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The Combined Benefices of Pocklington Wold and Londesborough Wold Group Profile Window designed by Tom Denny, dedicated at Millington by the Archbishop of York, 2007 Heavenly Father, Shepherd of Souls, give to us for the leadership of your Church in these parishes, a person after your own heart: a person of faith and prayer, filled with the Holy Spirit; a person of vision, wisdom and sound judgement; a person with a pastoral heart and true love for people. September 2014 Prepare the person of your choice for Ministry among us, and prepare us for the future. Guide us now in everything for the doing of your will and furtherance of your glory; through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Contents Page(s) Profile summary 2 – 3 Introduction 4 – 5 The Pocklington Group of Churches 5 Pocklington, the town 6 The surrounding villages 7 Pocklington CE (VC) Infant School 7 Group Administrator 8 The Benefice of Pocklington Wold 9 – 23 All Saints, Pocklington 10 – 17 Saint Margaret, Millington 18 – 19 Saint Ethelburga, Great Givendale 20 Saint Mary, Huggate 21 – 23 Saint James, Nunburnholme 23 - 25 The Benefice of Londesborough Wold 26 – 37 Londesborough Wold 27 Saint Giles, Burnby 28 – 29 Saint Martin Church, Hayton 29 – 30 All Saints, Londesborough 31 – 34 All Saints, Shiptonthorpe 35 – 37 Person Profile 38 Appendix 1, Sample Worship Team Rota, 39 – 40 2 September 2014 3 September 2014 Profile Summary Mission Our aim is to make Jesus Christ known to all. Our hope is that everyone who belongs to the churches in the combined benefices is growing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ: who he is, what he has done, and what he is doing in the world today. Based on a foundation of prayer and expressed in worship and service, we want all our members to be able to share that knowledge with the wider community around us, so that people may discover the love of God at the centre of their lives. This was the mission of St Paulinus nearly 1400 years ago and it is our mission here today. The Town of Pocklington The historic town, population 8500, lies at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds between the major cities of York and Hull. There are good rail services at York and Hull (London 2 hours) and Leeds Bradford Airport is 40 miles away. Pocklington lies just off the main trunk road A1079, between York and Hull and the motorway network is 20 miles away. The United Benefices of Pocklington Wold and Londesborough Wold Pocklington Wold comprises Pocklington All Saints, Great Givendale St Ethelburga, Huggate St Mary and Millington St Margaret, Nunburnholme St James. Londesborough Wold comprises Londesborough All Saints, Burnby St Giles, Hayton St Martin, and Shiptonthorpe All Saints. The House for Duty Accommodation Situated in a small cul de sac with a fully enclosed rear garden backing on to open farm land. The property offers three upstairs bedrooms and three reception rooms, (one could be used as a fourth bedroom or as a study), two bathrooms, breakfast kitchen and utility room. There is to the front of the property a driveway offering off street parking. Congregation profile The combined benefices have a population in excess of 10,000 and the surrounding area is largely agricultural. Pocklington and the villages are within easy commuting distance of York, Beverley and Hull and a significant number of the congregation do this. There is light industry, farming and farm related businesses in the area. 75% own their own homes and 12% live in Local Authority accommodation. Unemployment at 2% is less than the national average. 4 September 2014 Ministry There are records of Christianity in the Pocklington area since AD 627, when Paulinus came to York with Princess Ethelburga of Kent. From York Paulinus visited Pocklington and many other villages close to the Roman roads from York towards the east coast, preaching and baptising. The Londesborough group of parishes joined the Pocklington group in 2006 and the two benefices were formally united in January 2010. The pattern of ministry follows the Minster Model where the Vicar of Pocklington leads a ministry team consisting of a curate and retired clergy together with Readers and Lay Worship Leaders. Lay Ministry Lay Team for visits to the bereaved. Lay Baptism Preparation Team. Lesson readers, Servers, Eucharistic Assistants, Leaders in intercessions, Prayers for healing, Open the Book, Fair-trade, Bell ringing and Flower arranging. Mothers Union, Men’s Forum, Little Saints, Choir, Fellowship Group, Church magazine. Board of Governors representation at the C of E Infants Schools in Pocklington and Warter. Ecumenical Within Pocklington there is shared worship with the Churches Together in Pocklington where all the Christian Churches meet and worship on a regular basis. Millington church is shared with the Methodists. Communication There is a Group Administrator, based in Pocklington and the parish office is open 4 mornings a week, Tuesdays to Fridays 9am to 1pm. Worship Throughout the group of parishes the services generally follow Common Worship with the Book of Common on Prayer in regular use also. Outreach Annual donations are given to National and International Causes; some planned for the long term, others by suggestions and annual debate at the PCCs. Consideration is given at annual and regular events to promote outreach amongst the young. 5 September 2014 Introduction Pocklington is a thriving market town lying at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds. It is at the hub of the group of villages nearby. The population of approximately 10,000 is served by the Pocklington Group of Churches. The Parish Church of All Saints is located in the centre of town and the benefices are in the Diocese and Archdeaconry of York and the Deanery of South Wold. DEANERIES OF YORK POCKLINGTON Context The origins of Christianity in the area go back nearly 1400 years. In AD 627 Paulinus came to York with Princess Ethelburga of Kent. From York Paulinus visited Pocklington and many other villages close to the Roman roads from York towards the east coast, preaching and baptising. Ecclesiastical records indicate that from pre-Norman times there has been a close association between the parish priests of Pocklington, the archbishops of York and the deans of York Minster as heads of the diocesan church. Pocklington was designated one of nine 'minster' churches whose communities of clergy had the pastoral care of eleven parishes. Originally the Archbishop of York appointed the parish priests and the Archbishop today is the patron of Pocklington and many of the surrounding churches. The vicars of Pocklington have long had pastoral care over the wider areas of their parishes. The recorded names of incumbents, on the board in the church, date from 1349. During the latter part of the 20th century the Vicar of Pocklington has also been the Vicar of the parishes of Great Givendale and Millington. Further pastoral reorganisation occurred in 2006 when the Vicar of Pocklington was licensed as priest-in- charge of the nearby parishes of Londesborough, Nunburnholme, Hayton, Burnby, Shiptonthorpe and Huggate. This extension of responsibility may have links in its intentions with the much earlier ministerial structures dating from the 13th century, as being appropriate for widely spread but sparsely populated rural parishes in the 21st century. The Diocesan Pastoral Committee agreed that the nine parishes should be divided for administrative purposes into two benefices, called Pocklington Wold (Givendale, Huggate, Millington, Nunburnholme and Pocklington) and Londesborough Wold (Burnby, Hayton, Londesborough and Shiptonthorpe). The union of the benefices came into effect in January 2010. 6 September 2014 The Pocklington Group of Churches St Mary, Huggate St Ethelburga, Givendale St Margaret, Millington St James, Nunburnholme St Martin, Hayton All Saints Pocklington All Saints Shiptonthorpe St Giles, Burnby All Saints Londesborough 7 September 2014 Pocklington - The Town The Pocklington area lies across parts of the Vale of York and the beautiful western edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. Pocklington was recorded as a Town in the Doomsday Book (one of only five in the whole of Yorkshire). Markets were held on a Saturday since Medieval times and they continue now every Tuesday. All Saints Church is the oldest building in town and other buildings and the market grew up around it. In 1514, John Dolman a local lawyer and auditor of causes for Cardinal Wolsey founded Pocklington School. William Wilberforce is one of the school’s most celebrated old boys and he wrote his first letters against slavery whilst a pupil there. As well as Pocklington School there are four other flourishing schools in town. The Church of England, Infants School has strong associations with the church. There is also a Roman Catholic Infant and Junior School, a Community Junior School and the Community Secondary School called Woldgate College. There are very good well established shops in Pocklington together with high street banks, building societies and post office. The street market is held each Tuesday and there are three major supermarkets close to the town centre. The town has a health centre, dentists – both NHS and private, the county library, a swimming pool and sports centre, other sports and dancing clubs, pubs, restaurants and cafes. 8 September 2014 The Surrounding villages The villages in the group lie within a radius of about 8 miles of Pocklington. There are 3 Church of England primary schools, all of which have very good reputations. Many of the village churches date from the twelfth century. They are geographically at the centres of the villages and all are at the heart of village life. The parishes are separate yet united by the shared ministry of the vicar, the curates, the retired clergy and many lay readers and lay worship leaders.