& Shefford Deanery MAP Summary - 2017

Southill Haynes Langford CamptonSheffordClifton Ampthill Millbrook Aspley HusborneRidgmont Guise SteppingleyFlitwick Woburn Crawley Shillington and Sands FlittonPulloxhill Upper with Lower Sh. Woburn HighamGravenhurst Gobion Milton Barton-le-Cley Bryan Harlington Hexton

Good Practice

Individuals in chapter and deanery taking on specific tasks based on their interests and gifts.

Deanery Vision

The overarching goal of this Deanery MAP is to be a strategic plan for future action which enables the mission of the church within the Deanery to be achieved. This mission - to go deeper into God, to transform communities and to make new disciples - will be addressed by means of the Deanery enabling, resourcing, sharing, celebrating and challenging. In these ways growth in the Kingdom of God through the churches which comprise this Deanery can be secured in a more coherent way.

MAP Priorities

Communication; Worship; Outreach & Mission; Lay Ministry; Finance; Church Buildings; Youth Work

SMART Goals for action for Deanery and any action or assistance from other bodies eg DMPC

Communication: • To develop a deanery contact list (based on the deanery print-outs being developed from the on-line Diocesan Directory) including e.g. organists available for funerals • To develop deanery identity in communications • To develop use of Facebook and websites BENEFICE CMF D.I. Posts Youth Work: • To hold a youth event during 2017 Ampthill with Millbrook and 133 1.0 • To establish a group/network for Youth 142 Workers Arlesey with Astwick 96 103 0.5 Mission & Outreach: with • To encourage all to look behind and 62 77 1.0 Mission Stats for areas of success and challenge Barton-le-Cley with • To hold an event presenting different and Hexton 122 105 1.0 nurture courses Campton, Clophill and Haynes 116 120 1.0 Clifton and Southill 115 82 1.0 102 149 1.0 The Deanery will also continue to keep in mind Gravenhurst, Shillington and Stondon 71 82 1.0 the needs of all parishes and benefices, identifying Harlington 41 41 1.0 any changes in the need for resources and any Henlow and Langford 90 99 1.0 Maulden 68 52 1.0 opportunities to create a more appropriate Meppershall and Shefford 101 115 1.0 structure for ministry and mission thorough Silsoe, and 98 101 1.0 recommendations for pastoral reorganisation. Westoning with Tingrith 92 69 0.5 104 62 1.0 Woburn with Eversholt, , & Pottesgrove 120 99 1.0 15.0