This is the place to find out what's going on with rural mission & ministry... and join in!
Upcoming webinars:
We offer a whole variety of opportunities to gather online and learn together, please see the Rural Pathways page for full webinar & network details, or click here to explore the Rural Hope collection.
Upcoming training:
Bite-sized rural mission course is an online course over six evenings, aimed at local lay leaders looking to develop mission and evangelism in their rural contexts.
Course runs between 11 Jan - 22 Mar 2027
For full details of content & timings, and to book your place, please click on the link above.
Rural Mission & Ministry Course is an ecumenical residential two day course for lay & ordained rural leaders, hosted with the Arthur Rank Centre.
Content covered includes mission, agriculture, leadership, community, pioneering, working with all ages.
Dates for 2026/27
*10-11 Nov '26 at Woking
*12-13 May '27 at Wydale Hall
*13-14 Oct '27 at Yarnfield
We offer a £275 bursary for all lay/ordained Methodists on this course.
Rural & Wild is a brand new course for 2026, gathering at Cliff College for a weekend of experiential learning outdoors. For lay & ordained leaders wanting to explore what outdoor community, mission & church can look like in the wild.
18-20 Sept 2026 at Cliff College, Derbyshire
[Provisional dates for 2027 Rural & Wild at Cliff are 24-26 Sept 2027]
We offer a £275 bursary for all lay/ordained Methodists on this course.
Rural Mission Alumni is a termly online gathering for previous 'graduates' of all ARC rural training courses. Contact the Rural Officer for details.
We will delve further each session into a current rural mission & ministry topic exploring together as leaders through a rural & ecumenical lens. There will also be space for mutual encouragement & updates.
Dates for 2026-7 are all Thursdays, 7pm - 8 Oct ’26, 28 Jan ’27, 10 June ’27, 18 Nov ‘27.
Signpost to Rural Chaplaincy:
For rural & agricultural chaplaincy networking, training & resourcing, please visit our Methodist Chaplaincy pages
Rural learning communities of practice:
The Learning Network host ecumenical rural communities of practice. Click here to view our forthcoming topics & here to watch back previous content.