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OUR NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020 SIGN UP TO OUR MAILINGS HERE SAVE THE DATE: DIOCESE PREPARES TO WELCOME 2020 ROADSHOWS Plans for the 2020 diocesan NEW & PRIESTS roadshows continue and we will shortly be sharing information about how and where you can join in. With Covid-19 causing the postponement of so many This year’s roadshows will take events, it is with great joy that we look forward to place on: September 22, October 21, welcoming our new deacons and priests at their November 9, 18 and 30 and December later this month. 1. During each session there will be a St Petroc’s Church in will be the chance to hear from the new bishop of backdrop for the ordinations of Laura St Germans, . We will also Bushell Hawke, Helen Davies, Nicola be formally introducing the diocesan Farr and Robin Thwaites as deacons on vision The Saints Way to you. Friday, September 25. With Covid-19 having played havoc Also on September 25 at St Petroc’s, with all our lives, the roadshows will Revd Geraldine Ashton, Revd Lee also this year include the swearing in Chantler, Revd Claire Jones, Revd Rose of Churchwardens. Jones and Revd Jeffrey Terry will be ordained as priests. St Erme. Christine Schmaus will serve in the We look forward to seeing you later On September 26, Cathedral will Benefice of and and the this month for the first of our events. be the venue for the ordinations of Carol United Benefice of West . Edleston, Patrick Gilbert, Paul Salaman PRIESTS and Christine Schmaus as deacons. Revd Geraldine Ashton will serve in the FUNDS FOR MISSION: The following day, it will be the turn of Benefice of the North Cluster of Revd Philip Aindow, Revd Fiona Giorla, Churches. Revd Lee Chantler will serve in the GRANTS AVAILABLE Revd William Harwood, Revd Keiren Benefice of and the Benefice of St “Funds for Mission” are blessings to Marwood, Revd Janette Mullett and Columb Minor & Colan. Revd Claire Jones help us join in with God’s mission, and Revd Jonathan Rowe to be ordained as will serve in the Bodmin Benefice. Revd Rose Jones will serve in the Cluster that mission is to reflect in heart and priests in the cathedral. of Churches. Revd Jeffrey Terry will serve in hand the passions and priorities of DEACONS the Camel-Allen Benefice. Revd Philip Aindow Jesus. will serve in the Benefice of & St Laura Bushell Hawke will serve in the Benefice Keyne. Revd Fiona Giorla will serve in the The diocese offers two levels of grant of St Germans with Antony & Sheviock. Benefice of , & funding to encourage and support Helen Davies will serve in the Benefice of with St Petroc Minor. Revd William Harwood Launceston and in the Benefice of Boyton, will serve in the Benefice of St Kea. Revd parishes in their mission. This funding North Tamerton, Werrington, St Giles-in- Keiren Marwood will service in the Benefice is particularly aimed at projects that the-Heath & Virginstow. Nicola Farr will of St Ives & Halsetown. Revd Janette Mullett fit with the vision of the diocese and serve in the Benefice of Launceston. Robin will service in the Benefice of All Saints can meet at least one of the five Thwaites will serve in the Camelside Benefice. Highertown & Baldhu. Revd Jonathan Rowe strategic diocesan priorities. Carol Edleston will serve in the Benefice of will serve in the Benefice of St Stithians with . Patrick Gilbert will serve in the Perran-ar-worthal & , the Benefice More information is available on Benefice of All Saints Highertown & Baldhu. of Chacewater with & , the diocesan website here or email Paul Salaman will serve in the Benefice of the Benefice of Devoran and the Benefice of [email protected] Probus, Ladock, with Creed & Feock.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020 2 THE SAINTS’ WAY: CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE BISHOP PHILIP CALLS FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT MORE THAN AN ALGORITHM LEBANESE CHURCH FUND The , the Rt Revd As schools prepare to open their doors again to a Philip Mounstephen, has urged everybody to consider giving to a fund new term after five months of Covid-19 induced set up to help people whose lives have been devastated by the explosion in lockdown, diocesan Director of Education Katie Beirut. Fitzsimmons reflects on what has been a summer of The explosion in the country’s main port killed at least 154 people and is exam stress for pupils and teachers alike. believed to have injured around 5,000 others. It is estimated that around 300,000 people have lost their homes The summer break is always a mix as a result of the blast. of work and rest in education as teachers finish off, tidy up, recuperate, Beirut is the country’s capital, and the get new ideas and start to plan again. port is also the main way that food is Added to this for secondary and imported into Lebanon. higher education colleagues are the A fund has been set up by the Church exam results. Mission Society (CMS), of which Results in GCSE and post-16 Bishop Philip was previously the represent milestones which determine executive leader, to channel aid via a the next stage of the journey for our church close to the blast site. students. For schools, they have Thankfully, students of both A Level To contribute to the fund, click here. become headlines which define and GCSE exams have accessed organisational success or failure. their centre assessed grades which These are very high stakes points in hopefully were a benefit to most. the lives of students and teachers. We are grateful for that and pray for MASK PLEA Consequently, the build up to them their new adventures with all it will PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO SHOW is always a period of anticipation, bring. A Level students can see their anxiety and stress as young people, COMPASSION TO THE UNMASKED - paths again and can move on from READ THE STORY HERE parents and teachers alike wait to see the distress and disappointment they what grades have been achieved and had felt, now getting packed up and what they will mean for September. excited for their future. These parents Early on in the pandemic, we knew can breathe a sigh of relief and see GET AN EARLY START ON that exams and results would require their children off on their journey to careful handling – even with Covid-19 university and beyond. Our prayers will these results both acknowledge the be with them. YOUR FESTIVE GIFT SHOP journey so far and determine the Schools can now plan on the basis & HELP LOCAL CHARITIES future for our young people. It was of what they know and enable that with feelings of immense frustration to inform their work for the coming The Christmas Giving catalogue, and anger therefore that we faced year; they can get back to focusing which is produced by the Cornwall the situation in Scotland regarding on opening schools safely for as many Independent Poverty Forum in A Levels and then saw it repeated in students as possible in September conjunction with the , . For young people looking to and teachers can get back to planning will be available to download in the move on to university and other next to teach. This brings its own worries next month. steps, this time is critical and short. of course, but is certainly better than Places, accommodation, jobs and having the challenges of exam appeals The catalogue features 20 local funding all move fast to be ready for a to deal with as well. We pray for our charities with the aim of raising funds September start. With anxiety levels schools, our teachers and school to support the vital work they do in high already due to Covid-19, the leaders, as they prepare for the new our communities. pressures of the last week have done school year and thank them for all little to offer hope and encouragement they continue to do in support of the The catalogue will be available to our young people. Indeed, in this children in their care. to download on the Cornwall time of pandemic, Bishop Philip Independent Poverty Forum website reflects that “Covid-19 simply, in so Most of all we all should remember here and also on the diocesan website many ways, exposes and amplifies that our worth is in what we do and here. existing vulnerabilities and privileges” how we live. and the impact of the algorithm laid Make a difference this Christmas by that bare for us all to see. Read the full article here. giving a gift of charity.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020 3 ‘THE CHURCH IS NOW INSTANTLY ACCESSABLE’ SHARE YOUR LEARNING FROM LOCKDOWN TREASURE DISCOVERED DURING The Diocese of Truro would like to hear what lockdown has been like for people in Cornwall and we would like LOCKDOWN IN OUR PARISHES you to share your thoughts. All you need to do to take part is As Revd Vanda Perret says in record yourself answering three one of her recent blogs, one constant questions on your phone or ipad, throughout the history of church life and send them to us. We are hoping and the way people worship, is that to use your responses to make a it is always changing. Perhaps not short film which will be shown to quite as radically or as quickly as it church leaders in late September as has changed during these Covid-19 part of a discussion about what we dominated months, but change is are learning, as communities, from woven into the fabric of worship. lockdown. We are looking for simple, Another constant, of course, is God. honest answers from people of all He hasn’t changed, He hasn’t left us ages and all walks of life. and as Vanda says of the current re- opening of churches, “When we gather The questions we are looking for to worship together God will be with screen and everyone is there. There is answers on are: us in the same way God is with us as just this lovely sense of togetherness • What has been the greatest we worship at home, on the internet, and shared purpose.” on the TV and radio.” challenge of lockdown? Morning prayers have been a collective So, what can we learn from these • What has the been the greatest effort with five others – Readers, blessing of lockdown? changes? What will we keep, and what retired clergy, team vicar Deb Grigg will we let go of? When churches and , Revd Graham Adamson. • What is the greatest opportunity closed during lockdown, Revd Caspar It means that the workload can be before us now? Bush, like many other clergy across shared, and Caspar has been able to If you are interested in sharing your Cornwall, found the new ways to ‘move’ or ‘Zoom’ around to the many views, please contact kelly.rowe@ reach out energising. Together with other churches under his care. On truro.anglican.org and we will provide his supportive team of lay people occasion, he’s dialled into the fourth you with a consent form and let you and clergy, they tried out different Zoom call by 9.30am, but it has most know how to send us your videos. All methods from Zoom to Royal Mail, definitely cut down on transportation completed videos (and the completed Facebook to phone calls and YouTube costs to the pocket and the planet. to emails. Caspar looks after five consent form) will need to be with us churches in the benefice as The lockdown also made it easier for by September 11, 2020. well as overseeing the Eight Saints people who work to join in this part If there are others in your community, Cluster, so feedback was never in of church life as working from home church or family who would like to short supply! Being flexible to change affords greater flexibility. take part, please feel free to invite and working together have got them them too. through. At the other end of the day and further down Cornwall, Revd Canon If you would like to share your views “We’ve tried all sorts of things, Vanda Perret, pictured above, has privately, not via video, then please including after-church coffee via been sharing daily evening prayers send them via email to comms@truro. Zoom. But that involved random as part of the Land’s End Churches’ anglican.org breakout rooms, so you never knew offering, via Facebook. They are a who you were going to be sharing lovely, gentle way to end every day and If you have any problems or questions, coffee with, which a few found a bit the advantage of Facebook is that if don’t hesitate to contact Kelly at the scary!” So they moved to groups for you cannot catch the prayers live, you email above. the five churches, which gave a level of can watch and be ‘present’ later. continuity but also allowed for those who wanted to mix it up a bit and pop “It’s funny as it feels surprisingly in and out of different sessions. intimate and connected, even though I’m just talking to a screen. I know One thing Caspar says is definitely a people are there or will be. Since APCM DEADLINE lockdown, I’ve had more requests keeper is the morning prayer service. THE DEADLINE FOR APCMS IS for prayer through this than at any “It’s just been delightful, seeing all OCTOBER 31, 2020. NEXT WEEK time ever in my 25 years of ministry, those faces in the morning. We start INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO which includes three years as a prison with a bit of banter, while we wait for HOLD A MEETING WILL chaplain.” the predictably late crowd, (so not BE CIRCULATED TO that different!), then by the time we PARISH OFFICERS. have finished, I look at the shared Read the full article here.

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH & MISSION: SIGN UP TO PARISH GIVING OUR NEWS SEPTEMBER 2020 4 SIGHT LOSS FRIENDLY MARK THIS CREATIONTIDE CHURCH FREE WEBINARS The Torch Trust has launched its new initiative Sight Loss Friendly Church (SLFC) to help churches to become BY DISCOVERING HOW TO accessible for people with sight loss. It are providing some free 30 minute SLFC taster sessions on Zoom for HELP THE ENVIRONMENT churches to find out more about SLFC including all the benefits of this free resource, meet the SLFC team and ask The theme for this year’s Season of Creation, which questions. runs from September 1 through to October 4, is The sessions are planned for September 29 and 30 and October Jubilee for the Earth. 27 & 28. For more information visit sightlossfriendlychurch.org.uk or to Jubilee is a time of rest for the land informative, as evidenced by this recent book a place email SLFC@torchtrust. from exploitation, and to restore comment from a participant: “Thank org.uk ecosystems and people. you again for being so encouraging today. It’s so uplifting to hear about the Today we are being ever more urgently differences people are making. Thank ENERGY FOOTPRINT TOOL invited, not just to offer our thanks you very much for your time bringing Bishop Hugh recently wrote to all to God for the beauty of creation and us together and facilitating all that licensed clergy, churchwardens, PCC for God’s wonderful provision for our exchange of information - brilliant and secretaries and treasurers on the subject needs through nature, but to take inspirational stuff!” of climate care and a new tool that the responsibility for caring properly for has launched to help that natural world, as God calls us us lower our impact on the environment. to do. There are many opportunities throughout the year to make care for The new Energy Footprint Tool (EFT) creation the focus of our worship, but calculates the amount of carbon your none more so than during Creationtide. church and other buildings you run are using. You can find out more about it There are also resources available on here or on the diocesan website here, the Church of England website. where you will also find information about who can help you complete the GREENING WORSHIP RESOURCES details. You’ll need your heating and A number of worship leaders from Photo credit: Chris Gallagher lighting bills from last year to hand when across the diocese recently attended you fill it in - and it might even save you a ‘Greening worship’ event to learn FLOOD RESILIANCE money by lowering your bills. And please more about the many resources Finally, what do you know about the be aware that the deadline for adding now available to support worship on flood resilience of your church and its your figures is the end of September. the environment, and more events associated buildings? are planned. If you would like more information or help finding resources, ‘Resilience’ in this context means an please get in touch with Revd Elly understanding both of the risk of Sheard, [email protected] or flooding and of what steps to take to Lydia Remick, Lydia.Remick@truro. minimise either the risk of flooding or anglican.org the consequences.

TALK ENVIRONMENT New guidance for quinquennial Perhaps if you are an environmental inspections is likely to include the advocate you’d like to find out more assessment of environmental about how your church community sustainability, including flood resilience, CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL can make changes to benefit creation. in the survey. Luci has information St Denys Church in St Dennis has The diocesan environment officer, Luci about some free (DEFRA funded) flood organised a Festival of Christmas Isaacson, is holding an online forum resilience workshops due to take place Trees to take place in November and bi-monthly on Zoom. Everyone is in Cornwall over the coming months. December. welcome, whether you’re already doing She has obtained permission to extend lots in this area, or just want to find out the scheme to churches, so if you The church will be open 10am to 4pm the basics. Email luci@climatevision. would like your church to be better on November 28 and 29 and December co.uk for details of how to join. informed on this vital issue, get in 5 and 6 for people to come and soak up touch on [email protected] the festive atmosphere and admire the The sessions are enjoyable as well as trees.

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