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Parish Profile 2021 Together in Mission Information relating to the appointment of a new Team Rector, who will also be Associate Archdeacon for Salop Archdeaconry Parish Profile 2021 Welcome An Overview Role Description WELCOME Person Specification Holy Trinity, Dawley St John’s, Lawley We are excited at the prospect of appointing a new Team Rector to the Parish of Central Telford and St Leonard’s, Malinslee we hope that this Profile will inspire you to consider applying. Thank you for taking the time to read what follows, and please know that we are praying for the appointment process as we look to discern St Mary’s, Ketley the person God is calling to lead the Parish into the next season of its life and mission. Stirchley & Brookside Working with Schools We hope that this Profile will give you a glimpse of what a great place Telford is to live and work in, and also some of the challenges and opportunities that there are here to strengthen the life of the Ecumenical churches and to lead the churches’ mission into a large and growing urban and suburban population. Worship Patterns This is a big job, but one in which there is scope to make a significant impact on the church’s life and Governance & Finances mission in the town. The appointment coincides with the start of Telford Minster and a Review of the The Rectory Deanery’s mission and resourcing, and with a fresh positivity about what is needed to turn around the Shaping for Mission low levels of church attendance in the town. Comment from the Area Dean If you are up for a challenge, can bring some creative missional thinking, will love us as you find us, and Comment from the can work collaboratively with Anglican and ecumenical colleagues working to a shared agenda, then Bishop of Shrewsbury this may be just the post for you. You will also be appointed as an Associate Archdeacon, able to work The Telford Area on a broad canvas across the episcopal Area, and as a close colleague of the Archdeacon of Salop. So, lots for you to think and pray about, as we shall be praying for you. www.telfordchurch.co.uk Welcome An Overview Role Description AN OVERVIEW Person Specification Holy Trinity, Dawley St John’s, Lawley The Central Telford Parish covers around a third of Telford’s population, and the town is still St Leonard’s, Malinslee growing, making it vibrant and diverse. We are one of the largest single parishes in the country, and St Mary’s, Ketley we are facing an unprecedented scale of missional challenge in an area where churchgoing is at a Stirchley & Brookside low ebb. The four churches each have a long history, and have adapted before to meet fresh Working with Schools challenges, and are ready to do so again as we look to build the confidence of the churches in their discipleship and mission. Change is part of the DNA of Telford. Only the Shropshire hills stay the Ecumenical same. Worship Patterns Governance & Finances The churches have their individual stories and they each identify with their distinct communities, The Rectory while also working together in a shared life and mission. They have all adapted well during 2020 as Shaping for Mission we have tried to continue with face to face worship as well as providing on-line options during the Comment from the various lockdowns. Labels rarely fit, but the feel of the Parish is middle Anglican with an openness Area Dean to the Holy Spirit and a real commitment to serve the local community in practical ways. There is a Comment from the growing desire in church members to go deeper in their faith and discover more about Bishop of Shrewsbury discipleship. Lay leadership of some services is developing. The Telford Area Page 1 of 3 Welcome An Overview Role Description AN OVERVIEW Person Specification Holy Trinity, Dawley The challenge St John’s, Lawley St Leonard’s, Malinslee There are lots of good things to celebrate in the churches and in the life of the team, as you will St Mary’s, Ketley read in this Profile. Our buildings are in good condition and two have been reordered with flexible seating and digital projection systems. We also have some strong community groups, good Stirchley & Brookside connections with many of the 15 Primary Schools in the Parish, a Saturday Messy Church and lots Working with Schools of opportunity to meet people through the occasional offices, as well as some lovely church Ecumenical members and dedicated churchwardens. Pastoral care is instinctive within the congregations and a Worship Patterns lot goes on unseen. Each church has a small study group, currently meeting on Zoom. We have a Governance & Finances great team of interim clergy, a Pioneer Minister, a retired Priest and 3 Readers, who have all served The Rectory us well during the period of the vacancy. Shaping for Mission Comment from the Our numbers, though, are small compared with the scale of the populations we are called to serve Area Dean and reach (with between 15 and 30 people attending each church on Sundays) and we have very Comment from the few children in our regular worship. We are aware that the average age of our members is on the Bishop of Shrewsbury high side, and that we are not connecting as we would like to with the large numbers of young The Telford Area people and families living in the large areas of new housing across the Parish. At times it feels like an impossible task to face such a missional mountain, with such limited resources. But we then remind ourselves that nothing is impossible with God, who seems to be able to do great things with small mustard seeds. Page 2 of 3 Welcome An Overview Role Description AN OVERVIEW Person Specification Shared Ministry Holy Trinity, Dawley Indeed, there are lots of signs of God at work in our individual lives and this gives us hope of a good future, under fresh St John’s, Lawley leadership. We anticipate that the new Team Rector will have clergy colleagues (the current establishment is 3.5, though St Leonard’s, Malinslee this is under review in the Shaping for Mission process), and they will be supported by 3 Readers and two part-time administrative staff as well as a small number of retired clergy. We are an active member of the Central Telford St Mary’s, Ketley Ecumenical Partnership. We welcome the start of Telford Minster, as a pioneering church on a Bishop’s Mission Order, Stirchley & Brookside working across Telford and beyond, to support inherited churches like our own and to establish new church communities, Working with Schools primarily on new estates. The Minster will have a particular focus on those under 40, and their families. It is hoped that as the Minster community grows disciples, some of them will also seek to serve God in the places where they live. This is a Ecumenical long term plan for overall growth. It will need close co-operation between the Minster and the older church communities. Worship Patterns The worship space in Meeting Point House in the town centre will also be an excellent place for youth gatherings from Governance & Finances across the area, children’s events, conferences and Diocesan meetings. Minster staff regularly offer to support us in this The Rectory Parish. We feel that we are not alone, and that we enjoy mutual support with others in the Deanery and many of our ecumenical colleagues. Shaping for Mission Comment from the Into all of this we look forward to welcoming a new Team Rector who will help us to build on what is good and to face the Area Dean challenges of growing the churches and reaching out to the population around us, with a lively and enthusiastic faith and a missional heart. We will need a leader who is energetic, prayerful, respectful, and imaginative. A leader who can help us Comment from the Bishop of Shrewsbury to find God’s vision for the future and who will help us to discern some achievable priorities over the next few years, and who will have both patience for the long haul and the courage to face up to the challenges ahead. Someone who can do it The Telford Area with love in their heart and a smile on their face! The position of Team Rector is going to be combined with a new post of Associate Archdeacon for the Salop Archdeaconry. This will require some good time management skills, but the combination will enhance both spheres of work, allowing the bigger picture to influence local decision making but also keeping the big canvas discussions rooted in the reality of daily life in a busy Parish. The dual role will be quite unique and give a breadth of understanding and experience of ministry that will be hard to find elsewhere. Page 3 of 3 Welcome An Overview Role Description ROLE DESCRIPTION Person Specification Holy Trinity, Dawley Team Rector of Central Telford Parish and St John’s, Lawley Associate Archdeacon of Salop Archdeaconry St Leonard’s, Malinslee This is an exciting developmental time for ministry and mission in Central Telford and in the wider Deanery. The St Mary’s, Ketley Patronage Board for this appointment is looking to appoint an experienced missional leader, with a track record Stirchley & Brookside of growing churches, who will journey with us in the footsteps of St Chad - to develop discipleship, encourage Working with Schools vocation and inspire evangelism. Ecumenical We are praying for someone who: Worship Patterns Governance & Finances • can build the life of the congregations spiritually and numerically, across the age range The Rectory • will give strong, creative and strategic leadership to the mission of the four churches Shaping for Mission • can build on the pioneering work started in Stirchley and Brookside Comment from the Area Dean • can inspire the churches to work collaboratively within the Parish, in the Deanery and with our ecumenical Comment from the partners Bishop of Shrewsbury • will strengthen a ‘whole parish’ sense of belonging and promote discipleship, vocation and evangelism The Telford Area • will affirm, respect and encourage the gifts of clergy and lay teams, and grow more lay leaders.
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