Vocations

What's your part in God's story?

Jesus called his first disciples with the simple words, “Follow me, and I will send you out to fish for people.” That same invitation still stands today. Here you can begin exploring what this could mean for you.

Two women talking outside while sat at a park bench. Jesus invites each of us to follow him, serve him, and live for him - an adventure of discovering God’s call on our lives.

He calls us to use our lives and gifts in his service. This calling is not just individual - we are called together as the Church, one body with many parts, each with a part to play in God's story.

God sends us out to share in his work of healing, restoring, and transforming the world - in churches and chaplaincy, with children and young people, in schools, on estates, in workplaces, in urban and rural neighbourhoods and communities.

We often call this ‘vocation’ – the lifelong journey of discovering how you and your gifts can play a full part in fulfilling God's purposes in the Church and the world.

Wherever you are in that journey, this is a place to begin exploring.

Your journey, step by step

Exploring your calling is a journey. Discover more about each step, and where you might be today:

Step 1: Explore your calling

Discover ideas to help you begin exploring your call.

Step 2: Discover ways to serve

Learn about ways you can make a difference.

Step 3: Pray and discern your calling

Explore prayers and other ways to support discernment.

Step 4: Take your next step

If you are interested in certain roles in the Church, like becoming ordained, there is a structured process to help you and the Church discern your calling together.

Talk and pray with someone you trust

A friend, your church leader, or someone in your diocese.

They can help you begin to make sense of what God might be calling you to do.

Quick links

A female and male priest giving communion to a lady at the front of church

Sensing a call to ordained ministry?

Explore the next steps on the journey to ordination

Supporting vocational discernment?

Vocation resources for churches and dioceses

Growing Vocations Newsletter

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"Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire."
St Catherine of Siena