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Click here to download a copy of the Readers Handbook as a pdf file.
Latest updates - July 2008
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What is Reader Ministry?
Readers are lay people who exercise a vital ministry in the Church. They are licensed to preach, teach and lead worship but they also work in a huge variety of other roles, in pastoral work, in training and education and much more.
Perhaps most importantly, they are theologically trained lay people who act as a skilled resource for the church. Readers also carry out the vitally important ministry of being informed lay people living out their faith in a huge variety of different walks of life - as a lay ministry, it shouldn't just be centred around 'churchy' activities.
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Click here for information on Reader Training
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Click here for the
National Readers' Web Pages
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Taking Funerals--2009
Click here for details on this course.
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Click here for information on Readers' Email Group
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There are just under 500 licensed Readers in Chester Diocese - one of the highest figures for Diocese in the Church of England.
Reader Ministry as whole in this Diocese is under the care of the Warden of Readers, who works with a team of people to support Reader ministry. There is an assistant warden for each archdeaconry and each local deanery has a sub-warden of Readers, whose task is to help the Readers in that deanery to work and grow together. Sub-wardens are involved in the regular process of Ministry Review for Readers.
Reader Ministry is a long-standing and respected ministry within the Church of England as a whole. If you would like to know more about Reader ministry in general, click here to visit the National Readers' Web Pages.
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Warden of Readers
Click here for contact details
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Click here for a Reader's story
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Click here to download a leaflet on Reader Ministry
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Click here to download a pdf file giving details of criteria for selection for Reader ministry.
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An increasing number of documents on our website are available in PDF format. PDF (Portable Document Format) is a way of publishing a document on the web so it appears exactly as it is meant to be seen. "Acrobat Reader" is free software that allows you to view, print, search and distribute PDF documents.
If Acrobat Reader is not already installed on your computer you will need to install it.
Get the latest free version from www.adobe.com
Accessibility
access.adobe.com provides tools and information to help make Adobe PDF files accessible to users with visual disabilities.
Useful Links
Abode (Download Page)
PDF Zone
Planet PDF
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