OUR NEWS MARCH 2021 SIGN UP TO OUR MAILINGS HERE CHERISH CREATION, CUT CARBON, SPEAK UP The Diocese of has launched its new environment vision and strategy.

Cherish Creation, Cut Carbon and Glasgow and the Speak Up: a diocesan vision and CHERISH CREATION commitment to Net Zero by 2030 this strategy for creation care sets out three is a critical time for our relationship with specific priorities for the future. CUT CARBON God’s good creation. Our new priorities SPEAK UP ‘Cherish creation, cut carbon, speak up’ Cherish Creation: We will encourage the A DIOCESAN VISION AND STRATEGY FOR CREATION CARE and Ben’s appointment to support the diocese at every level to care for those churches and schools, give us renewed parts of God’s good creation for which As well as being the new momentum for the urgent task before we have responsibility, stewarding them environment officer, Ben is us.” for the benefit of plants, animals and also a husband, father and biodiversity. surfer and a local leader for Ben’s appointment is very much an Christian Surfers around investment in the diocese’s churches Cut Carbon: We will cut our carbon his home near . and it is hoped churches will draw on footprint year on year and to net zero by his expertise. If you would like to Ben to 2030. Ben, who is ordained, says he was drawn come and speak at your Sunday service to the role because it was clear the Speak Up: At every level of the diocese, or to your church community, email ben. we will speak and act boldly to promote diocese had put significant effort into [email protected] the enjoyment, cherishing and sharing of a new diocesan environment strategy. READ MORE HERE God’s good creation and, where possible “It’s obvious the environment is top and resources allow, we will work in of the agenda. It is not a by-product. partnership with others who share the When I read the strategy and saw the same aims. depth of thought that had gone into it, it completely bowled me over. This is not THANK YOU! An environment board chaired by the just some institutional remit - there is a Luci Isaacson, Rt Revd , Bishop of St real sense of the spirit moving.” writes: “ As I Germans will oversee the work. Bishop hand over to Hugh said: “So much has changed in the Ben is hoping that people will be excited to join in with his work and the new Revd Ben Lillie, last 18 months; the XR protests, David I wanted to take Attenborough’s powerful warnings, strategy. “I hope people will see the quality of thought and attention to detail the opportunity new commitments from local and to say a national government to making carbon that has gone into this and that they will want to join in.” huge thank cutting a priority and Covid-19, which you to the has confronted us with our fragility Ben is keen to emphasise the working Environment and given us the opportunity to make together aspect of the climate work. “We Core Group and different choices for the future. These all have responsibility. I can’t do this on everyone who new priorities commit the Diocese of my own but together as a diocese, we did something to lessen the impact Truro to getting our own house in order, can do it. Everyone has a role to play.” on our environment and make particularly by cutting carbon, and to Bishop Hugh said: “I am delighted at things wonderfully interesting for playing our part in cherishing God’s good others to experience! It’s been great. creation.” Ben’s appointment. The diocese has been pushing boldly on with a vision for I shall miss you all.” To support this vision and strategy, the creation care for many years, and we owe To read more about Luci’s diocese has appointed a new diocesan a huge debt of thanks to Luci Isaacson environment successes, click environment officer. Ben Lillie started in for everything she has done. With Covid, here. late February. the G7 coming to , COP26 in

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO GIVING OUR NEWS MARCH 2021 2 EMBRACING AN INNOVATIVE & PIONEERING CULTURE ON THE WAY TO FRUITFULNESS We are the happy inheritors of the faith that was shared and taught by the Saints whose names are carried by so many of our towns, villages and ARCHDEACON ZOOMS TO churches today. SUPPORT ONLINE APCMS They walked, prayed and preached during We know that many of you will have a time of massive change and disruption. been through this once already for The Roman Empire had collapsed last year’s APCM but we know that and much that had seemed sure and holding your APCM during Covid-19 is certain had turned shaky and uncertain. a challenge. Plague, famine and invasion were all The deadline for your APCM to be held regular threats, and in part it was these We know that we will not reach this goal disruptions that gave them the impetus is May 31, 2021. If this changes we by writing a strategy for fruitfulness will notify you immediately. to travel to and across Cornwall. and sustainability, which is then given to churches to put into action. The Holy The Bishop has given permission for Their faith, courage and willingness to Spirit is much more likely to be at work set out into an unknown future are why APCMs to be held virtually. As we in and around local communities, and the are currently still in lockdown we will the church that we know and love is in fruitful and sustainable future we long Cornwall today. assume that it will still be best for for is most likely to be discerned by local them to be virtual. Click here for more churches, working together in deaneries, detailed guidance on how to hold a And now we face our own time of seeking the Spirit and looking to join in. significant disruption and change. The virtual APCM. church has always changed, and things And so On the Way is not a plan designed were changing rapidly already…and then There will be an online session, via by others for the local church – instead Zoom, on 2 March 2021 at 1pm with Covid-19 came along. And the question it is an invitation to meet together before us is no longer ‘do we want to Archdeacon and Alex for prayer, listening, dreaming and O’Byrne to give guidance on holding change’ but, ‘how will we engage with discussion, some ways for doing that, change?’. your APCM virtually. To sign up for and some people to help you along the this click here. way, with the hopeful expectation that And because change is demanding, we this will result in a clear plan for fruitful want to support churches and deaneries and sustainable church communities for FAREWELL TO AUDREY: to engage creatively and courageously the future God is calling us towards. with the future that God is calling us into. We’re calling this On the Way and this JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 28 video explains why. A celebration of Archdeacon ’s ministry in the Diocese of On the Way will work with deaneries; Truro is planned for February 28, 2021 from February 2021 with , St and individuals and are invited Austell and , and with others over to attend. the next 12 months. They will each be ON THE WAY PRAYER given the support of two On the Way Archdeacon Audrey, along with her advisors who will work closely with Faithful God, as you led your husband Revd Dave Elkington, will be the Rural Dean to enable the church people of old heading north for new adventures in the communities and those that they serve into a new and fruitful place, coming weeks and we couldn’t let her go to dream, pray and plan for the future. So lead us too today we pray. without a small event to thank her for all Show us the way to go, of her hard work as Archdeacon over the And two words are crucial to On the and help us on the way with the last ten years. Way: fruitful and sustainable. Together courage and the faith they describe the destination we are On Sunday, February 28 at 3pm there and the imagination that we will be a virtual Farewell hosted on Zoom seeking. And On the Way will include lots need more about what those two terms mean, by Bishop Philip. Places are limited on a both theologically and practically, as well that we may be the church that first come, first served basis. If you wish as resources for listening to each other, you truly called us to be. to take part, please register by clicking the communities we serve and the Lord We ask this in the name of on the link here. After registering, we follow, as we seek to become more Jesus Christ our Lord. you will receive a confirmation email fruitful and sustainable. Amen. containing information about joining the meeting.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS MARCH 2021 3 COVID MEANS CHANGE TO THIS YEAR’S SERVICES INTRODUCING 2021’S CROSS OF ST PIRAN RECIPIENTS Fourteen people from across the will EVERYDAY FAITH: WHAT receive a Cross of St Piran award in March for their DOES THAT MEAN? services to the church and local communities. What is everyday faith? What does it mean and what does it look like? Of course, as Christians we are in a loving As with most things, covid-19 has relationship with God, so we enjoy meant the services this year will constant dialogue, reassurance and not take place in the usual way. The everlasting confidence that God has it recipients will attend an online service covered, whatever we’re going through. with the crosses and citations sent to Except, it isn’t always like that, is it? them by post. Many of those nominated this year There can be days, weeks, years even, have been selected for their efforts when we feel lost, disconnected and to support their local communities forget our relationship requires us to adapt to the new way of life we are all make an effort. God never leaves our experiencing in a pandemic. side, perhaps we just forget to turn our Monique Collins (Pydar Deanery). heads and include Him in our everyday. As in previous years, the service will be Everyday Faith is a series of short led by the the Rt Revd Nina Davey (Powder Deanery). conversations that are easy to dip into . and remind ourselves what it can be to Marie Liddicoat ( Deanery). The Cross of St Piran are annual live and work with God, every day. awards. Each year deaneries are asked Robert Pearce (Trigg Minor Deanery). You might have caught the Everyday to nominate individuals who have gone Edward Lancaster (Trigg Major above and beyond in their service. Faith series of short conversations on Deanery). Facebook over the past month or so. RECIPIENTS William (Bill) Taylor (West People from all walks of life, including a Deanery). judge and a carer of vulnerable adults, Nigel Owen (Penwith Deanery) is a answer four questions that reveal Founder Member of CHIN (Christian Jenny Bushrod (East Wivelshire surprising insights to what everyday Helpline in ) and has been its Deanery). faith means for them: chair for over 35 years. See Nigel’s Hillary Rogers (Stratton Deanery). story here. 1. Who are you? John Boase (Kerrier Deanery). Chelly Sturgess (Stratton Deanery). 2. What will you be doing this time tomorrow? Ian Smith (Carnmarth North Deanery). Sharon Wicks (Penwith Deanery). 3. What difference does faith make to a normal day in your life? Jim Seth (Carnmarth North Deanery). READ THE CITATIONS HERE 4. How can your church support you better in your day-to-day life?

The everyday faith stories, or PAUSE FOR THOUGHT WITH BISHOP PHILIP.. #EverydayFaith if you’re searching for Here’s a fun fact for you – well I think ‘spear.’ Put them together and of them on Facebook or YouTube, are a it’s quite fun anyway! course you get the word, the name, great example and encouragement for ‘Shakespear’. people being set free. If you go to the Book of Common Prayer, the Church of England’s old Some people say that shows that We would love to hear from you and prayer book that’s still used in many William Shakespeare had a hand in hear what difference faith makes to churches, and find Psalm 46, it’s said putting the Psalms into the language of your everyday. You can set up a Zoom you’ll find something very strange. his day, and that this strange little fact meeting with someone you trust, hit the is the way Britain’s most famous poet record button, ask the four questions Count 46 words in from the beginning and playwright leaves his ‘calling card’ and you find the word ‘shake’; count and then send the recording to embedded in the text, just waiting for [email protected] 46 words in from the end (and this is someone to stumble over it. Psalm 46, remember so that number If you’re not confident using Zoom, just if significant) and you find the word READ MORE HERE email us and we will get in touch to help.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS MARCH 2021 4

Photo with kind permission: PR4PHotos PARISH GIVING SCHEME ONLINE SERVICE From March 1, the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) will be launching an online system whereby individual donors can set up their gifts by direct debit online, if their parish is registered with PGS. This will be a quick, easy and secure method to use, without having to worry about paper forms or trying to get through on the phone. The service has been piloted in five dioceses over the last couple of months and by the end of January, close to 400 people had successfully set up new donations using the website. PGS report that “donors seem to be finding the process of creating an online account and setting up a new donation as easy as TRANSFORMING MISSION IN we’d intended”. On March 1 your diocesan Generous Giving Advisors will receive resources from PGS including a step-by-step guide TRURO DURING A PANDEMIC for parishes. We will send on some of these resources to you in early March and we are ready to help you to get going Transforming Mission (TM) is the exciting Christian with this new system. initiative in Cornwall churches that has been bedding Of course, for those who prefer the usual methods, paper forms and the phone down in strategic locations across the county, working system will still be available as ways to set up your donation and we are happy hard to find ways to reach the missing generations. to supply new forms. Please note that after the end of February PGS will only Beginning in Falmouth two years ago, connections and reaching out to people accept forms with the new address Transforming Mission is now also in ways that are practical, helpful which is 76 Kingsholm Road, Gloucester, working in , St Austell, Truro and making a difference in these very GL1 3BD. If you need some new forms and . Each area is distinct strange times. please get in touch. with different demographics and needs, If your parish is not yet signed up to the but all share a common yearning to This month, Truro is in the spotlight. PGS and would like to please get in touch know the love of God – even if they More specifically All Saints with Christine or Jenny, your generous might not recognise it as such! (ASH). There’s a lot happening here as giving advisors on [email protected]. the church is at the foot of an enormous org Like everybody else in this pandemic project to transform their building into storm, life has been hard for the TM a purpose-built community hub, the teams. Over the past year, amazing staff Truro Lifehouse. Sitting in an area of have been recruited from across the multi-generational deprivation, ASH has ONLINE LENT QUIET DAYS country, hearing the call for regeneration partnered with a raft of outstanding An online Lent Quiet Day led by the Revd in Cornwall. But social distancing, charitable partners and has grown to Jane Horton based around the story of repeated lockdowns and shielding have become one of the largest providers Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan meant that many staff members have of community services in the city. woman at the well, John 4 will take place never met each other in person, or at Pre-pandemic, it welcomed up to 800 on March 13 and March 16. best from 2 metres away. And as for people every week. But the building can Encounters with Jesus - looking into the communities they hope to reach out no longer cope, hence the ambitious the well to, these are only encountered through plans for the Lifehouse and an almost Saturday, March 13, 9.30am-4pm, Zoom screens, YouTube or telephone £3million fundraising target. everybody welcome. Book here. calls. Not surprisingly, the TM team have a Tuesday, March 16, 9.30am-4pm, a day Yet these are people with mission in strong focus on social justice, inclusion for clergy. Book here. their hearts and creativity running and making sure no one is left behind. through their veins. Each month we will report on what each area is You can read the full article on the LENT & MOTHERING SUNDAY doing, showing how they are making diocesan website here. RESOURCES FROM THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING