2011 Conference: AOCM Reps

Our May 2011  conference was held at St Michaels, Cardiff. A great meeting where the reps who were able to attend got to know each other . Thanks Sam for arranging our meeting here, it was a fantastic venue. Margaret

AOCM Chair’s Opening Speech for 2010-2011

Over the last year AOCM has been at the forefront of some big discussions, as we are all aware the recession has hit us hard and Ordinands have been struggling to find curacies, AOCM has been journeying with so many of you over the last year through your struggles but also through the high points. [...]

AOCM Meeting 12.11.11

  Our meeting was hosted by Mark at St John’s, Nottingham. We started and finished our day in The Chapel, openning with Morning Prayer and closing with the Eucharist. Thanks Makr for all the arrangements and making the day go so well. The Minutes will be published later in January; included in our discussions were the [...]

AOCM Meetings 2010-2011

Oakhill November 6th 2010 Mirfield January 22nd 2011 St Michaels April 16th 2011 If you are a rep please put these in you diaries, if you would like to be a rep and attend these meetings please contact us

Chair’s Openning Comments, May 2011

Welcome to our next year together working on behalf of all Ordinands and candidates for ministry. I find it amazing to be part of this service to all training for minsitry and to be a member of a team of ordinands from across different training paths representing the breadth of the Anglican Church in the [...]

January 22nd Next AOCM Meeting

The next AOCM conference is January 22nd 2011 at Mirfield College. There is lots to talk about and elections for the new executive committee will be taking place at this conference. Anyone is eligible to stand for a role, if  God is calling you to stand for a role within AOCM please let us know. Rep’s please make sure you have emailed [...]

Money Matters 2011/12

MONEY MATTERS with help from Dr Mark Hodge (Ministry Division Grants) –  Tel: 020 7898 1396   Email: mark.hodge@churchofengland.org  AOCM covers finances from pre-selection to curacy and takes up issues of funding and resources on behalf of ordinands set against wider changes in student finance. Readers are from a diversity of financial positions. Some will have [...]

New Executive Committee

It gives me great pleasure to announce the New AOCM Executive Committee for 2011 – 2012 Margaret McPhee -Eastern Region Ministry Course - Chair Annie McCabe – Ripon College Cuddesdon – Secretary Sam Erlandson – St. Michael’s Llandaff – Treasurer We wish them all the best during their time on the AOCM Exec and also take [...]

News from Ministry Division re Title Posts – September 2009

As a result of concern about placement for curacy and some apparent mismatch between numbers of candidates and places available, Ministry Division held a round table meeting in July 2009 with Diocesan Reps, DDOs, relevant Ministry Division staff and AOCM representation. This meeting has led to constructive proposals for a more dynamic sharing of information [...]

Title posts website

Ministry Division has now developed a section of the Ministry bit on the Church of England website for DDOs to post information about titleposts… to get to it type ‘title posts’ into your browser… Scroll down until you get to the Church of England website… the full reference is: http://www.titleposts.org/