Bassetlaw & Deanery - 2020 Deployment Strategy Second Draft for ’s Council - August 2013

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 1 of 37 Contents 1. Summary ...... 3 2. Response to feedback from Bishop’s Council on first draft of 80% plan ...... 4 3. Progress on 80% plan since first draft ...... 5 4. Over 80% deployment posts ...... 5 a. Strategy and Prioritisation ...... 5 b. Post Descriptions ...... 6 c. Timescales ...... 6 5. Bassetlaw & Bawtry Deanery: 2020 Deployment Plan: 2nd Draft for Bishop's Council, August 2013 ...... 7 a. 80% Deployment...... 7 b. 80 – 120% deployment ...... 11 c. 2020 Deployment Totals ...... 13 d. Timescales for over 80% Posts ...... 13 5. Buildings Strategy ...... 15 a. Introduction ...... 15 b. Methodology ...... 15 c. Progress to Date ...... 16 6. Next Steps on 2020 plan...... 16 Appendix A - Response to Bishop’s Council: Analysis of Worksop Hub Deployment at 88% level ...... 17 Appendix B – Summary Deployment Plan including Deanery Map ...... 18 Appendix C - 0ver 80% Posts: Role Descriptions ...... 23 1. Lay Minister and Community Development Worker, St Paul’s Manton and Priory, Worksop ...... 23 2. Community Development Worker, ...... 26 3. Missioner to Schools & Young People ...... 28 4. Missioner to the Elderly and Care Homes, Deanery Wide ...... 30 5. Fresh Expressions of Church to Young Adults, Worksop Hub ...... 32 6. Fresh Expressions of Church Lay Community Worker, Retford Hub ...... 33 7. FTE Fresh Expressions of Church/Missioner to Newly Retired, Deanery Wide ...... 34 8. Licensed Lay Minister, Christ Church, Worksop, St John’s Worksop, St Luke’s, ...... 36

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 2 of 37 1. Summary

Bassetlaw and Bawtry present the second draft of their 2020 Deployment Plan.

Significant progress has been made with the plan since the first draft was submitted to Bishop’s Council in January 2013.

We have responded to the issues raised by Bishop’s Council and, in particular, have changed the Retford Area Team Ministry deployment by joining the proposed half time posts into full time ones.

Since January, parts of the 80% plan have been implemented in three areas.

Our proposals for the over 80% posts are now complete, with detailed post descriptions and timescales for each post. The posts have been put into priority order.

We are underway with our building strategy, but with approaching 100 buildings connected with the deanery, this will take some time to complete. We see great benefit deriving from an agreed buildings strategy in due course.

We would welcome an early decision on our first three over 80% posts and agreement to appoint:

0.5 FTE lay minister, St Paul’s Worksop, 0.5 Community Development Worker, St Paul’s and Priory, Worksop: appointment as soon as possible.

1.0 FTE community Development Worker, Harworth: appointment mid-2014.

1.0 FTE lay missioner to schools and young people: appointment early 2014.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 3 of 37 2. Response to feedback from Bishop’s Council on first draft of 80% plan

Bishop’s Council felt able to “substantially endorse the 80% plan” submitted in our first draft. However, a number of detailed points were raised. These have been discussed by the Deanery Leadership and our response is shown in the table below. We hope that Bishop’s Council will now be able to fully endorse the 80% part of our plan.

Issue Response 1 Retford Area Team We have changed this section to make clear that it is our intention that as many of the posts as possible will be full time. Our plan Ministry: 7 x 0.5 FTE and is for only one ordained post to be part time although, due to the large number of rural , we wish to maintain some 1 x 1.00 FTE posts flexibility at this stage, and it may be more appropriate to have three part time ordained posts. The posts have now been put unrealistic together with each group of rural parishes linked with one of the town churches (of which there are five, including The Grove Methodist church). ( See Section 5 ) 2 Ministry figures The deanery leadership was acutely aware of the opportunity that 2020 represented to bring together the three “old” deaneries deployed unevenly, into one “new” enlarged deanery. The first step in our 2020 deliberations, therefore, was to consider how the deanery might be especially in the better reconfigured into “hubs” that did not use the old boundaries and to build up a deployment plan based on these hubs. Worksop area and Several suggestions were put forward but were found to be unworkable. The new deanery breaks down most naturally into hubs reliance on “old” that are the same as the old deaneries. This will also help to build on existing relationships. deanery boundaries We believe that quoting population figures has given only a partial description of the clusters in the Worksop hub. Deployment does indeed look uneven based on this criterion alone. However, factors such as attendance, occasional offices and local resources are also important in determining deployment and including these criteria, deployment can be seen to be much more even across the hub. Furthermore, our first over 80% post is based in this hub and this further balances the deployment. (See Appendix A.) We believe that at 88% deployment the clusters are fairly balanced and that there is no need to review boundaries. 3 Insufficient weight in At the 80% level, we would agree that there are probably not enough resources allocated towards disadvantage. However, we resourcing towards believe that this is more than compensated for in the over 80% plan, since our first two whole time posts over 80% are working in disadvantage the most disadvantaged parishes. Thus, if we achieve 94% deployment, we believe this gives more than sufficient weight towards the disadvantaged. A further post, focusing on the elderly and care homes, is included in the plan at just over the 100% level.

NB: the feedback from Bishop’s Council also raised issues not relating directly to the 80% plan, concerning the community development posts and buildings and these are considered below in sections 4 and 6 respectively. "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 4 of 37 3. Progress on 80% plan since first draft

The deanery is pleased to note that, with the agreement of the Archdeacon, a number of steps have already been made towards implementing the 80% part of the plan since the first draft was submitted:

 Christ Church and Shireoaks: Rev Martyn Alvey has been appointed as -in-charge of St Luke’s Shireaoks and is now in charge of both parishes.  Priory and St Paul’s, Worksop: The incumbent at The Priory, Fr. Nicholas Spicer and the two PCC’s have agreed to Fr. Nicholas becoming Priest-in- Charge at St Paul’s. We hope that this will be formally approved by the Bishop in the near future  Harworth: a priest-in-charge (team vicar designate) has been appointed at Harworth in line with the plan to bring together this parish and the parishes of Blyth, and .

Progress towards implementing the remaining posts within the 80% plan of the plan is now dependent on current moving on. We are; however, ready to move ahead when vacancies occur.

4. Over 80% deployment posts

a. Strategy and Prioritisation A great detail of work has gone into this part of our deployment plan since the first draft. Some of the posts have been redefined, substantial detail has been added and the posts have been prioritised. All posts are now clearly defined. We also have a clear plan for the timescales that we wish to apply to the posts.

We have proposals for 8 posts in total (6.5 FTE), all of which are lay appointments. The posts are clearly aligned with the strands of the diocesan vision, particularly growing new disciples and seeking justice (some posts align with both strands).

Some posts are area based, some parochial and some deanery wide.

i. Seeking Justice Three posts (3.0 FTE) align with the seeking justice strand (posts 1,2,4). Two are community development roles based in the 10% most socially deprived parishes in the country (Priory and St Paul’s, Worksop and Harworth). The other post focuses on seeking justice for the elderly and people in care homes across the deanery.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 5 of 37 NB: there is a third area of significant social deprivation, Carlton-in-Lindrick and . This area has recently been awarded £1million under the "big- local" initiative and the local church is involved in the initiative. However, we do not envisage supporting this initiative with employed personnel.

ii. Growing New Disciples Seven posts (5.5 FTE) align with the growing disciples strand (posts 1,3,4,5=,5=,7,8). Two are lay ministry roles (St Paul’s, Worksop and Christ Church/Shireoaks/St John’s). Three posts focus on particular groups of people (schools and young people, the elderly and care homes, the newly retired). Two are extensions to existing fresh expressions of church posts (Worksop hub and Retford Area Team Ministry).

iii. Fresh Expressions of Church (Fx) Four posts (3.0 FTE) are fresh expressions of church in whole or in part (3,5=,5=,7). (There are two further 0.5 Fx posts in the 80% part of the plan.)

iv. Favouring Disadvantage Three of our posts (3.0 FTE) are focused entirely on disadvantaged areas and/or groups (1,2,4).

v. Prioritisation The over 80% posts have been prioritised and are presented in the second draft in prioritised order (See Section 5). NB, the two 0.5 Fx posts are of equal priority at present: we wish to see how these new initiatives progress before we decide between them.

b. Post Descriptions Post descriptions for all the over 80% posts have now been developed and agreed with the deanery leadership. Full details are shown in Appendix C below.

c. Timescales We have developed timescales for each of the over 80% posts, should we be given approval to proceed. We see some posts as needed urgently, others with flexibility as to the timing and others dependent on vacancies. Details are shown in Section 5d.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 6 of 37 5. Bassetlaw & Bawtry Deanery: 2020 Deployment Plan: 2nd Draft for Bishop's Council, August 2013

a. 80% Deployment Worksop Hub Population: 56,000. Four clusters within which both lay and clergy will be deployed to create collaborative teams with porous boundaries. Collaboration to include joint preparation courses, shared youth work provision, mission to schools and the Fx initiative (See below). 6,000 new homes by 2025 provides opportunity for new 9 parishes in mission, including possible new church school. Focus on growth through development of Alpha, Start and similar programmes, house groups and Fx. Fx initiative to Worksop and young adults underway through mission post and link with chaplain at . Area contains 3 of the country's most deprived areas and social deprivation issues are addressed in the over 80% deployment section. surrounding area Post Title Stip SSM Lay Location Rationale Ord Ord Vicar to lead Carlton-in-Lindrick, 1.00 Carlton-in- Population: 9,900. Carlton-in-Lindrick is a growing parish and currently building its youth and children's Langold and Lindrick work. St. Luke's in Langold is one of the top ten per cent deprived areas in the country and has a relatively high number of funerals. The benefice works together effectively, sharing resources and is keen to grow disciples across the benefice. Ave Weekly Attendance - 86 Vicar to lead Worksop, St Anne, 1.00 Worksop St. Anne Population: 6,300. St. Anne's is a growing parish and currently building its youth and children's work. Norton and Holbeck Norton Cuckney is part of the benefice and has successfully deployed a in charge of the parish. Norton Cuckney has grown over this period of time and is a good example of collaborative ministry. Ave Weekly Attendance - 102 Vicar to lead 1.00 Worksop Priory Population: 16,500. Worksop Priory is a well-established parish with a strong, vibrant, Anglo-Catholic with Carburton, Worksop St Paul congregation. St. Paul's in Manton is also Anglo-Catholic but has suffered recently due to the illness of and Clumber Chapel the previous incumbent and needs the support of its neighbouring parish. Both parishes come under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Beverley. Both parishes are in the top ten per cent most deprived parishes and social deprivation issues will be addressed through a lay minister/community worker (see below). An additional 3,000 homes are planned for this area by 2025. Ave Weekly Attendance – 135 1.5 vicars to lead Worksop Christ 1.50 Worksop Christ Population: 23,200. Bringing together Christ Church, St. John's and Shireoaks makes geographic sense as Church, Worksop St John and Church and/or well as providing a synergy of churchmanship. By working collaboratively we are able to reduce the Shireoaks Worksop St. John number of FTE from 2.0 to 1.5. As with the other parish groups the intention is to use creatively reader and/or Shireoaks and lay resources to work effectively across the area. These parishes are evangelical and look forward to growing new disciples. An additional 2,700 homes are planned for this area by 2025. Ave Weekly Attendance - 166 Fresh Expression of Church to 0.50 Worksop hub This is currently a diocesan mission post, aimed specifically at young adults, a focus that has been Young Adults identified in our analysis as being a key need. The role will be linked initially to the 0.5 FTE clergy post at St. John's but will eventually become a lay post. The mission post will also work in collaboration with the North Notts College Chaplaincy post to build the mission and ministry for this key age range. Retention of the chaplain's post by the third archdeaconry is critical to the success of this post. "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 7 of 37 The Retford Area Team Ministry is one large benefice containing approx. 33,000 people living in 26 parishes. All post-holders enable mission and ministry to take place across the whole Team Ministry, taking into account the individual's gifts and skills. The whole Retford Area Team Ministry is in a Covenant Partnership with the Retford Hub Methodist Circuit, and there are currently three individual Anglican/Methodist Local Ecumenical Partnerships. Both denominations aspire to work more closely Retford Area together.

Team Ministry This deployment strategy focuses the paid clergy and paid lay resources within the larger villages and the town of Retford/Ordsall, and among the communities of our 22 schools. This focuses our mission and ministry not just on churches, but on centres of population where there are more opportunities for mission and growth and reminds us that our task is to serve the whole community, not just church congregations. This approach will inform our buildings strategy.

In terms of clergy posts, we plan to have four full time and one half time posts as per the plan below. However, bearing in mind the number of rural churches, it may prove more appropriate to have three full time and three half time posts. Some posts are likely to be combined with Methodists as now. One of these posts needs to be Team Rector.

Retford/Ordsall is the major centre of population (21,314), with 3 areas in the most deprived 20% according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010, and with much potential for growth in mission and ministry. An additional 2,300 homes are planned by 2025. Retford/Ordsall contains 3 secondary schools, a Post-16 Centre, and 7 primary schools. Retford/Ordsall comprises two parishes, with 3 viable churches (buildings and congregations) and one church building (St Swithun's) still looking to find its purpose as a community building. Retford/Ordsall is the main focus of the whole area, and is a natural base for many of the activities of the Team Ministry.

The rural parishes are grouped into five geographical units, most of which are already working together. Each group currently has between 3 and 5 parishes with a range of congregation sizes. In our strategy each group of rural parishes is linked with a town church (including The Grove Methodist Church). This is how we propose the posts will be arranged, though it allows for different combinations of town churches and rural groups.

Post Title Stip SSM Lay Location Rationale Ord Ord Team Vicar to lead St Saviour’s, 1.00 St Saviour’s St Saviour’s, Retford is part of the Parish of Retford (see above). It has an open evangelical tradition. Retford and parishes in the Ave Weekly Attendance - 109 Levertons Group (currently the The Levertons (1,404) are the second largest population centre in the Retford Area Team Ministry. The church in the Levertons, two Anglican churches & the Methodist Chapel form a “single congregation LEP”. There is a single church Rampton, , Stokeham & LEP at Rampton. In the group there are 2 primary schools, and a private school. Population of these Laneham). parishes living in households is 2,839. Ave Weekly Attendance - 26 Team Vicar to lead St Michael’s, 1.00 St Michael’s St Michael’s, West Retford is part of the Parish of Retford (see above). It has a high church tradition. Retford and parishes in the area Ave Weekly Attendance - 68 around Sutton-cum-Lound, Sutton-cum-Lound (1,386) is the third largest population centre in the Retford Area Team Ministry. With (currently, Sutton-cum-Lound, & there are 2 primary schools, and one private school in this group. Total population of Babworth & Scofton). these parishes living in households is 2,019. Ave Weekly Attendance - 42

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 8 of 37 Team Vicar to lead St Swithun’s, 1.00 St Swithun’s, East Retford is part of the Parish of Retford (see above). It is the civic church and in the Retford and parishes in the centre of town, but has a declining congregation. It is currently trying to looking to find its purpose as a Rivers group (currently East community building. Markham, East Drayton, Ave Weekly Attendance - 24 Askham, Headon & Grove). East Markham (1,082) is the southern hub. This deeply rural group contains 5 open and 4 closed churches and two schools. Total population of these parishes living in households is 2,358. Ave Weekly Attendance - 40 Team Vicar to lead All Hallows, 1.00 Ordsall All Hallows, Ordsall, serves a large population (see above) and has a modern catholic tradition. Ordsall and the Elkesley group Ave Weekly Attendance - 57 (currently Elkesley, , The villages around Elkesley are small in population, but there are 2 primary schools in this group. Total Gamston, West Drayton and population of these parishes living in households is 1,535. Eaton). Ave Weekly Attendance - 20 Team Vicar to lead parishes in 0.50 Clarborough This post is currently shared with the 0.50 Methodist post at The Grove, Retford. Clarborough (1,111) is the Clays group (Clarborough, the largest village in the Clays group, where there are 5 churches & one chapel. There is a well-established Hayton, , LEP in this group. There are 3 primary schools here. Total population of these parishes living in Sturton & Bole). households is 2,808. Ave Weekly Attendance - 24 Fresh Expressions: Lay 0.50 Retford area The Lay Community Minister with responsibility for Fresh Expressions of Church will build on the work Community Minister being developed by Rev Mark Vasey-Saunders. The first focus of this work is on a youth congregation.

Population: c23,500. The Bawtry hub will form a Team Ministry comprising one Team Rector, 2 Team Vicars and a Licensed Lay Minister. This will facilitate improved collaboration and better use of the individual gifts and skills of the incumbents and lay people. Collaboration, including ecumenical Bawtry Hub links with the Methodists, is seen as vital if the area is to continue to maintain a Christian presence in all of its communities. Harworth, Bawtry and Bawtry Area Team Ministry Misterton are the main centres in the area. Harworth has major deprivation problems and the population here is expected to grow significantly. The rest of the area is mainly rural. Social deprivation issues are addressed in the over 80% deployment section.

Post title Stip SSM Lay Location Rationale Ord Ord Team Vicar to lead Harworth, 1.00 Harworth Population: 11,200. Harworth is the largest community in the area and a further 1,560 homes are planned Blyth and Scrooby with Ranskill by 2028. There is a high level of social deprivation (top 10% most deprived). The parishes of Blyth and Scrooby with Ranskill adjoin Harworth and have good lay support. There is potential for mission and growth within these parishes building on good existing initiatives such as Messy Church and the high number of occasional offices. There are two community primary schools, 2 church primary schools and a secondary school in the parishes. Lay minister support for these parishes is also planned to help with this demanding post. There are excellent links with the church schools. Ave Weekly Attendance - 106 "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 9 of 37 Licensed Lay Minister working 0.50 Harworth or Blyth A Licensed Lay Minister with pastoral responsibility. Parishes as yet unspecified: possibly Harworth or with the Harworth based Team or Scrooby with Blyth and Scrooby with Ranskill or across the whole area. This person will work with the Harworth based Vicar. Ranskill Team Vicar and give support in his/her demanding role. Team Vicar to lead Bawtry with 1.00 Bawtry Population: 6,600. Bawtry is a growing church with a number of good community-focused activities. A , Mission, Everton well-established Messy Church is starting to bear fruit. There is very good involvement with the and community primary schools in Bawtry and in Misson and there are further community schools in Everton and Mattersey. A Messy Church is planned for Misson and Everton. Ave Weekly Attendance - 104 Team Vicar to lead Misterton, 1.00 Misterton Population: 5,500. This is the third largest population in the Bawtry area and an additional 600 homes are Beckingham, Walkeringham, planned by 2025. There is potential for church growth in this area where there is ecumenical co-operation West Stockwith, Gringley on-the including a Local Ecumenical Project with the Methodist Church. There is a church school in Gringley and Hill and Clayworth there are community schools in Misterton, Beckingham and Walkeringham. Ave Weekly Attendance - 89

At the 80% level, we propose one role that would be effectively deanery-wide. Deanery Deployment

Post title Stip SSM Lay Location Rationale Ord Ord Attached to Area Dean 0.30 As appropriate Since we don't know who will be area dean in the future, it is impossible to allocate this role to a particular post. However, we plan for the role to be 0.3 FTE and to have an equivalent 0.3 SSM post to support the area dean and allow him/her to fulfil the deanery role.

80% Totals above 12.00 0.30 1.50 -0.50 0.50 we expect at least one of the 0.5 posts to be SSM as in 2012 80% Totals 11.50 0.80 1.50 stipendiary ordained deployment = 72%. total stipendiary deployment = 81%

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We have a plan for 8 posts in total (6.5 FTE), all of which are lay appointments. The posts are clearly aligned with the strands of the diocesan vision, particularly growing new disciples and seeking justice (some posts align with both strands). Some posts are area based, some parochial and some Listed in deanery wide. Timescales for these posts have also been established (See Section 5d). Posts are listed in priority order. Priority Order

Post title Stip SSM Lay Location Summary rationale Ord Ord 1st Priority 1.00 Worksop These parishes are both in the top 10% most deprived in the country and have serious social deprivation. St South East Paul’s has suffered over the last four years following the ill-health and eventual retirement of its previous 0.5 FTE Lay Minister St Paul’s (Manton and incumbent. The post holder will provide pastoral care and support for the St Paul’s community, lead the St Worksop, 0.5 FTE Community Priory) Paul’s congregation and grow new disciples. He/she will also set up and train a team of volunteers from local Development Worker St Paul’s churches and elsewhere, partner with local organisations and people who are active in seeking justice in the and The Priory area and facilitate and lead a number of project initiatives designed to tackle social deprivation issues in the area. Incumbent status. Deployment Level :- 88% 2nd Priority 1.00 Harworth This parish is a former mining community and in the top 10% most deprived in the country. The post holder will set up and train a team of volunteers from local churches and elsewhere, partner with local organisations Community Development and people who are active in seeking justice in the area and facilitate and lead a number of project initiatives Worker designed to tackle social deprivation issues.

Deployment Level :- 94% 3rd Priority 1.00 80% Retford This post will facilitate and lead mission work and chaplaincy across the schools in Retford Area Team Ministry, . hub building on the work initiated by the North Notts Schools Workers’ Trust. This will involve setting up and co- 20% deanery ordinating lunch-time and after-school clubs and Messy Church in schools, taking assemblies and other forms Missioner / Fresh Expressions of wide of collective worship, working with school staff especially in connection with the transition from primary to Church to Schools & Young secondary school. 1 day per week will be supporting and consulting with schools and churches across the People deanery.

Deployment Level :- 100%

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 11 of 37 4th Priority 1.00 Deanery This post will focus on two areas: 1: mission and chaplaincy to residents and staff in the deanery’s 44 care homes and 2: providing for pastoral needs, advocacy and social inclusion amongst the elderly living at home, Missioner to the Elderly and particularly those with a church connection. These focuses will help to grow disciples amongst the elderly and Care Homes to tackle the disadvantage suffered by the elderly who have no one else to help them. The role will also encourage local congregations to use their churches as community facilities for tackling social isolation. Deployment Level :- 106% Equal 5th Priority 0.50 Worksop Over the next few years, we expect to see the young adult Fx initiative launched and begin to bear fruit. However, since this is only a part time role, the impact that can be achieved will be limited. Also, we have a Fresh Expression of Church to range of ideas as to how this role could be expanded. Examples include: moving to a full time appointment if Young Adults: additional 0.5 FTE the congregation grows to a sufficient size, moving on to a different age range, duplicating the project in the other deanery hubs. Clearly it is too early to decide which of these options would be appropriate at this stage Deployment Level :- 109% but we intend to keep our options under review and to firm up on our plans as we go forward. Equal 5th Priority 0.50 Retford hub Over the next few years, we expect to see the youth congregation initiative fully launched and begin to bear fruit. However, since this role is only a part time one, the impact that can be achieved will be limited. Also, we Fresh Expressions of Church: Lay have a range of ideas as to how this role could be expanded. Examples include: moving to a full time Community Minister : additional appointment if the congregation grows to a sufficient size, moving on to a different age range, duplicating the 0.5 FTE project in the other deanery hubs, building on the Fx projects currently being run by Rev Julia Jesson. Clearly it is too early to decide which of these options would be appropriate at this stage of the project but we intend to Deployment Level :- 112% keep our options under review. 7th Priority 1.00 Deanery Retirement is a significant event in people's lives and this is an opportunity for mission to this group. The role will also engage with newly-retired people to help them use their skills and experience in the local church and Fresh Expression of Church to for the good of the community. . The role will also the newly retired to use their churches as community the Newly Retired facilities for community service.

Deployment Level :- 119% 8th Priority 0.50 Worksop A licensed lay minister who can work effectively across the cluster to support ministry and mission. The person hub appointed would lead services, take funerals and provide support to the bereaved as well as supporting the Licensed Lay, Worksop Christ work in our schools and care homes. Incumbent status. Church, Worksop St John and Shireoaks

Deployment Level :- 122%

80 - 120% Totals 0.00 0.00 6.50

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 12 of 37 c. 2020 Deployment Totals

2020 Deployment Totals Stip SSM Lay Ord Ord 80% level 11.50 0.80 1.50 stipendiary ordained deployment = 72%. total stipendiary deployment = 81%

100% level 11.50 0.80 4.50 stipendiary ordained deployment = 72%. total stipendiary deployment = 100%

120% level 11.50 0.80 8.00 stipendiary ordained deployment = 72%. total stipendiary deployment = 122%

d. Timescales for over 80% Posts

Post title FTE Location Timescale for appointment

0.5 Lay Minister, 0.5 1.00 St Paul's We see this as an urgent appointment. St Paul's has effectively been in vacancy for four years. The deprivation in the Community Manton/Wor area is well established and is forecast to get worse as public spending cuts bite. It is important to give a clear signal to Development Worker ksop South these parishes and the community that we are serious about their situation. We would like to proceed immediately. East Ward Community 1.00 Harworth We see this as an urgent appointment. The deprivation in the area is well established and is forecast to get worse as Development Worker public spending cuts bite. There is much enthusiasm locally for this post. An appointment here, soon after the licensing of the new incumbent, would be seen as a very positive move from the church. We recommend an early decision on this post with a view to appointing someone mid-2014.

Missioner / Fresh 1.00 Retford hub Funding for the current Threads project expires in February 2014 and it would be very sensible to make an appointment Expressions of Church to this post at about the same time in order to maintain momentum. We recommend an early decision with a view to to Schools & Young appointing someone in March 2014. People Missioner to the Elderly 1.00 Deanery Although there is no particular constraint on timing with this post we are ready to move forward at the earliest possible and Care Homes opportunity.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 13 of 37 Fresh Expression of 0.50 Worksop The base 0.5 post here is currently filled by an ordained person, but is planned to be filled by a lay person when the Church to Young Adults: current incumbent leaves. Clearly, that would be one possible time to increase the post to 1.0. There may be other additional 0.5 times before that to consider employing the second 0.5, but it would have to be separate from the first post and not added to it, unless "extra" clergy can be found. Fresh Expressions of 0.50 Retford hub The base 0.5 post here is currently filled by an ordained person, but is planned to be filled by a lay person when the Church: Lay Community current incumbent leaves. Clearly, that would be one possible time to increase the post to 1.0. There may be other Minister : additional 0.5 times before that to consider employing the second 0.5, but it would have to be separate from the first post and not added to it, unless "extra" clergy can be found. Fresh Expression of 1.00 Deanery Although there is no particular constraint on timing with this post we are ready to move forward at the earliest possible Church to the Newly opportunity. Retired Licensed Lay Minister 0.50 Worksop hub A new incumbent has recently been appointed at St. John’s and with the potential retirement of Rev Martyn Alvey at working in the Worksop Christ Church and Shireoaks in the next 3 years, an appointment in 2014 would be beneficial for all the parishes within Christ Church, Worksop the cluster. We would therefore recommend a decision on this post in the near future with a view to appointing St John and Shireoaks someone mid-2014. group of parishes

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 14 of 37 5. Buildings Strategy

a. Introduction Work on our buildings strategy is underway. There are approaching 100 buildings connected to the church in the deanery, so this is an enormous piece of work and will take some time to complete. We feel that is important to consult widely about the strategy to encourage local congregations to be realistic and take ownership of the plan for their buildings.

We believe that a comprehensive strategy is vital to help the deanery achieve its mission, since:  A strategy will allow us to focus resources on those buildings which will best enable us to growth disciples, deliver living worship and seek justice, the strands of the diocesan vision.  Such a focus will help clergy and to cope in a multi-building/parish benefice and avoid feelings of guilt that may arise by not treating all buildings/parishes equally. It will also make recruitment to multi-building benefices easier. In time, we hope that this will lead to parishes working more closely together and reducing the number of PCC’s.  Buildings do not all have the same purpose and determining the key mission purpose for each building will help us all to understand how it fits into our strategy and what is trying to be achieved in and through it.  By incorporating church school buildings into our plan, we can encourage people to see these buildings as strategic in terms of our growth plans.  Recent changes in local planning laws (neighbourhood plans) have led to the possibility of placing church buildings at the centre of local plans and this will give greater opportunities for their use and for integration into communities.  Whilst this work is not about closing buildings it may help clarify whether buildings should close or remain open, or seek alternative use. A strategic approach will help ensure that if any buildings are to close, they are the right ones.

b. Methodology Our methodology incorporates a number of criteria to assess the strategic value of each building. These include:

 2020 vision strands: “is the purpose of this building to help us grow disciples / deliver living worship / seek justice?”  Potential financial viability: does this building have the potential to be financially viable in the future in its current usage, or in some alternative use?  Potential growth: do we believe this building has the potential to grow disciples?  Stark Categories: what category do we envisage for this building: o Mission church o Local community church "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 15 of 37 o Holy place o Social/community enterprise/tourism  Mission and finance strength. Which quadrant was each building in, in 2011? How does this inform our thinking?

c. Progress to Date We have drawn up our assessment criteria and we are testing our approach using buildings in the Retford Area Team Ministry (RATM) as a “proof of concept”. This assessment is being completed by the deanery leadership only at this stage, so is only “provisional” until we have consulted locally. The assessment will clearly produce useful results, but it is too early to be specific.

6. Next Steps on 2020 plan

 Work on feedback from the second draft received from Bishop’s Council. We hope this will include moving ahead with three of our over 80% posts.  Progress the buildings strategy: consult with parishes, complete assessment, agree strategy.  Undertake a lay training needs audit and, in conjunction with the , develop a lay training plan for the deanery: releasing and developing the talents of our people and training volunteers to take on new ministries is a critical part of achieving our plan for 2020.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 16 of 37 Appendix A - Response to Bishop’s Council: Analysis of Worksop Hub Deployment at 88% level

"Fair Share" deployment based on:

2020 Simple deployment* 2020 2012 Occasional Average of plan Population Attendance Offices these 3 Analysis

Slightly over deployed, but fewer Carlton, Langold, additional resources and some deprivation Oldcotes 1.00 0.82 0.82 1.01 0.88 in Langold

St Anne's, Norton Cuckney 1.00 0.55 1.28 1.28 1.04 Fairly deployed

Priory, St Paul's, Carburton 2.00 1.74 1.56 2.02 1.77 Over deployed, but disadvantaged area

Christ Church, St Under deployed but significant additional John's, Shireoaks 1.50 2.29 1.83 1.19 1.77 local resources. Additional deployment planned at 120% level. Total 5.50 5.40 5.49 5.50 5.46

* deployment at 88 % level, excluding Fx post that covers the whole hub

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 17 of 37 Appendix B – Summary Deployment Plan including Deanery Map

Bassetlaw Bawtry and Bawtry 3 Parish Groups Deanery, Hub

West Misson Stockwith Bawtry 51 Parishes with Misterton Austerfield Deanery Everton Gringley Total Harworth On the Walkering Hill -ham Langold Scrooby Beckingham Population With with Oldcotes Ranskill Mattersey Clayworth Bole with 112,500 Blyth Saundby Sutton cum North Worksop Lound Wheatley Jigsaw Key Shireoaks Christchurch Carlton In Hayton Sturton with Lindrick 80% Clarborough Littleborough Scofton Retford With North Leverton Worksop Babworth South St. John Osberton Ordsall Grove Leverton Manton Headon 100% Worksop Eaton with Rampton St. Anne Gamston Upton Elkesley East Worksop Askham Drayton Ex Par Priory East 120% Bothamsall Markham Norton Cuckney West Drayton Stokeham Dunham on Trent P1 Priority for And , Ragnall Retford over 80% Worksop And Fledborough Hub 4 Parish Groups 5 Parish Groups Hub

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 18 of 37 80% Carlton-in-Lindrick Langold Worksop Hub Oldcotes Attendance - 86 Langold Population Growing 1.0 FTE Top 10% 9,000 Disciples 9 Parishes in the 80% Worksop St.Anne’s Norton Cuckney Worksop and Holbeck Population Growing Lay Reader Attendance - 102 surrounding area 1.0 FTE 6,300 Disciples N. Cuckney 80% Worksop Priory Worksop St.Paul Total Population Carburton, Clumber Chapel 56,000 Top 10% Population Growing New Homes 1.0 FTE Attendance - 135 16,500 Disciples 3,000 80% Christ Church Four clusters within which both lay and St.John’s clergy will be deployed to create Shireoaks Attendance - 166 Population Growing New Homes collaborative teams with porous 1.5 FTE 23,200 Disciples 2,700 boundaries. Collaboration to include joint 80% Worksop Hub preparation courses, shared youth work Fresh Expression provision, mission to schools and the Fresh For Young Adults Growing Fresh Expressions Expression of Church initiative. 6000 new 0.5 FTE Disciples homes by 2025 provides opportunity for 100% Worksop St.Paul new mission, including a possible new P1 Lay Minister & church school. Focus on growth through Community Top 10% Seeking Fresh Development Growing Expressions development of Alpha, Start and similar 1.0 FTE Justice Disciples programmes, house groups and Fresh 120% Worksop Hub Expressions. Fresh Expressions of Church Fresh Expression P5= initiative to young adults is underway For Young Adults Growing Fresh through a mission post and link with the 0.5 FTE Expressions North Notts College. Area contains 3 of the Disciples country’s most deprived areas and social 120% Christ Church deprivation issues are addressed in the P8 St.John’s Shireoaks over 80% deployment sections. Population Growing New Homes 0.5 FTE 23,200 Disciples 2,700

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 19 of 37 80% St. Saviours Retford Levertons Group ( Leverton, Rampton, Retford Hub Treswell, Stokeham and Laneham ) Top 20% Population Growing Local Ecumenical 1.0 FTE Attendance - 135 c6,739 Disciples Partnership St. Michael’s Retford Retford Area 80% Sutton-cum-Lound Group Team Ministry. ( Sutton-cum-Lound, Babworth and Scofton ) Population Growing 1 Benefice with 1.0 FTE Attendance - 110 C5,819 Disciples 26 Parishes 80% St. Swithun’s Retford Rivers Group Total Population ( East Markham, East Drayton, 33,000 Askham, Headon and Grove ) Population Growing 1.0 FTE Attendance - 64 C6,158 Disciples 80% All Hallows Retford The whole Retford Area Team Ministry is in Elkesley Group a Covenant Partnership with the Methodist ( Elkesley, Bothamsall, Gamston West Drayton and Eaton ) Population Growing Circuit, and there are currently three 1.0 FTE Attendance - 77 11,735 Disciples individual Local Ecumenical Partnerships. 80% Clays Group This focuses our mission and ministry not ( Clarborough, Hayton North Wheatley, Sturton and Bole ) just on churches, but on centres of Population Attendance - 24 Growing Local Ecumenical population where there are more 0.5 FTE 2,808 Disciples Partnership opportunities for mission and growth and 80% Fresh Expressions reminds us that our task is to serve the Lay Community whole community, not just church Minister Fresh Growing Expressions congregations. Retford/Ordsall is the main 0.5 FTE Disciples focus of the whole area, and is a natural 100% Missioner base for many of the activities of the Team Fresh Expressions of Church Ministry. The rural parishes are grouped P3 Schools and Young People ( See 0.2 Deanery Role ) Growing Fresh into five geographical units, most of which 0.8 FTE Expressions are already working together. In our Disciples strategy each group of rural parishes is 120% Fresh Expressions of Church Lay Community Worker linked with a town church (including The P5= Grove Methodist Church). Growing 0.5 FTE Fresh Disciples Expressions "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 20 of 37 80% Harworth Blyth and Bawtry Hub Scrooby with Ranskill New Homes Attendance - 106 Harworth Population Growing 1.0 FTE Top 10% 11,200 Disciples 1,560

Bawtry Area 80% Harworth Team Ministry, Licensed Lay Minister Harworth Population Growing 1 Benefice with 0.5 FTE Top 10% 11,200 Disciples 16 Parishes 80% Bawtry with Austerfield Mission, Everton and Total Population Mattersey Attendance - 104 Population Growing c23,500 1.0 FTE 6,600 Disciples 80% Misterton, Beckingham, The Bawtry Hub will form a Team Ministry Walkeringham, comprising one Team Rector, 2 Team Vicars West Stockwith, Local Ecumenical Population Growing New Homes and a Licensed Lay Minister. This will 1.0 FTE and Clayworth Partnership 5,500 Disciples 600 facilitate improved collaboration and better Attendance - 89 use of the individual gifts and skills of the incumbents and lay people. 100% Community Development P2 Worker Collaboration, including ecumenical links Harworth Seeking Growing with the Methodists, is seen as vital if the 1.0 FTE Top 10% Justice Disciples area is to continue to maintain a Christian presence in all of its communities.

Harworth, Bawtry and Misterton are the main centres in the area. Harworth has major deprivation problems and the population here is expected to grow significantly. The rest of the area is mainly rural.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 21 of 37 80% Attached to Area Dean Deanery Roles SSM Growing and Summary 0.3 FTE Disciples 100% Missioner Fresh Expressions of Church P3 Schools and Young People Bassetlaw and ( See 0.8 Retford Hub Role ) Growing Fresh Expressions Bawtry Deanery, 0.2 FTE Disciples 120% Missioner to the 51 Parishes P4 Elderly and Care Homes Seeking Growing 1.0 FTE Total Population Justice Disciples 120% Fresh Expressions 112,500 P7 of Church to the Newly Retired Growing Fresh Since January, parts of the 80% plan have 1.0 FTE Expressions been implemented in three areas. Our Disciples proposals for the over 80% posts are now complete, with detailed post descriptions and timescales for each post. The posts have been put into priority order. Lay Total Growing Fresh Seeking We would welcome an early decision on Clergy Resource FTE Disciples Expressions Justice our first three over 80% posts and agreement to appoint: 80% 12.3 1.5 13.8 100% 7% 0% 0.5 FTE Lay Minister, St Paul’s Worksop, 0.5 FTE Community Development Worker, St 100% Paul’s and Priory, Worksop: appointment as 12.3 4.5 16.8 100% 18% 12% soon as possible. 1.0 FTE Community Development Worker, 120% Harworth: appointment mid-2014. 12.3 8.0 20.3 100% 25% 15% 1.0 FTE Lay Missioner to Schools and Young People: appointment early 2014. "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 22 of 37 Appendix C - 0ver 80% Posts: Role Descriptions

1. Lay Minister and Community Development Worker, St Paul’s Manton and Priory, Worksop a. Current Situation These two parishes make up the political ward of South East Worksop. They are among the 10% most deprived parishes in the country. Both these parishes are Anglo- Catholic and under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Beverley. The Priory is a well-established, thriving congregation with a full time priest and a good number of retired clergy. The Priory also looks after two small churches at Carburton and Clumber. St Paul’s has suffered over the last four years following the ill-health and eventual retirement of its previous incumbent. It has a congregation of 20-25 people but struggles to find resources, either of people or finance. (Very little share has been paid in recent years). There is very little engagement with the community, deanery or diocese and little vision for the future. b. Needs for the Future The deanery has considered whether it should recommend that St Paul’s be closed, since it currently appears to be financially non-viable. However, granted the depth of deprivation in the area, this would be sure to give the wrong signals to the local community. We also need to bear in mind that an additional 3,000 homes are planned for the area by 2025. We have consequently proposed a plan to invest in the parish, in terms of ministry, mission and seeking justice.

There is clearly an urgent need to support the congregation at St Paul’s, to stabilise the situation there and to engage in mission in the parish.

There is also a long term need to engage with the community in both parishes, build trust and, working with a range of partners, help these parishes to engage in tackling the desperate issues of deprivation that exist. c. 2020 Deployment Our plan for 2020 is:

 The incumbent at The Priory, Fr. Nicholas Spicer and the two PCC’s have agreed to Fr. Nicholas becoming Priest-in-Charge at St Paul’s.  The appointment of a full time lay minister to be 0.5 Lay Minister at St Paul’s and 0.5 Community Development Worker.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 23 of 37 d. The Ordained Post There is enormous logic in joining these two parishes together under one vicar:

 We need to reduce ordained posts within the deanery.  The congregations are of similar theology.  The parishes are neighbours and together make up the South East Worksop political ward.  The strengths of The Priory, including a number of retired , can be shared with the struggling St Paul’s.  This has been part of local plans since 2005.

The incumbent at The Priory, Fr. Nicholas Spicer and the two PCC’s have agreed to Fr. Nicholas becoming Priest-in-Charge at St Paul’s. We hope that this will be formally approved by the Bishop in the near future e. The Lay Post Clergy numbers dictate that the second post will have to be a lay position. Also, the nature of this role will lend itself well to a lay person. The post will be 0.5 lay minister for St Paul’s and 0.5 community development worker across both parishes.

The lay minister role is urgently needed to stabilise and support the congregation at St Paul’s and to help the congregation engage in mission and grow new disciples. The lay minister will develop non-Eucharistic worship that is accessible and appropriate. (Eucharistic worship will be led by the Priory vicar or his team.)

Key tasks will include:

 Provide pastoral care and support for the St Paul’s community  Lead the St Paul’s congregation and grow new disciples  In collaboration with the priest-in-charge, develop non-Eucharistic worship that is accessible and appropriate  Through growth and good stewardship, help St Paul’s to become a viable congregation

The community development worker role is desperately needed to help engage with and tackle the enormous deprivation in the two parishes. This will be based on the Asset Based Community model. The first step will be to carry out a “community audit” to establish:

 Who is currently tackling deprivation issues and what are they doing?  Who are the key “movers and shakers” we can partner with?  What are the key needs that are not yet being tackled adequately? "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 24 of 37  Who can be encouraged to join a team of volunteers?

Work is underway on the survey and the deanery leadership has engaged with some key people already, including the local MP, Mr John Mann, local councillors, Bassetlaw Community and Voluntary Service and the Diocesan Director of Partnerships. All these people are supportive of our approach and are keen to partner with us. So far, we have identified high unemployment, low qualifications, family breakdown, financial deprivation and a lack of engagement with the community (no social cohesion) as important issues. The scale of the problems means that existing agencies are failing to cope.

Following the audit, the lay minister will identify key issues to be tackled and, engaging with other organisations and local volunteers, facilitate and lead community development projects as appropriate.

Key tasks will include:

 Complete the community audit and establish key issues to be tackled  Gain the respect and trust of the local community  Set up and train a team of volunteers from local churches and elsewhere  Engage and partner with local organisations and people who are active in seeking justice in the area  In partnership with local organisations and volunteers, facilitate and lead a number of project initiatives designed to tackle social deprivation issues in the area  Create and develop links between the projects, local churches and the Worksop young adult fresh expressions of church project

We believe that this post should be of incumbent status to reflect its strategic importance. We believe the post should be a single, whole time post, rather than two half time posts to ensure an integrated approach. The post may well appeal to a church army member (of suitable theology) or someone with a similar background.

We believe that this post should be based in the vicarage at St Paul’s to give a clear signal of our intention to remain “in the parish”. f. Time Scale St Paul’s has been without effective leadership and support for four years and we believe it is vital to act without further delay.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 25 of 37 2. Community Development Worker, Harworth a. Current Situation Harworth is in the 10% most deprived parishes in the country. It was a mining area until recently and now exhibits the classic deprivation problems associated with the demise of that industry. However, the church primary school and the church itself are seen as beacons of hope in the community. The school acts as a pivot in the community: it is deeply involved in the community and strongly linked with the church. The church has a thriving congregation and is in an excellent position to make a real impact in the community. b. Needs for the Future There is an obvious need to engage with the community to help tackle the social deprivation in the parish. We need to make the most of the good relationships that exist between the school, the church and the community and show that the church is serious in its intention to engage. We need to build relationships with those already active in the community, build a team of volunteers under the guidance of a community development worker and start to make a difference in the community. c. 2020 Deployment The plan for ministry deployment by 2020 brings together the parishes of Harworth and Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill. There will be one full time clergy person and one 0.5 lay minister to cover the three parishes (currently 1.5 clergy). We believe that this is sufficient ministry cover in the parishes to allow for the deployment of a full time community development worker based in Harworth.

The community development worker role is desperately needed to help engage with and tackle the enormous deprivation in the parish. This will be based on the Asset Based Community model. d. The Post As a first step a task group has already carried out a “community audit” to establish:

 Who is currently tackling deprivation issues and what are they doing?  Who are the key “movers and shakers” we can partner with?  What are the key needs that are not yet being tackled adequately?  Who can be encouraged to join a team of volunteers?

Responses have been received from local and national politicians, police, health services, social services, schools and others. A detailed analysis of the social deprivation has been completed (see note below). The results of this audit will inform the post holder as to the initial thrust of the work.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 26 of 37 Key tasks will include:

 Review and confirm the community audit and establish key issues to be tackled  Gain the trust of the local community  Set up and train a team of volunteers from local churches and elsewhere  Engage and partner with local organisations and people who are active in seeking justice in the area  In partnership with local organisations and volunteers, facilitate and lead a number of project initiatives designed to tackle social deprivation issues in the area  Create and develop links between the projects and the local church

The post will be a full time community development worker. The line manager will be the team vicar of Harworth (or of Harworth, Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill if the parishes have joined). The person appointed may not be a Christian but would clearly have to be sympathetic to the church’s aims and ethos. Ideally, the person appointed would be locally based. We believe this post would appeal to a wide range of people, including, potentially, some of those currently working in similar roles that have already lost or may in the future lose their positions due to government cut backs. e. Timescale A new incumbent is due to be licensed to Harworth in September 2013 and an appointment soon after this, would be seen as a very positive move from the church. We recommend an early decision on this post with a view to appointing someone mid-2014.

Note: Deprivation Issues Identified in Audit

 High deprivation including intergenerational worklessness, unemployment, teenage pregnancies, single parent families, child poverty.  Social issues including a variety of addictions and abuse for which it was felt more support was needed, in particular for families.  Community Cohesion seems low and unhealthy. There is a lack of community spirit/pride and this is visible in H&B and attempts to improve the physical area seem to have mixed responses. It also seems that the close community is sometimes a reason for people failing to access services they need.  Broad Services are available in Harworth and but it was felt that engagement with those services was poor (apart from SureStart which has had a good take up). It was suggested that many services were ‘at arms-length’ and failed to respond promptly or be available enough (because of the limitations of travelling into Harworth and/or covering huge areas). It was also noted that provision can be weak and short-lived and summarised by saying ‘not enough of the community use it, so we lose it!’ It was felt that if service providers were able to collaborate under specific projects this might be a way of increasing engagement. It was also felt that some sort of source of information and advice (e.g. Citizens Advice Bureau) that was actually located in Harworth and Bircotes might help.  Young People were mentioned by every respondent, with anti-social behaviour featuring in the majority of responses.  Lack of Engagement as noted several times already but these terms (also apathy and lack of aspiration) were mentioned in many of the responses.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 27 of 37 3. Missioner to Schools & Young People a. Current Situation Within the Retford Area Team Ministry area there are 23 schools: 1 Post 16 Centre (sixth form college), 4 secondary and 17 primary (including 8 church schools and 1 affiliated to the diocese). There are a further 22 schools in the other parts of the deanery that will also benefit from this post.

There is a lot of good work going on in these schools and/or with school aged children, including 4 Messy Church initiatives and a large number of assemblies. Also, a number of school based initiatives have been developed by the Threads Project (organised by the North Notts Schools Workers Trust and funded largely by a grant from the Mission Development Fund). The employment of a schools worker has shown that local initiatives to increase engagement can be successful, both by the professional him/herself and also in conjunction with local church volunteers. b. Needs for the Future Notwithstanding the good work mentioned above there are still huge opportunities for mission and ministry among pupils, their families and staff. Currently a very small proportion of school aged children attend our churches on a regular basis or are involved in other initiatives such as Messy Church.

There is a clear need to build on the work of the Threads project, extend our engagement with school aged children in the Retford Area Team Ministry area and grow new disciples amongst this group, their families and staff.

Furthermore, funding for the Threads project is expected to run out in February 2014.

This appointment will also dovetail with our buildings strategy: a number of Retford Area Team Ministry’s smaller rural churches have question marks over their financial viability and their ability to grow disciples and we have identified the schools in those parishes as being the key locations for maintaining and growing the Christian presence in those communities. c. 2020 Deployment The plan for 2020 is to appoint a full time lay missioner to schools and young people. It is envisaged that this person will spend approximately 4 days per week in the Retford Area Team Ministry area and one day per week being available for support and consultancy for schools and churches across the whole deanery. d. The Post This post takes seriously the spiritual needs, as well as the educational needs, of children and their families, both in the Retford Area Team Ministry area and across the deanery.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 28 of 37 It is envisaged that the post will be based in Retford, probably using the same office as the Threads project worker at St Saviour’s Community Centre.

The existing management structure of The Threads Project could be used for the oversight of this post or one of the clergy of Retford Area Team Ministry could be this person’s line manager.

The main role of the lay missioner will be to:

 Facilitate and lead mission work and chaplaincy in schools across the Retford Area Team Ministry  In collaboration with local clergy, set up and train teams of volunteers from local churches and elsewhere to engage in this work  Take assemblies and other forms of collective worship and train other lay people to do so  Set up and co-ordinate lunch time and after school clubs with a Christian focus  Encourage and support the development of fresh expressions of church for children and young people, including Messy Church in schools  Support and encourage school staff to enable them to take the Christian faith seriously  Liaise with school staff especially in connection with the transition from primary to secondary school  Spend approximately 20% of his/her time supporting and consulting with schools and churches in other parts of the deanery e. Timescale Funding for the current Threads project expires in February 2014 and it would be very sensible to make an appointment to this post at about the same time in order to maintain momentum. We recommend an early decision on this post in order to achieve this timescale.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 29 of 37 4. Missioner to the Elderly and Care Homes, Deanery Wide a. Current Situation Over 1,500 people live in the deanery’s 44 care homes and hospice (2001 census). Their practical and health needs are met to a better or worse extent by their carers. Their spiritual needs are also met to a better or worse extent by clergy and lay people. There is a substantial amount of mission and ministry currently undertaken in these places. Many (but not all) care homes are provided with services of Holy Communion and there are many examples of lay volunteers visiting and organising activities, both social and spiritual (e.g. “Friday Fellowship” run by St Saviour’s, Retford). However, provision is fragmented, often dependent on clergy and uncoordinated, including with our ecumenical partners.

In addition, over 6,200 people aged 65 or over live alone in the deanery (2001 census). The fortunate ones are still fit and active, or have local relatives to help them cope with their growing disabilities. However, elsewhere there is a great deal of deprivation amongst this group of people. Issues such as social isolation, loneliness, lack of access to services, fuel poverty and anxiety about safety are widespread. Some of these people were churchgoers when they were physically able but now are no longer able to go to church. Again, there are good examples of ministry and mission to these people across the deanery, by charities and churches, but here too, the work is fragmented and often uncoordinated. b. Needs for the Future Notwithstanding the good work that is already going on in this area, enormous problems and opportunities remain. Furthermore, it is anticipated that the number of over 65 year olds will grow by 33% between now and 2020 and the number of over 85 year olds by 45%. In addition, provision of government and local authority services is expected to decline over coming years. Clearly then, the needs currently being felt by these two groups of people and the opportunities for mission will grow, both in quantity and depth.

It is currently public policy to try and keep people in their own homes for as long as possible, so, whilst the growth in numbers of people in residential care may be less than the growth in the number of elderly, this will simply tilt the problems from one category to the other.

With declining numbers of clergy, we also need to mobilise greater numbers of lay volunteers to help tackle these problems. c. 2020 Deployment We see an enormous and growing need for ministry and mission to these two groups of people. We need to engage with those currently active in the area, both Christian and secular, coordinate effort and identify where provision is less than satisfactory. We need to mobilise resources to grow our mission and ministry to our elderly people and tackle the disadvantage that they suffer.

This issue is probably too large for us to tackle it all, so we will focus on two different, but related, areas: "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 30 of 37  In care homes, where our focus will be more on mission to residents and chaplaincy to staff  Amongst the elderly living alone and who have no one else to help them, specifically those who have a background of church membership, where our focus will be on pastoral care, advocacy and social inclusion.

Many of our rural communities do not have a local community building and this work will also encourage congregations to use their churches as places where the isolated elderly can meet.

d. The Post This post is a full time lay missioner to the elderly and care homes and the person appointed would work across the deanery. Key tasks will be:

 To engage and partner with organisations currently active in the field  To identify where provision of ministry and mission is lacking and where there are opportunities for growing disciples through mission and tackling disadvantage  To train both clergy and teams of lay people in the skills needed for mission and ministry to the elderly  To coordinate the efforts of local congregations, locally, across the deanery and with other partners, particularly ecumenical partners  In care homes to: o ensure there is some provision of ministry in all care homes in the deanery o encourage links between care homes and local congregations and to encourage those congregations to engage in social and spiritual activities in care homes o offer chaplaincy services to care home staff, either personally or through local clergy  In local communities to: o train clergy and lay people in good procedures for following up absentee elderly members of congregations o encourage local congregations to engage with elderly, isolated people, particularly those with church connections, and to befriend them and be advocates for them o encourage local congregations to provide a meeting place and social activities for isolated elderly people e. Timescale Although there is no particular constraint on timing with this post we are ready to move forward at the earliest possible opportunity.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 31 of 37 5. Fresh Expressions of Church to Young Adults, Worksop Hub a. Current Situation Rev Tim Stanford was licensed on 1 July 2013 as 0.5 priest-in-charge at St John’s Worksop and 0.5 fresh expressions of Church (Fx) focusing on young adults across the Worksop hub. This work will, inter alia, build on the contacts that have been developed by Rev Kate Bottley, Chaplain to North Notts College. Currently, Tim is only just in post, and has not yet had the opportunity to move forward on the Fx role. b. Needs for the Future Over the next few years, we expect to see the Fx role planned, launched and begin to bear fruit. However, since it is only a part time role, and even though Tim will be partnered with a team of lay volunteers, the impact that can be achieved will be limited. Furthermore, we have a range of ideas as to how this role could be expanded and we would like to explore these, depending on the outcomes achieved in the initial deployment. Examples of extensions include:

 Moving to a full time appointment if the congregation grows to a sufficient size  Moving on to a different age range  Duplicating the project in the other deanery hubs

Clearly it is too early to decide which, if any, of these options would be appropriate at this stage of the project but we intend to keep our options under review and to firm up on our plans as we go forward. c. 2020 Deployment Currently, the St John’s part of this role is included in the deanery’s “ministry received” allocation and the Fx part is a diocesan mission post. In the 2020 plan, the St John’s 0.5 will remain an ordained post and part of the deanery’s “ministry received”. The Fx part will be a 0.5 lay post and is part of our 80% plan. If we can extend this post, then the Fx role will become a full time lay post. d. The Post As noted above, it is difficult to specify exactly how the existing 0.5 post would be extended at this stage, but we are not short of ideas! e. Timescale The rate determining step for this appointment is likely to be the length of the current incumbency, after which, we will appoint a lay person to the Fx role. It would be ideal if we could extend the role to a full time one at that time. Alternatively, there may be an opportunity to re-arrange ministries either when Rev Martyn Alvey retires in the next three years or if the current Chaplain to North Notts College moves on. So, whilst we are seeking approval for the extra 0.5 FTE post in the short term, we would not expect to make the appointment until sometime in the future. "A family of churches supporting and encouraging one another to join in the transforming mission of God"

Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 32 of 37 6. Fresh Expressions of Church Lay Community Worker, Retford Hub a. Current Situation Rev Mark Vasey-Saunders was appointed in November 2011 as 0.3 team vicar for Babworth and Scofton and 0.7 fresh expressions of church (Fx) working across Retford Area Team Ministry. Mark is now in the early stages of his first Fx project, building a youth congregation. b. Needs for the Future Over the next few years, we expect to see this project fully launched and begin to bear fruit. However, since Mark’s role is only a part time one, and even though he will be partnered with a team of lay volunteers, the impact that can be achieved will be limited. Furthermore, we have a range of ideas as to how this role could be expanded and we would like to explore these, depending on the outcomes achieved in the initial deployment. Examples of extensions include:

 Moving to a full time appointment if the congregation grows to a sufficient size  Moving on to a different age range  Duplicating the project in the other deanery hubs  Building on the Fx projects currently being run by Rev Julia Jesson

Clearly it is too early to decide which, if any, of these options would be appropriate at this stage of the project but we intend to keep our options under review and to firm up on our plans as we go forward. c. 2020 Deployment In the 2020 plan, the Fx parts of both Mark and Julia Jesson will be combined into a 0.5 lay post. This implies a reduction in Fx activity unless we can increase the post to a full time one. d. The Post As noted above, it is difficult to specify exactly how the planned 0.5 post would be extended at this stage, but we are not short of ideas! e. Timescale The rate determining step for this appointment is likely to be the length of the current incumbency, after which, we will appoint a lay person to the Fx role. It would be ideal if we could extend the role to a full time one at that time. So, whilst we are seeking approval for the extra 0.5 FTE post in the short term, we would not expect to make the appointment until sometime in the future.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 33 of 37 7. FTE Fresh Expressions of Church/Missioner to Newly Retired, Deanery Wide a. Current Situation Retirement used to be a simple concept. Men and women worked, often in only one job, until they could draw the state pension and then take the rewards of a lifetime of work. Retirement was seen as a relatively short, final phase of life.

Today, things are different. Employment patterns have changed, part-time work is more common, retirement is less of a fixed point in time. Annuity rates have collapsed and pension provision is increasingly more difficult to fund. Semi-retirement is a common condition, sometimes lasting for a number of years. Despite a rise in state pension age, the expectation is that retirement will be for a much longer period. Retirement is no longer seen as a final phase in life, but more of a “re- tyrement” (i.e. new tyres!): an opportunity to do new things, take on new roles in life. Changes in demographics have also led to large numbers of retired people becoming increasingly responsible for aged parents and/or young grandchildren.

This modern expression of retirement has now become a time of significant change for many people. Some of the changes are positive and welcome, but others can feel imposed or negative and can potentially lead to hardship, confusion, loss of purpose. Such significant periods in one’s life are, of course, key times at which people start to ask (or ask again) the big questions about life and this represents a real opportunity for the church to engage with this group of people, the “newly retired”. b. Needs for the Future The changes listed above are likely to become more prevalent in the future since all the causative factors are predicted to continue or increase. There will be increasing numbers of people going through this potentially difficult period of life and so the opportunities to engage with this group will also increase.

We recognise that there are many organisations that cater for the social needs (and in some cases the spiritual needs) of the newly retired. These include Mothers’ Union, the University of the Third Age, Notts and Derby Fine Arts Society, pub-based clubs, Lions, Probus and Rotarians. These are very fine and help to fill lives - but do they fulfil lives?

The deanery believes there is a real opportunity to offer an innovative ministry to this group. c. 2020 Deployment Interestingly, the newly retired represent not only a focus for innovative mission and ministry opportunities but they also possess a significant reservoir of talent. The newly retired have an enormous range of skills and experience and many of them suddenly find that they have spare time on their hands: surely this is something the church should tap into!

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On this basis, the deanery sees a real opportunity to combine these two elements into a ministry focused on the newly retired. This ministry will not only seek to grow disciples but also seek to raise up an army of talented volunteers to help in its mission and to engage in seeking justice locally, potentially using church buildings where appropriate. d. The post This post is a full time lay missioner to the newly retired and the person appointed would work across the deanery. Key tasks will be to:

 Initially develop an understanding of current provision for the newly retired and to formulate a strategy to engage with this group. This will involve engaging with current practitioners, support agencies and the Diocesan Older Persons Partnership Worker  Gain support for the project among deanery clergy and church leaders  Set up and train a team of volunteers, probably from the target group to help in the project  Set up one or more Fresh Expressions of Church for the newly retired  Encourage the newly retired to use their skills and experience in their local churches and to seek justice in the community, using church buildings where appropriate e. Timescale Although there is no particular constraint on timing with this post we are ready to move forward at the earliest possible opportunity.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 35 of 37 8. Licensed Lay Minister, Christ Church, Worksop, St John’s Worksop, St Luke’s, Shireoaks a. Current Situation The parishes of Christ Church and St. Luke’s in Shireoaks have already been brought together under Revd. Martyn Alvey. With the appointment of Rev Tim Stanford at St. John’s in Worksop as 0.5 priest-in-charge and 0.5 fresh expressions of church (focusing on the 18 – 25 age range), the cluster of Churches in this group has now moved to the 2020 level of clergy resourcing.

This has effectively reduced the established number of clergy in 2011 from 2.5 to 1.5 in 2013. b. Needs for the Future Our strategy recognises that whilst there was an opportunity in bring these parishes together as a group, there would also be a need to supplement their lay resources to build a team that could manage effectively the mission and ministry within the cluster. In particular the analysis of statistics demonstrated the following key points :-

 The total population of the group is over 23,000 people  Planned housing in the area would increase by over 2,900 homes, this is 46% of the whole expected growth within Worksop  There are 2 C of E primary schools within the parishes with a further 3 primary schools which are opportunities for mission.  In 2012 there were 86 Funerals within the group of parishes  The group of parishes has 8 care homes, which is nearly 62% of the care homes within Worksop

There is therefore a need for a 0.5 licensed lay minister who can work effectively across the cluster to support the important ministry and mission. In particular the person appointed would take funerals and provide support to the bereaved as well as supporting the work in our schools and care homes. c. 2020 Deployment The cluster has already moved to the 2020 level of clergy resourcing and although there is still work to be done to bring all three parishes together into one collaborative team, there is a need to ensure that the cluster is resourced to a level which is effective to grow and develop discipleship.

Our strategy also recognises that there is a need to grow and develop the voluntary lay resources and to move to a model where lay resource can be shared across parishes. This approach also requires proper training for lay people, both paid and un-paid, so that they can be effective members of the collaborative team.

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Version : 1.6 – Final Draft Page 36 of 37 Whilst the use of un-paid resource is very welcome, there is a need within the cluster to have a lay minister who can be dedicated across the team and this is key to being able to grow and develop disciples. d. The Post The role will be a half time paid role and have incumbent status. In line with our strategy the Lay Minister should be based in a parish where there is no longer a clergy presence in that community. The current thinking would be that the lay minister should reside in Shireoaks either in the current vicarage or in an alternative house somewhere in Shireoaks or Rhodesia.

The main responsibilities for the Lay Minister will be:

 Work as part of the ministry team, leading services across the parishes  Conduct funerals and provide pastoral support to bereaved families  Work within the church and non-church schools within the group of parishes  Provide pastoral care to the elderly in the care homes  Support the clergy team in visiting people at home and delivering home communion e. Timescale A new priest-in-charge has recently been appointed at St. John’s (Rev. Tim Stanford) and with the potential retirement of Rev Martyn Alvey in the next 3 years, an appointment in 2014 would be beneficial for all the parishes within the cluster. We would therefore recommend a decision on this post in the near future with a view to appointing someone mid-2014.

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