Discernment Process 2024
Thank you for signing up to participate in our discernment process.
If you haven’t registered please register here and then return to this page. Registration means we’ll be able to keep you updated on the process in the coming weeks.
As part of this process we ask you to give some time – perhaps an hour – for prayerful reflection on the Forum and then give us your feedback through an online form.
The process we suggest involves five steps shown below. Clicking on the heading of each step opens it up. You can close the steps by clicking again on the heading. You may find it helpful to make notes as you go through this process.
Alternatively you can download a sheet with the same details here.
Take some time to become centred on God…
And ask for the Spirit’s help as you reflect and participate in this discerning process
Ponder:
When I think about the Spiritual Direction Forum UK, what comes to my mind, heart and soul?
Read the Vision Statement, particularly the Vision and Values sections. Click here to open a new window with these details.
· Notice what you find most exciting, energising, positive about them?
· Notice what you find least exciting and energising?
· How relevant do you feel this is to the world of spiritual direction in the UK?
· Are there values that we need to be challenged to live up to, or be more explicit about?
Read the Mission section of the Vision Statement and the reports of progress.
Click here to open a new window with Committee mission statement and progress.
What would you like to see in the next Mission statement?
Are there areas of development you’d like to see the Forum give attention to?
How would you respond to the possibility of an annual membership fee to cover Forum administrative costs? £5, £10, £20.
The three sub-committees have been getting going in different ways.
Group 1: Support and Resource Spiritual Directors. Click here to see their brief and progress.
What would you like to see them give focus to next?
Group 2: Promote and Protect Good Practice. Click here to see their brief and progress.
What would you like to see them give focus to next?
Group 3: To advocate and encourage the creative development of this ministry within the church and in a changing world. Click here to see their brief and progress.
What would you like to see them give focus to next?
What is your prayer for the future of the Forum?
The Forum Committee will gather all the responses and take them into our discernment day in early December.
Thank you for your participation.
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