WLP in a Year

The Worship: Leading & Preaching in a Year programme is designed specifically for those wishing to become Local Preachers in the Methodist Church. The scheme allows students to complete the ‘Explore’ sessions of all eight modules of the WLP course in a structured way within one year. This is based around two residential weekends and one residential week (the WLP Summer School) at Cliff College. This is supplemented by four online Zoom weekends (shared with WLP Explore Online).

During the residential weekends and weeks, sessions will be based around the 'Explore' material in the Worship: Leading & Preaching course, and will assume that students have completed the 'Prepare' sections prior to the gatherings. Opportunities for discussion about building portfolios and other aspects of the course will also be available, and we will share worship and fellowship together. The study weekends, and also the larger gatherings at the WLP Summer Schools, are a great opportunity to meet with others from around the country who are also in training.

Between teaching blocks, students engage with the extensive online self-study resources. They need the active support of their local circuit, including a local tutor and mentor, and the required opportunities to preach and lead worship whilst on note and on trial. Please read through the timetable and the student and circuit responsibilities ahead of submitting your application.

Participant students need to be disciplined and self-motivated, prepared to work independently and to have a good working relationship with their local circuits, who are a key part of their training. They will need to be registered as Local Preachers in training with the Connexional Local Preachers office of the Methodist Church, attend all teaching on-site at Cliff College, and have the ability to make full payment to the College.