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Clergy Mailing - February 2020 Contents 1. Nifty Notes 2. Man Alive Breakfast 3. Ministry Vacancies Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org FEBRUARY 2020 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected] Bishop’s Lent appeal 2020 Racial Justice Sunday his year’s Lent Appeal will people, schools and community help churches wanting to groups with a concern for the Bishop Tony will be preaching respond further to the environment, while sharing the T at this year's Racial Justice ever-more pressing need to gospel vision that inspires us. Sunday service. safeguard God’s creation, integrated with their own local This appeal complements The service takes place on 9th Growing Disciples plans. #LiveLent: Care for God’s February, from 6pm to 8.30pm Creation, which is the Church of at Calvary Family Church, 283 The ‘Growing Disciples Caring England’s national Lent Vernon Road, Basford, NG6 for Creation’ Fund will raise Campaign for 2020 (find out 0BD. money for grants to help support more about #LiveLent at mission through developing southwell.anglican.org/livelent- Everyone is welcome to attend. outdoor spaces that can be a care-for-gods-creation) wider blessing to the community, Bishop Tony, who has supported as well as ‘arks’ for vulnerable Look out for more information the event over many years, will species of flora and fauna. about the Lent Appeal at be retiring in March as the southwell.anglican.org and in the Bishop of Sherwood after 42 These grants can also help weekly update years in ordained ministry. facilitate partnerships with young In this month’s issue: 2 News in brief 4 Events and information 5 Prayer diary 10 What’s On 12 Comings & Goings @diocswellnott @SouthwellandNottingham February 20 Growing Disciples . Growing Disciples . Growing Disciples . Wider Younger Deeper www.growingdisciples.co.uk Nurturing new life in Harworth uring the OneLife mission last September a Dnew six week nurture course called 'Belonging and Believing', based on Nick Harding's 'Ready to Share One Bread,' began at All Saints, Harworth. Anyone could take part in the course, but the core was the children, their grown-ups and four candidates for confirmation - which made a group of about 15. It was led by Children's Minister and LLM in training, Gillian Wratten, and Martin Skipworth... me the very next day at home. baptised on 3rd November, with whilst the Revd Nicky Skipworth She listened and counselled me their young son Reid looking on. provided practical help with carefully. She lifted my spirits to Both would now like to get more refreshments, organising the Lord and gave me new hope. I involved on a Sunday, and in schedules etc… and helped have loved every minute of weekday mission events. answer questions. attending church since then and joining together for 'Belonging Nicky adds: “On behalf of All Participant, June Franks, said: and Believing' in preparation for Saints' Church family, it was an “God brought me to this beautiful Confirmation. Thanks to Gillian immense privilege to watch church one morning, when I was and Martin I have learnt so much people blossom and grow along feeling at a low ebb. I was about The Holy Bible. The most the Way of Jesus. The walking my two dogs and came important part to me is the Confirmation ceremony on 22nd across the open door of All Saints community spirit, which is December was a wonderful Church. All three of us were epitomised by the teachings of experience, shot through with welcomed in wholeheartedly by Our Lord Jesus Christ. My faith God's love, and our love for one Revd Nicky Skipworth and her has been reborn and renewed and another. It goes to show that band of kind helpers. They gave I wish to confirm my christening anyone can just 'walk in' and find me a hot drink, Shirley's delicious 65 years ago and take bread and a home with us.” scones and oodles of hospitality. wine in remembrance and The Love of God was with me so celebration of Him and his profoundly and filled my heart sacrifice on earth.” with joy, as I looked at the image of Jesus in this church. Revd One of the young confirmation Nicky sensed my underlying candidates, Kalvin, had turned up sadness and spoke to me so one Sunday morning a few kindly that I teared-up and spilled months earlier, telling Nicky he out what was troubling me. She just knew it was the right place to re-arranged her diary and visited be. He and girlfriend Kayley were Niftynotes 3 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. Bishop visits charity Spiritual working with refugees and Accompaniment asylum seekers An Introductory Course ishop Paul Williams visited the Refugee Roots charity in APRIL – NOV 2020 BHyson Green, meeting staff and trustees to discuss the vital April 28th work it carries out to support June 2nd, 9th,16th, 23rd, 30th asylum seekers and refugees in July 7th, 14th Nottingham. October 13th, 20th, 27th, November 3rd, 10th, 17th, Refugee Roots offers a range of Retreat Sept 21st-24th services including a befriending scheme, information, advice and Led by: Sylvia Griffiths, guidance, support groups, and Jean Sims, English Lessons. with visiting speakers Adrian Chatfield, The charity, based at the Vine Community Centre at St Stephen with Alice Keenleyside and St Paul’s Church, is supported by the Diocese of Southwell & Fr Chris Webb Nottingham. Venue: Sacrista Prebend, Bishop Paul said: “As a diocese we are very thankful for our Southwell partnership with Refugee Roots in Nottingham. Meeting with staff and trustees, it was inspiring to hear what a difference Refugee Roots For more information and is making to the lives of hundreds of people who come to our city Application Forms please living with uncertainty and fear, providing practical care and support contact: at an extremely vulnerable point in life whatever the circumstances.” Catriona Gundlach Southwell and Nottingham DBF Refugee Roots is aiming to raise £3,000 for its befriending service, Jubilee House which sees people offering one to one friendship and support to Westgate asylum seekers and refugees. SOUTHWELL NG25 0JH It has also directly delivered 55 food parcels to people in need and sent a further 14 to the Refugee Forum. The items for the food parcels Email: were collected by the Becket School, in West Bridgford, which [email protected] donated more than 1,000 items to Refugee Roots. The maximum number of Adam Baker, co-ordinator at the charity, said: “It was great to participants for the course is 12. welcome Bishop Paul, to pray with him and to share what we are Interviews will be held on doing. “There is great demand for what we do – there are always Tuesday 25th February & 3rd people in need, which is very sad, but it is a real privilege to help March 2020. Early application them.” is advised. To find out more about Refugee Roots, or to donate, go to: Closing date for applications - [email protected] Friday 14th February 2020. 4 February 20 Events and information. Events and information. Events and informa Supporting rough sleepers hurches and Christian-run charities and over the last year we On Street Support: Winter projects play a key role in have formed a partnership called Shelter/Street Pastors/Hot food Ctackling the damaging Nottingham Homelessness Providers/ Sex Workers Project effects of homelessness and Voluntary Sector Forum. (Jericho Road)/ - all volunteers rough sleeping across the A successful outcome has been and paid workers receive Clewer Diocese. the work with the City Council Initiative training in spotting over the city’s new Homelessness signs of Modern Day This winter - projects and winter Charter: it’s now formally Slavery/Trafficking - especially night shelters in Mansfield, acknowledged that the Faith and as those they come into contact Bassetlaw, Newark and Voluntary Sector will continue to with are often more vulnerable to Nottingham will continue to be help all rough sleepers regardless exploitation due to lack of access on the frontline, literally offering of local connection or no recourse to public funds and a lifeline to countless vulnerable recourse to public funds. Local having no local connection. people (like elsewhere in the authority and Framework country - the city & county has (Commissioned services) will Drop Ins: Friary/Emmanuel seen several deaths on the mainly continue to focus on House/Street Pastors/ Foodbanks streets). working with those people who Plus/Places of Welcome. have a ‘local connection’ to The Shelter in Nottingham is Nottingham City. Housing Advice: Hope into mainly in Anglican Churches and Action/ Open Homes/Night Church Halls – made up of many The council sees the new Forum Stop/Refugee Roots (formerly volunteers from across different as an essential part of their The Rainbow churches and community groups - strategy to tackle homelessness Project)/Host/Nottingham providing a safe, welcoming and rough sleeping (in delivering Arimathea Trust. place to stay, offering a warm and prevention). The city snack/meal, a bed for the night convenes the Statutory For more information contact and breakfast in the morning with Homelessness Strategy Liam O'Boyle : the offer of help with a range of Implementation Group (SIG) - an Tel: 01636 817232 other support needs including essential inter-agency meeting Mobile: 07860 507318 physical and mental health involving a number of partners in Email: support. Nottingham Winter the city. The Diocese is Liam.O'Boyle@southwell. Shelter is recognised as having represented on the SIG and anglican.org some of the most successful presents issues/concerns/ways of “move-on’s” (i.e. secure working together on behalf of the supported accommodation strong faith network in the city outcomes) for guests across the which includes Nottingham’s city, which is due to the Faith Leaders Network (similar to dedication of volunteers and staff the ‘interfaith’ council chaired by and the partnerships and holistic the Bishop of Sherwood); Faith approach developed across the Action Nottingham (FAN) (a city.
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