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ISSN 1363-4550 www.chichester.anglican.org ISSUE 2 www.chichester.anglican.org BISHOP OF LEWES WESTMINSTER ABBEY CONSECRATION REPORT COMMENTS PHOTOS PAGES 14 15 DISCERNING PETERTIDE SAFEGUARDING AT THE VISION / 67 ORDINATIONS / 1823 THE HEART OF OUR Stories to build faith The journeys of 18 candidates MISSION / 28 29 ahead of our Weekend preparing for public ministry of Prayer Strategy update from safeguarding o cer Colin Perkins @Household_Faith Christians are WELCOME made, not born 17 - 19 JULY 2014 / SUSSEX UNIVERSITY The conference aims to focus on issues of nurturing faith within the home and Church community as we bring together some key voices to discuss the theology, practice and the resourcing we need to effectively pass on faith to the next generation! PLUS BOOK ONLINE KEYNOTE SPEAKER KRISH KANDIAH BISHOP PAUL BUTLER www.householdoffaith.co.uk John Westerhoff LUCY MOORE All-in tickets for sessions, accommodation AND OTHERS and meals now available The Conker Room is a modern church hall in Barcombe, East Sussex. With fabulous views, it is a r wonderful venue for receptions, parties, training, classes or retreats. The room can be divided into three separate spaces, there is a large fully functioning kitchen, two toilets, disabled access and plenty of parking. Please visit www.barcombe.net/church/conker-room To hire The Conker Room contact Eb Cottingham 01273 400788 [email protected] Helping people on their Christian journey Free resources about the Christian faith www.holyfaith.org.uk ISSUE 2 3 WELCOME I am delighted to welcome you to the second edition of the magazine; the new format has been well received and our thanks are due to Lisa and her design team. A number of useful comments have been incorporated and we look forward to further dialogue with you, the reader. Beyond informing and encouraging, there is scope within the magazine’s format to engage with issues arising in a period of change and development for the diocese. Change is in the air on many fronts: within the context of the continuing Deanery Visitations and the forthcoming Vision and Growth Consultations. At the time of writing, many of us are reflecting with joy and thankfulness on the consecration of Bishop Richard in Westminster Abbey on 14 May, a truly blessed and exciting occasion, an unforgettable time of worship and praise, with the full panoply of Church of England ceremonial in that vibrant, historic setting. Services of Welcome for Bishop Richard are planned and one took place at Battle on 18 May and another at St Paul’s, Brighton on 22 June at 6pm. Archdeacon Roger Combes will be retiring at the end of June after 28 years faithful service in this diocese as Rector of St Matthew’s, St Leonards, as Rural Dean of Hastings and, since 2003, Archdeacon of Horsham. Many of us have cause to be grateful for his gracious wisdom, his love of people and his calm assurance. Moves are already afoot to seek his successor, as well as to appoint a new Diocesan Director of Ordinands and, following the announcement of the creation of the new archdeaconry comprising the deaneries of Brighton & Hove and Lewes & Seaford, a fourth Archdeacon. Further it has been announced that Dr Ann Holt is to be the new Diocesan Director of Education; she will be taking up her post in the autumn. These changes are against the backdrop of the Vision and Growth consultations taking place in June. Full details are repeated in this magazine, in the e-bulletin and on the web-site. These sessions are for the whole diocese and you are urged to take the opportunity to express you views about the state of the diocese and its future life and direction under the three headings ‘Church growth’, ‘Re-imagining ministry’ and ‘Contributing to the Common Good’. All responses and contributions to the consultations will be fed into the Bishop’s Staff meeting, the Clergy Conference and further working groups before the process is underpinned in Lent next year, leading to the launch of a new diocesan strategy at Pentecost. Please bring forward your views – you have the chance now to feed them into the diocesan process.’ With every blessing Philip Jones Archdeacon of Lewes WEEKEND OF PRAYER ACROSS THE DIOCESE 7 8 JUNE www.chichester.anglican.org ISSUE 2 5 CONTENTS 20 YEARS OF 6 - 9 Our Growing Stories of Hope and Joy WOMEN PRIESTS / 16 10 - 13 News across the Diocese 14 - 15 Richard Jackson consecration The diocese celebrates 20 years of woman ordained to priesthood 16 20 Years of Women Priests 17 Neville Manning: Stories behind the Hymns 18 - 23 Petertide Ordinations 24 - 25 Youngsters show their faith through art COMPETITION 26 Money Matters WINNERS / 24-25 27 Mission Fund Offers Help 28 - 29 Safeguarding is at the heart of our mission Youngsters commended for artistic talent in Faith through Art competition 30 - 31 Overseas Focus 32 The Beautiful Burial Ground Conference 33 Ride and Stride STRENGTHENING LINKS 34 - 34 Countdown to Household of Faith WITH OUR PARTNER 36 How to Fund a Project 37 FSW News SCHOOLS / 31 38 - 39 Books and Reviews Cameroon bishop’s return visit 40 Back to Church Sunday | Hope14 41 Weekend of Prayer dates SPOTLIGHT ON 42 Cathedral Events NURTURING FAITH IN THE NEXT NEXT ISSUE GENERATION / 34-35 Dec Excitement is growing To subscribe to Faith in Sussex magazine, please Editor: Lisa Williamson contact the communications department: [email protected] [email protected] Editorial Support: Kate Parkin Creative: Sublime Live If you would like to discuss an article for a future issue of Faith in Sussex please contact the editor: Print and Distribution: CPO [email protected] Contact us www.chichester.anglican.org Faith in Sussex magazine is published in Diocesan Church House conjunction with the fortnightly e-bulletin. 211 New Church Road Chichester Diocese Hove, BN3 4ED @Chichesterdio Switchboard: 01273 421021 Fax: 01273 421041 Diocese of Chichester Published by: The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Inc. 211 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 4ED. Opinions expressed in the magazine do not necessarily reflect official diocesan or Church of England policy. We reserve the right to shorten or omit any submitted articles. Submitted material becomes copyright of The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Inc. © Copyright 2014 Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Inc. 6 FAITH IN SUSSEX OUR GROWING STORIES OF HOPE AND JOY To help parishes prepare for the weekend of prayer and discerning the vision meetings in June, (see page 41) Richard Jackson, Bishop of Lewes, commends the following stories from parishes where good leadership, prayer and positive action have played a fundamental part in the growing life of a church. Through prayer, consultation, roots. Retirement gave him the commitment and action, we time he needed to do business long to see the local church with God but he had many things working “right”. Sadly we have to think through. He said the had times of bad press and people at St Andrew’s welcomed must acknowledge the past him warmly and it was like appropriately but we cannot “coming home”. Since then, his ignore the fact that this presents faith has become the bedrock an opportunity for a new season. of his life. He has a clear sense of purpose and peace, whatever At St Andrew’s it has been our the future holds. During intense privilege to experience growth treatment, he described the in a variety of ways as one of two-hour round trip to hospital Sophie Jelley has been vicar the churches working alongside as the best of times as he was at St Andrew’s, Burgess Hill, others in Burgess Hill, Hurst accompanied by Christian for nearly four years. She said: Deanery. In my experience the songwriter Matt Redman on his business of growing churches car CD player and experienced “There’s nothing like the is not easy but its factors are a closeness to God he had not local church when the local simple: God and people. When known in years. church is working right.” Bill I reflect on the past four years Hybels, senior pastor of Willow there have been plans and Paul emailed out of the blue one Creek Community Church, projects and these are ongoing morning three years ago from Chicago, spoke these words but the real joy is in the stories his office. He had just decided at a conference I attended a of real people’s lives. Names are to follow God and wondered few years back and I’ve never changed but the stories are of if we could help him find out forgotten them. Whatever our ordinary people like you and me. more. I contacted one of our tradition or expression of church, congregation who agreed to it seems to me that this is the When John was diagnosed with meet Paul to mentor him. For heart of the vision process we serious illness last year, he felt several months they met on are embarking on. a nudge to revisit his Christian Saturday mornings for coffee ISSUE 2 7 and Paul’s journey began. A group open to all where each much better than he imagined. few months later he felt able family is prayed for, known His newfound faith and the to set foot in church and he by name and supported. The friendship at church have then attended a basics course children start their journey sustained him and for that he is produced through the Leading with God as babes in arms deeply thankful. Your Church Into Growth team and the next step may be our that we run on a regular basis.