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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 Diocese of Winchester, 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 Winchester Cathedral 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 Church of England 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.