Diocese of Deanery

Christ Church , Christ Church & St Peter’s Basegreen (Gleadless Team ) and St James Woodhouse

Statement of Needs

On the threshold of an exciting new phase of collaborative mission and witness, we seek to appoint two Priests-in-Charge with complementary gifts able to provide pastoral leadership and fresh vision, and to strengthen lay ministries across a new Mission Partnership formed across three closely connected areas of south-east Sheffield.

Attercliffe SE Mission Partnership

Attercliffe Deanery has committed to a creative mission plan around the formation of two large mission partnerships, each served by four stipendiary priests alongside self-supporting clergy and lay leaders. Christ Church Hackenthorpe, the Gleadless Team Parish and St James Woodhouse form the nucleus of the Attercliffe SE Mission Partnership, building on previous partnership working. The appointment of two new Priests-in-Charge is eagerly awaited to work with us in this exciting new phase of mission and ministry. At time of writing we are also working to secure the appointment of a Mission Development Support Worker. The latest version of our Mission Action Planning document is attached as an Appendix.

Our churches are keen to encourage the emergence and flourishing of lay ministry, with training provided by St Peter’s College to enhance personal and spiritual formation against a background of busy lives. Current Readers and most other volunteers already have or are taking courses in theology, pastoral work or children’s work; and there is ample scope for encouraging new lay ministry vocations and teams. All the strongly promote and affirm the ministries of women – lay, priestly and episcopal.

We would like our new Priests-in-Charge to be…

…excited by us, imaginative, led by the Holy Spirit, pastorally-minded and inspired with fresh vision for outreach and mission–particularly in ways that we may not have glimpsed–and above all called by God to come and lead us, that together we may continue to expand His Kingdom across our various linked and very friendly communities. 1

Location of the Churches

Christ Church Gleadless, St Peter’s Basegreen (Gleadless Team Parish) and Christ Church Hackenthorpe are linked by the Blue tram route which affords rapid access to the city centre and Meadowhall shopping centre in one direction, and to shopping centre in the other. St James Woodhouse lies to the north of the Shirebrook Valley Nature Reserve and Hackenthorpe, and to the east of Gleadless Team Parish. It enjoys excellent access to the M1 motorway and the centre of Sheffield.

The Peak District National Park lies close by, easily accessible from where we all live. Just as accessible are the Chatsworth and Longshawe estates, along with the attractive towns of Bakewell, Castleton and Hathersage—all within a 30-minute drive. Attractions lying to the south include Hardwick Hall and Bolsover Castle, whilst is only a short drive to the south-east. There are many green spaces and woodland walks more locally.

Services CCh H’thorpe CCh Gleadless St Peter’s St James Maundy Thursday x (joint) x (joint) x (joint) x Good Friday Vigil x (joint) x (joint) x (joint) x Harvest Festival x x x x Remembrance/Bereavem’t x x x Carol Service x x x x Christingle Service x x x x

Looking ahead…

The two new Priests-in-Charge will have shared responsibility for the below parishes. Over the next two to three years, the Attercliffe SE Mission Partnership will expand to also include St Mary’s , Emmanuel Waterthorpe LEP and St Mark’s , accompanied by two further stipendiary priests.

1) Christ Church Hackenthorpe

Our vision is about promoting growth in:

• our love for Jesus and His love for us • our love and concern for each other • our sharing of this love and concern within our community

We aim to be a church community formed and guided by the Holy Spirit, and to discern His gifting and enabling. We try to be the Body of Christ for our locality—eager to serve under His direction. We number around 60, and have many Church Plant friends.

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A believing and belonging church, Christ Church Hackenthorpe is a loving family of believers open to new members of all ages. We attempt to model our collective and individual lives on the teachings of Scripture and especially on those of Jesus Christ. We are eager to engage with our local community and to share His love with all whom we encounter.

Aspirations for the future include a cross-Mission Partnership Alpha course, enhancement of our outreach into the wider parish community, growth of a truly All-Age church membership and a sharing of ministry gifts with our partner churches.

Fellowship Groups, Church Plants and Fresh Expressions of Church

Fellowship Groups offer mutual support and bible study, meeting in homes, at Snax Shack Café or the Community Centre. For those who find traditional church buildings forbidding, our outreach teams use alternative venues. We advertise our presence and have held social and sports events in parks and recreation areas; picnics with rounders and football have attracted a warm response.

Church Plants: Hutton Croft CP meets monthly; an hour’s fellowship is followed by Communion. Holidays at Home benefit people who would otherwise struggle to have a holiday. Cotleigh Care Home CP meets fortnightly, addressing the spiritual needs of a growing number of residents, relatives and friends. At the request of the Residents and Management Team this ministry is developing. Communion is included whenever possible.

The Delves Estate CP meets in a resident’s home. One Sunday per month two people from the church join residents on the Delves Estate to read and discuss Scripture, exploring its relevance to their lives. Meetings finish with prayers, cake and coffee. People’s faith is developing, and hope touching some very difficult life situations.

Hackenthorpe Community Centre and Snax Shack outreach: this meets either at the Community Centre or Snax Shack Café. Shared coffee and cakes build relationships; the needs of the community are listened to and requests for prayer met.

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Parents and Toddlers meets weekly, welcoming Mums, Dads and Carers. Meeting in our church hall, it offers positive parenting and play sessions on Wednesday mornings. Baby and toddler membership is around sixteen and growing: ‘It’s as much about parenting as about the nurturing of young children’ (Jan Dakin, Godly Play Practitioner).

Women’s and Men’s Prayer Breakfasts are offered monthly on a Saturday morning. An important basis for offering fellowship, they are a key element of our outreach.

Bereavement Group meets monthly, providing a space for people to share companionship, understanding and support with others who have experienced similar loss. Over 15 years’ service and witness the group has seen members come to faith and become active participants in our church life.

Hosting Events are a key element of our outreach ministry. We invite friends from our Mission Partnership to join us for food, fun, fellowship and thanksgiving. Our Fireworks Evening attracts 400+ visitors. Other events include the Lent Lunch, Community Meals, Bereavement Group Christmas Lunch and Afternoon High Tea. Our Harvest Thanksgiving meal is always popular. We served 311 meals over 8 events last year and are seeing many new guests. Meals are mostly funded on a freewill donation basis; any surplus is used to buy food for the Food Bank. This amounts to over £300 worth of food each year donated from hosting events. Our 2017 Christmas Fayre raised £750 for the Archer Project and World Vision.

Charities supported: World Vision, Médecins sans frontières, Save the Children, The Salvation Army, Toybox, Freedom from Torture, SmileTrain, The Sick Children’s Trust, Teddies for Tragedies, Help for Heroes, Christians against Poverty and other World and UK charities selected annually by the PCC and congregation. Through World Vision we sponsor Dawit and Ayele from a suburb of Addis Ababa. Through Christian Hope International we sponsor Esther from Bujumbura, Burundi. Also supported: Sheffield Street Pastors, Archer Project, Gleadless Valley Food Bank.

Weddings, baptisms and funerals - Conducted at present mainly by Revd Ann Rhodes, licensed across three of the four churches in our Mission Partnership as SSM.

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Worship & Music - Six singers supported by instrumentalists and organist/keyboard players lead our Sunday worship. Rehearsals are on Friday evenings; once a month the meeting is devoted exclusively to worship. A variety of styles are offered. A new Sunday evening service, starting in February 2018, aims to bring people together twice monthly on Sunday evenings for worship, prayer, the sharing of testimony and mutual encouragement.

Gardening Group

The appearance of our grounds and churchyard says something positive about who we are and about how we present ourselves to our local community. Our dedicated Gardening Group is augmented by friends from Owlthorpe Community Forum. They meet on the first Saturday each month, their dedicated work evident to all who visit the church grounds. A Walking Group complements this joint activity.

Piece Makers - This new initiative, starting in February 2018, brings people together on Thursday afternoons for fellowship around craft activities including quilting and embroidery.

Our Buildings - The church is in excellent condition: new central heating and lightning conductor were recently fitted, and the main entrance doors refurbished. The interior is flexible for worship, all seats being removable. We have a digital data projector, new digital organ and powerful, versatile sound system. Groups using our hall include a Mobility Class, Craft Group, Walking Group, Alcoholics Anonymous, Weightwatchers, Scottish Dancing, and Community Forum. The hall is also used as a Polling Station. River of Life Community Church uses our church on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings under a rental agreement in place until they find a permanent home.

Church Building with connected Hall and kitchen, Christ Church Hackenthorpe

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2) Gleadless Team Parish: Christ Church Gleadless and St Peter’s Basegreen

Website: http://www.gleadlessteamparish.org.uk/

https://en-gb.facebook.com/GleadlessTeamParish/

The Team Parish was formed by linking Christ Church Gleadless with St Peter’s Basegreen, covering a community of 18,000 approximately. Since our Team Rector left the area in 2012, we have been supported by our Reader and latterly by SSM Revd Ann Rhodes, together with a Church Army Sister, visiting clergy, licensed Readers from within the Diocese and our Pastoral Worker, along with the commitment from Churchwardens and individual members of the congregations. The Parish Warden, Peter Thomas, is based at Christ Church. At April 2017 there were 91 on the Electoral Roll.

The PCC is the main decision-making body for the Parish and consists of equal numbers from each church. It is responsible for the financial aspect of the Parish, which has one common purse. However, each individual Church has its own District Council who create and sponsor initiatives for their Church and under the auspices of the PCC. No financial commitments are undertaken by these DCCs.

Over the last two years the buildings have undergone major work schedules, working within the PCC’s financial budgets and supported by grants, a loan from the Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust and a generous bequest from a long-serving member of the Parish. The fabric of each building is now in excellent condition. All of this has given us opportunity and confidence with our mission for Church growth and to manage our environment in a safe and effective way.

There are many local shops, a library, leisure centre and health care centres.

Work with Children and Young People

The PCC has approved the Diocesan Child Protection policy and follows its guidelines—ensuring that all church members involved in work with children have the appropriate authorisation. The parish has recently undertaken the Safeguarding Audit.

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Christ Church Gleadless

Address: Hollinsend Road, Sheffield, S12 2EA

Christ Church is a broad-based Christian community Mission Statement – A Fellowship of faith founded on love and unity, a symbol of hope and peace and a model of Christ’s love to share with others

The church is a Grade II listed building erected in 1839 as a chapel of ease for St Mary’s, Handsworth; it later became a parish in its own right. The church was altered in 1884 with the construction of the chancel, organ loft and vestry. The tower was raised in height in the 1880s and the belfry created. The bell is dated 1893. The building was re-ordered in 1978 by closing off at the chancel, with a glazed screen located at the chancel arch and the altar moved forward to 7

the nave. The church is built in early Gothic Revival style: it has a square tower with the belfry at the west end and a nave with no side aisles. Built in local buff-coloured sandstone, it has a natural blue-grey slate roof (replaced in 2002).

Both church and churchyard are significant within the community because of their location and architecture both inside and out, and on account of the grounds they lie within; they are consequently popular for weddings, baptisms and visits from local schools engaging with the history of the Church and its association with Gleadless. They hold many memories, witnessed to by plaques within the church and its boundary walls.

In 2014, thanks to generous donations of time and money from the congregation, we installed a projector with screen; these, together with our improved sound system, have greatly enhanced our worship and mission for the future. They have improved our communication of the Gospel message, bringing in new forms of creativity and the ability to incorporate detailed information onto the screen—with announcements, bible readings, prayers, sermons, notes and supporting images.

All that has been achieved has given Christ Church a renewed sense of mission and a vision to go forward not just within the community of Gleadless and in Sheffield, but further to create Mission Partnerships with other parishes and overseas. So much has happened at Christ Church; there is so much more to create, and with the love of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit we can achieve that.

There is a weekly Sunday service. We hold special Advent services, a Christmas tree festival, Midnight Eucharist, and parish-wide Lent Courses and Holy Week services, including the Last Supper and Good Friday vigil. For the bereaved we hold a Remembrance service as well as playing host to the churches in the area on Remembrance Day, finishing with the two minutes’ silence at the war memorial. We hold the annual Air Training Corps church parade and dedication in February each year.

Weddings, baptisms and funerals: during 2017 there were 6 weddings (2016:5), 3 funerals (2016:3) and 3 baptisms (2016:4).

Sunday School - Our Sunday Gang is the children’s group at Christ Church, meeting each Sunday at 10.15 in the Parish Centre across from church. They are welcomed into the church later in the service. The number of children attending Sunday Gang varies from week to week, with an average attendance of 8-10. Some children have attended for over ten years, the majority having attended on a regular basis, with ages ranging from 5-16 years old. Four leaders offer their time to this ministry.

Each week the children study a passage from the Bible that generally links to the Lectionary Gospel reading. The group, together with their leaders, join the congregation later in the service to participate in the Peace, then give a short presentation of their work.

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The group plays an important and vital role in our services throughout the year, leading Harvest and Mothering Sunday services. Each Christmas Eve they organise, prepare and present the Christingle service. This combines an updated nativity play with the traditional Christingle message. The service is well attended, with a congregation of over 100 people from local schools and the community.

Puppet Ministry - Christ Church Puppet Ministry was started in 2012 and is loved for the unique way in which it shares the Gospel of Christ, engaging all ages, bringing joy, humour, delight and emotion. It is often used within our own baptism services.

Community Outreach - A weekly coffee morning is followed by the Knit and Natter group. This began in 2015 in response to a need to provide a continuation to the coffee morning where people could talk or do some sort of activity. During this time skills have been learned and polished in a supportive environment.

In 2015 organisations were invited to decorate and display a Christmas tree. Our first festival had eight trees on display and an open weekend was held, culminating with a carol service on the Sunday evening. This is an event aimed at engaging the community to become involved and to venture over the church doorstep.

Charitable Support - We regularly support Gleadless Valley Foodbank, the Sheffield Cathedral Archer Project and Macmillan Coffee Mornings (held at the Parish Centre), as well as Christian Aid, Burkina Faso, Africa and Leprosy Mission. We are thankful for our links with the mission work of Fulani Ministries.

Parish Centre - Across from church is the Parish Centre, used for coffee following services, for PCC and DCC meetings, and for weekly community coffee mornings. It is available for hire. The upper floor is used by Mencap as a residential centre with full-time carers.

Quiet Garden - The Parish Centre Garden began as a grassy space. A gifted gardener has lovingly pruned, planned, planted and cajoled it into new life, uncovering paths, planting new shrubs and even designing sculpture. In our second year of membership of the Quiet Garden movement, we have devised a series of Quiet Days, sometimes led and sometimes just opening and closing with prayer – offering people a chance to escape the hurly-burly of life in this peaceful urban garden. The Quiet Garden is well supported by parishioners and has attracted interest around the Diocese. It was blessed by Bishop Steven in 2015. 9

St Peter’s Church, Basegreen

White Lane, Sheffield

St Peter’s is a multi-purpose Church and Community Hall building combined, and was dedicated in 1957.

St Peter’s Church is a broad-based Christian community

Mission Statement: ‘St Peter’s strives to be a beacon of light, bringing hope, faith and love to the community.’

There is a weekly Sunday Service. Sunday School meets weekly in the Jubilee Rooms in St Peter’s Hall, apart from on special occasions and Christian festivals when we hold All-Age worship services. The downstairs room is designated for children’s work and is decorated and furnished 10

appropriately for our younger members. We meet at 9.45-10.30am whilst other members of the congregation attend morning worship. We have 8 children aged 4-11 years old (though attendance varies from week to week), 3 teachers and 3 helpers.

Other Services - We hold a Christingle service during a Sunday service. There is a Christmas Day Eucharist and joint parish Lent course. Holy Week services include Maundy Thursday service incorporating the Last Supper and Washing of Feet, and a Good Friday vigil. We hold an annual Remembrance service for the bereaved.

Pastoral Worker - The Pastoral Worker has been a key presence in the parish for over 20 years. Her ministry has covered pastoral visiting of church members, visiting families, and organising and leading Alpha courses. More recently she has provided pastoral assistance at Ascot Lodge care home, where the majority of residents are in the advanced stages of dementia. There is contact with the Lister Project next door to St Peter’s, too: this provides personal care and accommodation for up to 25 people who have mental health issues.

Youth Club - A Youth Club was formed in 2015, supported by a generous grant from the Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust. The Group has forged ahead over the years in numbers as well as in terms of mission and outreach within the local community. This has helped to develop healthy, positive relationships – supporting not only younger people but also their family networks. As a group we continue to develop innovative ways of moving forward and to reflect on where we are with our journey. All this has helped to create growth, resulting in an attendance of up to 30 children each week.

Charitable Support - We regularly support Gleadless Valley Foodbank, Christian Aid and the Sheffield Cathedral Archer Project. We have recently begun supporting World Vision UK, a Christian international children’s charity, by sponsorship donations which benefit an eleven- year-old girl, Wubalem, and help to equip her village in Ethiopia with clean water, nutritious food, healthcare, education and livelihoods – so she and others in her community can enjoy a

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life free from need and full of hope. An Evening of Song was organized to raise funds to pay for emergency bundles, toys, nappies and pots and pans for families and children in need.

Community Activities - The Hall is used for community activities such as Mothers and Toddlers, the Lister Project, Chair Aerobics, Karate, birthday parties and ladies’ groups. It is also used as a polling station and for our fund-raising events such as the Summer Fair, Table Top Sales, Christmas Fair and concerts.

3) Woodhouse St James

We are a welcoming church community of all ages with 83 on the electoral roll. We are a broad mix of individuals, united by our faith and mission to be a welcoming, nurturing church for the whole family of God, telling the Good News of Jesus Christ and encouraging discipleship through the Holy Spirit in actions and words in Woodhouse and beyond. St James works hard to remain an integral part of the Woodhouse village community.

Over recent years we have tried to live out our values as a church faithfully, namely to be:

• Family-orientated • Bible-based and prayerful • A place where every person is welcomed • Open and honest • Led by the Holy Spirit

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Our Congregation

Schools work - We work closely with Woodhouse West Primary and Brunswick Community Primary schools, sharing in regular assemblies and working together on community projects. Our Youth Worker regularly visits both schools, working with Y5 and Y6 children, delivering soft skills in relationship-building, friendships and behaviour management, and delivering teaching around the RE curriculum for Christian festivals. We have a presence on both governing bodies; both schools are keen for this to continue.

Our Youth Worker continues to develop our work in a secondary school bordering our parish, helping to run the lunchtime Christian Union. This is a new endeavour: we hope to see this ministry grow. We hope that one or both of our new Priests-in-Charge will have a real passion for schools’ work, to help us continue to build relationships and outreach.

Children and Young People - Over the last 10 years we have been intentional in our mission to reach families, children and young people in our community by providing services and outreach events setting forth a clear path for engagement with the Christian faith.

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Toddler Group - Tots & Tea is run by dedicated volunteers on Tuesday mornings. We have seen significant growth over the last 18 months. Towards the end of the morning the families are brought together for children’s worship songs, a bible story and healthy snacks.

Toddlers’ Nativity 2016

Health Drop-in - Working with local health professionals, we have set up a Health Drop-In fortnightly on Monday mornings for new mums and babies. This is hosted by a volunteer who on request provides details of baptism services and the toddler group.

All-Age Service - Currently led by the Youth Worker and Children’s Worker, this is held on the first Sunday each month. It is an interactive worship service with something for all, and includes a range of sung workshops, crafts for the children, talks for adults and much more. This is our best-attended service, and we hope to develop it further.

St James Messy Church - This has been running for 6 years on the third Monday each month, regularly attracting an attendance of 50-60 children and adults. The focus has evolved to be more worship-led, with crafts supplementing the teaching followed by a meal. Recognising that older children tend to lose interest with the traditional Messy Church, our Youth Worker has developed Messy Church Extra to work alongside older school children.

Children’s Sunday Groups - During our Communion services we provide Seeds for the 0-3’s, Shoots for 4- to 8-year olds and Roots for 9 years+. These interactive, fun sessions aim to develop the children’s discipleship and understanding of Bible stories and related crafts.

Children and young people are important in the life of our church, and we have been intentional in our ministry to them. A gifted and committed team of lay people was strengthened by a Family and Children’s Worker who was with us until late 2015.

St James employs a Centenary Project Youth Worker (contract to April 2019, extended via a further grant to at least the end of 2019). He oversees FRESH Youth which runs in the hall on Wednesday evenings for all young people over the age of 10. It offers a relaxed atmosphere of games, relaxing with mates, biblical input and team activities.

Over the past year we have become blessed with a new Scout group. The 173rd Scout Group meets in our church hall on Monday evenings. It incorporates a Beaver Lodge and Cub and Scout group. One member of our church leads the Beaver group and our Youth Worker is an assistant Scout leader.

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We are pursuing the Diocese’s Child Friendly Church Award (CFCA), and hope to achieve this by the time the newly-appointed clergy join us.

Care Homes, Ecumenical Links, Remembrance Service & Festivals - St James has for many years taken services at Balmoral Care Home and at the Retirement Village at Brunswick Gardens. This has been an ecumenical venture with local Methodist and Salvation Army colleagues, one of many community ventures we share in. During Holy Week we come together to worship, serving our community with a Cross for Prayer outside the local Co-op plus an open- air service led by the fourth partner in our village: the AOG Southern Light church. We have seen this develop over recent years and it has been a joy to witness God working in people’s lives.

There is a Churches Together in Woodhouse. Twice yearly we run a joint holiday club: one at Easter hosted by Southern Light, the other at St James during October half term. This culminates in our annual Light Party, as a Christian alternative to Halloween.

We have joint services throughout the year to celebrate the week of Christian Unity and Pentecost; this year we hosted a joint outreach event to which we invited Tom Elliot for his Comedy Coffee Tour; it was well attended, with many there who would not normally come to church to join us.

With Trinity Methodists, St James has hosted Meet & Eat, a termly lunchtime event for the more elderly, with good food, conversation and time to think about what being a Christian means in our changing society. These have been well supported by church members using this as an intentional ministry to invite friends not normally attending church.

Every year on Remembrance Sunday St James is pleased to lead the service around the village war memorial. In recent years we have worked closely with the Royal Legion and Sheffield Signals, S13 Brass Band and local schools. We have seen numbers of attenders grow substantially each year with over 400 at the last service.

To engage our community still further we have held arts, jubilee, flower and Christmas tree festivals. St James started the Woodhouse Community Choir. Now run independently, it still meets in church and signs at our Christmas carol service.

Home Groups, Personal and Corporate Prayer, and Services - St James is committed to every person growing in their personal faith and calling, and in discovering how God will use them in the wider mission of the church. Over the years we have used Christianity Explored and Discipleship Explored in small groups for those exploring faith for the first time, new believers and those seeking to rediscover the basics of our faith. In addition, there is a ladies group for bible study and fellowship, and a men’s group based on the ABC of Men’s ministry (Ale, Breakfast and Curry).

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The Mothers’ Union meets once a month for a mixture of study, workshop and visiting speakers, helping them grow together and in their individual walk with God.

Every Monday morning, we hold a Drop-In for our community, offering a warm welcome, friendship and toast, crumpets or bacon butties.

Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals - Weddings and baptisms are currently conducted by visiting priest the Revd Ian Jennings. Baptisms are held on the 2nd Sunday of the month. Our licensed Lay Reader, June Fox, officiates at many funerals and runs a bereavement and fellowship group on the second Thursday of each month.

Church Buildings - St James seats approximately 350 people and is in the Early Geometric style, consisting when first built of chancel, vicar’s vestry, nave and south aisle. The only major addition has been the choir vestry consecrated in 1925, now used as a church office and meeting area.

St James Church

The Church Hall was added in 1968. Used for the church children and youth groups, it is also regularly used by the community for various local groups and social events. There is a small car park outside, plus well looked-after gardens that are an attraction for the community and for wedding couples and baptism families, for photos after services.

Charities - St James currently supports Toilet Twinning, Christians against Poverty and City Hearts. We have a regular Giving service each year; the priority of personal giving is always high on our agenda. With the support of Churches Together in Woodhouse, we have a small food bank supporting those in our community who need such assistance. Funds are raised annually for the Children’s Society through donations at our Christingle service, for UNICEF through the Jars of Grace campaign, and for Operation Christmas Child. 16

Vicarage accommodation: (1) Christ Church Hackenthorpe

The Vicarage is adjacent to the church, on Sheffield Road, with a pleasant secluded garden to the rear. Private parking to the front houses at least two cars in addition to the garage. There are two reception rooms downstairs as well as a kitchen and study, and four good-sized bedrooms on the first floor. Floor plans: please see our website for details.

Vicarage accommodation: (2) St James Woodhouse

The Vicarage is a four-bedroom detached house located away from the church on Cardwell Avenue. Built in the 1990s, the property was recently extended with a conservatory/dining room. It has an en-suite master bedroom, garage and well-kept garden to the rear with patio and grassed area. Floor plans: please see our website for details.

St James Vicarage – front and rear views

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Shared Role Description for two full-time ‘incumbent status’ posts

Details of both Posts

Role Title: Priest in Charge/Associate Priest in the benefices of the Attercliffe South-East Mission Partnership

Names of Benefices: Gleadless Christ Church with St Peter Hackenthorpe Christ Church Woodhouse St James

Deanery: Attercliffe

Archdeaconry: Sheffield &

Role Purpose

1. To exercise the cure of souls in collaboration with the bishop. 2. To grow Christ-like, lively and diverse Christian communities across this mission partnership, which are effective in making disciples and in seeking to transform our society and God's world. 3. To represent the Church of in the wider community. 4. To support, encourage and resource colleagues in the deanery and diocese, as together we seek to realise our diocesan vision.

General Responsibilities

1. To fulfill the responsibilities of clergy as described in the Canons, the Ordinal, the Guidelines for the Professional Conduct for the Clergy and other relevant legislation. 2. To watch over yourself. 3. To ensure that a high standard of worship, preaching and pastoral care is offered. 4. To develop the ministry of the laity such that all are using their gifts for the common good and to develop ministry teams. 5. To offer the gospel in a lively and engaging way to those who are outside the church. 6. To offer a way for people to explore the Christian gospel for the first time leading to baptism and confirmation. 7. To offer clear pathways for young Christians to grow to maturity as Christian disciples. 8. To lead the church in responding to human need by loving service. 9. To participate in diocesan, national and international initiatives to transform unjust structures of society.

10. To seek at all times to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth. 11. To encourage Christian stewardship of people’s time, money and abilities. 12. To collaborate with Churchwardens to ensure the church building(s) serve the church’s wider mission in the community. 13. To seek ecumenical cooperation wherever appropriate and possible. 14. To collaborate with the deanery in mission and ministry and cooperate in the implementation of the deanery plan. 15. To ensure full compliance at all times with the Diocesan Safeguarding Policy. 16. To explore opportunities for pioneer expressions of mission and ministry wherever appropriate and possible. 17. To fulfil the bishops’ requirement of full engagement with continuing professional development through Leading Well, Continuing Ministerial Development and diocesan events that aim to inspire and equip lay and ordained leaders.

Specific Responsibilities

1. To work closely with ordained and lay colleagues across the mission partnership, to develop a shared vision for mission across the combined area, re-imagining shapes of ministry and exploring opportunities for new initiatives to effectively engage and evangelize previously unreached people. 2. To identify, build and nurture effective church-based teams for the leadership and delivery of mission and ministry in each local context. 3. To build up the existing congregations in the mission partnership, encouraging growth in whole-life Christian discipleship and active lay involvement in mission and ministry. 4. To minister with integrity and pastoral sensitivity to people of all ages and backgrounds, whilst maintaining a strategic priority to “grow the Church younger” by developing appropriate ministries for children, young people and their families. 5. To engender a culture of service within the churches, so that they may become salt and light in their local communities; serving needs, challenging injustice and proclaiming good news in word and action. 6. To build strong working relationships with clergy and lay leaders of St Mary’s Beighton, Emmanuel Waterthorpe (LEP), St Cyprian’s and St Mark’s Mosborough, as the South-East Mission Partnership grows to include these parishes over the next 2-3 years.

Key colleagues within the church (local, deanery, diocese and ecumenical)

• The and the Bishop of • The Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham • The Area and Lay Chair of the Deanery • Chapter, Deanery Synod and Diocesan Synod together with church-related groups • Ordained colleagues in the mission partnership • Churchwardens, especially those of the parish(es) where appointed Priest in Charge • Lay officers and leaders, especially those of the parish(es) where appointed Priest in Charge

Key partners in the wider community (individuals and organisations)

• Schools and colleges in the combined area of the mission partnership • Residential homes in the combined area of the mission partnership • Community associations and projects in the combined area of the mission partnership • Local MPs and Councillors

Statement by the Archdeacon on behalf of the Diocese:

The Sheffield Diocesan strategy for developing Mission Partnerships is a response to the Church’s need to re-imagine ministry for effective mission in the 21st Century, recognising the reality of changing resources and contexts whilst remaining committed to local presence mission and ministry. In short, it is a strategy for growing the church. The diagram below is taken from the strategy booklet Re- Imagining Ministry for Mission, published in 2012*. It depicts the model as one where a group of churches will partner together in mission and ministry to a larger combined mission area (represented by the ellipse), sharing resources and vision. The example below has four churches, each with its own ministry team of licensed and authorised ministers, as well as a fresh expression of church (the tree!) resourced by two of the churches working in partnership. The mission partnership is served by two stipendiary clergy working together across the whole area, resourcing the mission and ministry of all the churches and enabling the teams to lead and minister effectively in their local contexts.

With the coinciding of two vacancies, we have a unique opportunity in the Attercliffe South-East Mission Partnership to embody this strategy further in the joint appointment of two stipendiary clergy.

* see http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/UserFiles/File/Strategy_documents/BOOKLETS_Re_imagining.pdf

There are several potential advantages to this creative approach to joint appointments, with the principal one being that it enables a far more strategic deployment of the particular skills and experiences held by the appointees across a wider mission area. Rather than each having to exhibit all the same strengths to do all the same things independently in the churches, we are able to appoint two people with particular specialisms to be offered more widely alongside their general ministry gifts.

As such, the two posts are being advertised as equivalents without pre-determining which post holder will be licensed as Priest in Charge to which church. Our intention is that both post holders will be licensed to all three benefices, and that the nature of those licenses will be determined in conversation with the two successful appointees. In the same way, the person specification for the two posts is identical with a three-column approach outlining our hopes for the shared skills and experiences that the two post holders will together bring to the mission partnership.

There are many opportunities for mission and growth in the parishes of Attercliffe South-East Mission Partnership, with numerous schools and community links as described in the profile. We are looking for two priests with energy and vision to provide strategic leadership and pastoral ministry to the three parishes and to develop new opportunities for mission in the communities in collaboration with the self-supporting ordained colleague and lay leaders. The two appointees will also work closely with the clergy and lay ministers of the four other churches as they join the Mission Partnership over the coming months (see specific responsibility 5 above). Together they will lead the churches of the Partnership in discerning a shared vision for mission and ministry, especially in relation to the three diocesan strategies of growing the Body of Christ, re-imagining ministry for a changing context and engaging in the wider community as salt and light, expressing the love of Christ in word and action.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be involved in shaping the future mission and ministry of the in this important part of Sheffield.

Review Date:

Signature of Office Holder: Date:

Signature of Archdeacon: Date:

ATTERCLIFFE DEANERY ATTERCLIFFE SOUTH-EAST MISSION PARTNERSHIP THE BENEFICES OF HACKENTHORPE CHRIST CHURCH, GLEADLESS CHRIST CHURCH WITH ST PETER (GLEADLESS TEAM PARISH) AND WOODHOUSE ST JAMES

PERSON SPECIFICATION

CRITERIA ESSENTIAL for both candidates ESSENTIAL in at least one DESIRABLE candidate

Qualifications • Theological training to an and Training appropriate level • Ordained Priest in the Church of England

Spirituality and • A person of prayer, lively • Ability to work within a Prayer Life faith and spiritual maturity deanery that embraces a with confidence in Scripture broad spectrum of

as the Word of God churchmanship • Sensitivity and responsiveness to the work of

the Holy Spirit • Ability to work comfortably within a mission partnership

Knowledge • Excellent understanding and • Proven knowledge of Church knowledge of the Bible and of England processes and ability to communicate it well procedures to all kinds of people

Experience • Proven track record of • Experience of innovative • Experience as a School missional engagement with methods or approaches to Governor your wider community communicating the gospel • Financial skills and awareness • Demonstrable commitment to young people • Experience of obtaining and to engaging successfully with • Experience of innovative managing grants from people of all age groups as an methods or approaches to diocesan sources or integral part of the Church communicating the gospel charitable foundations • Experience of leading or to people of no, little or • Experience of leading or inspiring lively and uplifting different faith implementing Alpha/Pilgrim worship • First-hand experience of etc participating in or leading a • Experience of Godly Play Fresh Expression of Church

1 Skills and • Ability to provide pastoral • Ability to lead, inspire or • Readiness to engage with Abilities leadership release outreach and different points of view and • Ability to identify, encourage mission initiatives work towards a consensual

and nurture spiritual, • Skill at discipling people at outcome vocational and other different stages of faith or • Familiarity with intranet for ministerial or practical gifts in setting out from varying parish organisation, and with

church members starting points other relevant social media • Ability to engage with and • Ability to chair and facilitate promote families as part of meetings successfully or to church life identify and motivate lay • Ability to work collaboratively leaders to chair, clerk and with lay and ordained progress meetings colleagues across the mission partnership, and to function well as both a team member and a team leader

Personal • Open, engaging, • Dynamic person willing to Attributes compassionate, collegial and try new things inclusive

• Pastor’s heart, to guide us in love • Lively sense of humour • Humility tempered with confidence and faith • Readiness to work with both male and female ordained and lay leaders • Empathetic; good listener • Heart for social justice

2 Appendix Mission Partnership Agreement

Section 1: the scope of this partnership

Attercliffe South East Mission Partnership-- Phase 1

Including: Christ Church Gleadless and St. Peter’s Basegreen (Gleadless Team Parish) Christ Church Hackenthorpe St. James Woodhouse

Partnership will function in these ways:

• Joint advertisement to be produced for 2 stipendiary incumbent-status priests, each of whom will be licensed to all three parishes either as Priest in Charge or Assistant Curate. This will be a true joint ministry across the Mission Partnership along with the current Associate Vicar Anne Rhodes. The partnership will also be served by 2 lay readers, some sharing of a Centenary Project Youth Worker and licensed lay family and children’s worker as plans progress and the current lay teams in each church develop

• It is anticipated that initially the parishes will continue to function in regular worship as they do now but over time the Sunday service patterns of each church will be looked at to see if there can be changes that accommodate more opportunities for mission and outreach with a reduced clergy presence. This may be in the form of family services and the use of Morning Prayer and shared communion across an established partnership.

• We hope the two new priests will bring complementary skills and gifts that will encourage and enable further lay ministry across the partnership. It is also hoped that as they work with members of each congregation, new lay and ordained ministers will be put forward for training within the Diocese.

• The intention will be to share best mission practice across the partnership and identify early on the mission strengths of each church and how together we can harness these gifts. This will be through regular meetings and projects for those in similar areas of ministry and looking to join together regularly for prayer and worship outside of the normal Sunday pattern.

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Section 2: our commitment to the eight criteria

Criterion Current situation Future plans together St. James Woodhouse The Gleadless Team Christ Church Hackenthorpe Christ Church St. Peter’s a. Growth in each Steady growth over the Some growth in young St Peter’s congregation Despite being in MP Working group to work congregation & last 6 years with an families through baptism. has remained fairly interregnum since January together towards mission church intentional mission of constant for some time. 2016 CCH numbers have partnership MAP to see if families and young Personal growth in Presently around 30 held steady, with some new there are any joint children, St. James congregation members adults and 6 children members over the last 18 priorities for mission by congregation and wider through attendance of months including two Easter 2018 church outreach has groups and Quiet We see growth as being young families. steadily grown over the mornings about faith in individuals Commitment to share best last 6 years. and not just numbers. Usual Sunday Attendance is practice and ideas between Growth in weekly Coffee averaging about 45 adults all the churches Current Sunday Morning and Knit and The past few years have and 6 under 16’s most attendance is circa 52 Natter Group which has been focused on Sundays Joint service sheet to be adults and 18 children. attracted widows and necessary building work produced that can be adults with learning but we are now ready to distributed across all The wider worshipping difficulties focus on mission and churches to show what community is: church growth. events are happening – 0-10: 38 Usual Sunday attendance maybe produced monthly 11-17: 5 for both Gleadless in addition to weekly 18-69: 65 churches are: sheets in each church 70+:37 Adults: 30 Total 145 Children under 16: 3 Loosen up services so that they are more attractive to young families, while still aiming to satisfy the needs of the existing congregation. Share service plans and materials with other Mission Partners. 2

b. Clear focus on St James is an outward Contact has been made St Peter’s has a presence CCH is an outward-looking PCC’s to Identify strengths mission looking church and want with the primary school in two mums and tots church. There is a weekly of each congregation with to engage with our wider and we are hoping to groups held in the church outreach meeting a view to each church community develop this relationship. hall which give us alternating between having a particular mission opportunities for mission. Hackenthorpe Community focus which is shared Priority towards a regular Regular community Centre and the Snax Shack across partnership i.e. and relevant presence in events are held e.g. We also have café. children, young people, the both our primary schools Christmas Tree Festival, involvement with, and an elderly, men’s breakfast and growing in our ATC annual service, ongoing relationship with There's a monthly service secondary schools Cream Teas, etc. The Lister Project (adult held at Hutton Croft See if we can share mental health) and Ascot Sheltered Housing, a resources to each ministry Make best use of Joint monthly Lodge Care Home monthly meeting in one of to spread the ministry contacts made through bereavement service (elderly, dementia) the flats on Delves Road, workload across churches the occasional offices with Associate Vicar at St through our pastoral monthly bereavement Peter’s and CCG Reader ministry. group. Fortnightly visit to Those who work in schools A commitment to run at held at CCH Cotleigh Care Home and a in each church meet termly least one Christianity New and creative ideas hosting group that puts on to share best practice and Explored course once a Puppet Ministry is a are being explored to regular lunch events for the resources/assemblies etc. year and follow up with thriving enterprise led by introduce Jesus to our various groups linked to Discipleship Explored 2 church members to Youth Club church. See if there is a potential to help attract young run a joint explorer course St James is a regular families to church. Hoping to start a new Weekly mums and Toddlers i.e. Christianity presence in our House Group in Group. We also have an up- Explored/Alpha/Pilgrim community by both September. to-date website and running and joining in Facebook page which we with community events An armchair aerobics hope to use more in the class attended by a near future in the form of a number of our social media outreach congregation has proven project. to be a place for mission. c. Mission Action We have produced 3 We have completed We have recently We have just completed Working party to think Plan – parish level MAPs in the last 6 years MAP2 and are currently completed MAP2 and are MAP2. This is our first through and start to & MP level (as of which has focussed our working on issues committing ourselves to attempt at this and it has produce a MP level MAP July 2017) mission goals brought up eg Welcome one new thing in each of highlighted a number of Which could include these Packs the 8 categories that we areas where we could ideas: Currently working on will do over the next 12 improve our offering as a 3

MAP2 but slightly months. church. In brief these are: 1. A welcome pack delayed due to DG template could be leaving and rethinking 1. Provide a welcome pack shared across all 4 our priorities during the 2. Add one more monthly churches interregnum family-friendly service in 2. Service outlines and materials could be addition to our current shared to reduce all age service overall workload 3. Run a LifeShapes 3. Alpha will be offered to discipleship course all 4 churches by CCH 4. Run an Alpha course 4. Peter and Jayne from 5. involve people in CCG have brought their services, church puppets and other services to CCH on activities and several occasions. In community outreach future we would hope wherever possible to reciprocate to 6. Pursue a social media reduce overall outreach project. workload. 7. Talk to local councillors, 5. Social media use and a police etc and create a joint website are really important ways we questionnaire for could collaborate. The people to share their website will be crucial views to identify areas to keep us all informed of need of our various activities. 8. Make services more Also will be important family friendly. Add a for outreach 6. The CCH questionnaire children's pack to the could be used by all 4 welcome pack churches 7. Ideas that work could

be shared. The CCH children’s packs could be duplicated across all 4 churches 4

d. All ages but Regular access to local Contact with local Youth Club for ages 11- There is a weekly Mums Commitment for those in notably children, schools, monthly Messy primary school to be 14– held weekly except in and Toddlers Group in the similar ministries from each youth & schools Church, weekly Toddler developed school holidays. church hall. church to meet regularly group and fortnightly Working with young 35? children on the list. We have a couple of and share best practice, Sunday groups people in church on We have 2 leaders that families attending currently ideas and resources i.e. Employed CP Youth ‘Christianity Explored’ have completed the as part of our baptism children’s workers, those Worker and licensed lay looking towards Aurora Youth Workers policy. We aim to engage who work with the Family & Children’s confirmation. course and 7 other with these families as much bereaved, youth workers worker leaders, one of which is as possible. etc. Our reader is a helper at from CCG. Mother’s Union meet St Peter’s Youth Club. We have recently added Share resources and ideas monthly, joint meals for A presence in 2 Mums children's story bags to from family services – more senior members Sunday Gang – Sunday and Tots groups, an entertain them during the maybe work towards a with ecumenical partners morning group armchair aerobics class, services. template that could be termly, weekly drop-in and Dementia Care home used across all churches in for the community – as above. We have one All-Age the partnership service per month where Lay Reader runs a Contact with local school children are encouraged to Loosen up services so they monthly bereavement take part. are more attractive to coffee morning and Sunday school for 4- young families and young Mum’s home 11year olds children. group Employ the services of a youth worker; this is more likely to happen if a bid goes forward for a post shared between the 4 churches e. Pioneer & We have a mixed We have Holy We have Holy Our community outreach Support and fresh ideas for mixed economy economy of traditional Communion and Service Communion and Service continues to reach some community outreach, worship and more of the Word of the Word people who would not possibly building on what is modern worship. otherwise come to church. happening already. Also offer Quiet Days in Further work to be done the Parish Centre and The All-Age service A shared pioneer worker is on growing pioneer work Garden continues to be popular a possible goal for but our Youth Worker is expanding and building 5

exploring this through mission work in the FRESH a new youth partnership and in parishes outreach event f. Sharing of Our lay reader is often We have not had a priest Our Associate Vicar is One of our church members Joint service plans to ministry resources called to different since 2012 frequently called to take helps out at St Peter's and continue and sharing of lay churches to take services Sunday services, preaches there once a ministers and funerals Reader and Puppet weddings, funerals and month. Ministry both preach at baptisms at other Each church to look at Youth worker has been other churches. Reader churches in the Mission Peter and Jayne from CCG wider ecumenical running our YP group does parish funerals Partnership come to us regularly partnerships to see how across 3 parishes over mission could be enhanced the last 18 months Christ Church and St Our Associate Vicar also across the partnership area Peter’s are part of the holds a bereavement St James is part of an Gleadless Churches group at Christ Church To help out at other active Churches Together Together and share Hackenthorpe with Partnership churches network with shared morning prayer Reader at CCG- open to whenever able and receive services and outreach at fortnightly with the partnership help when offered. This Easter, Christmas and to Methodist and URC reduces overall workload local nursing and care partners across the Mission homes Partnership g. Sustainability Most of our groups and We continue to support We continue to support We have successfully As we look to appoint 2 outreach are run by lay and encourage one and encourage one managed to keep the new priests for the leaders and there are another. another. church services going partnership look for at deliberate plans put in during the interregnum least one who can train lay place to grow other with a mixture of ordained colleagues in mission and leaders in each group. and lay people. ministry

Each congregation to continue to look for and encourage each other in lay ministries

Employing the services of a Development worker to assist in the administrative framework for mission 6

partnership. h. Generosity In addition to some See sharing of ministry Our Associate Vicar is As mentioned in section F Church wardens to within MP & to points above, we have resources above. involved in duties across one of our church members establish links with each wider diocese already hosted an away the partnership as regularly preaches at St other in each church and day for the MP and also The Puppet Ministry is already noted above. Peter's and Peter and Jayne provide sounding board instigated a joint service taken to churches in the from Christchurch Gleadless and support for each other. pattern across the Diocese as well as MP 4 members are part of a regularly come down to To commit to sharing best partnership which has Mission Partnership Bible help out with services at practice with each other as been working well Joint Knit and Natter Study Homegroup CC H. well as practical help such group and Bereavement as lists of contractors etc. CP Youth worker has Group with St Peter’s and The bereavement group There is also an ongoing wider role in the Diocese wider MP is open to the MP dialogue between us and A Joint Newsletter would such as helping to the other churches in the be useful and help church organise young people’s Our Reader is a Spiritual A Knit and Knatter group MP members to feel connected weekend and CP network Accompanier and with members from St to the Mission Partnership. ministers to those from Peter’s and Christ Church various parts of the Gleadless is held weekly A Joint Website for the Diocese at the Parish Centre whole Mission Partnership could contain an administrative part for church members, to facilitate the sharing of ideas and resources so that effort is not duplicated unnecessarily. A joint website will be very useful not just for public information but also for Partnership organisation and coordination e.g. the monthly service rotas. Joint use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter etc. could also be very fruitful in terms of outreach.

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Section 3: details of congregational leaders & administrative support:

Church St. James Woodhouse Christ Church Gleadless St Peter’s Basegreen Christ Church Hackenthorpe Incumbent Vacant Vacant

2 Incumbents to be licensed across the partnership

Curate None None None None

Service Leader June Fox – Reader Reader Barbara Wadsworth Marcus Croft takes services This varies. Twice a month we and Churchwarden Peter once a month have a communion service David Ludbrook – Youth Thomas take services conducted by various ordained Worker ministers; Rev Ian Jennings has been a much appreciated Tara Osborne – Children’s regular. We have one all Age Minister service per month led by lay members June Richardson and Kerry McMahon and the remaining service is led by one of Sue Bain, Sue Smith, Marcus Croft or Peter Thomas & Jayne from Christ Church Gleadless. SSM None None Anne Rhodes takes services on Rev Ann Rhodes currently Sundays and works across the conducts weddings, baptisms parish. and funerals and leads services several times in the year

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Reader June Fox Barbara Wadsworth We have no active Readers at this time.

Other Linda Robinson – PCC Pastoral worker: Joan Rear Rev. Ann Rhodes and a team of Secretary regular helpers run a monthly Children’s worker: Jill Bereavement Group. This is John Parkin – Lay Chair of PCC Blanchard and Kate Steele well attended and has been running for 15 years. Ashley Lidster - Treasurer Tina Tomlinson leads a monthly service at Hutton Croft Church Plant. Ruth & Mike Applewhite lead weekly meetings in Hackenthorpe Community Centre and Snax Shack Cafe on Main Street. Jan Dakin leads a weekly mum’s and toddlers group and does some work with the elderly in care homes. Rob Godley leads a monthly outreach meeting on Delves Road. Pat White organises a monthly Women’s Prayer Breakfast. Mick Richardson leads a monthly Men’s Prayer Breakfast. Warden Martin Ripley and Will Rolls Peter Thomas John Freeman Mick Richardson and Malcolm Green

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Mission Partnership Steering Group:

Anne Rhodes, Associate Vicar – Hackenthorpe & Gleadless Team Barbara Wadsworth, Reader – Christ Church Gleadless Peter Thomas, Warden – Christ Church Gleadless Joan Rear – St. Peter’s Basegreen Marcus Croft – Christ Church Hackenthorpe Rob Godley – Christ Church Hackenthorpe Ruth Applewhite – Christ Church Hackenthorpe June Fox, Reader – St. James Woodhouse Will Rolls – St. James Woodhouse

Administrative support: Jakki Bavin – Mission Partnership Project Support Worker

Section 4: ratification of the Mission Partnership Agreement

Phase 2:

The Deanery Plan is for the Parishes of Beighton, Frecheville, and Mosborough to join with the Attercliffe SE Mission Partnership at a later date.

Date of PCC meeting at which this agreement was accepted by the participating church:

Church: Christ Church Hackenthorpe Date of PCC meeting minutes: 9/11/2017

Church: Christ Church Gleadless Date of PCC meeting minutes: 9/26/2017

Church: St. Peter’s Basegreen Date of PCC meeting minutes: 9/26/2017

Church: St. James Woodhouse Date of PCC meeting minutes: 3/10/2017

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