King's College London - Vocations group

The Dean

Vocations group

One of the Dean's roles in King's is to encourage and foster vocations to the Church of England priesthood as well as helping people to discover what God is calling them to do.

King's College London has a long and proud tradition of preparing people to serve God King's College has a long and proud tradition of preparing people to serve God in the Christian ministry and we hope to encourage this through the Vocations Group.

The group is for all who are considering a call to Christian service, whether ordained or lay, short-term or long-term, home or abroad, Anglican or otherwise.

Meetings this term

There are no official meetings this term, but there is an informal lunch and a chance to catch up on Thursday 31 May at 13.00 in K2.34. This will be followed by a time of prayer for each other. Meetings will start again in the next academic year.

Resources and opportunities

The Ordinands' Library is located in the Chaplaincy Room on the Strand Campus (K2.34) and contains a number of books on the subject of vocation. A full list of the books in the Ordinands' Library can be found here. (NB. If a particular book is missing, please email the Dean's Office.)

You can find further suggested reading on the Church of England website here and suggestions for using art, poetry and literature.

There are several trust funds with some limited amounts of money available for those intending to go on to ordination or who are studying Theology at King's. If you are in need of financial assistance and would like to apply for any of these, please contact the Dean's office for further details.

The Dean is happy to see any member of King's College London for individual conversation about their calling at any time: please email the Dean's Office to make an appointment.