June 2016 Download the eNews at http://www.winchester.anglican.org/resources/communications-resources/bulletins/ Keep in touch! Send stories or items for the bulletin or website to: [email protected] To keep up to speed and engage in conversations around the , follow us on Twitter, like the Facebook page, and subscribe to the YouTube channel.

Prayer Spiritual Direction Vacancies Live the Mission Diocesan Events Archdeacons' Visitations Mission and Vocation Vocation Days Youth, Children & Family Rural Open Day Follow 2016 Open the Book Mothers' Union Festivals Inclusive Church Parish communicators' day BRF Quiet Day Women and ordination Parish Buying Parochial Visitors Confirmation Music & Pastoral Care Resources Prayer The Diocesan Prayer cycle is available at: http://www.winchester.anglican.org/prayer/

Spiritual direction For information on finding a spiritual director contact the Diocesan Spirituality Adviser, Revd Sally Dakin: 01962 854050 or [email protected]

Vacancies We advertise Clergy and administrative vacancies in our parishes, opportunities at the Diocesan Office, roles in school, Social Enterprise and some external organisations. To find out what roles are available visit: http://www.winchester.anglican.org/current-vacancies/

Live the Mission Live the Mission is the new newsletter from the Diocese of Winchester. Each issue will contain news and features reflecting the many ways that our faith is being lived in the Diocese. The summer edition is available to read, download and share on our website: http://www.winchester.anglican.org/resources/communications-resources/bulletins/

There is also a survey so that you can let us know what you think of it: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/livethemissionnewsletter

Diocesan Events Diocesan, Parish and Community Events are available to view on the Events Calendar: http://www.winchester.anglican.org/training-events/events/

Featured Parish Event: St Francis of Assisi Parish Church, Bournemouth, will hold a special service for Disability Sunday on July 10 at 10am. The service will celebrate people’s abilities and an invitation has been extended to other churches and the wider community, including local charities. Among those taking part will be a nine-year-old girl signing The Lord’s Prayer. Strong-scented herbs such as mint will be used, along with colourful and strong-scented flowers. Refreshments will be served and the church and toilets are fully accessible.

For more details call 01202 539336 or visit www.stfrancis-bournemouth.org.uk

Archdeacons’ Visitations 2016 Please find below the dates for the remaining Archdeacons’ Visitations 2016. All Churchwardens will have previously received an individual email asking them to follow the link to sign up to their preferred venue.

The Archdeacons very much look forward to welcoming you to these celebration services.

Date Venue Tea Service Deanery Monday, 27 June Hartley Wintney with Elvetham 7pm 7.30pm Odiham St John the Evangelist Fleet Road RG27 8ED Wednesday, 29 June Christchurch Priory 7pm 7.30pm Christchurch Church Street BH23 1BU Tuesday, 5 July Old Alresford St Mary After 3pm Alresford Colden Lane service SO24 9DL at OAP

Any queries, please contact Andrea Ford, PA to the Archdeacons [email protected] or 01962 710960.

Mission and vocation opportunities Pioneer community mission house. Ascension, the parish church for Bitterne Park in Southampton, is opening up a spare clergy house and inviting four young leaders to live together in community, share in mission locally, and explore fresh expressions of church. This will be the second pioneer house in Southampton, working together with experienced pioneers to offer free accommodation, mentoring in pioneer leadership, and support in further training. Participants should have some experience in mission and community, be motivated to grow in their faith and engage in challenging contexts, be able to commit for at least a year, and be willing to give half their time each week to mission in the parish. Anyone interested in joining should contact [email protected] or call 023 8055 9074.

CEMES Southampton is a new project looking to recruit six young adults who are excited about exploring their calling and vocation through a year volunteering as Leadership Assistants with a diverse group of churches in and around Southampton. This year is completely free and offers practical experience in parish ministry, church leadership, community engagement, pioneer mission and fresh expressions of church, while also providing full board, a monthly living allowance, and the opportunity to receive weekly teaching in Christian theology and missional leadership streamed from St Mellitus College. For more information contact [email protected] or call 023 8055 9074. See also www.winchester.anglican.org/cemes.

Here I am Lord: Vocation Days Saturday, September 3, 9.30am-12pm, St Saviour’s Church Hall, Brockenhurst Saturday, September 17, 9.30am-12pm, St Barnabas, Winchester Young Vocations, Saturday, October 1, details to be confirmed

Could God be calling you to use your gifts and skills to help equip his people for mission? Come to a vocation day and discover opportunities to train for a range of ministries, lay and ordained. For information and bookings, email: [email protected]

Youth, Children and Families’ Coffee Hubs The final in the current series of Youth, Children and Families’ Coffee Hubs will be held on Thursday, July 7 from 10am to noon at Portswood, Trago Lounge.

Andy Saunders, the Diocesan Children and Families Adviser, and Sarah Long, the Diocesan Youth Adviser, will be there to chat to current youth, children and families workers, members of the clergy and anyone else interested in this area of work in their parish.

Contact Jennifer Fradgley If you would like more information: [email protected] AMADET – supporting Africans in mission Saturday, June 18, 3pm Wolvesey Palace, Winchester Tickets £10 Bishop Tim and Sally Dakin invite everyone to tea in the garden of Wolvesey Palace on June 18, from 3pm, to support the work of Church Army Africa, with children and families in Kibera, Nairobi.

Tickets are available from Sally Dakin, Wolvesey, Winchester SO23 9ND, tel: 01962 854050 or email: [email protected]. Please make cheques payable to AMADET.

Rural Open Day Saturday, July 9, 10am-4pm St Mary Bourne Village Centre £5 The launch of the Rural Life and Ministry Pack with proven ideas and suggestions for outdoor services, using rural church buildings, engaging with rural charities, strengthening links with rural schools, supporting the farming community and forging and strengthening overseas links.

There will be an opportunity to worship, learn through table conversations, a rural walk and the chance to share lunchtime together in the vicarage garden. Please bring packed lunch, other refreshments provided. To book your place contact: Rev’d Craig Marshall, Rural Adviser, [email protected] (Please put RURAL DAY BOOKING in the subject box) or telephone 01264 738380.

Readers celebrate 150 years – FOLLOW 2016! Saturday, 16 July , 10am–4pm De Montfort Hall, Leicester Tickets: £5 (under 5s free)

In order to mark the 150th anniversary of the re-establishing of Reader ministry, the Central Readers Council of the is pleased to announce FOLLOW 2016 – a Christian Day Festival for 21st Century Disciples – open to all.

The event will feature a wide selection of resources to encourage and equip Christian disciples. There will be representatives from, among others, Street Angels and 24-7 Prayer, as well as a practical resources centre. Activities include motivational teaching, Messy Church, worship, a chat show and a magician. Paula Gooder, Mark Russell and Mark Greene are among the speakers. There will be a short musical by Roger Jones and bouncy castles too. We are celebrating 150 years!

The office of Reader is one of the oldest ministries in the Church, but in its present form in the Church of England it was established in 1866. Readers are lay men and women authorised to preach and teach, to conduct or assist in conducting worship, and to assist in the pastoral, evangelistic and liturgical work of the church.

Further information can be obtained from: http://www.readers.cofe.anglican.org/follow2016/f16_top and tickets are available online at http://www.demontforthall.co.uk/events/events.php/2016/1499/follow-2016/ and by telephoning 0116 233 3111.

Bookings are subject to a single £3 booking fee. Early booking is recommended.

Open the Book Open the Book, the scheme which takes dramatised storytelling of the Bible into primary schools, is running two days, one a training day for new members and anyone interested in joining, and one for established teams. They are: Initial Training Day Monday, July 4, 9.30am-3pm. Donations welcome to cover the cost. Come and learn how to take Open the Book in to schools near you. Discover different ways of presenting a story and share fellowship with other Open the Book storytellers. St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Western Way, South Ham, Basingstoke, RG22 6ER. Bring a packed lunch, drinks provided. Car parking at the church, or in the free public car park in St Andrew’s Road behind the church. Enquiries and bookings: [email protected] or call 01793 418355.

Storyteller day for established members of Open the Book Saturday, September 10, 9.30am registration for 10am start. Finishes at 3pm. Christ Church, Chineham, RG24 8LT £6 per person, £10 for two. Pay at the door. This is a day for storytellers with special guest Bob Hartman, author of the Lion Storyteller Bible. Bob will be telling his story and talking about the new Open the Book material out next spring, 2017 Christian Values. It promises to be a fun day with great storytelling tips from Bob. Don’t forget to bring your copy of the Lion Storyteller Bible as Bob will have a book-signing session. The Bishop of Basingstoke will be leading a commissioning service for all storytellers – new and existing. Bring a packed lunch, refreshments provided. Car parking at the church. Enquiries and bookings: [email protected] or call 01793 418355.

Mothers’ Union Mary Sumner Day Tuesday, August 9, 12pm Old Alresford Service in Old Alresford Church at 12pm followed by a picnic lunch in the grounds of Old Alresford Place with a bring-and-buy stall in aid of the Mothers' Union Big Summer appeal.

National Service of Celebration Thursday, September 22, 2pm Winchester Cathedral

Followed by Gala Dinner, 7pm, in Court Hotel, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8BG.

National AGM Friday, September 23, 10am-3.30pm Hampshire Court Hotel, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8BG

Tours around Old Alresford Place, Saturday-Sunday, September 24-25. St Mary’s Church will also be open.

Details of the above and tickets (required for all the September events) from Nikki Parkin, Diocesan Secretary, [email protected] or call 01252 656442. www.mothersunion.org

Festivals The Winchester Festival of the Arts July 1-9. Nine days of music, talks and drama throughout the city, including Brahms’s German Requiem on July 1 in Winchester Cathedral. Among the other performances are Fauré’s Requiem, recitals and a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis in St Lawrence Church, Robert Hardy on stage as Sir Winston Churchill, Michael Morpurgo talking about his books and Britten’s Noye's Fludde with Hampshire County Youth Orchestra and children from Winchester primary schools in the Cathedral on the final evening.

For details and to book, call 01962 857276 or visit http://winchesterfestival.co.uk/

The Wessex Festival August 11-14 Wimborne, Durweston, Iwerne Minster and Stourpaine Four days of music in the heart of Dorset. There are 12 events at this year’s festival, including classical concerts, recitals by talented young musicians, workshops for singers, a lecture-recital, church services and an evening of traditional folk music.

This year’s venues focus on Wimborne with events in Merley House, Kingston Lacy Church, Wimborne Methodist Church and the historic Minster itself. The festival will also visit Durweston and Iwerne Minster for two church services and The White Horse in Stourpaine for the end of festival folk night.

Music includes Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Horn Concerto No.4 and an evening of music by a quartet of singers from London’s opera houses.

Early booking is recommended. Call the festival box office on Freephone 0800 061 4074 or visit www.thewessexfestival.co.uk

Inclusive Church Mission Shaped and Inclusive? An Inclusive Church event for the Diocese of Winchester – and beyond. Saturday, 17 September, 10am-4pm All Saints, North Baddesley, SO52 9EQ

The day will be led by Bob Callaghan, National Co-ordinator of Inclusive Church, and Louise Nelstrop, Programme Leader for Christian Spirituality, Sarum College.

To book, call Vanessa Lawrence on 07946 255375 or email [email protected].

Inclusive Church is a group of Christians uniting together around the statement of belief: “We believe in inclusive Church – Church which does not discriminate, on any level, on grounds of economic power, gender, mental health, physical ability, race or sexuality. We believe in Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ; which is scripturally faithful; which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation; and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ.” www.inclusive-church.org.uk

Still Getting Noticed? An afternoon for parish communicators Saturday, September 24 2-5.30pm, followed by choral evensong in Winchester Cathedral Wessex (New Learning) Centre, The Close, Winchester Cathedral Admission free A day of networking and practical support, hosted by former journalist and TV presenter and now Lay Canon and Licensed Lay Minister, Debbie Thrower, with presentations from and discussions with communications consultant Craig Philbrick; Diocesan communications team Luther Pendragon; Rev’d Nicky Davies, journalist and Publications Officer for the Diocese of Exeter; and Stella Wiseman, Marketing and Content Editor for the Diocese of Winchester. For enquiries, email Rachel Hartland on [email protected]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place – a Bible Reading Fellowship Quiet Day Wednesday, September 28, 9.45am-4pm Old Alresford Place Admission £30 How can we face the toughest stages of our lives with a greater sense of the rock-like constancy of God? This Quiet Day – led by Debbie Thrower, team leader of BRF’s The Gift of Years: ‘resourcing the spiritual journey of older people’ and an Anna Chaplain to older people – explores how we can mine the more testing situations we face to deepen our relationship with God. This will be a day for encouraging us to trust the clay of our character to the Potter’s hand.

To book, write to BRF, 15 The Chambers, Vineyard, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3FE, telephone 01865 319700 or visit http://www.brfonline.org.uk/QD20160928/ Please send payment with your booking and provide full names of all who are attending. To receive a receipt, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

Named, Known and Called – for women exploring ordination Saturday, December 3, 10am-4.30pm. Cranmer Hall, Durham. Admission free but registration is essential as places are limited. Refreshments, including lunch, provided.

Day conference for women exploring ordination. There will be five seminars, three particularly suited to young women, and each will run twice during the day to give the opportunity to attend the ones which are most relevant to you. These are: How do I become a vicar?; Combining ministry and family life; Singleness and ministry; The life of a parish priest; and Why get ordained young?.

For details visit www.namedknowncalled.org.uk

Parish Buying Three years into running the Church of England’s Energy Basket, Parish Buying has saved churches, parishes and schools more than £3 million and, with 25% growth last year, these savings are set to increase.

And as more and more churches are looking at ways to reduce their carbon footprint and tackle climate change, Parish Buying has a produced a guide to ‘Reducing Your Footprint’ along with a guide for larger churches and cathedrals. For more information, visit www.parishbuying.org.uk or call 0800 368 0887 or email [email protected]

Archdeacons’ Parochial Visitors Could you spare seven days a year between May and October to become an Archdeacon’s Parochial Visitor?

You would act as the Archdeacon’s representative and visit seven churches in the diocese to meet the churchwarden/s to check that the service registers are being kept properly and to check that the inventory of moveable items in the church is correct.

The Diocese has a number of experienced Archdeacon’s Parochial Visitors so training will be provided to any new recruits. Travelling expenses will be reimbursed at the Diocesan rate.

If you are interested please contact Richard Streatfield on 01962 737308 or via [email protected]

Diocesan Confirmation in the Cathedral – start time We have been advised by the Cathedral that, due to the timing of other services on the day, the Diocesan Confirmation on Saturday, November 19,will need to revert to the original start time of 7.30 p.m.

Bishop Jonathan will preside and the service will be Taizé-style. Names of candidates should be sent to Canon Sue Wallace, the Canon Precentor, at [email protected] with a copy to Joyce Cockell at [email protected]

New book on music in pastoral care Performing Pastoral Care – Music as a Framework for Exploring Pastoral Care, by Canon Gregory Clifton-Smith of Winchester Cathedral will be published on July 1 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, www.jkp.com/ Based on his doctoral research and drawing on his years as a hospital chaplain and at the Cathedral, the book seeks to use music as a way of better understanding pastoral care.

InReview and InFocus The Church of England monthly publications InReview and InFocus are both available here: https://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/yearreview.aspx

Resources The Diocesan Resource Room is in the new Education Centre in the Cathedral Close, Winchester. Opening hours: Monday & Thursday 9.30am-4pm. Please contact William Cole / 01962 857262 or visit the Resource Room webpage at http://www.winchester.anglican.org/resources/resources-room/

Visit the Diocesan Website Resource Library for parish finance, administrative and support resources: http://www.winchester.anglican.org/resources/

Winchester Cathedral The Winchester Cathedral Newsletter is available at: http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Deans-Newsletter-Jun-2016.pdf

Summer exhibition: Hidden Runs until July 17. Open during normal cathedral opening times. Cathedral admission charges apply.

YMCA and The Children’s Society present a compelling portrait exhibition, Hidden, to tell the story of young carers – often invisible to society – who face huge responsibilities and unimaginably difficult choices. Award-winning photographer and former young carer Max Alexander captures their resilience, determination and dreams for the future. Hidden raises awareness of the significant issues faced by children who provide physical, emotional and practical care for a loved one.

For information on the cathedral, visit www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk or call 01962 857200.

Media enquiries Luther Pendragon communications consultancy handles all media enquiries for the Diocese of Winchester. The team can be reached via a dedicated Diocese of Winchester hotline number, 020 7618 9197, which is also answered out-of-hours and at weekends, or by email [email protected].

Compiled by Stella Wiseman