Course Residentials
Four times a year, students and tutors join together for our course residentials. These are a mandatory part of the course as most importantly they provide an opportunity for:
- Interesting and useful face-to-face learning sessions relating to the modules.
- Time to talk to your personal tutor and discuss any concerns with staff and tutors.
- Access to the resources available in the CIPT library
- Worship, fellowship, food and enjoyment together.
Our course is very much a welcoming place where we are all able to learn from one another. A sense of fellowship and collaboration develops as students work and learn together and many of us who have been students on the course made friends and networks that last well beyond the time of study.
It is good to note that we are so fortunate to have a committed team of expert tutors, who also have practical experience of real life church work, who give of their time and abilities graciously and voluntarily to the FD Course and provide a very high calibre of teaching and support to the students. We are also blessed that the Congregational Federation continues to invest financially in the course.
The weekend sessions are held at the Congregational Centre in Nottingham, with accommodation in the Lace Market Hotel, within a short walk of the Centre.
But… the residentials are about so much more than the learning. Have a look at the short video below to see what attending a CIPT residential might be like:
If you want to see a little more about what happens at a residential, have a look at our short video (click the link) -
Residential Weekends - Student Voice
2024/25 Course Weekend Dates for the FD
Thurs 5th – Sun 8th September 2024
Fri 10th – Sun 12th January 2025
Fri 4th – Sun 6th April 2025
Fri 27th – Sun 29th June 2025
2025/26 Course Weekend Dates for the FD
Thurs 4th - Sun 7th September 2025
Fri 9th - Sun 11th January 2026
Fri 10th - Sun 12th April 2026
Fri 26th - Sun 28th June 2026
