Diocese of York PARISH PROFILE FEBRUARY 2020 CHRIST CHURCH ESTON

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

ST GEORGE’S NORMANBY

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

A message from the Bishop of Whitby, the Right Reverend Paul Ferguson

Thank you so much for your interest in the parish of Eston with Normanby.

The parish is within the deanery of Middlesbrough, but stands within the western urban part of the civil borough of Redcar and Cleveland. To be its Rector offers an opportunity to combine leadership of a lively and welcoming body of worshippers with engagement in a mixed community of over 18000 people, with their workplaces and schools. The presence of the church, with its availability to all, is vital to the wellbeing and morale of the whole of local society.

Eston with Normanby is ready for new ordained leadership, supported by a strong and forward-looking lay team. There is scope to work with the distinctive characteristics and potential of each building, so that the varied mission offering can be enhanced.

We have few parishes in this part of the Diocese of York that are clearly and distinctively Evangelical, and it is my hope and prayer that together we shall discern the appointment of a wise and caring leader to serve with us, to be with more people in their discipleship walk with Jesus, and to be a public advocate for living faith in God through him.

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

WELCOME

We are an evangelical church and we believe that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace solely through faith in Jesus, and his atonement paid for by his cross. We believe in the centrality of the conversion or “born again” experience in receiving salvation through Jesus. We believe in the Bible as God’s revelation to the world, and desire to spread this Christian message throughout the parish. We believe that the gifts of the Spirit are available to us to guide and enable us to demonstrate and advance God’s kingdom in this area. We have two churches within the Team Ministry which are about a mile apart. We are part of the deanery of Middlesbrough. See the links on page 16.

OUR VISION

CHRIST CHURCH ESTON -is to be a beacon to our community.

 A peaceful gathering place at the heart of the community, where everyone receives a warm friendly welcome  A fellowship who receive, celebrate and proclaim God’s word to give light and hope to the community as we walk God’s path together.  An open fellowship with strong links to others, in which God is served with a new freshness.

ST GEORGE’S NORMANBY - is to be an open door to our community.

 A welcoming fellowship where everyone can learn about Jesus and grow in Father God’s love.  A fellowship where worship and prayer are relevant to daily life.  A fellowship where the gifts of the Spirit are exercised to serve one another and the community in order to grow God’s kingdom.

This underpins all that we do in our Team Ministry. Prayer is an important part of our church life, which upholds us and flows through both churches. We need to seek how these vision statements are progressed and developed with the new Rector.

We are a parish with a family atmosphere. We try to be welcoming and generous with the resources we have. This has lead to strong links between us and the community we serve. This is covered in “What we do in the community” on page 11.

We work with other denominations in the community. The Ministers Together group which meets regularly with the aim of breaking down barriers and increasing unity among our local churches. What has been even more rewarding has been seeing the way in which members of Christ Church and St George’s have supported the events that the Ministers have organised. In January last year, many from the parish attended at least one of the events that was arranged for the National Week of Prayer, meeting in a different Church each day to pray, culminating in a joint service in the Salvation Army.

One of our strengths has long been, and still is, the quality and depth of Biblical and spiritual teaching. We have been blessed by a very gifted preaching team, which includes two Lay Readers and lay preachers. Also a team head up a monthly family service at St George’s. We would certainly wish for this to continue into the future. 3

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

To help us remain true to our vision, we would hope to attract a new Rector who would:

Have a Pastor’s heart to minister to both congregations at Christ Church and St George’s.

Be a skilled enabler, to encourage us to discover and develop our Spiritual gifts and ministries to reach our full potential.

Be someone to challenge and work alongside us as we reach out into our local community, and expand that ministry in the way the Lord would want us to move.

Be a gifted and inspirational communicator, a people person.

Be a preacher and teacher of the Gospel.

Be a clear thinker, able to bring unity and integration across the generations and throughout the parish between the two churches.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE

Experience in leading a fellowship into closer knowledge of the Lord, and encouraging the gifts of the Spirit.

Experience in working across different traditions and age groups. Being comfortable with leading, equipping, and enhancing acts of worship in a variety of styles.

Becoming the next Rector in Eston with Normanby will have its joys and challenges. This person will be warmly welcomed across both churches in the parish. We are keen to see both congregations grow in quality and quantity. This is our parish, and we want to give our all in supporting the new Rector. We yearn to live up to our vision statement of being a beacon and an open door. This is our passion which we want to progress with our new Rector.

We are praying for you!

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

Eston Rectory 73a High Street, Eston TS6 9EH

The rectory is situated at the rear of Christ Church, next to the church meadow. The property has ample parking, a detached single garage and a good size garden on two sides, mainly lawned with mature tree and shrub borders. It’s a mile away from St Georges, and close to local shops and large supermarkets. The Rectory is a spacious four bedroomed detached property. It has three reception rooms, good sized fitted kitchen, separate utility room and downstairs WC. Upstairs there are four bedrooms with en-suite shower room to the master bedroom along with a family bathroom and separate WC.

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

OUR LOCAL AREA

Our parish serves Eston, Normanby and Teesville with a population of around 18400. This covers 8200 households. The largest percentage of the parish area is aged 45 – 64, with those aged 18 – 44 being 31%. White ethnicity is around 99%.

Christ Church has an average Sunday attendance of around 25, St George’s has an attendance of around 90 (from 2 services)

We are a working class area depending historically on steel, chemicals, and heavy industry for employment. Some of our parish is suffering high unemployment: this is seen in the work we do in our Foodbank. The parish deprivation rank is 1646 (on the 13th percentile).

Eston with Normanby parish has around five medical practices, local parks and a sports centre, a secondary school with a sixth form, and three primary schools. Information about these schools can be found on the links on page 16

Within ten miles of the parish are the North York Moors National Park; and the wide sandy beaches of the Yorkshire Coast. Access to the Yorkshire Dales National Park is within a short drive, and Whitby is around 25 miles down the coast.

Eston and Normanby has excellent access to the regions north/south, east/west arterial roads (A19/A66/A1M) and the local railway station has links to the east coast mainline and direct trains to Newcastle/York/Leeds and Manchester Airport, with good connections for London. Teesside Airport is around 19 miles from the parish via the A66.

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WHO’S WHO

THE PARISH STAFF

READERS

Hi, I’m Jason Robinson, I have been a member of Christ Church and St George’s for some 26 years. Predominantly based at Christ Church, worshipping with my wife and family, I was licensed as a Parish Reader in 2008 and have been an active member of the preaching and leadership teams covering both churches.

I'm Stewart Shaller, one of the Readers in this parish. I've been a Christian since 1977 and head teacher in two Anglican primary schools 1979-84; 1984-96. I was licensed as Reader in 2010 and have worshipped at Christ Church and St. George’s since 2016.

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WHO’S WHO THE PARISH STAFF WARDENS

Hi, I’m Jason Robinson, I have been a member of Christ Church and St George’s for some 26 years. I am also one of four parish Churchwardens again predominantly looking after Christ Church, a post I have held on and off for 15 years.

Hi, my name is Elaine Marley I am a Churchwarden at Christ Church. I started attending St George’s 31 years ago after giving my life to the Lord at the Billy Graham event Mission England. I have had several roles in the church starting with a Sunday school teacher, youth leader, member of the PCC, one of the leaders at the playgroup Big Ted. I love my church Life and family and don’t think I could function without them. The Lord is central to my life, he is my rock.

Hi, my name is Margaret Hill. I am into my fourth year as Churchwarden. I am into my twenty-sixth year of running a youth group for 5-11 year olds. I am also part of our Big Ted team, for children from 0-4 years; we have been running this for four years now. I am also part of the food bank team. I enjoy doing all of those things because I feel called by God to be a servant to the people He has sent to us at different times.

Hi, I’m Mike Cawley. This is my second time as a Warden at St George’s. My first term as Warden covered around 18 years and I have worked with two Rectors over that time. I’m retired and this allows me to be more involved in everyday parish running and support. I have worked for many years as a youth worker in the parish, and now lead the 18-30’s group – HOUSE.

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WHO’S WHO THE PARISH STAFF SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS

My name is Margaret Massey Vickers. I've been part of the lovely fellowship of St. George and Christ Church for a very long time. I am the Parish Safeguarding Officer and lead a House Group. Debbie Robinson (pictured on the right) is also charged with assisting Margaret at Christ Church. She and her husband Jason prepare the church for weddings with their flower arrangements.

PARISH ASSISTANT

My name is Margaret Pallent and I am a Recognised Parish Assistant, or Pastoral Visitor, for Christ Church and St George's, and I lead the Ladies' Fellowship. I have been a born-again Christian for over 40 years, and I have 3 children and 5 grandchildren.

PASTORAL ASSISTANT

My name is Joy Brunskill. I am the Pastoral Assistant for Christ Church and St George’s. My week can be very complex. I spend time visiting the sick in the parish, some who are elderly or in hospital. I’ve been involved in supporting and helping asylum seekers who are housed near us. I have experience of supporting people with mental health issues.

ADMINISTRATOR

I'm Carol McIntosh, the Parish Secretary so I'm the person you'll speak to if you want to book a wedding, or a baptism, or have any other queries about St George's or Christ Church. I also sing in the Worship Team, help to organise special events such as the Pancake Party or the Fun Day, and I am a member of a House Group. I love working and worshipping here because I get to spend time with so many lovely people ― both in the fellowship and those I meet through the office!

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WHO’S WHO WORSHIP TEAM

We have been blessed to enjoy the gift of music to praise the Lord and lead the people of St George’s and Christ Church in worship.

We aim to:

Source new songs to enhance worship

Ensure we provide the best we can by practising every week

Grow the group by providing opportunities for people to join us and develop their musical gifts

Provide live worship music for church weddings

SERVICES IN THE PARISH Christ Church St. Georges Sunday 10am Sunday 8.45am Communion Communion : 1st Sunday of each Sunday10am month Communion: 2nd Sunday of Morning praise remaining each month Sundays Morning praise remaining Sundays Wednesday 10am Communion alternating between both churches

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WHAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY CHRIST CHURCH

COFFEE MORNING

Our Tuesday coffee morning at Christ Church offers a warm friendly atmosphere, and the Team are definitely Hosts with the Most!! Over the last year we’ve served coffee every week except the Tuesdays after Christmas and Easter – Everyone is warmly welcome. The coffee morning attracts local people as well as our congregations.

TABLE TOP SALE

This enthusiastic team behind our popular Table Top sale has worked tirelessly to collect crafts, pottery, knick-knacks and curios to raise money to help towards the upkeep of the Church during 2018/9. Refreshments and snacks are served. We find this a great outreach to the community, who support the event monthly. It has been a good opportunity for the team to pray with those who come, and give them any support we can. The Table Top sale is on the last Saturday of the month between March and November, between 9am and 11am.

SUPPORTING THE ESTON NAB CHALLENGE RACE

On August 18th 2018, the first Eston Nab Challenge Race was held. We were asked by the Residents Association whether Christ Church Hall could be used for the registration of the runners and it was agreed that we would also open up the Church for the duration and offer refreshments for visitors. This was such a success that the Residents Association asked us to host the event last year. An army of volunteers made tea and coffee from 10am till 3.30pm, which was greatly appreciated. Some good conversations with the runners took place which was a blessing. We received a lovely thank you card from Ann Higgins and Bob Norton, our local councillors.

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PARISH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WORK

Stewart Shaller is working with local Primary schools and delivers assemblies and any support he can to the teaching staff. He is looking to expand this work with Outwood Academy, the Secondary school for our area. Marian Lester, a former Primary School teacher, has maintained excellent links with Teesville Primary School. The School usually holds Christmas, Nativity and Easter Services in St George’s. Marian and Margaret Hill help out with these events; they also lead Prayer space sessions in our Primary schools several times a year.

RAINBOWS, BROWNIES & GUIDES

We are delighted to host thriving Rainbows and Brownies groups in St George’s, and a Guide troop which meets in St George’s during the winter months and at Christ Church in the summer and they can enjoy the use of the Meadow.

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

ST GEORGE’S

‘BIG TED’ MOTHER AND TODDLER GROUP

(Thursdays 9.15-11.15 am)

Big Ted has been running for 5 years now. It is a first point of contact for local mums with pre-school children. But we also get dads, grandads and other family members coming along. We are often more like a Family and Toddler Group! We have started to leave out a prayer space activity in the church each week and we feel encouraged that some of the adults and children are using it. We meet a practical need in our local community, but also have a clear aim of mission.

We achieve this by:

 Providing a safe and welcoming play environment, intentionally using the worship space.

 Coming alongside the adults, being a sympathetic ear and offering to pray for their needs.

 Singing simple, children’s worship songs and telling a short Bible story, during Big Ted Time.

 We always include a short, Christian message, aimed at the adults. The Big Ted Time has become an established part of our morning routine, accepted and enjoyed by all the parents and carers, even those of little or no faith.

POWER POINT CLUB ages 5 - 11

We have had another good year with lots of new children and exciting times. We did a fundraiser for the children in Ghana. We raised enough money for Mary Smith (co-founder of TAKK trust) to buy some Educational toys. We are going to keep in touch with these children. We had a visit from a special guest on our last night in December. Let’s just say he had a warm welcome!

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FOODBANK & CRAFT CAFÉ

We have had another busy year with Foodbank and our coffee morning and it just seems to get busier. Each Friday morning our hall is packed with people socialising, chatting with friends playing pool or crafting in the corner.

The Foodbank team completed a successful “Poolathon” which raised funds for the Next Steps Foodbank Project.

In 2019 we handled approximately 453 Foodbank vouchers feeding over 954 people, which is down to the incredible generosity of people from St George’s, Christ Church, and our neighbouring churches, the local community and our friends at Sainsbury’s (Embleton Court, Redcar).

At Christmas we were able to give families gifts for their children putting smiles on lots of faces. The Scouting Association donated over a hundred selection boxes for the Foodbank clients last year.

One little girl said "I like it here, can I stay for Christmas?"

Our marvellous team work hard every week supplying sandwiches and cuppa's for clients as well as practical and spiritual support to help them with their problems. We are only able to do this due to the prayers and help of the parishioners.

SEWING CLASS

We are a group of ladies who meet to craft each Wednesday night. We have been running for about three years. Anyone is welcome; we can help you to learn a new craft!

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

HOUSE GROUPS IN THE PARISH

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GET IN TOUCH WITH US:-

Carol McIntosh, Parish Secretary Parish Office, St George's Church, Spencer Road Normanby, TS6 9BH Tel: 01642 281182 The office is open between 9:00am - 12:30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. An answerphone is in service at all other times.

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.christchurchandstgeorges.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/180012402064286/?ref=group_header

Bishop of Whitby contact details

The Right Reverend Paul Ferguson

21 Thornton Road, Stainton, Middlesbrough TS8 9DS

01642 593273 / [email protected]

Middlesbrough Deanery details https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/about-us/deaneries/finding-a-church/arch- cleveland/middlesbrough

Local Schools

Normanby primary school http://normanby.ironstoneacademy.org.uk/

Teesville Academy https://www.teesvilleacademy.org.uk/home

Bankfields primary school http://bankfieldsprimary.co.uk/

Outwood Academy Normanby – Secondary school with 6th form. https://www.normanby.outwood.com/

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

OUR PARISH

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

OUR LOCAL AREA

Christ Church Eston with St. George’s Normanby - Team Ministry

OUR LOCAL AREA