In the wake of yesterday’s blog post, a Twitter conversation ensued. Apparently our training opportunities looked awesome but one had to get over three little words, ‘commit to Oldham’. Here is how that conversation went including ten reasons why Oldham is awesome and you should come.
If you can get behind the first three words then this looks awesome! #imasoutherner #londoniswhereimat https://t.co/lwJIa3iNyB
— Richard Perkins (@anurbanpastor) May 8, 2018
I can give you a list as to why Oldham is awesome and there should be no need to get over those three little words 🙂
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
not for my sake you understand (always been a massive fan, ahem), but g’waan give us that list!
— Richard Perkins (@anurbanpastor) May 8, 2018
Number 1: It’s realitistically possible to buy our houses
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 2: Award winning parks, like Alexandra Park in Oldham
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 3: Areas of outstanding beauty, like Dovestones Reservoir
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 4: We keep KFC in chicken, staved off the chicken apocalypse and it was only resolved when they came crawling back to Oldhamhttps://t.co/U0jV8Tih7l
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 5: we made the Eiffel Towerhttps://t.co/p3J8SrnrPV
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 6: the government is paying teachers considerable tax-free bursaries to move herehttps://t.co/NISlpP7O5i
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 7: we are friendly (we dare to talk to one another in the street and on public transport) and, not to forget, Number 8: we’ve got trams.
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 9: Our local cinema is in our old grade II listed town hall and has kept all the original features and it is awesomehttps://t.co/NElN5z1VVE
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
Number 10: we invented chip shopshttps://t.co/ARtk37xsq9
— Stephen Kneale (@steve_kneale) May 8, 2018
The list, for what it is worth, is not exhaustive. There are lots of great reasons to consider a move to Oldham.
One of them is our excellent training opportunities. We have fee-waivers for one, two or four-year placements available with formal training offered through the North West Partnership Ministry Training Course or our onsite delivery of the Union School of Theology Graduate Diploma. For more information about training with us, please visit the training page of our website.
To apply for a placement with us, please send:
- A ministry CV detailing your ministry experience and work background
- A covering letter explaining why you want to train with us, why you think you would be a good fit and including your testimony of faith
- A completed ministry proforma (available on request) explaining your doctrinal position on several issues