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St Mary's Stoke Bishop Parish Profile St Mary's Stoke Bishop Parish Profile Page &1 Contents From the Bishop 3 Welcome to St Mary’s 4 St Mary’s in a nutshell 5 Avonside Mission Area 6 History and location 8 St Mary’s is for everyone - our culture and styles of worship 9 Youth and Children 10 Stoke Bishop Church of England Primary school 11 Discipleship 12 Outreach and Mission 13 Prayer and Pastoral Care 14 Buildings 15 Facts and Figures 16 Finances 16 Stewardship 17 Statistics 17 Who we are 18 Consultation Feedback 19 Role Description 21 Person Specification 25 The Diocese of Bristol 28 Find us 29 Contacts 29 Appendix 1 Avonside Mission Area Overview 30 Appendix 2 ASMA Statistics 31 Appendix 3 St Mary’s Organisational Chart and Ministry teams 32 Page &2 From the Bishop April 2019 Thank you so much for taking the time to discern whether joining us here in Bristol Diocese might be the next stage of your ministerial journey and whether your gifts match the exciting opportunity that this vacancy at St Mary’s Stoke Bishop represents. The Diocese of Bristol’s commitment to making connections with God, with each other and with our communities, and to the development of Mission Areas, has become part of the life of St Mary’s, evidenced by its generous support of the developing life of the Avonside Mission Area. Key leaders from this initiative are accountable to the Diocesan Mission Programme Board to enable lessons in church growth to be learnt for the benefit of all. The task of the next incumbent will include the development of the life of the parish alongside this wider commitment. I am therefore looking for a senior experienced clergy person who can lead in a context which requires flexibility and agility, including working collaboratively with clergy in the Mission Area. Proven skills in teaching and preaching, evidence of managing a staff team and an excellent track record in mobilising all God’s people in mission will be vital for effective ministry in a context of ongoing change. You will have excellent colleagues both within St Mary’s and across the Mission Area with whom to travel in ministry. We are pleased to offer this opportunity within an energetic diocese and a vibrant city and look forward to hearing from you. Yours in Christ, Rt Revd Vivienne Faull Bishop of Bristol Page &3 Welcome to St Mary’s involvement and taking a lead in this is a key Hello from St Mary’s and thank you for aspect of our vicar’s role. reading our Parish Profile. We hope it will give Our three main Sunday services each provide a you an accurate picture of who we are and what we are about at this time, and we pray distinct and varied style of worship within an that it will help you discern whether our church evangelical framework. We recognise that is where God is calling you for the next stage everyone has a preferred way of gathering of your ministry. together to worship God and therefore our new vicar will be someone who values both We are a relatively large church (205 adults traditional liturgical and contemporary and 40 children worship each week) of mostly informal styles. local people of every age who are at all stages of faith and with a diversity of views. We are There is a genuine desire to connect looking for a vicar who prioritises and values meaningfully with our local community and see the Kingdom of God flourishing in our helping everyone grow in faith and discipleship as a missional opportunity. parish – so our vicar will be someone with vision and experience to help us develop more Recent feedback from our congregation has effective outreach. clearly shown that great value is placed on good biblical teaching and we are therefore For many years we have invested in children and youth work and have developed excellent seeking a vicar who will teach an orthodox understanding of the bible, tackle difficult relationships with the local Church of England theological issues in grace and truth and help Primary School and Uniformed Organisations. us to become more responsive to the Holy Our vicar will be a school governor, take an Spirit in our everyday lives. active role in leading school assemblies, and be someone who connects easily with young We are blessed with a large PCC, and ministry, people and their families. staff and volunteer teams - so our vicar needs to be an exceptional team leader who thrives If reading this is capturing your imagination, working alongside people and enabling them please read on to find out about our vision and to identify and best use their gifts. values, strengths and opportunities, and some examples of missional initiatives we have put While St Mary’s is the only church of any into action over the past year. While our denomination in the parish, we are strongly outgoing vicar is leaving to join his wife, the involved with an integrated strategy for new Bishop of Penrith, we are confident that mission in the Avonside Mission Area. God has great plans for His glory through St Working in partnership with four other Mary’s, and we are excited about the future. churches, encouraging our own community Page &4 St Mary’s in a nutshell Our vision is to ‘Follow Jesus and make Him Sunday attendance, busy and time- known’. poor working adults. We want to go wider and deeper with God ✦ Developing fruitful outcomes from through Word, Worship, Witness and Welcome. outreach initiatives. Our values are about being God-seeking, ✦ Continued partnership within Avonside disciple-making, community-building and Mission Area to develop missional sacrificially generous. Click here for our strategies. Vision, Values and Strategy document. ✦ Engaging youth and young adults; Strengths: potential for student ministry. ✦ Enhancing the church rooms to provide ✦ A loving, caring and welcoming additional resources which support Christian community. mission. ✦ Large staff and ministry team, including worship, children and youth Examples of New Missional leaders. Initiatives in 2018: ✦ A breadth and variety of styles of Bible- ✦ Faith Expo – a ‘Ministry Fair’ which based worship. showcased and promoted ✦ Partnership with Avonside Mission opportunities for serving and ministry. Area. ✦ Harvest Clusters – 15 different events ✦ A genuine desire for both social and hosted in our homes to celebrate evangelistic outreach. harvest and invite un-churched friends ✦ An active and busy community and neighbours (around 100 were resource including a large hall, rooms welcomed). and flexible worship space (with ✦ Senior Moments – a 5-week course developing plans for improving these which addressed issues affecting older underway). people. ✦ Community relationships through our ✦ Hymns We Love – the gospel message Children’s and Families work. shown through traditional hymns. ✦ A reasonably healthy financial position. ✦ Beer and Carols – beer tasting and Challenges and carol singing hosted for the community. Opportunities: ✦ Missional Communities – new small ✦ Isolated position of the church and groups with a specific missional focus cultural self-sufficiency in the parish. involving a mix of people from each ASMA church. ✦ Developing 24/7 discipleship - living out our values, mobilising and Does this excite you? Please read on to equipping every member ministry, discover more and don’t hesitate to make growing new small groups. contact if you have any questions or would like to visit informally. We are praying hard for the ✦ Making church ‘unmissable’ in face of right person to lead us in the next stage of competing priorities, less regular God’s plan for this parish and beyond. Page &5 Avonside Mission Area 2017 saw the launch of the new Avonside Mission Area (ASMA), one of a number of new mission areas set up and funded by the Church of England Strategic Development Fund. This is an ambitious project for spiritual and numerical growth which the incumbent at St Mary’s is expected to lead. ASMA is a network of five local Anglican Churches serving the North West of Bristol, seeking to achieve Christ’s transformation of our communities Socially, Culturally and Spiritually, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Together, the five parishes are committed to developing a coordinated approach to focus, share and multiply mission resources and practice; to release the gifts of all God’s people, and to provide a context in which new leaders and ministers can explore vocation and develop a mission focused setting. ASMA churches meet regularly together at prayer celebrations and at a strategic level. ✦ Serving those in need They have been working together in: Volunteers from across the Mission Area ✦ Prayer and mission support Missional community groups have been ✦ the Clean Team in Avonmouth. established covering: ✦ the Foodbank and newly established ✦ Prayer as mission. Homebank, also in Avonmouth. ✦ Evangelism. ✦ the CAP centre in Sea Mills. ✦ Social Justice. These dynamic initiatives are increasing the ✦ Youth and Children. missional impact of our churches, and helping ✦ Living Well. grow the volunteers' faith, and we are excited ✦ Sharing resources to develop our shared discipleship and mission. Across the Mission Area we have shared: A pictorial overview of ASMA can be found at ✦ Assembly plans for schools. Appendix 1. ✦ Safeguarding documentation and training. ✦ Lent and other discipleship courses. ✦ Volunteer resources. ✦ Consultation and support at a leadership level. Page &6 Avonside Mission Area cont.. As lead incumbent within ASMA, the new vicar will have a key role in steering the Strategic Oversight Group, working closely with the Associate Vicar and the other three incumbents from ASMA. Here we summarise some of their hopes and aspirations for ASMA, their perspectives on the role of St Mary’s and their hopes for the new vicar.
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