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Clergy Mailing - February2018 Contents 1. Nifty Notes 2. Racial Justice Sunday flyer Niftynotes news & information from the Diocese www.southwell.anglican.org FEBRUARY 2018 Compiled by Nicola Mellors email: [email protected] LiveLent 2018 - Let your light Shine he Church of England has launched its 2018 Lent Tcampaign and resources for churches. #LiveLent – Let your light Shine is a Lent journey through the Gospel of John, offering a short daily reading, a pause for reflection and prayer, and a challenge to act. The aim is to be as joined up as Social media graphics from It is written in simple and possible and encourage people to the national Church of England accessible language by John journey from Lent and Easter into accounts to share on Twitter, Kiddle, Archdeacon of Pentecost and the Thy Kingdom Facebook and Instagram Wandsworth, and includes an Come prayer campaign. introduction from the Email and text sign-ups – Archbishops of Canterbury and The full range of #LiveLent which proved very popular over York, who say: “These Lent resources and activities will Advent and Christmas for reflections take you on a journey include: #GodWithUs through the Gospel of John and Full-colour printed book Continued on page 12 give you an opportunity to #LiveLent: Let Your Light Shine explore what the gift of Jesus and from Church House Publishing – In this month’s issue: the challenge of Jesus mean for they are available in bulk or as you, in the context of your daily single copies 2 Growing Disciples life.” Daily reflections – a daily 4 Events & information A weekly five-session Lent discipleship journey through Lent course, that can be run in from the Gospel of John, and a 5 Prayer Diary conjunction, or separately to, the weekly Lent course based on daily Let your light Shine these themes ` 9 Training Courses material, will be available as part a range of downloadable App for Android and iOS, 11 What’s On materials to support churches. including all daily reflections Comings & Goings material 12 @diocswellnott @SouthwellandNottingham 2 February 18 Growing Disciples . Growing Disciples . Growing Disciples . Wider Younger Deeper www.growingdisciples.co.uk Determined Gill Chaplain at God’s ‘coalface’ awarded Masters Degree s Chaplain for the East The Revd Gill Page has been Midlands Ambulance awarded a Masters Degree in Service the Revd Kevin A Liturgy by the University of Charles – or ‘RevKev’ as he’s Sheffield. known – is the listening ear for staff and their families across Gill, who is Associate Priest in five counties in the region. the Clifton Team Ministry, started work on the MA while Kevin (59) has worked for serving as a curate in the old EMAS for 37 years, and Wakefield Diocese as part of her following Reader training and Initial Ministerial Education. prompts from God that he might be called to the priesthood, he across all departments,” says It took her more than four years began the selection process and Kevin. “I see my role at the to complete, during which time then studied through the East coalface of God’s mine walking she battled a badly broken leg Midlands Ministry Training alongside, and helping carry and cancer. Most of her studying Course in 2008. them in their difficult times. It’s an opportunity to plant a seed took place at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield. Her He was ordained in 2012, served and on occasion watch it grow – favourite module was Cistercian his curacy at All Saints, Annesley to take the Word wider and Studies, which meant visiting with the Revd Liz Turner-Loisel deeper, taking the Church out to several abbeys at home and from 2011-2015, and started people, but I love parish life too. abroad. doing work around staff support I’m so blessed to have both.” at EMAS HQ. Kevin has conducted a wedding “I am pleased with my achievement, having been born It was during 2014 that the in the EMAS control room, in a working class family in the Director of EMAS rang to say performed church baptisms and old Meadows and leaving school there was a post of Chaplain and undertaken funerals - including Staff Support Leader available, one of an old ambulance crew Continued on page 12 which led to Kevin becoming member. licensed as Chaplain, and Associate Priest at Kirkby in He has also been threatened with Ashfield, in May 2015. a knife whilst out on the road. “The workload has increased “Because it’s such a huge area massively, with anxiety, stress we introduced P2P (Peer to Peer) and depression caused through and Pastoral Care Workers and verbal and physical abuse by the there are now 200 volunteers public, and also sexual assaults against staff.” Married to Sue for 17 years with three children - Craig, Rebecca and Mark, the couple have three grandchildren - Lauren, Jayden and Darcie, and live at Sutton in Ashfield. Niftynotes 3 News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. News in brief. A safe place to talk, laugh and cry he Church has a unique opportunity to reach out to Tpeople following a bereavement through its funeral ministry. Clergy and Readers bring God’s comfort and love into these sad situations, and funerals are a time when those who are bereaved may turn to God in a fresh or renewed way. Some years ago, St Wilfrid’s in Calverton had a sudden increase in the number of funerals, which then continued over several months. The vicar at that time, the clergy feel that a visit would pain with someone outside of the the Revd Pat Hemstock, had the be welcomed, one of the close family, and we see it as a vision for a lay support group, Bereavement Group leaders visits privilege to ‘hold their hand’. which could continue to offer a week or two later. Many people care and comfort in the months do not feel able to come to a “What has been most following the funeral. group straight away, but visits encouraging of all is that, continue until such time as they although almost all of those we So for eight years the either join the Bereavement support were not churchgoers in Bereavement Group has met Group, or feel they no longer the past, quite a few of them now fortnightly, just for an hour, in need support from home visits. come to church, have attended church. People find support, a As well as these visits, telephone Alpha, and been confirmed. safe place to talk about their calls, and the fortnightly meetings feelings, to cry and to laugh, and in church, the group meets every We also now have a thriving to make friends with people who other Tuesday for ‘Elevensies’ (a Bereavement Group Homegroup. share similar experiences. coffee morning at one of the It was inspiring that, at a recent There have always been at least leaders’ homes), and have meeting, several spoke of how two lay leaders. They are not occasional lunches and outings their faith in God and relationship trained counsellors, but are there too. with Him has grown, through the to listen and to walk alongside comfort and love they have found group members on their journey. Carole Park, who helps to run the in the Bereavement Group.” Firm friendships are formed; group, said: those who met through the sadness of bereavement find “Every bereavement is different. ‘Even though I walk through the friends to go out with, perhaps Some people find ways to live valley of the shadow of death … shopping or for lunch, and some with their loss relatively quickly, you are with me….’(Psalm 23:4) have even been on holiday while others may take many together. years. We are there to journey with them, whether that journey So how are these contacts first is for a few months, or for years. made? Whenever St Wilfrid’s For many coping with loss, it is leads a funeral or cremation, if helpful to be able to share their 4 February 18 Events & information. Events & information. Events & informatio he Together Network is central to the work of CUF T(Church Urban Fund) There is a great will and desire within churches across England to see their communities transformed. The Together Network is designed to extend the reach and impact of that work by providing a unique support system for churches and others to eating its focus in 2017 Savvy (basic budgeting) and change lives and communities throughout the Diocese. Two new Signposting Plus courses were together across England. ‘holiday hunger’ projects took both delivered in Bassetlaw this The Together Network is made up place over a number of days autumn and representatives of of 19 Joint Ventures, each a during the summer holidays three churches and three local partnership between CUF and a organised by churches in Sutton organisations took part. All gave Church of England diocese. Each in Ashfield and Basford, positive feedback. Getting of these partnerships employs a providing shared food and Started in your Community development worker who brings activities for families. We hope to Workshop is also to be delivered expertise and support to churches support more churches to join in in a parish in Mansfield early this and others to bring about positive tackling food poverty in 2018. year. change in their communities. In A wellbeing café based in a our diocese we have church is being established in Transforming Notts Together Transforming Notts Together and Worksop. A link made by works very closely with the our development worker is Transforming Notts Together and Diocesan Partnerships and Hannah Buck. the Bassetlaw Foodbank is now Mission Team and adds much providing access to advice thanks needed extra capacity and support Transforming Notts Together, in to a CUF Together Grant.