About the Ministry of Spiritual Direction
The ministry of Christian spiritual direction is available to anyone who wants to deepen their relationship with God. In a Spiritual Direction relationship there is the person offering this ministry (known as the Director) and the person receiving this ministry (known as the directee).
The role of the director is to help the directee focus on their relationship with God and so enable their personal vocation (to become the person they were created to be) to grow and be better lived out through the empowering work of the Holy Spirit. The directee’s life is lived in relationship to God, creation, the world, local and faith communities. Spiritual direction seeks to enable the directee to reflect on the dynamic interaction between their experiences of prayer and life, and theology and spirituality.
Is God calling you to be a Spiritual Director?
Do others come to share with you their hopes and fears about their Christian pilgrimage?
- Have you ever felt that God might be calling you to “accompany” other people on their journey of faith?
- Have you considered whether training might develop your gifts?
If you have answered YES to any of the above then the Introduction to Spiritual Direction Training course may be for you. The course is open to anyone (lay or ordained) who finds that God is leading them to walk alongside others in the spiritual journey and who would like to develop their ability and understanding of this ministry.