OUR NEWS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 SIGN UP TO OUR MAILINGS HERE FAREWELL TO AUDREY: NEW ARCHDEACON ANNOUNCED JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 28 The Revd has been named as A celebration of Archdeacon ’s ministry in the Diocese of the new and Director of Truro is planned for February 28, 2021 Intergenerational Church for the . and individuals and parishes are invited to attend.

Kelly is currently the vicar of St Nicolas Archdeacon Audrey, along with her Parish Church in Nuneaton and Priest in husband Revd Dave Elkington, will be Charge of St James Church, Weddington heading north for new adventures in the and Caldecote. coming weeks and we couldn’t let her go Kelly, who will be moving to the diocese without a small event to thank her for all with her husband Simon and cat Benny, of her hard work as Archdeacon over the brings with her a wealth of experience in last ten years. youth, children and families work with a special focus on Intergenerational On Sunday, February 28 at 3pm there Church. will be a virtual Farewell hosted on Zoom by Bishop Philip. Places are limited on a After graduating in 1992 with a degree first come, first served basis. If you wish in education and theology, Kelly began to take part, please register by clicking work as a youth and children’s worker. on the link here. After registering, While later working for the Church you will receive a confirmation email Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS), she was containing information about joining the involved in training and consultancy meeting. work with leaders, writing resources and shaping policy relating to children’s Kelly’s background in rural and urban A collection has also been set up with ministry. She then became the society’s churches will stand her in good stead Archdeacon Audrey requesting that Intergenerational Church specialist. as she moves to Cornwall, a county she donations are made in her name to the Having completed her MA in contextual is keen to get to know. “I am looking Diocesan Mission Fund. theology in 2010, she was priested in forward to discovering new relationships 2011. It is these range of experiences that and opportunities that I can’t even If you would like to contribute, you Kelly hopes to put to good use when she imagine yet. I excited to discover the can do so by by bank transfer to sort arrives in the Diocese of Truro. creativity in Cornwall and my husband code 60-21-37, account number loves walking so I am sure we will be 56497458, bank NatWest or by post “I want to focus on three things doing that.” – enabling the church to be more to Finance department, Truro Diocesan intergenerational in nature; seeing it Bishop Philip said: “I’m delighted to Board of Finance Ltd, Church House, grow and flourish with every church welcome Kelly here. Her own rural Woodlands Court, Truro Business discovering something about what it background, significant experience Park, Threemilestone, Truro, TR4 means in their own context. Ensuring of church growth and long-standing 9NH referencing ‘Archdeacon Audrey mission is central to church life and made commitment to developing a flourishing donation’. easier by the way we facilitate church church community embracing people of communities. And to be creative and all ages, will stand her in very good stead If you would like to include a message encouraging in supporting clergy because in her new role. I look forward very much in Audrey’s leaving card, please send it can be a really lonely and isolating role to welcoming her and Simon into the your entry (200 words or less) by email and you can feel that you are out on a family of the Diocese of Truro.” to [email protected] before limb.” February 17, 2021. Read the full story here.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 2 INVITATION TO PRAY AT 6PM DAILY FROM FEBRUARY 1 ARCHBISHOPS’ LETTER The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to the nation as the grim total of 100,000 covid deaths was reached in mid-January. HOLDING YOUR APCM IN As we reach the terrible milestone of 100,000 deaths TIMES OF COVID from COVID-19, we invite A PRAYER FOR THOSE everyone in our nation to WHO MOURN We know that many of you will have pause as we reflect on the enormity of been through this once already for this pandemic. 100,000 isn’t just an Gracious God, last year’s APCM but we know that abstract figure. Each number is a person: as we remember before you holding your APCM during Covid-19 is someone we loved and someone who the thousands who have died, a challenge. loved us. We also believe that each of surround us and all who mourn these people was known to God and with your strong compassion. The deadline for your APCM to be held cherished by God. Be gentle with us in our grief, is May 31, 2021. If this changes we protect us from despair, will notify you immediately. We encourage everyone who is feeling and give us grace to persevere scared, or lost or isolated to cast and face the future with hope The Bishop has given permission for their fears on God. We also know in Jesus Christ our risen Lord. APCMs to be held virtually. As we that poorer communities, minority Amen are currently still in lockdown we will ethnic communities and those living assume that it will still be best for with disabilities have been afflicted them to be virtual. Click here for more disproportionately and cry out for the detailed guidance on how to hold a healing of these inequalities. During this Therefore, we need to support each virtual APCM. pandemic, we encourage everyone to do other. Whether you’re someone of faith, all they can to live within the guidelines or not, we invite you to call on God in There will be an online session, via Zoom, on 2 March 2021 at 1pm with and constraints given by government prayer. Starting on February 1 we invite Archdeacon and Alex following the advice of the Chief Medical you to set aside time every evening O’Byrne to give guidance on holding Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser. to pray, particularly at 6pm each day. We show our commitment, care and More than ever, this is a time when we your APCM virtually. To sign up for love for one another by ensuring we need to love each other. Prayer is an this click here. do everything we can to stop the virus expression of love. A number of resources spreading. will be made available here. CENSUS 2021 TAKES WE NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER Please be assured of our prayers. PLACE IN MARCH None of this is easy. Very many of us are Households in Cornwall will soon be experiencing isolation, loneliness, anxiety The Most Revd & Rt Hon Justin Welby, asked to take part in Census 2021. and despondency like never before. Archbishop of Canterbury The census is a once-in-a-decade Many people have lost their livelihoods. survey that gives us the most Our economy struggles. Also, the The Most Revd & Rt Hon Stephen accurate estimate of all the people necessary restrictions we live with have Cottrell, Archbishop of York and households in England and Wales. also prevented us from being alongside It has been carried out every decade loved ones as they died, or even at their Read the full letter here. since 1801, with the exception of 1941. graveside. All grief profoundly affects us, but this pandemic grief is so hard. It will be the first run predominantly online, with households receiving a letter with a unique access code, allowing them to complete the DEANERY SYNOD RESPRESENATIVES 2020-2023 questionnaire on their computers, phones or tablets. Parishes are encouraged to take steps For those parishes that choose to to fill any casual vacancies among the leave filling any casual vacancies Census day will be on March 21. parochial representatives elected to until their APCM, please inform us Households will receive letters with their deanery synods prior to holding immediately following the election by the online codes from early March. their Annual Parochial Church Meeting providing a copy of the returns form (APCM). required under the CRR, a copy of For more information, visit census.gov.uk. which is available on our website here.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 3 CELEBRATING CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE HELP SCHOOLS PROVIDE THE BEST EDUCATION TO CHILDREN Schools across the Diocese of Truro have vacancies INTERNATIONAL LINKS for governors and trustees. Do you have the skills to WEBINARS IN FEBRUARY help improve the education of young people? DIOCESAN INTERNATIONAL LINKS UPDATE: WHAT IS HAPPENING AND Sue Morrish is a governor who gives try to go to all the events and I get to HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED? her time to two schools, St Mellion judge competitions and take part in Wednesday, February 3, 7.30pm - and St Dominic. Sue has been on the Christmas lunches. I get the fun bits 8.30pm. board of governors for almost five of it all really.” In this webinar we will introduce you years and has been chair of the board to the International Links Committee for the last four years. Her advice to anyone considering becoming a governor: “Do it, you will and will welcome speakers to tell Sue had spent the last ten years love it! us about our Diocesan links with working as a manager in an economic Lebanon, Mzimbuvu in South Africa development enterprise agency. “I had “When you retire, you have a lot of and Strängnäs in Sweden, giving business, strategic and management skills and it’s really good to continue you an insight into the work of the skills and they were easily transferable using them and sharing them. I am church in these areas, and how we, although the school context is very proud that I have been able to use my as a Diocese, are linking with them. different to business and I had to learn business skills as chair of the board of We would encourage you to join us to the language and all the acronyms!” governors to ensure our meetings run learn more about these links, and to formally in a business-like way. If the find out how you can pray and join in. Sue is very clear what the role of the governing board runs well, the school governing body is. “We are there to runs better and the school is all about To register for this webinar please take care of business and the better giving a good education to children. click on this link: https://us02web. we do that, the better position the zoom.us/j/82790957065?pwd=ZFN5 school is in to take care of teaching.” “Ultimately, it’s about providing a school that will give the best teaching cHJ3R0MzZ1kvWkxhRjdwdWVNdz09 While all schools are different, Sue and learning experience for the currently chairs a board meeting once children and if you can understand EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF a term and all board members sit on that, you’ll make a good governor.” AN INTERNATIONAL LINK FOR two or three of the committees but YOUR PARISH Sue is keen to point out it isn’t all For more information on becoming a Wednesday, February 10, 7:30pm – work! governor or trustee, click here or email 9pm. Clare Kendle at clare.kendle@truro. “I am very hands on so I do give a lot anglican.org This webinar is a great opportunity of time. I think it is important to be to hear from six different mission Read more here. visible and I do get a lot out of it. I organisations about how they can work together with your parish to develop international links in a SHARE EASTER variety of different ways. It will give you an idea of some of the amazing Free resources for Easter have been work which is being done across the launched. world and perhaps inspire you to get involved in some way as a parish. Share Easter includes: We will welcome speakers from the n The Easter Story animation for following organisations: Overseas children and families. n Articles on Lent. Ministry Fellowship (OMF), Church Mission Society (CMS), Mission n An Easter reflection by Bear Grylls. The resources are being offered free of Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Open n Hymns and songs sung by Darlene charge although a donation towards Doors, Operation Mobilisation and Zschech, Graham Kendrick, Sheila costs would be welcome. 20 per Serving in Mission (SIM). Walsh, Noel Robinson, Mhairi cent of any donation will go towards MacBean and Nicki Rogers. the and Trussell Trust Christians To register for this webinar please n Seven Words from the Cross: Against Poverty. reflections for use during Holy Week click on this link: https://us02web. or for a Good Friday service. To sign up to Share Easter, visit www. zoom.us/j/88978738090?pwd=UHVy n An Easter Day sermon. canonjjohn.com/share-easter/ NXg4dE5pdi9HNzNvSVBUTnJnZz09

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 4 LENT CARE FOR CREATION RESOURCES AVAILABLE Lent begins this year on February 17, Ash Wednesday. Many parishes plan to offer a time of study and reflection during this time and it is perhaps especially important at a time when so many are confined to their homes.

This year care for God’s creation may chapter concludes with discussion be the theme you wold like to engage questions and prayers from across the with and if so here are now quite a few globe. resources available to help Christians NEW DIOCESAN PRIORITIES consider how God calls us to good Although not strictly a ‘Lent Course’, stewardship of the world. The following Frances Ward’s book ‘Like there’s FOR ENVIRONMENT is just a few of possibilities: No Tomorrow, climate crisis, eco- The least 12 months have seen a growing anxiety and God’ would lend itself momentum for a new approach to A bespoke course, written especially well to reading during Lent. It is a creation care; David Attenborough’s for churches in Cornwall, can be freely theologically reflective account of a programmes, the Extinction Rebellion accessed through the diocesan website journey from Norfolk to Cumbria by protests, young people becoming here. This course is based on the narrowboat along some of Britain’s increasingly concerned for the future successful ‘Windows into Eco-theology’ most well-loved canals. The book is health of the planet and the Church of course written by Revd Dr Lucy Larkin not specifically designed for group England’s own commitment to reaching and consists of four weeks of material study but could be read through Lent Net Zero by 2030 have all contributed to bringing together science, biblical at perhaps two chapters a week with a a growing sense of urgency. reflection and prayer and culminating gathering for sharing and prayer week And across the diocese more and more in consideration of the diocese’s by week. Frances Ward is an Anglican churches and groups are committing bespoke environmental care scheme for priest and theologian, previously Dean to change. We know that God’s glorious churches, the Green Church Kernow of St Edmundsbury cathedral and now creation is being profoundly damaged awards. Groups are invited to spend ministering in Cumbria. by our way of life, and that this grieves an optional fifth week considering, as his heart and we want to do things parishes, possible ways to respond as a Almost certainly, Lent study this year differently. community. will need to be carried out online. Although none of the above suggestions In the autumn a group worked hard to The well-known series of York Courses are specifically designed for ‘zoom’, discern the specific priorities we want to has developed a five session course all can be done this way. For all of the commit to, as a whole diocese, around on ‘Caring for Creation’ for Lent 2021. above, participants will need published creation care, and we have named three: Course contributors included Dr Ruth booklets or a book, which are freely Valerio, Revd Dr Dave Bookless and Dr downloadable (for the Diocese of Truro CHERISH CREATION David Clough, all well-known in the field course), purchasable through online CUT CARBON of Christian care for the environment booksellers (Saying Yes to Life and Like and the materials consist of audio There’s no Tomorrow) or obtainable SPEAK UP clips (with transcripts) and booklets through a specific website (York Over the next few months we will be with quotes, reflections and discussion Courses). For the latter, savings can be sharing more about these priorities and starters. Materials can be ordered from made for bulk purchases of booklets; how everyone can play their part, as well the York Courses website. note that the audio transcripts can be telling you how we will be offering new purchased both as CD’s and/or as MP3 support - especially to the local church The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent downloads. - so that we can all, together, play our book for 2020 is still available. ‘Saying part in the great renewal that is required Yes to Life’ was written by Dr Ruth Please do let us know (reverendelly@ for creation to flourish in the way God Valerio and comprises six chapters gmail.com) if you use these or any other intends. based on the creation story of Genesis resources for creation care study, either 1, and incorporating both scientific during Lent or at another time. We hope God bless. information and stories from around to compile a list of such resources, with the world about people whose lives brief reviews of how well or otherwise are already deeply affected by the you thought the materials worked, so environmental crisis we face. Each that we can all share and learn.

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