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All Saints Ecclesall Parish Profile 2020 Contents ALL SAINTS ECCLESALL PARISH PROFILE 2020 CONTENTS (4) Welcome from the Bishop (29) Governance (5) Welcome from the Wardens (31) Map of Ecclesall (6) Our Context (32) Key Social Indices (7) Who we are (33) Verse of the Year (8) Our History (10) Loving God. Living Life. Sharing Faith (12) Partnerships (17) The Vicarage (18) Praying for You (19) Meet the Team (26) Occasional Offices (27) All Saints’ response to Covid-19 (28) The Church Estate CONTENTS WELCOME FROM THE BISHOP There is no denying it: these are challenging times in the Diocese of Sheffield. But by the same token, these are exciting times for us. No-one has any doubt that in 2029 the Church of England in South Yorkshire and the East Riding will look very different from the way it is now — but equally no-one is yet very clear about the shape it will take. Will the whole people of God be mobilised for the whole mission of God? What will morale be like, among key lay and ordained leaders? Will attendance figures be in decline or growing? Will there be more stipendiary incumbents or fewer? Will there be more congregations or fewer? These questions were already pressing ones for us before the present pandemic: they will surely be even more urgent for us now. In this context, the appointment of a new Priest in Charge of All Saints’, Ecclesall is therefore all the more important. As one of our relatively few genuinely ‘larger churches’, the parish is strategically a key one for future flourishing of the Diocese. In particular, it is well-placed to be formally designated, within the Diocese, as a resourcing church – contributing as a lead partner to the re-evangelisation of the city and region. In this Gospel adventure for the sake of the coming kingdom of God, the leadership of this church family is going to be vital. It will require someone who is able to exercise an enabling oversight, with a passion for teamwork, for developing leaders and for empowering all the baptised to live out their baptismal vocation to shine as lights for Christ in the world, in the power of the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. I am praying that the Lord will bring to us a person with a strong sense of vocation to this task at this time; a person of faith and hope and love in God; a person who laughs easily and has a zest for life in Christ; a person with a sense of adventure, unafraid of failure and reliant on the grace of the Holy Spirit. If that might be you, we would love to explore with you the possibility that the Lord is calling you to this role. With every blessing, The Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox (4) WELCOME FROM THE WARDENS By now you will have read the advert, explored our website and visited our Facebook page. We hope that they have inspired you to want to get to know us, to enter into a deeper conversation and to explore the possibility of sharing in the leadership of this wonderful church family. We want to grow in our passion and love for the God we see in the face of Jesus. This is the God who reveals himself in the Bible and whose Spirit is at work amongst us today. As a church family we want to live this brief chapter of eternity in ‘all its fullness’, to God’s glory and for the extension of his kingdom. This is an exciting time for All Saints. We are growing younger and growing in numbers. We have been thrilled to see lots of young families joining us over the last couple of years. In recent years we have taken over 60 people on our Easter youth Houseparty. Last year the number of children joining our five day summer Holiday Club was the highest for many years! The opportunities at All Saints are many. We are a church family that is a challenge to lead and yet hungry for leadership. We have been given much and much needs to be expected of us. We know that you too will have much to offer, that much will be expected of you, and that you too will want to grow in your faith and discipleship. We look forward to getting to know you. With love and prayers on behalf of the church family of All Saints, Sarah and Ruth (5) OUR CONTEXT Sheffield is a city that has embraced its creativity and cultural heritage. The city centre is attractive and welcoming. There are 138 primary schools, 37 secondary schools and 12 special and alternative schools. There are also two universities — The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University. The suburb of Ecclesall is one of the most pleasant and desirable areas to live in England. Our parish is a leafy and hilly suburb on the south - western edge of Sheffield, close to the Peak District National Park. With good transport links in and out of the city it is a popular area. A third of people are economically active and nearly 40% of Ecclesall are professional people according to the 2011 census. It is the least deprived ward in Sheffield with over 95% school attendance at both primary and secondary school level. Cycling, running and walking are major leisure activities. The route of the annual Sheffield Half Marathon passes directly in front the church. The quality of life here is high and many parishioners are active well into their nineties. The medical centres and schools all enjoy excellent reputations. Our Hallam Parliamentary Constituency is often described as one of the best educated in the country and one of the most affluent outside of the south east of England. (6) WHO WE ARE As a church family we are diverse in our needs, callings, and aspirations. We are very young, young, middle-aged, old and very old. We are pre-school, in education, working and retired. Together we are immensely proud of, and hugely blessed by, the inheritance of faith passed onto us by the generations who have preceded us. (7) OUR HISTORY 1843 Church Temple Moore Alteration Extension Manor Chapel 1788 On 14th December 1788 the church, with a capacity to seat 700 was opened for worship. It was consecrated as a 1758-85 chapel of ease of Ringinglow the Parish Church Road was built, of Sheffield. It also allowing the area now had a 2 acre of Ecclesall to burial ground develop, and the population to rise. As a result the existing chapel did not fit the needs 1787 of the growing On 27th June community 1787 the foundation stone for the 1536 present building The chapel fell was laid into disrepair as a result of the dissolution of 1622 the monastries The Vicar of Sheffield, Thomas Toller, and the Puritans of Sheffield restored the chapel (8) OUR HISTORY 1964 The nave roof was found to be unstable and 2016 a replacement The renewal roof, designed by of the Temple George Pace was Moore transept installed 1998 roof was The Vicar, compeleted Peter Williams, oversaw completion of 1849 a re-ordering Ecclesall of the church became a 1908 with architect parish The Temple Peter Wright Moore Extension - the galleries were removed and 1843 a new chancel The church and transept was altered. were built The tower was raised, new bell installed and the Norman-style door installed (9) LOVING GOD . LIVING LIFE . SHARING FAITH Our calling is to be a vibrant, missional and multi-generation Christian community. We worship God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, living our daily lives as worship and sharing our faith with Ecclesall and beyond. Multi-generational Rooted in our local community and in the wider south west of Sheffield, we are a church family of all ages. We are very diverse in our needs, callings, and aspirations. Open Evangelical Our commitment to scripture, mission, evangelism and discipleship are foundational to our faith. We welcome Christian disciples from other traditions and want to learn from them, growing together in passion and love for the God we see in the face of Jesus. Exploring Confident in the promises of God in the Bible and secure in 2000 years of Christian discipleship and spirituality we want to explore all that it means to be a follower of Jesus today. We welcome those who are less sure of what they believe and want to make space for those who doubt or disagree. At All Saints we are... At (10) LOVING GOD . LIVING LIFE . SHARING FAITH Worship is at the heart of all that we do. We believe that our life together and our shared mission in the world should flow out of our worship of the God we see in the face of Jesus, who reveals himself in the Bible and whose Holy Spirit is at work amongst us today. Wholeheartedly Anglican We express our love for the living God through a breadth and depth of spirituality and worshipping styles. We give thanks for the generations who have gone before us and wholeheartedly belong to the Diocese of Sheffield and value Anglican ordering of mission, ministry and worship. Welcoming of the Holy Spirit We long to be in tune with the re-creative, restorative and reconciling work of the Spirit of God as we participate in God’s mission in the world and welcome the prophetic and healing work of the Holy Spirit today. Resourcing of Others We have been given much, both spiritually and materially.
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