Benefice Profile August 2019 Welcome to Our Benefice Profile
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Dereham & District Team Ministry Serving the parishes of Dereham, Scarning, Swanton Morley, Beetley with East Bilney, Hoe, Shipdham, East with West Bradenham. Benefice Profile August 2019 www.derehamanddistrictteam.org.uk Welcome to our Benefice profile. We hope that this will help to give you a good idea of who we are and where we are now. We aim to show you what we have to offer a new Team Rector and what we hope a new Team Rector could offer us. The position of Team Rector has many opportunities for the right person and has the potential to be deeply rewarding. Love Welcome Listen Support Lead Potential We are hoping for a Team Rector who: What we offer: • is secure and confident in the Love • a very warm welcome to whoever God sends of God to be our next Team Rector • is emotionally intelligent and • a supportive and cohesive Ministry Team pastorally aware with good • a church family committed to loving God interpersonal skills through our worship, service and fellowship Love • will help us to share God’s love in the • PCCs who strive to pay their parish share wider community. • a church office and administrator to ease the administrative burden • will continue the good relations we • prayerful, supportive and friendly have with our schools and encourage congregations outreach to the young • an appreciation that ministry belongs to the • is comfortable with a variety of forms whole church benefice. We do not expect our of worship, both traditional and Rector to do everything, but rather to enable Listen modern and a range of musical styles. and encourage the body of Christ • an openness to engage in new things that will • will strengthen our faith through help us to expand our ministry and grow as a thoughtful preaching church for the glory of God. • will help us grow the church into the community and the community into and the church • is a team builder who will enthuse and • a four bedroom Rectory, close to St Nicholas Lead lead colleagues and congregations with a large garden and parking for several cars and help us explore how we can work • full re-imbursement of expenses incurred in together as a team of parishes. the course of carrying out his/her duties. 2 King’s Lynn The Benefice The Dereham and District Team Ministry comprises seven parishes covering 45 square miles in the centre of Norfolk. The eight churches range from small village churches through to St. Nicholas, King’s Lynn Dereham, the second largest parish church in Norfolk. Swaham The parishes are: • Dereham, Scarning, • Swanton Morley, Hoe, Beetley with East Bilney, • Shipdham, East with West Bradenham Beetley with East Bilney Swanton Morley Hoe Dereham Scarning East with West Bradenham Shipdham 3 Strengths of the Benefice Aspirations for the Benefice • A wide range of services at different times of • To achieve growth within our congregations the day, from Café Church in the morning or and to attract younger people, parents and afternoon to BCP Choral Matins or Evensong. children to our worship Some members of our congregations are • To grow a sense of ‘team’ amongst our happy to cross parish borders to experience a congregations with more benefice wide variety of worship activities and skill sharing. • A strong Ministry Team who are comfortable leading worship across the benefice • A well established Benefice Prayer Group and a Bible Study group • Links with the Lutheran Mariager Deanery in Denmark • A lively Mothers’ Union branch of 40 members from practically all our parishes • An enthusiastic band of bell ringers who enjoy ringing in many of our towers • Dereham Church Infants and Nursery School has recently received an ‘Excellent’ award after their last SIAMS inspection, the first in the Diocese to reach this standard • The chance to drive through beautiful mid Norfolk as part of the job • Lots of good cooks! 4 Ministry Team enjoying lunch The Ministry Team Links The Team Rector has overall responsibility for The benefice is part of the Dereham in Mitford the benefice and primary responsibility for Deanery made up of five multi parish benefices Dereham and Scarning. The two sets of villages in mid Norfolk. The Deanery clergy chapter are cared for by the Team Vicars, the Revd James meets regularly. Rosie and the Revd Gill Wells, based in Swanton Morley and Shipdham respectively. There is active participation in the life of Dereham Churches Together and Ministers Fellowship. There are five retired priests, one NSM assistant priest, one assistant priest who is also a full time North Breckland Youth for Christ has its centre hospital chaplain and four Readers, all of whom at Church House, Dereham. They use the hall provide excellent support. at Church House for after school meetings and their team is involved with schools in Dereham and Swanton Morley. Team Administrator The team is fortunate in having a part-time paid Administrator working 12 hours per week from Church House, Dereham, with responsibility for some of the administrative work of the Benefice. The office is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 12 noon. Members of the congregation also provide voluntary support in the office. The weekly Benefice newsletter is produced from the office. 5 Current pattern of services across the Benefice Sunday 1 Sunday 2 Sunday 3 Sunday 4 Sunday 5 Other Wednesday Dereham 08.00 HC 08.00 HC 08.00 HC 08.00 HC 08.00 HC 10.00 HC Friday 10.00 PC 10.00 PC 10.00 FS 10.00 PC 12.00 HC 15.00 CC Beetley 09.30 PC 09.30 PC E Bilney 09.30 PC 09.30 PC E with 08.00 HC 09.30 CM 09.30 HC 09.30 CC 18.00 CE W Bradenham BCP BCP BCP 09.30 MP 09.30 HC Hoe 09.30 HC BCP BCP 11.15 PC 11.15 SoP Scarning 11.15 MP 11.15 HC 11.15 FS BCP (Lay) Wednesday Shipdham 09.30 CC 11.15 PC 11.15 MPr 11.15 PC 11.15 PC 10.00 HC Swanton Morley 11.15 PC 11.15 MP 11.15 PC 11.15 FS Key: HC Holy Communion, PC Parish Communion, MP Morning Prayer, FS Family Service, CC Café Church, CM Choral Matins, MPr Morning Praise, CE Choral Evensong, SoP Songs of Praise, BCP Book of Common Prayer, (Lay) = Lay led Messy Church at St Nicholas 6 Facts and Figures Parish Share details 2018 2018 Parish Share request % Paid Dereham £ 70,106 100% Beetley with East Bilney £ 7,473 100% East with West Bradenham £ 9,338 100% Hoe £ 2,135 28% Scarning £ 10,409 100% Shipdham £ 28,013 100% Swanton Morley £ 10,409 95% Total £ 130,410 Benefice - Registered Charities in the Parish Church Estate & Headborough Charity, East Dereham Relief Dereham in Need, East Dereham Educational Charity, Mid Norfolk Food Bank, St Nicholas Junior Academy Charity Beetley with East Bilney East Bilney Almshouses The Friends of St Andrew’s, The Aida Tait Charity, East E with W Bradenham Bradenham Church Land Fund, WMR Haggard’s Charity Fund Hoe Scarning Scarning School Endowed Charity Shipdham Thomas Bullock Trust, Fuel Allotment Charity Swanton Morley Barretts Charity, Friends of All Saints,Smalls Charity, Daisy’s Mite Occasional Offices, Electoral Roll, Attendance across the Benefice - 2018 Funerals/ Electoral Average Weddings Baptisms Interments Roll Attendance Dereham 7 41 39 123 70 Beetley with East Bilney 0 4 3 25 16 E with W Bradenham 0 2 11 20 10.5 Hoe 0 0 2 13 7 Scarning 2 8 3 35 22 Shipdham 7 6 8 51 28 Swanton Morley 11 7 8 24 14 7 About the area Dereham is an expanding community with a this limits opportunities for employment and population now well above the 2011 census figure daily living for the elderly or non drivers. of 18,600. It is a busy town with a market on a Tuesday and Friday. It has a range of supermarkets, Like many rural market towns, Dereham has independent shops, banks and cafes. some social issues including low incomes. Food banks are busy. The most recent statistics show Amenities include the Memorial Hall, which that a larger proportion of the population rent hosts local and professional drama as well as the rather than own their homes. With 94% of the occasional concert, a cinema, a leisure centre population born in the UK the predominant with swimming pool and gym, a golf course, first language is English. Some 20% of the bowls clubs, tennis courts, various sports clubs population have poor health, whilst a third for all ages, playing fields and easily accessible of those of working age have few or no open spaces. The Mid Norfolk Railway is a popular qualifications. For further information visit tourist attraction. There are two museums in or www.breckland.gov.uk and near the town and many interest groups and www.aboutdereham.org societies. Green Pastures in Dereham is a well- resourced Christian bookshop. The wider area has much to offer. Norfolk has many attractive villages and market towns. The sea There are several residential care homes in the is within easy distance. There are traditional resorts Benefice including two with a strong Christian and much of the north Norfolk coast is a nature ethos. Dereham Hospital provides professional reserve. As cyclists will testify, Norfolk is not flat. rehabilitation services plus a range of clinics and a 20 bed ward. There is also a warm and King’s Lynn is an ancient town which, as a welcoming Day Care Centre ‘Meeting Point’, member of the Hanseatic League, was once one established as a place for the disabled and over of England’s most important and influential ports.