Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org AUGUST 2018 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email:
[email protected] £4.6m to develop church growth programme outhwell & Nottingham across the diocese. We are also Diocese has been granted pleased to receive funding to S£4.6 million from a further develop our School of national strategic development Discipleship with the aim of fund to support a range of ‘Growing Disciples – wider, initiatives related to its focus on younger and deeper’.” ‘Growing Disciples – wider, younger and deeper’. The money for Southwell & Nottingham is part of £27m The grant from the Church released by the Church Commissioners will help to Commissioners to create more develop four new resourcing than 100 new churches across the churches – these are churches that country as part of the Church of The grant will also support the are growing numerically and England’s Renewal and Reform work of the newly-created School spiritually and work with other programme. of Discipleship in the diocese, churches to plant new which offers training for various worshipping communities; local The Archbishop of York, Dr John forms of lay leadership, and the leadership teams are already Sentamu, said: “I am delighted Younger Leadership College, working with senior clergy in the that Southwell & Nottingham has which is already working with diocese to develop plans for been awarded £4.7m to 200 potential Christian leaders. spiritual and numerical growth at strengthen the work of its these existing churches. Continued on page 12 The Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham, the Rt Revd Paul Some of the money will also be In this month’s issue: Williams, said: “Our ministry in used to help in the establishment the diocese is sustained through of 75 new worshipping 2 Growing Disciples the giving of its congregations communities; these are new and careful management of groups of worshippers who gather 4 News in brief assets.