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Visitation News Diocese of York archdeacons’ visitation news Spring 2019 - issue 17 A Bishop in a Bookies A former Bishop of Derby used to tell the story of how he was invited to a conference for Senior Church leaders and, as part of the preparation, the delegates were asked to place a £10 bet on any horse of their choice in a High Street Bookmakers. He was very uncomfortable with the suggestion. most will feel unsure how to behave – they He didn’t bet and had never been in a bookies are like a Bishop in a Bookies! If you are not and never really wanted to and he wouldn’t convinced, just watch the way most baptism know what on earth to do if he did. He quietly parties behave. Often their behaviour irritates decided to ignore the request. On arriving at the our regular church members, but it is simply a conference there were lots of other Bishops reflection that they feel awkward and insecure and gradually they all confessed to having had – they are outside their ‘comfort zone’ and the same reaction – none of them liked the idea, don’t know what to do. none of them would have known what to do and The diocese is seeking to ‘Reach those we none of them had done it! currently don’t’. If we are to achieve this we The theme of the conference was exploring must consider how we overcome the ‘gap’ how churches can engage with their wider between most parishioners and ourselves. communities. The main speaker explained why If we are to encounter them in our churches, he had set them the preparation... he wanted then we need to think through how we offer them to have to engage with a place and with a warm welcome, put them at ease and make people where they felt completely out of place; the service accessible to them. And it may be he wanted them to feel ‘lost’ and unaware of that if the gap is too wide and we need to take how to behave – he wanted them to have the the church to them – to meet them somewhere same experience so many people have when that they are comfortable and to be willing to they come to church! adapt church for them. Church is an alien place to so many people There will probably be different answers in in our parishes. Most parishioners rarely different places... what might it look like where come through our doors and when they do you are? Produced and printed by Sam Rushton Andy Broom Sarah Bullock Archdeacon of Cleveland Archdeacon of the East Riding Archdeacon of York www.ecclesiastical.com/churchmatters Ben Walker, 20s-40s Associate Team Leader, How many people in their is heavily involved in the leadership of the G2 20s, 30s and 40s worship church plant in York, where he mentors young leaders. Ben regularly in your church? oversees support for part-time 20s-40s Ministers. Lots of 20s-40s at your church? We’d love to pray for you, learning from you about what What support is available? is working and how we can support that to see it grow and multiply. Full Time 20s-40s Ministers: Thirteen locations across our diocese will have full-time Who is the “we” you keep 20s-40s ministers in place by the summer. referring to? Over the next five years, they will plant new worshipping communities where they are There’s now a diocesan 20s-40s team: located. Each will also offer support to other churches, especially in their own deanery, Richard White, Director seeking to reach 20s to 40s. of Making & Nurturing Disciples, previously Part Time 20s-40s Ministers: We’re had experience planting looking for 25 lay leaders who are involved and supporting new in reaching out to 20s-40s, whatever congregations and leaders that looks like, and who have potential to in the Diocese of Liverpool. grow a team and plant a new worshipping Richard oversees the community, given the ability to commit No 20s-40s at your church? We’d love to 20s-40s and People in significant time and with lots of support. pray for you, watching for signs that the Spirit Poverty strategies. We can offer support, mentoring and, where is opening a door to connect with 20s-40s. appropriate, funding to employ them probably John Lee, 20s-40s Team When the door opens, we can support you as for a day a week. you go through it. Leader, is an experienced priest who led one of Toolbox: We’re about to launch a new A few 20s-40s at your church? We’d love the largest churches website with a host of ideas, local stories, to pray for you, exploring with your 20s-40s in our diocese with a tools and other resources for parishes how they can naturally and effectively reach track record of growing reaching out to 20s-40s. As the work grows out to their peers. In some cases that may young leaders. John now across the diocese, the toolbox will become give the opportunity to see a new worshipping oversees the full time a place to share what is happening and learn community emerge. 20s-40s Ministers. from each other. foremost, as disciples – people who are Your part in our joined-up movement drawn to the person of Jesus and are willing Bishop of Whitby Paul Ferguson writes... to find our lives being shaped around him. This isn’t a series of projects in particular places, but everything we are aiming to do joins Thank you for taking a leading part in the and how the new ministers will ‘tithe’ their up as a movement for us all to be caught up in. life of your parish as Churchwarden! time to the wider Diocese. Please do pray for all that we share together Amid all the day-to-day jobs and We are moving on with our plans for as God’s people in our Diocese of York. responsibilities, I hope you sense that new ministries to address the fact you have a real part in our flourishing as a that people who live in places where Diocese together. there is deprivation are less likely to be connected with the Church. I’m sure that you’re familiar by now with our We have a new diocesan adviser for three diocesan goals of reach, grow, sustain. Children and Youth, and we have Those are shared goals because the same re-shaped our Education team to make themes apply to every parish: Whom is there stronger links between the life of Church, still to reach with the Gospel? How can we home and school. grow as Christ’s Body in Christlikeness, The Generous Giving and Stewardship commitment, partnership, influence and team is now in place and it members are numbers? What needs to be done to sustain getting to know the Diocese, with the aim the life and ministry of the Church? of helping parishes to re-think principles New strategic ways of working in the Diocese of giving and to strengthen their finances. are starting to appear now, and the aim is We’re putting more emphasis on parish every parish will benefit. Here’s an update... mission support, to help individuals’ gifts You can read elsewhere in these pages to be recognised and grown. about the major developments in ministry The basis for all this has to be that we among people in the 20s-40s age group, see ourselves and one another, first and Cover photography: Sammi Tooze Sammi photography: Cover promotionalContains Parish Pixels – material show us what makes your church special This year, our church competition celebrates churches across the UK through photography. However, it is far from just a photography Insurance advice competition! that’s right up We’ll be asking every church to send us a to the exceptional architecture of your church your street single photo showing what makes their church building. No two churches are the same, Our Church Insurance Consultants special, whether taken by a professional or a and we want to celebrate what makes your offer a locally-based advisory member of the congregation on a smartphone. church special. service to churches up and down We know that every church, its congregation, How would you show how unique and the country, either face-to-face or over the phone. and community is unique. From the volunteer special your church is in just one photo? who holds everything together, to the Find out more about the competition and Our five consultants are responsible for children’s groups who brighten up the Sunday how your church can enter at: a particular region of the country, and services. From the beautiful flower gardens, www.ecclesiastical.com/parishpixels are available to visit your church and parish to give on-the-spot advice, as well as scheduling seminars and training. This could include help with explaining your insurance policy, to giving risk management presentations, and providing churchwarden training. Each member of the team isn’t just an expert in insurance, they also have a deep involvement with the church themselves. Thanks to their background in the church, they appreciate and understand the concerns that PCCs and congregations have. Through support and guidance, and by giving our customers the reassurance that they are doing things safely and securely, our consultants can enable churches to focus on what really matters: worship, mission and outreach. With their support, we hope to help make our nation’s churches a vibrant, vital and exciting part of the community for the twenty-first century and beyond.
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