St Timothy’s, Crookes, Sheffield Parish Profile
Parish Profile for St Timothy’s Crookes, Sheffield
St Timothy’s, Crookes, Sheffield Parish Profile
Contents
Who we are and what we are like 3
Mission Partnership 5
Where we are – our parish and surrounding area 5
Who we are – our church building 8
St Timothy’s Leadership Overview 9
Worship at St Timothy’s 10
Outreach Ministries 12
Strengths 16
Challenges 17
The sort of person we are looking for 19
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Parish Profile for St Timothy’s Crookes, Sheffield
Who we are and what we are like St Timothy’s is a church family of approximately 240 people (around 185 over 18s and 55 under 18s) with an average Sunday worship attendance in 2016 of 143. There are 122 people on the electoral roll. St Tim’s is one of the larger churches in the diocese and one that has seen some of the most significant growth in recent years. Our patrons are the Sheffield Church Burgesses.
The church family is diverse in terms of social background, life circumstances and church traditions, but whilst we celebrate our lack of uniformity, we rejoice in our unity! People with all needs and abilities are valued and included within the church family and church activities.
Our logo is a harbour lighthouse: God has helped us to find a safe harbour which is welcoming, renewing and equipping. We hope that we can be that harbour for others. From one of our twice-annual Mission Action Planning Conferences our ‘2020 Vision’ for St Tim’s has emerged. This is summarised in the words: “Burning Brighter & Deeper. Doubling People & Passion.” The whole-church Alpha Course this autumn (see later) is just one of the whole church family activities we are doing to work towards this Vision.
St Tim’s is an active church with daytime and evening activities throughout each week around the parish. The building is in use for at least part of nearly every day. We often host concerts, sometimes by our own music group and talented musicians, sometimes by visiting choirs or churches. We have also hosted drama, conferences (e.g. Alpha course spiritual days) and
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Parish Profile for St Timothy’s Crookes, Sheffield training days (e.g. fire awareness, first aid, and puppet training). Some of our annual events give a good sense of the strength of community life at St Tim’s and make use of the wonderful range of gifts and talents present in the church family. These events include: