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Application Pack APPLICATION PACK Vicar of the Parish of St Matthew and St Nathanael, Kingsdown, Bristol CONTENTS Message from Bishop Lee Page 4 Message from the Area Dean Page 5 Introduction Page 6 The Church Community Page 8 The Parish Page 11 The Church’s Ministry and Mission Activities Page 12 The Buildings Page 18 Statistics Page 20 Diocese of Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar of the Parish St Matthew and Nathanael, Kingsdown, Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar Diocese of Bristol Finances Page 21 Parish Summary Page 23 PCC Commitment Page 23 Role Description Page 24 Person Specification Page 26 The Diocese of Bristol Page 28 Parish contacts and further information Page 29 Page 3 FROM THE BISHOP March 2018 Thank you for showing an interest in the role of Vicar of the Parish of St Matthew and St Nathanael. This is a church which has fallen vacant earlier than expected but it has given an opportunity to think deeply about the sort of church they are called to be. With the right leadership there is a sense that the church will again thrive in a dynamic part of Bristol. This information pack provides an outline of the role, the skills and experience that we are looking for. Background to the context has also been included. As we await the appointment of the next Bishop of Bristol, we continue to as a diocese to live out our vision of ‘Creating connections’ – with God, each other and our communities, across Bristol, Swindon, South Gloucestershire and North Wiltshire. These are exciting times for us as we sense a real energy locally to reconnect with our communities and reignite our calling to be a Church for this and future generations. Our vision, priorities of making disciples, growing leaders and engaging younger generations, and the strategic plan that has been agreed to support them are our response to what God is calling us to. This can be explored further at www.bristol.anglican.org/creatingconnections. Thank you for taking the time to consider this opportunity. If this is a role that excites you we would very much like to hear from you and we look forward to receiving your application. If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with one of the contacts listed at the end of this pack. To apply please visit https://pathways.churchofengland.org Yours in the Good Shepherd, Rt Revd Lee Rayfield Bishop of Swindon Page 4 FROM THE AREA DEAN 6 April 2018 Dear friends I would like to add a note to this pack to thank you for your interest in the post and to give a personal perspective on this appointment. St Matthew’s is a neighbouring parish to the parish where I have served as Vicar since 1999 and it is a community that I have got to know quite well over the years. As the profile makes clear, the church has an unusual DNA, as it still draws on the different streams that contributed to its original formation in the 1980’s. I have greatly appreciated the creativity of worship and witness that arise from the combination of the different evangelical, charismatic and Diocese of Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar of the Parish St Matthew and Nathanael, Kingsdown, Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar Diocese of Bristol catholic traditions that arise from its history. The church is fortunate to have some very gifted and committed ministers and leaders who have worked to draw the fellowship together, particularly over the last few months. They are a community who are ready to welcome a pastor who will love them and lead them forward - in return I am confident that they will love and support their new pastor and respond to fresh leadership and direction. Bristol is one of the most exciting places in the country to be a follower of Christ. It is a centre of excellence in many fields - healthcare, education, aviation industry and the media to name a few. It is also a wonderfully diverse city and takes pride in its status as a City of Sanctuary, with people from all over the world calling it home. City Deanery draws together 24 churches on the centre and east of the city. Within the Deanery we have a number of ‘clusters’ and St Matthew’s have historically been linked with the parishes of Redland, St Paul’s with Cotham Parish and Bishopston. We have recently made an appointment to the parishes of St Paul’s with Cotham Parish and Redland is also hoping to appoint a new incumbent, both of whom will be starting in the autumn. It would be great to see a supportive network established between the new ministers to carry this sense of local partnership forward. Please be assured of our prayers as you consider applying to join us in ministry in this wonderful city. With best wishes in Christ Page 5 INTRODUCTION Welcome to St Matthew and St Nathanael. We hope in reading our parish profile you will gain a sense of the strength of the gathered community of Christians that make up St Matthew’s. We are praying that God would draw someone to us who has the type of experience that would enable them to exercise and facilitate leadership in a church with many gifted and able people who want to know God better and follow him more faithfully. Most of all, we seek someone who has a prayerful spirituality and who has a deep delight in encountering God in the Scriptures and by his Spirit and in Diocese of Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar of the Parish St Matthew and Nathanael, Kingsdown, Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar Diocese of Bristol making Christ known in the world. A person who seeks to bring God’s desire for reconciliation and healing into relationships, who has a pastoral heart and a manner that enables all to feel valued and welcome. We are looking for someone who has a track record in helping Christians grow in discipleship. The church values good preaching and the ability to open up understanding of the Bible’s teaching in ways that relate to day-to-day life. And we seek a person who can lead us in mission beyond our walls, particularly with families, children and young adults. Church numbers have fallen of late and where previously we had a good number of families with children and a thriving children’s work, this ministry is currently small following the departure of several families last year. A key goal of the church is to see this ministry grow again and take its place at the heart of our church family. We sense that this desire is central to our calling. Likewise, there are many in our church family who are engaged in ministries of social justice. We would hope that our new vicar would share and support this passion. Page 6 The parish is situated in a part of Bristol where many are connected to the university and hospitals. As a family church we would love to see students and young adults make their spiritual home with us. We have a close relationship with Trinity College from where a number of ordinands over the years have been on extended placement. There is an opportunity for the St Matthew’s vicar to play a key role in helping build relationships with students and young adults. This could take the church into new areas of ministry, but it could help us in offering the gifts of our community life to a wider range of people Diocese of Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar of the Parish St Matthew and Nathanael, Kingsdown, Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar Diocese of Bristol in our parish. We are a relatively diverse and to some extent independent-minded group of people, though with a common desire to love God better. Our churchmanship is influenced by our history, in which two churches of different traditions came together in the 1980s. It has led to an ethos of respect for difference and an unusual blend of the evangelical and the sacramental. It leads us to place a high value on the authority of the Bible, to seek to encounter God both in the everyday and in a focused way through the Eucharist, and to want to live lives that are in step with God’s Holy Spirit. We would love to share this adventure of life in Christ with someone who felt able to help us to grow in these things and to help us share with others from outside the church what God is doing. Page 7 THE CHURCH COMMUNITY WHAT KIND OF CHURCH ARE WE? In preparing to write this profile, we consulted the church members to gain a sense of what kind of church we are and seek to be. What follows does not capture all that was said, but it seeks to tease out where the common themes lie. We are a church that seeks to honour God through Word, Spirit and Sacrament. Diocese of Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar of the Parish St Matthew and Nathanael, Kingsdown, Bristol Application Pack for a Vicar Diocese of Bristol • We want to delight in God’s Word. • We want to be open to the empowering of the Holy Spirit. • We want to know the grace of Christ as we gather around his table. We want to learn more about God and be encouraged through meeting together to live lives that more fully reveal his character and to allow the things that we learn to affect how we live and work each day.
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