For our prayers: June ordinations Archbishop Sentamu will be ordaining in on the 16th June and TheNews Deacons on the 30th June this year. JUNE 2019 Please hold the candidates, their families and their churches in your prayers; lists , AMY JOHNSON WAY, CLIFTON MOOR, YORK YO30 4XT. will appear next month. [email protected] T:01904 699500 F:01904 699501 WWW.DIOCESEOFYORK.ORG.UK

A Gong for Feast of Fun! Inside this month:

'Feast of Fun', the Refreshment huge summer extrav- Break; aganza of Together Archdeacon Middlesbrough and Andy Broom Cleveland (TMC) for P2 Teesside children Our next involving over 23 Archbishop; churches, schools, a prayer and and community groups, has won the "Improving the some questions Health and Wellbeing of Residents" award at this P3

year's Middlesbrough Civic Community Awards. Feast of Fun was launched in 2014 by TMC, a joint Diocese venture between the Diocese of York and the holds1st-ever Church Urban Fund, with just six churches; it contin- 20s-40s workshop day ues today run by Heather Black, Val Oliver, and P4 Elaine Curry.

"It was a wonderful evening," said Heather, who is Selby’s Edge Development Officer for TMC, "and we are very Community proud to have won!" marks ten years Feast of Fun offers holiday activities and healthy P5

food for over 1,000 children in low income families York School of Ministry who struggle during the summer holidays without Archdeacon of (YSOM) free school meals. York to be Equipping Christian Disciples for Ministry Feast of Fun supplies healthy, nutritious meals for chil- of Shrewsbury We offer courses for lay and ordained ministries dren and their families, and offers the chance to P6 that are biblically based and mission-focused. travel out of Middlesbrough for day trips, to places

like the North York Moors and the Bowes Museum. www.ysom.org.uk The ethos of Feast of Fun is to 'make our communities safer, stronger, and happier for so many children ...and there’s more! and their families each summer'. togethermc.org.uk 8 1 ment to mission, a proven readiness to tive since 2013. My To the Saints of the Diocese of York work with ecumenical and community prayer is that what Yorkshire has taught partners in building up community, and her, she will be enabled to pass onto beginning to The Archdeacon of the a fine mind and warm heart firmly other faithful people. Sarah, may you happen. East Riding, Andy Broom, grounded in a deep Christian faith. I continually stir up the Holy Spirit who If that doesn’t look forward to working closely with Sa- lives in you. You go to Shrewsbury with writes: deserve a cup rah as a colleague and sister bishop.” all our love and prayers.” of tea and a jammy dodger, Archbishop Sentamu said, “Sarah is Sarah will be consecrated as bishop by Refreshment Break I don’t know deeply committed to serving local the at St what does! communities, serving local people and Paul’s Cathedral on 3 July and will

The national will be sharing the good news of Jesus begin her role in Shrewsbury shortly af- I sometimes think our church, like our church caught Christ with all whom she encounters. terwards. world, runs on its refreshment breaks. our vision and She has been a hardworking and effec- www.lichfield.anglican.org awarded us £3 million. Led by the If I can stick with this until eleven team of Richard White, John Lee and o’clock I’ll have a coffee, or we’ll Ben Walker, most of the full-time 20s- stop for our packup when we get to 40s ministers have been appointed the top of the hill. Maybe it’s the cold and some are already at work. The bottle of water at the end of the first award has been made from the Former Teesside Vicar to be marathon that’s keeping me going ‘Growth Fund’ to support a parish to get there. who applied for help to make their A former Teesside Vicar has been ap- “A theme of God’s Part of the pleasure of that drink or vision work. Under the banner pointed the 72nd Bishop of Norwich fol- calling in my life is that that biscuit is the looking back at ‘Multiply’, we’re starting to see lowing the retirement of the Right Rever- each new chapter has where we’ve been and what we’ve training days, a website of resources, end Graham James. been to a new and achieved; and at the same time we inspiring videos, and across the unexpected place. top up our fluids, our vitamins and our diocese the vision for building New The Rt Revd , 48, is cur- The Diocese of Nor- sugars ready for the next effort, Worshipping Communities with a rently the Bishop of Dudley in the Dio- refreshed and – we hope – wich is equally a new focus on those in their 20s, 30s and cese of Worcester. Prior to this he was reinvigorated for the next part of the 40s is catching on. and unexpected Rector of Hexham in Northumberland challenge. place for me, and what a wonderful Even the best refreshment break has from 2004 to 2014, following his time as privilege it is to be called to serve here.” And that’s where we are on our an end. The journey so far has gone Vicar of Holy Trinity, North Ormesby, journey of ‘Reaching Those We pretty well and we thank God for all Middlesbrough in the Diocese of York, Bishop Graham is married to Rachel, a Currently Don’t’ for the Gospel – one his blessings but now it’s time to wash from 1999 to 2004. His first post after or- GP, and they have two teenage chil- of the three goals we adopted as a our mug, brush off the crumbs and Diocese three years ago. We’ve get on with the really exciting bit of dination in York Minster was as Curate dren. He studied ecological science at prayed, debated and researched, being Generous Churches, Making of Nunthorpe from 1996 to 1999, and he the University of Edinburgh and theolo- consulted and discussed, voted and and Nurturing Disciples. has also spent time living and working in gy at Corpus Christi College, Cam- approved funding applications, and Ghana, Africa. bridge, before training for ministry at now, half way through 2019, we are Westcott House, Cambridge. in a position to see our plans to reach Andy Broom On his appointment, Graham said, those in their 20s to their 40s www.dioceseofnorwich.org 2 7 Archdeacon of York to be Bishop of Shrewsbury Appointing the next The Venerable , Archdea- to have been invited to become the con of York, is to be the new Area Bish- Bishop of Shrewsbury. I’m looking for- Faithful God, op of Shrewsbury in the Diocese of Lich- ward to really getting to know the com- you guide your people field. munities of this area and those who live, and raise up leaders in every generation. work and worship here. Sarah will join the Area of Wol- We seek the person you are calling to be Archbishop of York. verhampton and Stafford in an episco- “I’m passionate about the Christian By your Spirit, give to all those involved in the appointment pal team led by the Bishop of Lichfield. faith and journeying with people to dis- good counsel, holy insight and sound judgement. She will oversee churches, ministers and cover and share the love, joy and hope communities in North Shropshire, includ- that Jesus offers to everyone. I look for- Keep the person you are calling under the shadow of your wing, ing Shrewsbury, ward to supporting and teach us all to trust in the guidance which is yours alone, and the northern the churches, through Jesus Christ our Lord. part of Telford. schools, colleges Amen. and communities Ordained 26 years of this area as we ago in the Diocese ______share the good of Manchester, news of God’s Sarah became love, which brings Play your part… Archdeacon of transformation, York in 2013 and hope and renew-  What are the issues with which a new Archbishop should usefully engage has worked in a at diocesan, regional, national and international levels? al." largely rural area  What qualities, skills, or leadership characteristics in Archbishop Sentamu’s which includes Sarah is married to ministry have helped you to grow in faith and/or to express that faith in market towns, the Peter, a physicist, day to day life? deep rural com- and they have  What qualities, skills or leadership characteristics will his successor require so munities of the one son, Joseph, that church and community life can be helped to flourish? Vale of York and who is currently  What particular characteristics, qualities or skills will the new Archbishop the edges of the studying for a PhD need to fulfil the diocesan responsibilities given the regional, national and Yorkshire Wolds as at the University of international aspects of the role? well as the City of Durham.  Are there any other important points that you would like the Vacancy in York. While Arch- The Bishop of Lichfield, the Right Revd See Committee to know? deacon she has also learned to drive a Dr Michael Ipgrave, said: “I am delight- tractor, operated a milking parlour, led ed that Sarah has accepted our invita- Write to Canon Peter Warry (Secretary to the Vacancy in See Committee) by a Carol Service in a cowshed at Ask- tion to be nominated for this post. I 15th June at Diocese of York, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York, YO30 4XT ham Bryan (Agricultural) College and know that in her we will be welcoming or email [email protected]. ridden a racehorse! a caring and prayerful pastor, with an She said: “I am honoured and delighted imaginative and energetic commit- www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/nextarchbishop

6 3 “This day will also be a bit of an experi- Sharing the Vision… ment, a chance get to know people with similar hopes, challenges and con- Beyond priceless First-ever diocesan cerns in emerging NWCs, and a way of 20s to 40s workshop day beginning to form a network of support in reaching 20s, 30s and 40s in the Dio- ~ ten years of the Edge cese.” It's ten years since Selby's 'Edge Com- As we go to press, plans are in place for New Website "The first thing you feel when you come the first day workshop to help churches munity' began meeting in 2009. through the door is love," said Selby Linked with the Multiply Day, the team across the Diocese of York to reach out "Edge Community is a Church of Eng- mum Bernie Maxfield. plans to to those in their 20s, 30s and 40s. land church for the Flaxley Road com- "People are finding faith and hope in launch munity," explains Captain Richard the midst of life's challenges," adds The first of a series of ‘Multiply’ Work- a new Cooke of Church Army, "but it is very Captain Richard. shops on Saturday 18 May forms part of website different from most people's idea of the Diocese of York’s ‘Reach’ initiative soon for Over ten years Edge Community has church. to help churches engage with those all those worked with Selby CP School, with who are currently under-represented in interest- "It's fun, relaxed and has a really strong teens, run a community café, a bus out- church life. It comes after analysis of the ed in or sense of community. reach in partnership with The Bus Stop age profile of church participation involved "St James' church charity, and supported people practi- across the diocese showed that a in the wanted to offer cally and spiritu- much smaller percentage of adults in initia- something local ally. their 20s to 40s are involved in churches tive. for this communi- Amy Hayes of compared to the wider population. “The ty that had never Church Army Held in York and led by the recently website will be the key linking place had a church who works with formed Diocese of York 20s to 40s team across the diocese”, says Richard. “It will before. A small Richard and the of Dr Ben Walker, the Revd Richard have the stories of NWCs as they devel- group of families team says, "We White and the Revd John Lee op with an interactive map of where from St James' don't know (pictured), the first ‘Multiply’ workshop they are to find out more about them. It began meeting what Edge plans to offer an introduction to starting will have all the basic information in the Children's Community will a New Worshipping Community (NWC) around ‘what do you mean by a New Centre and invited local people to join look like in another ten years but our for anyone interested, lay or ordained. Worshipping Community?’, ‘how do I them. We began monthly and now hope is that through it many more peo- “We will be sharing the 'Multiply' vision get started?’ and it will have lots of re- meet every week, with up to 50 people ple will discover God's love and help in for NWCs reaching 20s, 30s and 40s sources, some written by ourselves and attending." their lives." across the Diocese of York and explor- links to wider resources and help.” Local families enjoy the strong sense of 'Connect' is a relaxed 11.00am service ing how to discover a vision for a NWC  Further workshops are being planned community. "The love and support of- with kids' church three times a month, in your parish, how to communicate for Hull in September and then Mid- fered by yourselves and the Edge Com- and on the fourth Sunday each month that vision to others and how to begin dlesbrough early next year; registra- munity is beyond priceless,” said Mary at 4.00pm is 'Messy Church', with activi- building a team,” says Richard White. tion will be required but there will be Tate, who comes most weeks with her ties, Bible story, songs and crafts, espe- “There will be plenty of opportunity for no charge. grandchildren. Many have never been cially for those with primary and pre- to church before, and are helped to school children. group work, practical tips on getting think about their faith. started and bespoke advice tailored to www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/20s-40s www.edgecommunity.org. your particular church context. 4 5