The of Great and with Bradley

STATEMENT OF NEEDS FOR THE APPOINTMENT

OF A NEW TEAM RECTOR 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017

The Parish of Great and Little Coates with Bradley TOGETHER IN GROWTH, WITNESS AND WORSHIP

Contents

1. The New Rector’s Role ...... 3 2. A Parish Overview ...... 4 Our Mission Statement ...... 5 3. Our churches ...... 6 St Michael’s Little Coates ...... 6 St Nicolas’ ...... 13 St George’s Bradley...... 17 Parish Activities ...... 18 4. The Shared Ministry Team ...... 18 5. The PCC and DCC’s ...... 19 6. Spiritual Encounter ...... 19 7. The Rectory ...... 20 8. Our presence on Social Media ...... 21 9. and ...... 21 10. Some History ...... 23 Appendix A – Local Schools ...... 24 Nursery ...... 24 Primary ...... 24 Secondary ...... 25 Sixth Form ...... 26 Further/Higher Education ...... 26 Appendix B – Mission Action Plan (MAP) and Progress ...... 27

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The Parish of Great and Little Coates with Bradley TOGETHER IN GROWTH, WITNESS AND WORSHIP

Merciful God,

Whose love is freely given to all, help us to grow in that love during our vacancy and the future.

Give us wisdom and courage to follow your will as we seek a new Team Rector.

Help us in the tasks that need to be done.

Hold us together and strengthen our faith in you.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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The Parish of Great and Little Coates with Bradley TOGETHER IN GROWTH, WITNESS AND WORSHIP

1. The New Rector’s Role

• A leader who is foremost collaborative in style, who will minister alongside our lay ministry and volunteers. A person who enables others with gifts in training, mentoring and spiritual guidance. Someone who will bring out the best in us and allow their ministry to be shaped in a team environment.

• An individual with strengths in administration (and oversight of three churches).

• A person with a deep personal faith rooted in scripture and sacrament. An individual who will enhance our understanding of our own faith and worship. Someone who is versatile in their approach to worship and can help us develop our fresh expressions of worship.

• A leader who will inspire us in our service to God, developing our team by evolving the work we are already undertaking and bringing new insight.

• A priest who is adept in pastoral care and a good listener. A compassionate individual who would be accepting of our open policy regarding occasional offices. A leader who promotes equality and diversity.

• A representative for our churches who will actively engage with the needs of our parish and community (around 19 000 people.) A person who will further our community involvement ensuring equal weight and attention are given to our community service and to the needs of our worshipping congregations

• An individual who will attend to their own personal and professional development as a way of enhancing their own growth and strengths.

• Amid the challenges of ministry, a priest who can still maintain a sense of humour and look for the positives.

Candidates wishing to get a flavour of our parish are warmly invited to make an overnight stay either before or at the time of the interviews. A tour of the parish and area can be arranged for you. (Tel 01472 884111 or 01469 561082)

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The Parish of Great and Little Coates with Bradley TOGETHER IN GROWTH, WITNESS AND WORSHIP

2. A Parish Overview

We are a strong team of churches situated on the western part of Grimsby. Within our Parish there is a mix of suburban housing estate, areas of high deprivation and a rural village. We are within 15 minutes of the town centre facilities, major shops, museum and railway station. 25 minutes from the Cleethorpes, resort we also benefit from being close to the beautiful Wolds - a designated area of outstanding natural beauty.

We have a passionate commitment to our community, our church community and our charitable work. Our churchwardens, Readers, PCC/DCC members and congregations are involved in numerous activities which support our shared ministry and enhance the smooth running of our parish. This includes funeral and bereavement ministries, representation on local groups, home and residential home visits and communion, leading relaxation afternoons, school visits, verger roles, production of pew sheets, deanery synod representation and some unpaid secretarial assistance. We are proactive in keeping up to date with Church policies and guidance.

Our churches use common worship with some more modern ‘fresh expressions’ of liturgy. Clergy normally wear chasuble and stole for Eucharistic ministry and we have a full round of Easter services. We have two excellent organists and music is an important part of our worship although not from a choral tradition.

We are active in mission whilst striving to maintain and develop our team identity and sense of Christian community. We are flexible and open to new ideas and insights. We have worked alongside a variety of different priests and curates who have all brought different ideas and types of ministry. We are always looking for new opportunities and ways to take our Mission Action Plan forward. We recently appointed a Team Vicar with a job description that included a substantial emphasis on mission.

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Our Mission Statement

Our three churches are working together

• to help our local communities flourish • to help Christian people develop and grow • to find new ways to witness • to work closely with others • to make our buildings widely available

Our Mission Action Plan (MAP), illustrating the progress of our goals in early 2017, can be found in Appendix B

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3. Our churches

Our Parish was brought together from three separate benefices in 1977. Since then we have engaged collaboratively in many ways. Our clergy and readers have worked across the team rather than staying attached to one Church.

St Michael’s Little Coates

We at St Michael’s have around 5,000 different people come through our doors each year and we seek to fulfil our Mission Statement by –

• Being a community focused church with lots going on in the week as well as at the weekends. • Valuing our sacred space and making it available to everyone. • Encouraging reading and reflection on the scriptures. • Offering an encompassing warm welcome to everyone. • Making our church welcoming to wedding couples and baptism families. • Being committed to promoting well-being for local people supporting the many clubs and organizations using our church. • Supporting Fairtrade and being committed to assisting charities.

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Overview of our Church St. Michael’s is a grade one listed building dating from the 15th century, that has been brought into the 21st century to serve both the parishioners and the wider community. It is one of a string of ancient parish churches along the south bank of the estuary. The old chancel, south aisle and Lady Chapel of the present building originally formed the complete, fairly small church that has a substantial early 20th Century extension to the north consisting of a tower, new nave, chancel and vestry. The churchyard was ‘closed’ in 1974, there are three areas for cremated remains - one of wh