1 PROFILE: September 2019 All Saints' Longstanton St Mary's Over

PROFILE: September 2019

St Mary’s Over

St Andrew’s Swavesey

St Mary’s & All Saints’ Willingham

Pathfinder Church, Northstowe

Summary of the benefice-to-be and the future The 5folds group of Longstanton, Over, Swavesey and Willingham churches was only created in 2016 and is still developing as a team. Simon Gill, the Team Rector Designate, was licenced in May 2019 whilst Beth Cope, the Pioneer Minister, was appointed towards the end of 2018. To complete this group, we are looking to recruit a Team Vicar who will help the villages and Northstowe become a benefice and grow together as God's people. We are seeking to develop the lay ministry as well as complete the clergy team. In the last year, an LLM (Reader) has joined the team, one lay person has been approved to start LLM training and one approved to join the vocations course with a view to exploring Authorised Lay Ministry (ALM). We are excited at these signs of a growing lay ministry but would like to see this expand further, a process we would expect the team vicar to actively encourage. It is essential that the appointed vicar should be a good team player, being able to work under the authority of the Team Rector, but also being able to manage a considerable degree of delegated authority. As the team is new, we do not have any rigid ideas of how it will work in the future. Its final shape and precise workings will be shaped in part by the personality, skills and gifts of the new Team Vicar. Currently the two vicarages are located in Over and Longstanton, the position of which indicate the primary ministerial responsibilities for those parishes but that for the other villages is yet to be determined. However, it is essential that both team rector and team vicar lead worship in all the villages occasionally. The ministry team (clergy and LLM) meet on a monthly basis which includes lunch. All wardens and clergy meet on an approximately termly basis to help build us together as a team, share ideas and resources and plan together. We are beginning to explore what it means to be part of God's mission in the 21st century in places that are a mixture of traditional village life and yet within easy commuter range of the ever-expanding city of Cambridge. We look for a team vicar to help in that process both by equipping our church family for mission and by being involved in our varied communities. Although there are large numbers of young families in all our villages, they are under-represented in all our village churches. A key priority of everyone will be to develop ways of reaching them. Most of our services are still conducted using service booklets, but in Willingham the services are delivered through projection on a screen. Other churches are exploring this possibility, with faculty application almost complete in Over for the installation of a new audio-visual system. Although all our services are very recognisably Anglican, we also hold services like our All Age Worship which are more creative and imaginative. There is hope in our churches and a searching for where God will lead us in the future. We are looking for someone who will enjoy being part of that shared journey. Is the Holy Spirit whispering to you that it might be you?

Location

This Profile is for the four village parishes of Longstanton, Over, Swavesey and Willingham. These four parishes are known informally as “5folds”. The villages are located to the North West of the city of Cambridge in the “A14 Corridor”. A new town called Northstowe is currently being built on an old RAF Airfield to the South East of the parishes. As the young church in Northstowe starts to grow within these parishes it is embracing an identity as the 5th church in the 5 folds family of churches. The villages have easy access to the M11, the A14 and the A1. The nearest railway stations are at Huntingdon and Cambridge. There are frequent buses to Cambridge or Huntingdon either through the villages or on the Guided Busway. Cyclists can access Cambridge or the ancient market town of St Ives along the dedicated cycle path which follows the Guided Busway. The Cathedral city of Ely is within easy reach by car, and there are a number of National Trust properties within a half hour radius of the villages. You can walk through attractive countryside to the RSPB nature reserves at the Ouse Fen and Fen Drayton Lakes. The villages are traditional rural parishes, which continue to expand owing to the success of Cambridge University and the businesses it attracts into “Silicon Fen”. As the Army and RAF have moved away from the area, the old WWII airfield at Oakington is being converted into a new town. The four parishes still retain their rural feel and village life is at the heart of the communities where neighbours help one another and crime is very low. Being part of this community is very special and you will be warmly welcomed and made to feel at home in no time at all. The populations of the parishes are approximately; Longstanton 3,100, Over 3,300, Swavesey 3,000, and Willingham 4,500. Northstowe is expected to have a population in excess of 25,000. All five villages have good primary schools and there is an 11-16 Village College in Swavesey, which has a good reputation. The new Northstowe Village College opened in 2019 for year 7 and will grow each year. There are also many pre-school facilities in the parishes and the surrounding area.

At the other end of the spectrum, the Over Day Centre provides care, social contact and a hot meal for a number of the elderly in the parishes. This is run by a group of paid workers and a strong team of volunteers. There is a mini-bus to transport people from the surrounding villages. All four villages have medieval church buildings and Willingham and Over have church halls. Longstanton is in the process of re-ordering the west end of the church. Toilet facilities have already been installed and the second phase is to create an internal room and finish the kitchen facilities. Although several years behind schedule, the town of Northstowe is growing rapidly. The new Church of England Primary School has about 180 pupils, the secondary college about 70. Over 400 or the planned 1500 houses of Phase 1 of the development are already occupied. Phase 2, including the town centre is going through planning and Phase 3 is under public consultation. The whole development will be 10,000 houses in the parishes of Longstanton and Oakington.

Recent History and Establishment The four parishes are part of the North Stowe Deanery in the Diocese of Ely. The parishes were grouped together in 2016, when Swavesey and Willingham joined the existing grouping of Over and Longstanton. (See Appendix B). The Deanery Plan allocates the four parishes two stipendiary clergy, a Team Rector to lead the parishes and a Team Vicar. In addition, separate funding has allowed the appointment of a pioneer priest for Northstowe. The parishes are also supported by several retired clergy who live in the local area. The parishes jointly employ an administrator who works 15 hours per week for whom there is an office in St Mary’s Church Hall.

Legal position Presentation to the Living of the Benefices has been suspended pending the outcome of Pastoral Reorganisation. There is a longstanding deanery plan to unite the four parishes to create a new Team. However, the formulation of a Pastoral Scheme has been delayed to take account of the rise of Northstowe. The process has restarted to complete the legalities of forming the new benefice of 5folds.

A Bishop's Mission Order is now in place to all Pathfinder Church, Northstowe, to operate alongside the current parish structure, maintaining flexibility for ongoing pastoral reorganisation as the town grows.

Services The usual service pattern for the four parishes is shown in the table below.

All Saints’, St Mary's, Over St Andrew's, St Mary’s and Longstanton Swavesey All Saints’, Willingham

Time of main 09:30 am. 09:30 am. 11:00 am. 11:00 am Sunday Service 1st Sunday Holy Worship Holy Morning Communion* Together Communion* Worship 2nd Sunday All Age Holy Morning Holy Communion* Worship* Communion* 3rd Sunday Holy Holy Holy All Age Communion* Communion* Communion* 4th Sunday Morning Holy All Age Holy worship Communion* Communion* 5th Sunday Joint Service for all four parishes starting at 10:30 am rotating through the parishes. *Including separate children’s activities. In addition, there is a BCP Holy Communion Services at 08:00 am on the 1st Sunday of the month at St Mary’s Over and on the 3rd Sunday at St Andrew’s Swavesey. The average attendance at each main Sunday service is between 40 and 50 and for the early morning Sunday BCP Service 10.

In Northstowe, the main act of worship is at 3.30 pm on Sunday afternoons in the Primary School. Experiments are also being made with morning worship, including using some of the mornings for community partnerships. Average attendance at the main service is 20 (±10) and 8 at second services. There have been two infant and one adult baptisms as families and individuals exploring faith have joined the young church.

All Saints’, St Mary's, Over St Andrew's, St Mary’s and Longstanton Swavesey All Saints’, Willingham Electoral Roll 52 77 74 77 2017

Occasional All Saints’, St Mary's, St Andrew's, St Mary’s and Services Longstanton Over Swavesey All Saints’, Willingham Baptisms 7 8 9 5 Confirmations 0 0 0 0 Weddings 5* 2 3 4 Funerals at 6 8 3 10 Church and Crematorium Burials 3 0 3 N/A Burial of 2 6 3 N/A Cremated Remains *Includes one Service of Prayer and Dedication. Three of the four parishes have open churchyards, Longstanton, Over and Swavesey. Finance All four parishes are contributing a full parish share in accordance with the current Deanery Finance Plan. When the four parishes came together it was agreed that, as they were all of a similar size, the PCCs agreed that each should pay the same parish share with the overall total remaining as that requested by the Deanery. Adjustments to the amount paid by each parish are taking place over a three-year period at which point each of the four parishes will pay the same contribution. Details of the financial returns for the parishes for 2017 can be found at the following link. Parishes Finances 2017. Pathfinder Church, Northstowe, is currently receiving separate seed corn funding from Ely Mission department. Local giving is being encouraged. Plans are being drawn up to ensure that in time the new church will be paying a full ministry share.

Ministry The four parishes all have established traditions and dedicated followers of Christ. The parishes do differ in their styles of worship, although the range is not huge. None are very high or really low and there is room for flexibility in all. All of the parishes have started to work together as a team, particularly the churchwardens. The parishes have a website at 5folds.org.uk

Within the parishes, there is a Fresh Expression, Inside Out, aimed at bringing young non-church families together. The group is led by people who attend St Mary’s Over and St Mary’s and All Saints’ Willingham. There are several examples of good ecumenical working in 5folds. The parishes face the normal challenges of many rural parishes with congregations slowly declining and the average age of the congregations increasing. However, the North Stowe Deanery, as mentioned earlier, is going through a significant population increase not just from the new town of Northstowe but also within the traditional villages. The challenge for the parishes is to reach out into the new areas of development and bring them into our fold, “5folds”, to share with them the good news of Christ.

A Job Description and Person Specification can be seen in appendix A.

All Saints’ Church, Longstanton

Longstanton is an amalgamation of two villages, these being Long Stanton All Saints and Long Stanton St Michaels. The present village was created in 1953 and now has a population of around 3,000 which is growing all the time. All Saints Church dates from the mid fourteenth century and was built to replace an earlier church on the same site that was destroyed by fire. In 1938 Longstanton's association with the military started with the building of RAF Oakington and they continued to be a large presence until 1999.

The friendship and warmth is highly valued by the congregation of All Saints’ and we are committed to enabling as many people as possible to feel part of this church family. We have an attendance of 35- 40 at each Sunday morning service. The majority are over 65 but nevertheless active in many areas of our church life, volunteering for church cleaning, flower arranging, coffee rota, reading and assisting with the children’s activities. At the present time we have two services of Holy Communion Order 1 and one All Age Service and a Morning Worship each month at 9.30am. After all our services there is coffee and biscuits, these occasions are a great time for fellowship. Music is provided by a new electronic organ. On the fifth Sunday we hold a joint 4 parish service where the music is provided by a band comprising musicians from 2 or 3 of the churches, this is something we are trying to encourage at All Saints’.

A bible study group meet weekly in the home of one of the group’s members. Once a month a Prayer Group made up of church members from St Mary’s, Over and All Saints’ meet to pray for the two parishes.

Our biggest challenge is to provide for and attract the many young families who now occupy the village. our Children and Families Worker organises Mini-Jaffas, a mid-week service for under 5’s and also a group for under 1’s to support and offer fellowship for Mums and new babies. Our Children's worker also runs a Sunday School at each Communion service as well as taking Open the Book into the village Primary School. Once a fortnight the teenagers from All Saints’ join with Over church for the Pathfinder group. She is supported by a committed team from our church family. Along with Over church a mission fund was set up some years ago to fund this position but it is now nearly depleted and needs re-assessing so that this important work can continue.

Our budget for 2018 was £45,000 but our expenditure over income was £4,000 a state which has existed for the last 2 years. We hope to address this by using the Parish Giving Scheme for a start.

The Events Team have organised activities during the year to attract younger people which have been very successful. 2019 saw the first Parish Big Weekend organised by the Parish Council and the church held a Teddy Bear Parachute Jump from the church tower and served cream teas to support this village event. An Advent Fayre over the last 2 years has proved popular with the young and included a stall provided by the Primary School. Other outreach activities have included monthly cream teas through the Summer and starting in the Autumn monthly 'pop-up' coffee shops on a Saturday morning to support local charities.

The Friends of All Saints’ Church Longstanton, who manage an excellent website friends-of-all-saints-church-longstanton.org.uk, support us in fundraising for the re- ordering project. The church has embarked upon a re-ordering project to install toilet, kitchen and a meeting space within the church building. The first phase was completed at the end of April 2019 and we are now in the process of raising money for the second phase to complete the kitchen and put in a meeting room. We dream of a place and space that links church and halls, sacred and secular which will enable us to reach out to the local community and respond to its growing needs.

In our Vision Day in 2017, we identified the areas which we felt need improvement within our parish. These are communication, outreach and prayer. The meeting was well attended and highlighted our commitment to growth within our expanding parish. Since the meeting, we have been working as a family to implement and consider ways in which to approach these areas of focus. We are looking for someone willing to join and guide us on this journey and be equipped and motivated to address them. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you into our family.

St Mary’s Church, Over Over lies at the edge of the fens, with farming still a vital part of the village economy, along with a number of healthy local businesses such as those located on the Business Park on the edge of the village. These range from plumbing to floral design. Many villagers commute to Cambridge, working in the expanding areas of IT and Bioscience and also with established employers such as Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the University. Over is a friendly village that has retained a sense of community despite the inevitable expansion in housing and changes in employment that characterise this part of East Anglia. There are few major social issues in the parish, but there are still small pockets of need. Some members of the community, both young families and the older generation, often feel isolated in an era where families can be disparate. Over has expanded with various housing developments over recent years, to accommodate those tempted by the attraction of Cambridge as an area of high-tech development. As a result, the successful primary school has also expanded to around 280 pupils. Two of the Governors are members of St Mary’s and the school is welcomed into the church for Christmas and Harvest services as well as for curriculum-related events. The Over Day Centre provides care, social contact and a hot meal for a number of the elderly in the area. St Mary’s has a strong link with the uniformed organisations who use the church hall for meetings and attend parade at the informal Worship Together family service once a month. Baptisms usually take place during this service. Morning Services are followed by Tea, Coffee and Biscuits when fellowship is shared in a social setting. This is particularly important for welcoming newcomers to the St Mary's community. Mustard Seed is a lively Community Cafe held on Thursdays, 10 am - 12 noon, in St Mary's Church Hall in Over. All ages are welcome to come and have a cup of tea or coffee and a piece of homemade cake. There is a well-used play area for pre-school children. Frequently there are items for sale too, such as homemade jams and chutneys, bags, jewellery or books.

A Bible Study Group meets in Over every Wednesday morning. Another home group meets weekly on Wednesday evenings in term time. These groups aim to build each other up in our faith and to support each other to become more like Jesus. Pathfinders is a group for young people aged 11-18 years old and is held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Over on the second and fourth Sundays, 7:30 – 9 pm. It’s a fun way to engage with faith and belief. For primary school age children activities are provided in the Church Hall during the communion services in term time. Once a month a Prayer Group meets to pray for the parishes. It includes members from Over and Longstanton. Friends of St Mary’s (FoSM) The present Grade I Listed St Mary's Church dates from 1254, which makes it by far the oldest building in the village. Like any old building, St Mary's Church is in constant need of repair. This applies not only to the stonework and roof, but also to the monuments, fittings, stained glass windows and Churchyard.

The Friends of St Mary’s organise several fundraising events per year and collects membership subscriptions from its supporters to ensure that funds are available to support work on the fabric of the Church. Each year the charity contributes several thousand pounds towards the repair and maintenance of the Church and for this we are very grateful. In 2017, they paid the £30,000 for the new lighting. We have very close links with the Over Methodists and the Senior Steward is the Chair of the Friends of St Mary’s! St Mary's is currently looking into the possibility of installing a complete audio-visual system in the sanctuary in order to expand the church's ability to accommodate more modern forms of services when required.

St Andrew’s Church, Swavesey Swavesey Village lies on the Greenwich Meridian and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is a ribbon development with considerable housing development particularly in more recent times. It is a welcoming village with a mixed community of young and old, many of whom get involved in the range of community events that take place here. Our church is a large twelfth century building built above the flood plain with a tall nave, lofty chancel and two side aisles. Medieval poppy heads on the pews and carved misericords in the choir stalls are often admired.

The attendance each Sunday is between 40 and 50 people and we offer a range of services including the BCP Communion, Holy Communion, Morning Worship and an All Age service which is accompanied by a mixed band of musicians. We have a robed choir who sing at most services. We share a bell ringing team with St Mary’s, Over. During the services, we have a small group of young people who come together to read and discuss the bible and current issues. They are currently very keen to explore the church’s responsibilities as an “Eco Church” Tea and coffee are served after each service with the majority of the congregation staying for a chat.

We are keen to be active members of the village community; a pastoral team was recently established, one of the church warden currently leads assemblies in the village primary school on a regular basis, we organise a fortnightly craft group, we take part in the community Compass Café on a monthly basis and a recent development has been our church café experiment on summer Sunday afternoons. We are always keen to be part of Swavesey’s biennial festival by hosting concerts and mounting exhibitions and flower festivals in the church.

We enjoy a good level of support from the village for our many and varied events. These are designed to bring people into our church and also to provide much needed funds for outreach. We are particularly pleased with our new kitchen and our children’s area which were funded by the proceeds from our events. Our church family has grown in strength over recent years but we are very aware that we need to attract new people into St Andrew’s if we are to survive. We are open to change and are ready to move forward. The 5folds group of churches is a new and developing entity and we want to take an active part in its development and growth in the future.

St Mary’s & All Saints’ Church, Willingham Willingham is a large and thriving village with approximately 4500 residents. There is a medieval core surrounded by newer estates, some still being built. Many of the residents are professionals who commute into Cambridge or London. There are also pockets of social housing and various traveller sites, which make Willingham a place of contrasts. The village has many active businesses, which include three pubs, an Auction Room (and Café), two convenience stores, hairdressers, a fish and chip shop and a Post Office. Just on the outskirts there are a Nursery and Farm Shop to the South and a small commercial complex with several businesses including a Butcher, a shop for Animal and Pet supplies and an interesting Bookshop cum Café to the West towards Over. There is a Baptist Church with a committed core of members. A local Salvation Army Church has recently closed owing to declining membership. St Mary’s and All Saints Church is situated in the middle of the village and so is easily accessible. It has the advantage of a modern built-on hall. This hall, known as The Octagon”, is used regularly by various church and community groups. Church activities include: Thursday Prayer Time – weekly sessions open to all Church members to spend time together in prayer for all aspects of life at St Mary and All Saints and within the 5 Folds Group. ‘First Steps’ is a ‘Parent & Toddler’ group that is run by two younger mothers from the church fortnightly during Term Times. The Group explores a Bible story at each meeting and has a reputation for a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. It has been catering for about 20 families at any one time. The challenges of how to harness the potential of this group to help people explore and build their faith and to understand how best to integrate this with the life of the Church remain. Sunday Club - Until recently the Church has had a ‘Sunday Club’ is for children of primary school age running on 3 Sundays a month at the 11am services during term time. Numbers vary from week to week between 0 and 12. This no longer operates due to the absence of children regularly attending Sunday Services. Provision is made in a designated area for any children who do attend on a Sunday but care of these children during the service would rest with their parents.

Mothers Union - There is an active ‘Mothers Union’ group. They raise funds for MU family charities and the Church. There is a monthly Cake Stall at the Church selling cakes, bread and savoury products produced by members, with the proceeds donated to the Church. At the same time a coffee morning is held in The Octagon , attended by both Church and non-Church members and providing an important social space within the village. Time4T - Until recently there were regular Time4T meetings. This was an outreach group of people from our congregation and friends who mostly either don’t attend St Mary’s or who go into the Catholic Church in Cambridge. Meetings have now ceased due to falling numbers of attendees, but thought is

being given to re-starting this type of activity, perhaps with a slightly changed format.

Refreshments in the Octagon. These are provided after the main Sunday services and give people space to reflect on the service, both with each other or with the minister who led the service. This social contact is also very important for people to share joys and sorrows and receive the support of others.

Challenges: The core congregation of St Mary’s and All Saints’ is ageing and therefore numbers are falling. Numbers attending the regular Sunday morning services have been declining in recent years and are presently in the order of 30 to 40 adults. Income is similarly reducing with the church relying in most years on some of its reserves, which are diminishing as a result. The medieval building needs constant maintenance. At the last quinquennial 4 years ago, various minor repairs were identified but the work has yet to be carried out. There are no major projects outstanding. Looking forward: Spiritually, St Mary’s and All Saints’ has an Open Evangelical background and many of the congregation express a hunger to grow spiritually. They are receptive to being led into new ways of outreach and want to be part of God’s mission. Our first new venture has been offering the START explorers course across the Church membership, which began in September 2019. The Church enjoys the support of the village with many attending special seasonal services at Christmas, Easter and on Remembrance Sunday and there is great potential for some existing activities in the church to touch more people. The congregation are looking forward to welcoming the leadership and vision provided by a new member of the 5 Folds team.

Pathfinder Church, Northstowe At the heart of this new church community in Northstowe is a recognition that we are seeking to follow The Pathfinder, Jesus Christ. The young church growing in Northstowe takes its name from the local history of the area (The Pathfinder Squadron flew from the airbase here), from Jesus as The Pathfinder, and from our venue at The Pathfinder Church of England Primary School. Our vision is to be people who are praying, exploring and sharing... - Everything we do is grounded in prayer -- recognising that the God who made us and loves us is intimately concerned with the practical realities of our day to day life. - We're not following a 'blue print' for how to "start a church". We're exploring together -- listening to and working with people as they move into Northstowe, as well as listening to and responding to the wisdom of the Christian tradition. - And we know that we can't do any of this alone. We're here to work together, to bless each other, to learn from each other, sharing this adventure. We celebrate that we are doing this with and for Northstowe, and as part of the 5 folds family of churches in the surrounding villages. Those who are coming together to form Pathfinder Church come from all traditions and from none: together we are pilgrims on a journey, asking questions and exploring the connections we find between everyday life and our spirituality and faith. What unites us is much stronger than our denominational backgrounds: it is a rooted, growing, and transforming faith based on an encounter with the ancient God who still changes lives today. Our main focus is on the ‘service first’ journey of missional listening in and with the community; seeking to find out where God is already at work and join in. Much of this work happens “out there” – wherever people are gathering (e.g. the Green, The Wing, the school gates, the vicarage garage, the parks…) and will always do so. We also seek to form partnerships with other community groups – the sustainability committee, the social committee, etc – to enable activities to make a difference in Northstowe, helping grow community amongst those of all faiths and none.

Beth has very strong links with the church primary school, running regular staff prayer breakfasts, a weekly lunchtime club for the children, and taking collective worship with the children in the Worship Gang. She is also a school governor. Having met with several who were looking for a weekly gathering, ‘Pathfinder Church’ started meeting in Sept 2018 and has grown organically through contacts made by being deeply embedded in the embryonic community. Many who make up Pathfinder Church were not regular church goers prior to joining the church and are exploring faith seriously for the first time. There are also more mature Christians starting to commit to the church. We are in a good position to form an initial church council now the BMO has been signed. Seed corn money is gratefully appreciated, and talking about giving and the costs of being church is already starting to see giving from those forming church. Our regular Sunday gatherings are held in Pathfinder School. Our quiet and reflective monthly Compline is held at Church House. Services are routinely led by Beth and by Canon Jan Payne, licensed across the parishes that are forming the 5-folds family of churches. Those who come are mainly those who either live or work in Northstowe itself, with a few crossing over from the closest villages where there are other ties. The shape of our worship is strongly influenced by the context: the different gifts and passions of those forming church with us making a difference. At the same time, we are deeply rooted in the unfolding traditions of the church, celebrating how these help root us even as we start something new.

Appendix A

Job Description and Person Specification

Team vicar designate of 5folds

(The Parishes of Longstanton, Over, Swavesey and Willingham)

The parishes of Longstanton, Over, Swavesey and Willingham have come together and are working towards becoming a team in the Diocese of Ely. The ministry team currently consists of a Team Rector designate and a Pioneer Priest, the latter having primary responsibility for the new town of Northstowe and a licenced lay minister (traditionally called a Reader) working across the team. We are looking to recruit a team vicar who will work in the team as together we encourage and nurture a team of licenced lay ministers and laity to serve the people in these parishes. Together, the whole ministry team should be able to encourage, lead and guide the people so that they grow in the love of Jesus. Diocesan Strategy As set out in the Diocesan Strategy for Growth, People Fully Alive - Ely 2025, we pray to be generous and visible people of Jesus Christ. Believing that God calls us to discover together his transforming presence in our lives and in every community. In Jesus Christ we pray: • To engage fully and courageously with the needs of our communities, locally and globally • To grow God’s church by finding disciples and nurturing leaders • To deepen our commitment to God through word, worship and prayer. Ministry Requirements The ministry requirements are: • Being the first port of call for occasional offices in Longstanton and either Willingham or Swavesey; for the local schools in those villages and offering pastoral care and responding to the needs of the vulnerable and housebound. • Leading and organising worship in all four churches, but being more focussed on and having the main responsibility for the village of Longstanton and either Willingham or Swavesey. • Working with the team rector and pioneer minister (and other members of the ministry team as appropriate) to discern God's call for 5folds and helping to form a vision and a strategy that would achieve this. • Working collaboratively with other C of E ministers, ministers and congregations of other denominations in the local area and with any future outreach workers who may be appointed. • Offering spiritual counselling/direction. • Being the chair of the designated PCCs. • Engaging with families and children of all ages.

Person Specification The team needs a Team Vicar who loves Jesus and people, is prepared to work collaboratively in a team under the overall leadership of the Team Rector. S/he should: • Be good with people and be enthusiastic about their Christian faith. • Value the diversity of tradition within the four churches and the new town seeking to ensure respect and encouragement as we seek to embrace positive change • Understand the issues faced by the different communities in the area demonstrating an understanding and empathy with the needs of our children and young people, commuters and those who have retired. An ability to relate to all ages is essential • Be prepared to try new things and be prepared that they might fail • Be prepared to be the primary lead for Longstanton and another village, with all the responsibility that involves. • Be familiar with or willing to learn running a service from computer/power point projection only as well as having ability to be imaginative with the preparation of services.

Appendix B - Why 5folds? The name of 5folds comes from the formation of the grouping of the churches in 2016, when initially there was a fifth much smaller village called Lolworth included. After a short period, Lolworth left the other parishes and joined with Papworth Team as they felt that they better belonged in a group of smaller villages. The 5folds informal name remained and been embraced by Northstowe as the 5th community.