to provide a structured means for ministers to reflect on and review their ministry.
A key feature of Ministerial Development Review is the annual review meeting – a
significant event which provides an important opportunity for ministers to share
their reflections, insights and hopes with others who have a responsibility for their
well-
It is my hope that Ministerial Development Review will strengthen the Christian ministry in which we share, and help us all as we focus on our prayerful and active intention to be a discipleship movement shaped for mission.
You can all help by regularly praying for the ministers in your circuit and their families. To realise that you are being prayed for by someone, sometimes without asking, can be very affirming. You may be asked to give some feedback about some area of your minister’s work. You will have been asked because your minister and those helping them in the review value your insights. If you are asked it’s an opportunity for you to encourage your minister to be the best they can be for God.
Click here if you want to know more about Ministerial Development Review.
John Hellyer
District Chair
Posted 06/01/2012