God calls Elders
What is Eldership and who are Elders? This part of the course provides background and context for these questions and introduces the activities that an Elder may be involved in.
12. Taking things further
How can I find out more?Activities
1. Speak with other elders about their call and how it has been affirmed over the years.2. Share your call with others and ask them how they feel about your calling.
3. Ask others what skills and gifts they perceive in you. Are these gifts ones they feel are needed within the church?
4. Challenge your own perception of who should be an elder.
5. Consider sharing with a minister of word and sacraments to gain something of their perceptions about eldership.
3. Ask others what skills and gifts they perceive in you. Are these gifts ones they feel are needed within the church?
4. Challenge your own perception of who should be an elder.
5. Consider sharing with a minister of word and sacraments to gain something of their perceptions about eldership.
David G. Cornick, 1998, Under God’s Good Hand: History of the Traditions Which Have Come Together in the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom, published by The United Reformed Church
Diarmaid MacCulloch, 2004, Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700. published by Penguin (also available as an ebook)
David Peel, 2002, Reforming Theology: Explorations in the Theological Traditions of the United Reformed Church published by The United Reformed Church
Tony Tucker, 2003, Reformed Ministry: Traditions of Ministry and Ordination in the United Reformed Church published by The United Reformed Church
Liturgy
Worship from the United Reformed Church: