Benefice Profile

Beneﬁce Proﬁle September 2018

1 Welcome…..

…..to the Benefice of Lockington, Lund and Scorborough with Leconfield which comprises the parish churches of St Mary Lockington, All Saints Lund, St Leonard Scorborough and St Catherine Leconfield, four rural parishes on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, a beautiful part of East Yorkshire. The benefice is in Beverley Deanery in the Archdeaconry of the East Riding in the Diocese of York. We aspire to be a thriving and outgoing, mission focussed benefice blessed with people having numerous skills and talents. Whilst much good work has already been done, we recognise that we need to do more to know God better, to be whom God wants us to be, and to do what God wants us to do, in serving fully all those who live here. We continue to seek God’s guidance so that we might reach out in action, prayer and love, make Jesus known and to warmly welcome newcomers. We are looking for a rector who will help us to be churches that are alive and growing in faith and to lead us in vital and nurturing worship. We know, as one of our parishioners recently said, that ‘continuing to simply do the same things we have always done but only doing them better will not bring new people into our Church’, and another parishioner said ‘in this day and age we cannot be a silent church’. We need a leader who will help us find new and brave ways to meet the challenges of growth and mission to each of the communities. We are a benefice which has an inclusive and central tradition that celebrates the ministry of all priests and we welcome both women and men.

We understand rural life and don’t expect our Vicar to do everything – we have active church members who look forward to sharing in ministry with you!

Our Interregnum Prayer Lord, help us to be a people who respond to your calling. Develop your gifts in us, so that we may be joyful in worship, constant in prayer, and united in our care for one another. Call to this, your church and ours, a true shepherd, a person of God and a minister of Christ, that together we may seek to know God and make him known, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

2 What our Interregnum Prayer says about us…

Lord, help us to be a people

We are reliant on God and see ourselves not as a collection of individuals but as His body, His people.

Who respond to your calling

It’s not that we always need to initiate: rather we respond to what God tells us to do and move forward conﬁdently in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Develop your gifts in us, so that we may be

Gifts, both spiritual and natural, are not only to be used but deepened and developed.

Joyful in worship

This is our ﬁrst priority – to worship: not ‘correctly’, not ‘dutifully’, but joyfully.

Constant in prayer

We strive to ensure that prayer underpins all that we seek to do.

United in our care for one another

Endeavouring to be one body in Christ. From this ﬂows practical concern for our communities.

3 What The Interregnum Prayer Seeks in our next Vicar

Call to this your church, and ours

Someone who truly feels called to come here: by divine direction.

A true shepherd

Who, shepherd-like, knows their ﬂock as individuals. By name!

A person of God

Who has a strong, personal, un-dogmatic faith in the living God.

And a minister of Christ

Who ministers as Christ: caring, teaching, healing, serving, loving.

That together we may seek to know God

Who sees themselves as a leader engaging together with us in going deeper into the life of God.

And make him known

Who has the heart of an evangelist not just in the churches but out in the communities.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord

Who ministers knowing that Jesus is both utterly unique and completely available to us.

Amen

Let God have the last word.

4 Person Proﬁle for the Vicar

Lockington, Lund, and Scorborough with Leconﬁeld are rural parishes and the beneﬁce is seeking an incumbent with the following characteristics:

♦ A love for all people and a heart for mission and evangelism.

♦ An ability to encourage people to grow in their spiritual life.

♦ A strategic thinker, able to develop a vision with us of how we could fulﬁl our mission more effectively.

♦ A willing acceptance of women’s priestly ministry.

♦ A commitment to encourage children and young people.

♦ Skilled at leading and managing people, able to take bold and difﬁcult decisions where necessary, while retaining pastoral warmth, humour and good relationships.

♦ Proven leadership skills with a desire to continue to build and lead effective teams.

♦ An ability to communicate at all levels.

♦ An ability to discern gifts, to develop, support and empower members of the congregations.

♦ An ability to develop and sustain teaching and help for those wishing to explore and learn more about the Christian faith.

♦ Experience of a growing church would be welcome.

5 Worship across the beneﬁce

Worship across the beneﬁce embraces various forms of liturgy to meet the needs of congregations that encompass a broad spectrum of churchmanship and a wide enjoyment of the variety of services provided. The current monthly pattern is as follows, although the beneﬁce is open to change in the future:

Sunday

9.00am Parish Communion (Common Worship) 1st Sunday Lockington, 2nd Leconfield, 3rd Scorborough, 4th Lund 5th Sunday Benefice Communion (10am) rotated around the benefice

10.45am Morning Worship 1st Sunday Scorborough, 2nd Lund, 3rd Lockington, 4th Leconﬁeld

Wednesday

1st Wednesday of the month 9.30am Midweek Communion, Lockington

3rd Wednesday of the month

9.15am Celtic Morning Prayer, Leconﬁeld

Special services across the beneﬁce include Lessons and Carols Services at each church in Advent, a Children’s Crib Service, Midnight Eucharist and Christmas services and a full programme of services in Holy Week and Easter. We also hold services to mark other festivals in the churches year, including particularly a programme of harvest events.

During the past three years there have been ?? baptisms ?? marriages and ?? funerals across the beneﬁce.

6 The Beneﬁce Villages & Churches

St Mary, Lockington This Grade 1 Listed church was originally built in 1150 by the Norman Lord of the Manor, subsequently extended in the 14th century, altered again in the 18th century and then a major restoration was carried out by Temple Moore in 1893. Recently, a number of important modiﬁcations have been made including the resiting of the font and the removal of pews from the Moyser side chapel. Further work is planned to the west end of the church which will include the addition of kitchen facilities and a toilet. A generous donor enabled a beautiful modern stained glass window to be installed on the south side of the church in 2010. This depicts the parable of the sower, a very apt subject in such a rural village. The church has been well maintained and is in good condition and the recent quinquennial inspection has revealed no major issues.

7 The Village of Lockington The village of Lockington is arranged around a number of open green spaces, many of which are still actively farmed, and the Bryan Mills Beck runs through the centre of the village alongside Front Street. The village still has a number of active farms and much of the surrounding land is part of the Dalton Estate. The parish has a population of around 524 (2011 census) including 70 under the age of 18, a further 115 under the age of 45 and a further 205 between 45 and 65 years of age. There are a wide range of well supported village activities and a well maintained and resourced village hall, the former Victorian church school.

Lockington CofE VC Primary School The school occupies a modern, well equipped building (2002) with approximately 41 children on roll. The church has excellent links with the school and is very keen to develop these further. The Rector and one parishioner are Foundation Governors.

8 All Saints, Lund All Saints Church, a Grade II listed building, has been recently re-ordered following the sale of the old church hall. The church now has excellent facilities including kitchen and toilet, and is now a very versatile space following removal of the pews. There are …. on the electoral roll and the average attendance at regular services is ….. A monthly Saturday morning ‘bacon butties’ event is held in the church along with a range of activities including concerts and board games afternoons and an Irish Night with folk music and food is planned later this year. The children’s nursery in the village hold their carol service in church and this is well supported by families and friends, bringing in people from outside the small but regular congregation. These activities draw people from the wider community and also other parishes and are an important part of the outreach of the church.

9 The Village of Lund Lund is a small very attractive rural village equidistant between Beverley and Drifﬁeld and on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. Although still very much an agricultural area, the number of people actively involved with agriculture is small and the village is rather more a dormitory for the local market towns and the cities of Hull and York. The parish has a population of around 308 (2011 census) including 50 under the age of 18, a further 71 under the age of 45 and a further 103 between 45 and 65 years of age. The village has a wide range of successful activities and events in the recently built village hall and an excellent village public house.

10 St Leonard, Scorborough The church of St Leonard, Scorborough is a beautiful grade 1 listed church designed by John Pearson and dedicated in 1859. There are 34 on the electoral roll and the average attendance at regular services is around 10, although much greater support on festival days such as Harvest and Christmas Carol services. There is a small nucleus of committed and active people in this small hamlet and the church plays it’s full part in the beneﬁce activities, including hosting a Sunday Lunch in the summer which attracts around 95-110 friends and neighbours. A project is under development to provide disabled access to the church via a ramp. Following an electrical ﬁre in the vestry in 2011 the church was thoroughly cleaned as part of the repair work and is in excellent condition.

The hamlet of Scorborough Scorborough is a very small rural hamlet with a population of 54 (2011 census) including 13 under the age of 20. Scorborough forms part of the civil parish of Leconﬁeld.

11 St Catherine, Leconﬁeld This lovely village church is Grade 1 listed and dates from the 1600’s although there has been a church recorded on the site since the Anglo-Saxon period. There are RAF and Polish war graves and a chapel related to the former airbase located in the village. There are 35 on the electoral roll and the regular attendance at church services is around 12. The church holds a weekly coffee morning with around 12 to 18 villagers attending regularly and enjoying the social time together. After installing toilet facilities in early 2018 the church is working towards replacing the outdated kitchen area in order to expand the ability to offer more for the local community, particularly the elderly and vulnerable, and to be able to offer a space for young mothers to meet. There is a community primary school in Leconﬁeld and they use the church for Harvest, Christmas and end of year school services and the previous rector built good personal links with the school. We hope to build on this relationship and enhance the link between the church and the school community and we would very much like our new rector to play a key role in this area.

12 The Village of Leconfield Leconfield is a large village of over 700 houses surrounded by agricultural land and includes the nearby hamlet of Arram. The parish has a population of around 2127 (2011 census) including 480 under the age of 18, a further 742 under the age of 45 and a further 569 between 45 and 65 years of age. The village is just 3 miles away from the vibrant market town of Beverley. There is a village post office and a Recreational Club Room with Sports Hall and field attached. The recreation facilities are well used by many different community groups. The village is adjacent to an ex-RAF airfield which is now used as the Joint Services Driving School and as a result has a small permanent resident staff and a much larger number of personnel who pass through the camp for relatively short periods while undergoing training. During the Second World War the airfield was a major RAF station with a number of Polish Squadrons based there as well as a large contingent of RAF personnel. As a result the church has a significant number of war and other service graves in the churchyard and a memorial in church to those who gave their lives. Every year the church receives many visitors linked to the services.

13 Benefice support and activities Since early 2017 the benefice has been very fortunate to have the generous use of an office close to the church at Scorborough. This is staffed on a voluntary basis for one afternoon each week and much of the administrative work of the benefice churches is supported in this way. There are regular meetings of the churchwardens from each parish held in the office. There is a Pastoral Care and Share Group which includes members from three of the churches, including a Recognised Parish Assistant, and this group provides support to elderly and vulnerable people as appropriate across the benefice. The benefice also has the services of a Recognised Worship Assistant who regularly leads some of the Morning Worship services across the benefice. We also have the generous services of three organists who play for most of the services across the benefice and we are privileged to enjoy this excellent support.

15 The Rectory The Rectory is situated in Lockington at the end of a private driveway off Church Lane with access to the church car park and the south side of the churchyard. The house was built in 1963/4 and is an attractive family home set in the centre of a large plot. On the ground floor there is a sitting room, fitted kitchen with family dining area and a separate dining room. There is an entrance lobby with a cloakroom, off which is situated the study. Upstairs there are four good-sized bedrooms, a bathroom with shower and a separate toilet. Outside there are generous gardens surrounding the house, a garage and parking space for up to four or five vehicles. The central heating is provided via a recently replaced oil-fired boiler and an intruder alarm is also fitted to the house.

Finance The benefice contributes a free-will offering to the diocese of approximately £20000 each year. This is apportioned across the benefice largely on the basis of the regular numbers of communicants. It will be important to review this contribution over the coming years in order to ensure that we contribute a fair share of the costs of the 16 benefice and the wider diocese. The parishes also make significant donations to a range of charities which they support via a range of fundraising activities. All the parishes benefit from income in excess of costs and all have reserves of varying levels. This is a significant achievement and the parishes benefit from extremely generous gifts of talent, time and material resources which are all freely given to further mission in our parish and diocese and to further the work of a number of other good causes. There is a brief summary of the 2017 parish finances attached as Appendix 1

Communications The Messenger, our monthly beneﬁce newsletter, is a thriving publication which provides a wide range of parish church and village information and news. This is distributed freely across the parishes, in some cases to all the houses within a village. In several of our parishes we also contribute to other village publications to ensure details of our activities are made known across the beneﬁce. A copy of a recent edition is attached as Appendix 2 for your information.

Location map of local area A map of the local area showing the location of the churches in the beneﬁce is attached as Appendix 3.

The broader locality The beautiful Georgian market town of Beverley lies just a few miles to the south of the beneﬁce, and Drifﬁeld, a smaller but very active market town, is approximately seven miles to the north. There are secondary schools in both towns although the majority of children attend the schools in Beverley. The city of York is about 45 minutes drive to the west.

17 Beverley Deanery in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Beverley Deanery is a genuine mixture of town, suburban and rural parishes. Made up of 18 churches over 7 benefices with a variety of lay and ordained ministers, which make up the Greater Chapter. We seek to be generous churches making and nurturing disciples through our growing relationships with each other, giving freely to the wider Church needs and reaching beyond our regular worshipping communities. Our parishes are situated in a beautiful part of Yorkshire with the coast only a 30 minute drive away and the North York Moors right on our doorstep. Beverley town centre is a busy and lively centre for shopping and entertainment; a short walk beyond the historic town centre is the Flemingate complex, which hosts a cinema, lots of eateries and cafes as well as East Riding College; one of two Further Education Colleges in the Deanery with Bishop Burton College as the second. Beverly Train Station has regular services heading out to Sheffield, Hull and Scarborough. The many villages around the area have a long history and are picturesque and largely unspoilt. Many of the village pubs are well worth a visit for their food and cosy settings. Cycling, running, horse-riding, dog walking and hiking are very popular in the area and there are clubs to join for every level of enthusiast. We really look forward to welcoming a new colleague to the Deanery and trust you will get a sense of God’s Mission in this place as you read the Profile.

18 Appendix 1

Parish Income Freewill Total Reserves Oﬀer to Expenditure Diocese Lockington £23399 £10250 £23047 £31026

Lund £10486 £1750 £12598 £6692

Scorborough £10077 £3000 £8515 £6791

Leconﬁeld £11967 £3600 £12097 £52679

Notes:

Lockington: Some of reserves earmarked for building enhancements Lund: Total resources have reduced due to the completion of major re-ordering Leconﬁeld: Substantial portion of reserves earmarked for re-ordering work which is awaiting ﬁnal faculty approval

19 Appendix 2

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23 Appendix 3

IF YOU FEEL GOD IS CALLING YOU TO TAKE US ON THE NEXT STEP OF OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.