Parish Statement
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PARISH STATEMENT ALL SAINTS ST MARY ST JOHN THE CLIPSTONE EDWINSTOWE EVANGELIST PERLETHORPE MANSFIELD DEANERY TABLE OF CONTENTS Hopes & Prayers for a Priest _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 Wish List .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Prayer for the Vacancy ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Background Information on the Three Parishes _______________________________________________________ 2 The Area ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Edwinstowe ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Clipstone .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Perlethorpe ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Useful Websites ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Church Life ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 St Mary .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 All Saints .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 St John the Evangelist .................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Joint Resources __________________________________________________________________________________________ 13 Vicarage ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Parish Administration Hub ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Assistants ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Challenges Ahead .......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Strengths Limitations Opportunities and Threats ......................................................................................................... 15 Mansfield Deanery ______________________________________________________________________________________ 16 A statement from the Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham, the Rt. Revd. Paul Williams and the Archdeacon of Newark, the Venerable David Picken _________________________________________________ 17 Parish Representatives Contact Information _________________________________________________________ 19 Appendices ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 Mission Statistics........................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Abbreviated Financial Statements ........................................................................................................................................ 21 PARISH STATEMENT Hopes & Prayers for a Priest Is GOD leading WISH LIST YOU in our ★ Visionary – sees and helps us to grasp opportunities for growth direction? ★ Prayerful – encouraging and developing spiritual growth ★ Nurturer/inspiring - walk alongside – pastorally sensitive, We trust HIM to empathetic ★ Sacramental Find us the right ★ Leader and enabler person ★ Community involvement, outreach, will appreciate the diversity between parishes ★ Able to balance diverse congregations ★ Thrive on variety and open to change ★ Relates to all, young and young at heart, traditional and contemporary views of liturgy ★ Flexible outlook ★ Inspirational, motivated, enthusiastic ★ Interested in tourism opportunities Humans may apply! PRAYER FOR THE VACANCY God our Father, we pray for our Churches, for their leadership teams, congregations and supporters. ★ help us to be faithful servants to our Lord Jesus Christ and active daily in his service ★ help us all to use our gifts and share the work which must be done ★ forgive us when we get things wrong. Help us to be humble, gentle and patient with one another, forgiving each other as you forgive us ★ protect those with special responsibilities or extra workload, surround them with your Peace ★ guide us in the appointment of a new minister to the person of your choosing; and that you will be preparing that minister for our shared work ★ give us vision for mission and outreach in the local community. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Page 1 PARISH STATEMENT Background Information on the Three Parishes THE AREA The three parishes have shared a priest since 2012. The village of Perlethorpe lies 4 miles to the north of Edwinstowe and is a village set in the traditional estate of Thoresby. Clipstone lies 3 miles south-west of Edwinstowe and is a typical Nottinghamshire ex-colliery village, with a significant new build community in Kings Clipstone EDWINSTOWE parks, numerous tourist attractions and much Edwinstowe is a beautiful village in the heart of beautiful countryside in the surrounding area. Sherwood Forest in North Nottinghamshire. It has a population of approximately 5,000 people, Edwinstowe is approximately 20 miles from and attracts visitors from around the world who Nottingham, Lincoln and Sheffield. come to see Robin Hood’s tree, the Major Oak, and St Mary’s Church where legend says Robin Hood and Maid Marian were married! A new visitor’s centre is currently under construction commissioned by the RSPB. Center Parcs Sherwood Forest Holiday Village is on the edge of Edwinstowe; and there are several country Page 2 PARISH STATEMENT Background Edwinstowe Edwinstowe has a strong mining history School and King Edwin County Primary School. although the colliery on the outskirts of the There is also a choice of pre-school provision. village closed in 2015. There is a good mixture of Secondary pupils travel by bus to various housing in Edwinstowe with several hundred schools. former colliery houses, some older people’s The church has links with both the local primary bungalows and former council houses, many schools, regularly taking assemblies. We, of large private dwellings and a few farms. There course, have particularly strong links with the are also new homes currently being built and church school. plans for some 800 dwellings on the former colliery site. 85% of homes are privately owned The church takes part in a variety of community or rented, and 15% are rented from Newark & activities. Sherwood District Council or Nottingham Community Housing Association. CLIPSTONE Edwinstowe has a larger than average The social mix of the parish is predominantly proportion of retired people with 25% of its white and working class. The only industry is population being over the age of 60. There are some small industrial units. There are four farms two nursing homes in the village and two and a few small holdings. The community is community centres for older people. served by a Post Office, pharmacy, garage, a Cooperative supermarket and several other small Edwinstowe’s population is largely white, with shops including fast food takeaways. There are 1.4% of people describing themselves as from two nursing homes in the parish, a welfare and a other ethnic groups. This is fairly typical for this members only “top club” but no pub. part of North Nottinghamshire. Nearly 82% of people describe themselves as Christian, with The parish is made up of three areas – Kings small numbers saying they belong to other Clipstone, Clipstone Village and Newlands. religions. Edwinstowe has a variety of retail Kings Clipstone outlets catering for both the local and tourist can boast about trade. the ruins of King There are many local community groups for both John’s Palace, adults and children, to cater for all interests. which was really a large hunting lodge where a national There are two primary schools in Edwinstowe – parliament was held in 1290. It was then mainly St Mary’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Page 3 PARISH STATEMENT a farming community in the parish of PERLETHORPE Edwinstowe. An old corrugated iron building, The which was used as a church, is now a community community meeting hub. There are no shops but it does have