ROLE DESCRIPTION

Details of Post

Role title as on licence: Priest in Charge

Name of Benefice: and with

Deanery:

Archdeaconry: Meon

Initial point of contact on terms of service: Ven Gavin Collins, Archdeacon of the Meon

Signed by licence holder:

Signed by Bishop/Archdeacon:

Date:

To be reviewed: 6 months after commencement of the appointment and at each Ministerial Development Review

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Role Purpose

General · To share with the Bishop both in the cure of souls and the responsibility for co-operating with the Holy Spirit in growing the Kingdom in the parishes. This particularly involves working with other parishes and colleagues in the deanery/Island to develop the deanery/Island plan for mission and ministry (the development of the plan is the responsibility of the Area Dean and Deanery Pastoral committee and Synod) · To have regard to the calling and responsibilities of the clergy as described in the Canons, the Ordinal, the Code of Professional Conduct for the Clergy and other relevant legislation, such as the Declaration of Assent · To be rooted in the community, to offer pastoral care to all, and to show the love of God by responding to local needs · To nurture the congregations through a ministry of word, sacrament, prayer and service · To oversee the organisational life of the churches by attending to matters of health and safety, finance, legislative requirements, administration and people management

In your office as a priest you are called · To say Morning and Evening Prayer daily · To be servants and shepherds among the people to whom you are sent · To be messengers, watchmen and stewards of the Lord · To teach and to admonish · To call your hearers to repentance and to declare in Christ’s name the absolution and forgiveness of their sins · With all God’s people, to tell the story of God’s love. · To baptise new disciples in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit · To unfold the Scriptures, to preach the word in season and out of season, and to declare the mighty acts of God. · To preside at the Lord’s table and lead his people in worship · To bless the people in God’s name. · To resist evil, support the weak, defend the poor and intercede for all in need. · To minister to the sick and prepare the dying for their death. · To help discern God’s will for the churches and people whom you serve through the guidance of the Holy Spirit to release and foster the gifts of all God’s people that the whole church may be built up in unity and faith · To prepare couples for marriage and conduct wedding services · To prepare parents of young children for baptism · To prepare for and conduct funeral services

Specific responsibilities · To co-operate with the PCCs in the whole mission of the church, which is spiritual, legal, financial, Synodical, pastoral and missionary · To encourage and enable clergy and lay colleagues, churchwardens, PCCs and parish volunteers, to participate fully in planning and decision making, tasks and activities to ensure that gifts and talents are identified and used effectively

2 · To oversee the planning, organisation and conduct of worship, making appropriate use of available resources (including music) to give glory to God and to nurture the faith of all within the life of the Church · To inspire, motivate and empower all members of the Church in their own discipleship, and where appropriate use and develop classes and courses · To oversee preparation for confirmation, marriage and baptism · To identify pastoral care needs within the parishes’ communities and ensure appropriate structures and people are in place to provide the necessary support · To seek out newcomers, younger people and those with families and encourage involvement with the church – including developing services and engagement that will appeal to this group · To nurture and develop relationships with community groups and other Christian communities within the parish as appropriate · To support discussions within the deanery in the light of future plans for pastoral reorganisation · To make full use of buildings and resources (including people, skills and talents) in order to develop the mission and outreach of the parishes · To find ways of attracting those on the fringe, to draw them into the life of the church · To develop own faith and that of those within the congregation through regular worship, prayer, reflection and study · To make time for yourself and God, and for yourself and your family · To maintain a balanced and healthy life style by attending to personal physical and spiritual well-being and needs · To build a greater sense of unity, common purpose and cooperation between the parishes in the benefice

Key contacts and relationships

Diocesan and Deanery · The Bishop and Archdeacon · The Area Dean, Deanery Chapter and Deanery Synod · Group Ministry partner, based in Froxfield & Steep · The Diocesan Secretary and Diocesan Staff · The Cathedral and it’s staff · Local Ministers of other Christian traditions

Parish · Licensed and authorised colleagues (ie Reader) · The Churchwardens, treasurers and PCC members of the parishes · The Parish Safeguarding Advisers and any other significant lay volunteers or employees (eg Organist, pastoral assistants, PCC secretaries) · Any commercial, local institutions or community organisations as appropriate

Role Context and any other relevant information

· Any parish plans: church and community: o outcomes from Hawkley Parish consultation (May 2012) o Parish Profile (prepared by joint working group of both parishes) o the emerging Plan (the area of which broadly covers the Ecclesiastical Benefice, but with some additions/removals). · The deanery plan · Diocesan context 3

Benefice summary

Parishes: Two: Empshott and Hawkley with Priors Dean

Patrons: Empshott: The Bishop of Portsmouth Hawkley with Priors Dean: The Bishop of Portsmouth

Licensed Ministers: Two: the Incumbent Licensed Reader

Number of PCCs: Two – one for each parish

Number of Churchwardens: Four – two in each parish

Buildings – to include churches with listings, church halls, parsonage house: Church of the Holy Rood, Empshott The Empshott Church Centre Church of St Peter & St Paul, Hawkley Priors Dean Church Hawkley Vicarage

Churchyards – to note whether open or closed: There are open churchyards at each church

Average Sunday Attendance: Empshott: 13 (2013) Hawkley: 30 Priors Dean: 7

Number of occasional offices per annum (2013): Empshott Hawkley Priors Dean Weddings 0 2 2 Funerals 2 5 0 Baptisms 1 2 1

Parish Share (2014): Empshott: £ 7,462 Hawkley with Priors Dean: £14,667

Resolutions if passed: Both PCCs agreed that they did not need to vote on the resolutions concerning Women Priests as there was consensus that they would welcome the appointment of a man or woman provided they possess the right qualities

Church tradition: Empshott and Priors Dean: “Traditional” (BCP)

Hawkley: “Middle of the Road” (ie Common Worship)

- pragmatic/ecumenical/inclusive approach

Pastoral Reorganisation: Pastoral Scheme in train to split the current United Benefice, and create a 0.5 stipend post at Empshott and Hawkley with Priors Dean as part of a new Group Ministry with Steep and Froxfield with (to give the new part-time appointment primary support from the Steep/Froxfield benefice).

4 Population (approx): Empshott: 90 Hawkley: 400 Priors Dean: 40

Anything else to note, i.e. church schools, number of residential homes, significant local industry, sector ministries

Situated in the beautiful South Downs National Park, this attractive rural Benefice comprises the villages Empshott and Hawkley and the hamlet of Priors Dean. It serves a combined population of around 550, with 145 on the electoral rolls; the approximately 192 households are predominantly single family homes. Church members are fully engaged in the wide range of local community activities (eg Coffee & Chat, Good Companions, Historical Society, Horticultural Society, Hawkley Village Hall, etc). Good road and rail links nearby make Portsmouth, several other cathedral cities and London easily accessible.

The civic ward of Hawkley, which covers the bulk of both parishes (plus some additional areas to the east) is extremely rural, and reliant on the services of the larger local population centres, where several rest homes are to be found. No maintained schools are located in either parish, although a small Montessori nursery school operates in the Village Hall on a daily basis; the nearest primary school is in Liss, with secondary schools in Petersfield and (6 and 8 miles distant). There is no heavy industry, but a number of small local businesses (including a vineyard) and numerous farms are situated in the parishes.

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