Parish Profile

This form is designed to give an overview of a parish to be used in a vacancy for the appointment of a new parish priest. It will be accepted as the "statement describing the conditions, needs and traditions of the parish" required by the Patronage (Benefices) Measure 1986. Additional information may be given by way of printed documents or written submissions.

Please write in black ink

I. Parish Information

1(a) Name of parish(es) to which this information Honley with Brockholes relates:

(b) Name(s) of parish church(es): St Mary the Virgin Honley St George the Martyr Brockholes

2. Name(s) of other C of E church(es)/centres for None public worship in the parish:

3. Cluster or group of parishes within which you None work (formally or) informally:

4. Deanery: Almondbury

5. Population: 8200

1 6(a) Number on Electoral Roll: 182

(b) Date of APM when this number was declared: 22 April 2017

7. Attendance at worship in each church

Please provide details of average attendance at Sunday and weekday services

Church/Service Time No. of Adult Under 16 communicants attendance St Mary’s Sunday 8.00 a.m. 8 8 - St Mary’s Sunday 9.30 a.m. 51 55 6 St George’s Sunday 11.00 a.m. 17 21 1 St George’s Sunday Compline 6.00 p.m. 3 3 - St Mary’s Wednesday 9.30 a.m. 10 10 -

8. Occasional offices Number for last 12 months in each church

Funerals Funerals taken Church Baptisms Confirmees Weddings in church by clergy not in church Honley 8 none 2 4 unknown

Brockholes 3 none 3 3 unknown

9. Communications Names, Addresses & Telephone Numbers for each church

Church Clergy Readers Lay staff Churchwardens eg Youth worker, Administrator Both churches None (vacancy) None None Carol Hirst 8 Town Head, Honley, HD9 6BW Tel 01484 664616

Joan Oldfield 46 River Holme View,Brockholes,HD9 7BP. Tel 01484 665310

2 Stuart Coldwell 18 South Street, Netherton HD4 7JQ Tel 01484 662041

II. Parish/Community Information

1(a) Briefly describe the population mix of the(se) The Parish is situated in the picturesque Holme parish(es) in terms of its employment, cultural, Valley, surrounded by hills and beautiful ethnic, age and housing mix. countryside. The parish has two village centres, Honley with a population of c.6,600 and Brockholes with c. 1,600. They are about a mile apart and are connected by some ribbon developments on the

main road between them. Both can be described as dormitory villages with some light industry. The Parish is situated half-way between Huddersfield and Holmfirth.

The Parish population is about 8200. 18% are under the age of 15, 62% are aged between 16 -64 and 20% are aged over 65. 97% of the population is white. 9% of households are in social rented accommodation. 67% of households are one family, and 28% of households are one person. Of the households with children, 16% are lone-parent households. 25% are lower managerial occupations, 15% are higher managerial occupations and 14% are in intermediate occupations and 11% are self- employed.

83% of the population have access to at least 1 car or van. 17% of the population are in fair to very bad health and 83% are in good health.

The overall Index of multiple Deprivation (IMD) score for the parish is 10.5, which places the Parish as amongst the 50% least deprived parishes in the country.

(b) Are there any special social problems (eg high In Honley there is some vandalism linked to employment)? youth issues.

2. Please list for each Honley C.E. (VC)Junior Infant and Nursery School  Local Schools: Brockholes C.E. (VC) Junior and Infant School Honley High School

 Youth centres: None

 Hospitals: None. Enfield Down Honley: In-patient mental health rehabilitation unit.

 Nursing/elderly persons' homes: Burhouse Court in Honley

 Places of worship of other faiths Methodist Church Brockholes Methodist/URC Church Honley Elim Pentecostal Church Honley

 Local Businesses: The Honley Business Association has over 60 small business members.

 Neighbourhood initiatives: Honley Library support Group. Southgate Village Theatre ( Honley)

 Associations e.g. tourist group: Honley Civic Society Honley Village Trust Honley Show Society Brockholes Village Trust

 Describe any civic responsibilities which Foundation Governor at the primary schools in the clergy have: both villages.

III. Church Information

Please give details for each church

1(a) What percentage of the congregation lives St Mary’s – 11% outside the parish? St George’s – 20%

(b) Describe the mix of the congregation in terms Over 50 % of the congregations are aged over of age, employment, cultural, ethnicity, age and 60. About 5% of the congregations are under gender. 20. 67% of the congregations are female. The ethnic mix reflects the Parish and is mainly white. Employment of those working reflects the Parish distribution.

2(a) How would you describe the churchmanship Broadly central Anglican. Candles are used but tradition of each church and give details of no bells or incense. robes and vestments worn by officiants? Last vicar wore surplice and stole. Eucharistic vestments are available for every season and 4 were worn by previous vicars. There are robed choirs at both churches.

(b) What is the regular average weekly giving of In 2016, the average weekly giving was £9.50. those 16 years & over and what proportion of 71% of the giving is gift aided the giving is gift aided?

3. How does each Church supplement its direct Rent for use of Churches and Parish Hall. giving in order to meets its financial needs? The Honley Christmas Street Market is the main fundraising event in Honley – often £4000. Social events also raise money e.g. picnic concert, fashion show, dinner events, concerts. 4(a) What amount of working expenses were paid to Nil. The last vicar chose not to submit expenses the clergy in the last financial year? claims.

(b) Were these met in full? n.a.

(c) Is there an annual discussion about level of Full working expenses are offered. expenses as part of the PCC’s budgeting process? The vicar also has access to a private trust fund which is for the furtherance of the mission of the church.

5(a) What amount of Share has (a) been requested; Share requested Share Paid and (b) been paid from the parish in:  last year (2016)? 65231 65231  current year (2017)? 71429 53429  next year (2018) ? 69122 (b) Will this year’s be met? Not in full

6(a) Is there any capital project in hand at the High level repairs and maintenance of the moment? Honley Church Tower, clock and roof were carried out during 2017 and were completed by September 2017 (b) Please give brief details with costs and state The overall cost of the work was £216700. This how they are to be met. was met by a combination of Grants (£147000), Reserves (£61000) and Public Appeal ( £8700).

7. Please attach a copy of the last PCC accounts. Attached.

8(a) What is the general state of repair of: St Mary’s – following the completion of the the Church(es) - please list high level work, the general state of the Church is good.

5 St George’s – The general state of the church is good

(b) Please give details of major maintenance St Mary’s - The main outstanding item relates needed following the last quinquennial. to the cracking in the South Aisle buttress. The organ also requires major refurbishment. St George’s – no major issues.

6 IV. Outreach and Mission

1(a) What are the regular mission and outreach Mothers’ Union Coffee Morning every Thursday activities of the parish? at St Mary’s Founders, and now just participants, of Honley Street Market every December Weekly Toddlers Group (MU associated) in Honley Parish Rooms St George’s Day community Event at Brockholes AD Youth group at Brockholes (b) What are you doing to help people find out Annual Alpha Course about Jesus?

(c) What are you doing to help grow people in Annual Alpha Course discipleship? Weekly Bible study and weekly Prayer Gathering at St Mary’s

(d) What are you doing to grow people in No initiatives at present leadership?

2(a) Please give details of the support of the Church Tear Fund – donation in 2015 - £500 overseas: Annual Shoe box appeal for Christmas

(b) How much is given annually? See below 3b

3(a) Give details of the support for home missions Church Urban Fund and charities: Mind the Gap Hand to Mouth Tear Fund The Welcome Centre, Huddersfield – weekly food and toiletries donations (b) How much is given annually? Total in 2015 = £1500 Total in 2016 = £1500 3(a) Does the parish have an overseas link? No

(b) If so, please state where/who? n.a.

4(a) Is there an organised system of outreach and No welcome to new families?

(b) If so, please describe: n.a.

7 5. What part does the church play in community None care?

6(a) Are there any Lay Eucharistic Assistants who During the vacancy, the Honorary Assistant take communion to the sick? Priest is doing this. Three congregation members have previously been on a pastoral course run by the Diocese but have not been licensed to do home communion. (b) If so, who are they? n.a.

7. What work does the church undertake with There are three Foundation Governors at each young people, other than in church based of the Church Schools in the parish, who are organisations (eg open youth work)? fully involved in the schools and with church/school liaison. The previous vicar did Collective Worship in the schools. The children from both village C of E schools come on regular visits to the church, including for their Harvest, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Leaving services and KS1 visit as part of their curricular RE work.

V. Ecumenical Relations

1(a) State involvement in local Council of Churches: None

(b) Is there a formal covenant with any other No denomination?

8 2. What informal ecumenical contacts are there? Brockholes Churches Together

Previously, St Mary’s was involved in Messy Church in Honley with the Methodist/URC and Elim Pentecostal Churches

VI. Church Education and Social Provision

1(a) Name of Church School(s) if applicable: Honley Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Brockholes Junior and Infant School

(b)  Aided? Both village primary schools are C of E Voluntary Controlled  Controlled?  Foundation?

VII. Lay Education and Participation

1. What education and training work takes place Usually there is a weekly Sunday Club for young in the Church for the following (give approx children at St Mary’s at the same time as the numbers): morning service; average attendance about 6 (ages 2-10). During the vacancy this is running  Children monthly rather than weekly. There are annual introductory visits to the  Young People Church (Honley) for the Honley Key Stage 1  Adults school children. There is a monthly midweek AD meeting at St George’s for young people (ages 7-12) 2(a) Give details of house/prayer groups: Two homegroups/bible study groups which came out of Alpha Courses One ‘Encounters’ house group which came out of a mission to the parish many years ago

(b) Are the leaders clergy or lay? Lay

9 3(a) How do you rate the strength of lay leadership? The lay leadership of the three homegroups and the weekly Bible study group is strong.

There is great potential within the lay congregation for development.

(b) To what do you credit this strength, or lack of Personal spiritual knowledge and discipline it?

VIII. Mission

1. List areas of Church life which you consider in Continued emphasis on excellent Bible need of development. teaching and preaching

Children and Young People and families

Outreach/taking the church into the villages

Strengthening further the relationship with schools

2. What are the main areas of mission that you Children and Young People and their families think the new priest should prioritise in their ministry?

3. In summary, what are the top three challenges 1. Engaging more families, children and with which you and the new priest need to young people in the parish engage? 2. Bringing others in the parish to Christ through finding new ways to engage with our local community 3. Discipleship of existing congregation to help them to be serious and knowledgeable disciples of Christ, and part of the fellowship of Christ

10 IX. Additional Information

This is a good parish, with two lovely churches, in a beautiful area. The quality of life in the Holme Valley is very high, for adults and children alike. The faith of the congregations needs building by good preaching and teaching and they need help to take that faith out to others and to grow the two churches, particularly with children, families and young people. There is a will to pull together and make things work successfully but to make this happen there needs to be energetic, committed and clear leadership from a vicar who will encourage participation through love and care for the people. For some in the Parish change is not easy and the new vicar will need to overcome this if the churches are to grow, but this is not an insuperable challenge, given support from many congregation members and the right approach. The parish has many really good features and a great deal of potential and is currently ripe for a new vicar to come and help it blossom and flourish.

Support provided includes lay members of congregation acting as Safeguarding Officer, Communications Officer, Vulnerable Adults Champion, Choir Secretary, Sunday Club and AD Co-ordinators, Flower arranging co-ordinator, room bookings contact, Sacristan, Verger and Electoral Roll Officer, as well as the more formal roles of Churchwarden, Deputy Churchwarden, Treasurer, Giving Officer, and PCC Minutes’ Secretary. Support has also been given by lay members in recent years with the preparation of faculties and church maintenance and repairs.

Both churches have very small, but dedicated, robed choirs. There is also a team of talented organists for both churches.

Members of the congregation represent the churches at Brockholes Churches Together and the Honley Business Association.

There is one PCC and one Finance and Property Group which both meet five or six times a year.

The PCC sends four members to Almondbury Deanery Synod. One member of PCC is also on Diocesan Synod and a member of the Leeds Diocesan Board.

There is a Mothers’ Union Branch at St Mary’s with around 35 members on roll.

The parish supports the ordination of women and a previous curate was female.

The Parish Rooms in Honley have some outside lettings but this is an area for development. Plans have been drawn up which would allow disabled access and the modernisation of the kitchen and toilets but funds do not currently allow this work to go ahead. A refurbished meeting room within the building is a useful and pleasant venue for various church meetings.

11 X. The New Priest

Our new vicar……

1. Is someone whose teaching and preaching is rooted in Scripture and who is able to lead us in a comprehensible way into a deeper understanding of God’s message and how it applies to our lives

2. Has great commitment to Christian education and church schools and working alongside them

3. Has some experience of working in a fairly traditional Church of England parish and is comfortable with leading worship in a variety of styles

4. Is committed to welcome and ministering to a diverse range of people, being approachable and down-to-earth, with pastoral sensitivity, empathy, compassion and with a positive regard for each and every parishioner

5. Has the ability to challenge us to look and reach outwards, taking us beyond our church buildings to be a real and visible presence in our community and has the ability to draw people – particularly young people, children and families – into the church and ignite an infectious passion for God

6. Is fun, flexible, outgoing and friendly, a ‘people person’ and young at heart, a good listener with a good sense of humour and able to laugh at her/himself

What we can offer to our new vicar……..

1. We are congregations who want to glorify God through all that we do. 2. We are congregations who want to work together, and with a new vicar who will lead us in exciting and creative ways to promote the mission of God. 3. We offer good support in both churches and the potential for development of lay leadership and we are committed to working with the vicar to meet any challenges we may face. 4. We are welcoming, hard-working and talented people who are integral parts of our villages’ vibrant and collaborative communities. 5. We have excellent established relationships with the wider community through strong links with the two C of E primary schools, and involvement in a myriad of community groups and projects in both villages (eg Honley Business Association, Honley Civic Society, Honley Show Society, Honley Library Volunteers, Honley Southgate Theatre and Brockholes Village Trust). 6. The parish has a good vicarage in a beautiful area in which to live, nestling in the foothills of the Pennines and with good transport links. 7. Full working expenses are offered as well as access to a private trust fund for furtherance of mission of the church. 8. We support the vicar in taking the appropriate amount of time off and, in addition, encourage him/her to attend to his/her personal ministerial development.

Agreed by the PCC of

The Parish of Honley with Brockholes

on 20th March 2018

Signed:

Print Name: Jane Wardman (on behalf of the PCC)

Office Held: Communications Officer

This form, duly completed, should be sent to:

The Administrator for the Designated Officer Deborah Thorley Diocese of Leeds, Church House 17-19 York Place, Leeds, LS1 2EX [email protected]

She will circulate copies to the Patron, Bishop and Archdeacon

Please keep copies of this form and ensure that all PCC members have a signed copy.