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INTRODUCTION & HISTORY

Warfield Church charts its origins back to 1016AD when Queen Emma granted permission for a chapel to be built on the site of the present Michael the Archangel Parish church. But the fact that the church is dedicated to Michael the Archangel is a strong indicator that the church was built on the site of previous pagan worship – it would have been built to proclaim God’s victory over paganism – built to lift up the name of Jesus.

Today Church continues to meet at the parish church, but it has retained its militant roots. The church is passionately committed to the communication of the Jesus story and the re-evangelisation of the and the world. Due to growth in numbers, and our desire to ensure that all our communities have the opportunity to connect to Jesus, Warfield Church has congregations meeting in , Priestwood, Warfield and as well as supporting mission partners all over the world.

The successful candidate will have a particular focus on our North Communities and congregations of Priestwood and Bullbrook:

Priestwood: The area of Priestwood (circa 7000 people) is subject to a recent Pastoral Order making Priestwood and the Church building of St Andrews part of the Warfield Parish on April 1st 2014. Twenty people from the Warfield Church relocated to St Andrews and one family sold their house and moved into Priestwood to begin our engagement with the community there.

Bullbrook: The area of Bullbrook (circa 9000 people) is officially part of a neighbouring parish (Bracknell Team Ministry1) but has been home to a Warfield congregation for over a decade, although it has been in the last 2 to 3 years that it has begun to make significant inroads into the community – primarily through the addition of our Community Pastor, but also through the strategic coffee mornings, toddlers groups and breakfast clubs that we now run there. We have baptised several adults and babies in Bullbrook over the last six months.

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Over the next five years Warfield Church will continue to grow. The new development at Cabbage Hill presents us with a range of possibilities, but there is also opportunity to build a community church in Bullbrook. We will continue to expand the scope and reach of our youth and children’s work, launching new youth and children’s initiatives and continuing our contact with large numbers of primary and secondary schools through assemblies and lessons. We will also build on our experience of communi-tea coffee mornings and our various parent and toddler groups to further bless our community. We will also continue to see our congregations grow, both in terms of numbers and depth of relationship with God. The new openings at St Andrew’s Priestwood will also give us opportunity to work with the existing congregation to see the good news that Jesus brings presented to the 7,000 people who live in that area and our renovated St Michael’s church will give us opportunity for even more community engagement.

One Church with many congregations bound together with a common commitment to communicating the Jesus story. There are various differences in each of our congregations and therefore people often have a preference for a certain congregation, however, all our services provide a warm welcome, great worship, and relevant talks. There is no children’s provision at the 9:15am and the evening services, but excellent provision at all other services.

Below is a list of our current congregations, and those who are leading them:

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Fig.1

9:15am St Michael’s, Church Lane, Warfield, RG42 6EG 10:00am St Andrew’s, Priestwood Court Road, Priestwood, RG42 1TU 10:30am Holly Spring Junior School, Bullbrook, RG12 2SW 10:30am Whitegrove School, Westmorland Drive, Warfield, RG42 3QS 10:30am Warfield School, All Saints Rise, Warfield RG42 3SS 11:00am St Michael’s, Church Lane, Warfield, RG42 6EG 6:00pm St Michael’s, Church Lane, Warfield, RG42 6EG 6:30pm St Andrew’s, Priestwood Court Road, Priestwood, RG42 1TU

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GEOGRAPHY & LOCATION

Being situated in the Thames Valley, a large proportion of the residents of Warfield and Bracknell hold professional positions, often working in the Information and Technology industries, either locally in business parks or commuting into . Bracknell is situated within 5 miles of both the M3 (Jn.3) and M4 (Jn.10) motorways, and is on the mainline Reading to Waterloo train line, with a typical train journey into London taking just over 1 hour. The Parish Church and Church Office is situated 2 ½ miles from Bracknell town centre and station.

FAMILY LIFE IN WARFIELD

Schools & Education

Warfield is serviced by two main primary schools (one CofE aided), both of which provide homes for our congregations on Sundays. Bracknell has four main secondary schools. The two closest to Warfield are Garth Hill College and Ranelagh (CofE) School, both in the neighbouring parish of Bracknell. For post 16 and mature students, Bracknell also boasts the newly developed Bracknell and Wokingham College. Ranelagh School Local Amenities

Warfield’s primary supermarket is Tesco. Neighbouring Bracknell also offers Sainsbury’s, Morrison’s and a brand new Waitrose.

Bracknell town centre provides a ‘medium size’ shopping centre, which is due to be regenerated into a larger scale development, with a large Mark & Spencer’s and new multi-screen cinema already agreed. Building work has already begun.

Many residents currently choose to travel to Reading (15 miles), Camberley (10 miles) or Windsor (10 miles) for a greater choice of shops. 6

THE BRACKNELL DEANERY

The deanery covers the Bracknell and Ascot areas, and holds a broad range of Church traditions over a mix of urban, suburban and rural parishes. The clergy chapter is well supported and meets monthly for worship, breakfast and ‘business’, with guest speakers.

Our current deanery plan envisages a review of the Bracknell area parishes, including Warfield, to see how we can best facilitate growth in the Churches ministry in a growing new town. Area Dean of Bracknell Revd. David Uffindell

The Bracknell Deanery - Deanery Electoral Roll: approx. 2400

Northern Parishes  Ascot Heath: Revd Dr Darrell Hannah  : Revd Luke Taylor  South Ascot with Sunninghill: Revd. Stephen Johnson  Sunningdale: Revd David Uffindell  with Cranbourne: Revd Catherine Blundell

Greater Bracknell  Bracknell Team Ministry: Revd Canon Nick Parish  : Revd Guy Cole  Warfield: Revd Dr Mark Griffiths

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ABOUT THE OXFORD DIOCESE

The Vision of the Oxford Diocese is the transformation of all human life under God.

What is Living Faith? Living Faith for the Future is a vision for the . It came out of a series of conversations all around the diocese in 2008 on a paper produced by the Bishop of Oxford in the light of his first impressions in office.

The Living Faith vision offers a strategic framework for the life and work of the Church of in , Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire over the five years 2009/14. In essence, it’s about sustaining spirituality and holistic mission.

Why Do We Need It? It’s not about rejecting the past and starting all over again. Nor is it a heavy handed ‘strategy’. But it is about resetting the compass, and offering fresh direction. What Living Faith offers is a touchstone to remind us all of the values we try to live by and the directions we need to take if we are to be faithful to Jesus Christ in the 21st century. It’s rather like a palette of colours which each parish, deanery and board can use in their own way to create that work of distinctive beauty which is their particular response to God’s mission. What we end up with then is a gallery full not of lookalike paintings, but of vibrant, colourful, and unique works of art.

The values of living faith that you will hear much of in the Oxford Diocese are:

 Sustaining the Sacred Centre  Making Disciples  Making a Difference in the World  Creating Vibrant Christian Communities  Shaping Confident, Collaborative Leadership

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PERSONAL SPECIFICATION & ROLE DESCRIPTION Associate Minister – Evangelism and Initiation Courses

The role description should be read alongside the initial Advert, Parish Profile and the Warfield Handbook.

1. TITLE: Associate Minister (Evangelism & Outreach)

2. LOCATION: Warfield Church, Warfield, Berkshire.

3. DATE OF APPOINTMENT: The appointment will start from July 2014.

4. ACCOUNTABILITY:  The Associate will be under the oversight of the Vicar of Warfield.  The Associate will become part of the overall Warfield Leadership Team

5. OBJECTIVES & KEY TASKS:

Personal  As a committed Christian, to reflect Christ’s love in a broken and hurting world, devoting time to personal prayer, study and worship.  Have a passion to connect people to Jesus and see them incorporated into small groups for purposeful discipleship.  Be committed to the local church as the hope of the world.  Be able to work effectively as part of a large clergy/lay leadership team.

Direct Involvement  In line with the mission of Warfield Church the main priority is connecting people to Jesus.  Work and minister across the Warfield Church with specific oversight of our two North Bracknell congregations in Priestwood and Bullbrook. These are congregational plants, one meeting in a local school, the other in a church building that the Diocese have recently given to us. Bullbrook has a congregation of 80 people and Priestwood 50 people. Both congregations have excellent lay leadership teams.  Lead and develop evangelistic initiatives, including Alpha, across Warfield and North Bracknell. This part of the role is to be out worked through the whole 9

Warfield Church. 8 Sunday services meeting in 5 locations (mainly local schools).  Identify areas of need for social action in and around Warfield Church and initiate projects to meet those needs. This will involve networking with others and developing new initiatives as areas of need are identified.

This is a stipendiary, common tenure appointment and comes with housing in Warfield (accommodation is in a 4 bedroom detached home) and is within walking distance of two excellent primary schools one of them a CofE school.

6. KEY SKILLS:  Have exceptional and proven skills in evangelism and outreach.  Have good interpersonal / communication skills.  Be efficient in personal time management, managing a work diary as part of a team, and administrating projects.  Be self-motivated & demonstrate leadership.  Be able to lead and communicate Jesus to individuals, small groups and in large gatherings.

7. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES: Communicate the culture and mission of the Warfield Church through word and action.

8. TRAINING: To undertake on-going training that may be relevant to the post.

9. WORK ARRANGEMENTS This is a stipendiary clergy post with common tenure to the Warfield Benefice. The successful applicant will be licensed by the Bishop of Reading. Housing is provided and complies with the standards for clergy housing.

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Fig. 2 How the role fits with our other ministries:

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APPENDIX 1 - STAFF & SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM

Mark Griffiths (Senior Minister) Mark is a Church Strategist, Christian Author, Trainer & Lecturer. Over the last two decades of Christian leadership he has worked at numerous churches around the UK (both CofE and free church denominations). He continues to speak in a wide range of contexts both nationally and internationally and is the author of five books. In 2009 he completed a PhD in evangelism and church growth. He is married to Rhian andthey have three children, Nia, Owen and Elliot.

David Ritchie (Associate Minister - Under 30s Projects) Until joining the Warfield team, David was a Free Church minister and National Director of the denominations children’s ministry. He has significant experience working with children, teenagers and adults. He is based at our St Michael's congregation and oversees all the Warfield Church work for those under 30 and also heads up Re.new one of our evening services. He is married to Elizabeth and they have four children; Bethany, Daniel, David, and Jack.

Janet Taft (Associate Minister - Pastoral Care and Small Groups) Originally from Macclesfield in Cheshire, after studying at Sheffield University, where she met her husband Chris, Janet taught English at a large school in the Midlands. After their two children (Laura and Simon) were born, the family lived abroad for 3 years in Asia. Janet leads our St Peter’s congregation and oversees our All Saints congregation. She also oversees Pastoral Care and Small Groups for the whole Warfield Church.

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VACANCY Associate Minister – Evangelism

Hannah Jenkinson Community Pastor Hannah is our Community Pastor. She is based primarily in Bullbrook & Priestwood and primarily with our Bullbrook congregation. She is married to Paul and they have a daughter, Maddison.

Matt Davies Youth & Worship Pastor Matt is our youth pastor and he started out his ministry working full time in a high school as a chaplain before studying for a BA in theology at Cliff College. Since then he has been a Centre Director at Youth for Christ before joining the Warfield team.

VACANCY Children’s Pastor - All Starz & Primary Schools

This post will be filled by May 2014

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Lucy Vitale PA to Mark Griffiths & Special Projects Administrator Lucy has worked at Warfield Church for more years than she would care to admit! She has the arduous job of coordinating the vicar! She is married to Lib and they have two children, Sofia & Joseph.

Rhian Griffiths Wedding & Funerals Administration Rhian oversees the weddings and funerals of the Warfield Church. She has the dubious pleasure of being married to the vicar! As well as being involved in the general leadership of the Warfield Church, she also looks after three children, Nia, Owen and Elliot and the vicar.

Michelle Wilson Finance Administrator Michelle looks after Warfield Church finance. She is married to Paul and they have two children Lewis and Katie. Well trained in accountancy practise and Sage software, Michelle records and processes all income and expenditure thus providing the reports to support cash management, annual budgets and statutory reports.

Dennis Wildman Verger (Facilities Manager) Dennis keeps the whole show on the road! He is responsible for the fabric, the buildings and events setup. Dennis has been worshipping with his family at Warfield since about 1997 when they discovered it was a very loving place to be. He is married to Gill, and they have an adult daughter. He was trained as an electronics engineer in the RAF, and has also worked in civilian avionics, and as a technician at Imperial College. He enjoys building and mending things. 14

General Administrators

Bev Rees Bev has been at the Warfield Church for over 15 years and worked in the office for 6 of them. She administers all baptisms and provides administrative assistance to the team. In her own time, she also heads up the Autumn Club ministry. She is married to Phil with 3 boys; Rhodri, Steff and Aled.

Lynn Molyneux In addition to a lot of other general operations administration, Lynn specialises in safeguarding and copyright. She is married to Neale and they have 2 sons: Ben and Matt.

 SSMs & LLMs (not included above)  Margaret Thirlwell SSM – Working primarily with our St Michael’s Congregation  Dave Cappleman LLM - working with our St Michael's Congregation  Mike Summers LLM - overseeing our SIX30 service and working with our Bullbrook Congregation  Katie Urban LLM - working with our St Peter's Congregation

VOLUNTEERS We are very excited about our excellent staff team, but Warfield Church simply wouldn’t be able to function without the hundreds of people who volunteer in various areas and make the whole thing work. For example, there are presently 40 people on our leading and preaching rotas. There are also volunteers who oversee key areas of ministry. 15

The Warfield Church incorporating in the Diocese of Oxford is a registered charity in England and Wales: No. 1129301 16