Leeds School of Ministry

Across the Diocese of Leeds there are plenty of exciting opportunities through Leeds School of Ministry to grow in faith as well as to develop our skills and gifts in order to serve God and all God's people within and beyond the Church. These range from one-off events to more sustained courses.

In addition to courses offered at deanery-level, a variety of training opportunities are organised in Episcopal Areas and diocesan-wide inlcuding online learning that can be undertaken independently or within a taught course. Leeds School of Ministry provides two training hubs for Licensed Lay Ministry (previously known as Readers) through Common Awards (Durham Univeristy) at Bingley in The Trinity Centre and in Mirfield, at The Mirfield Centre. The Lay Training Officers provide local training within Deaneries for commisisoned ministries, such as Lay Worship Leaders and Lay Pastoral Ministers, for the whole of our diocese. For more information on the full range of our courses head to the Digital Learning Platform

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Members of the Diocesan Lay Training Team will be pleased to provide further details, even if your enquiry is tentative. Their contact details are below:

Lay Training Officers
	The Rev'd Canon Dr Hayley Matthews Director of Lay Training
	Dr Mandy Aspland Lay Training Officer  Lay Ministry Pathways
	Rev'd Angela Hannafin Lay Training Officer Discipleship and Evangelism
Pippa Oates Lay Training Administrator

Common Awards Officers
	The Rev'd Canon Dr Hayley Matthews Principal: Leeds School of Ministry & the Bingley Hub
	Rev'd Canon Dr John Lawson Part-time Principal: Mirfield Hub
	Rev'd Dr Erik Peeters Honorary Assistant Principal  Mirfield Hub
	Shuna Hartley School of Ministry Administrator