Team Minister (House for Duty) Benefice of Chipping Norton

Team Profile

The Chipping Norton Team Benefice was formed in 2001, incorporang: • Chipping Norton and Over Norton • Kingham and Daylesford • Churchill with Sarsden • The ‘Five Villages’: Lile Compton, Salford, Lile Rollright, Chastleton and Cornwell.

The posion of Team Minister will include the following responsibilies: • Oversight and development of mid-week Small Groups and Pastoral Teams around the Benefice • Sharing in the provision of Sunday Services and Occasional Offices around the Benefice.

We are looking for an experienced pastor who will: • Contribute fully and flexibly to the exisng Evangelical clergy team, bringing further experience, dynamism and wisdom into our strategic thinking. • Grow and develop our Small Group structure across the Benefice • Equip, train and nurture Small Group Leaders, enabling them in turn to pastor and disciple others. • To support and encourage our Pastoral Team leaders and members. Foreword by the Bishop of Dorchester If you had asked me three years ago when we would be appoinng a new House for Duty Priest to the Chipping Norton Team I would probably have told you that it could not be unl aer the new curate had finished their curacy at the earliest. Since then, as you will see from the profile, things have developed remarkably both at St Mary’s itself and across the wider benefice. I therefore have no hesitaon in recommending the job outlined here as one that needs to be done, and which can be encompassed in a House for Duty role. The house in Lile Compton is very good indeed and I was parcularly delighted to hear how things are developing with the village’s ‘Songs of Praise’. In the past this role focussed almost ex- clusively on five of the smallest villages in the Team and it is good that that will no longer be the case as it will provide a job that is beer integrated into the totality of the Team, whilst retaining a strong link to the villages themselves. There are, aer all, few beer ways of geng to know a village than in living amongst its people. At the same me, it was clear from their ‘Secon 12’ meeng the other night that the village con- gregaons appreciate having a variety of inputs and the chance to listen to, and dialogue with, a number of different celebrants and preachers. All in all I think that this is a do-able job (though I am well aware that many House for Duty Priests are their own worst enemies and work voluntarily longer than their requested hours!) and an ex- cing one, as part of an innovave, challenging and spiritual team. I warmly commend it to you.

23rd November 2016

2 Statement from the Team Rector The Chipping Norton Benefice really is an excing and energising place to serve! Over the last three years, there has been significant change across the board, which - perhaps unusually - has been embraced by almost everybody in the Benefice. The ‘Benefice Team’ was formed 15 years ago in name, but is now really growing into a ’Team’ in nature too, resulng in new life and a re- newed sense of expectaon of what God wants to do here. In Chipping Norton itself, we discerned our Mission afresh in 2014 as being ‘to share the life- changing love of Jesus, serving our whole community’. As we’ve acvely turned to face outwards since then, through new outreach iniaves we’ve seen the gospel bring tangible differences to people’s lives across the town, and we’ve also enjoyed seeing new faces come in through the doors most weeks. We’ve acvely sought to engage all generaons, but with a parcular emphasis on reconnecng with youth, families and men, and have been thrilled to see our main Sunday congre- gaon growing significantly in all age groups. New life, though, has not been limited to Chipping Norton, but - also with a renewed sense of mis- sion - the churches in Kingham and Churchill have grown over the course of the last year too, and even the smaller churches in the Five Villages have seen signs of new beginnings, parcularly in Lile Compton. So we are seeing growth, but - as John Sto used to say - we want to ensure that there is depth to our growth. That’s why, in this appointment, we’re praying for somebody to join us who’ll not only be excited by the prospect of helping us to maintain our current momentum in terms of growth, but who has the parcular gis and experience to help us provide depth in discipleship.

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Table of Contents Foreword by the Bishop of Dorchester ...... 2 Statement from the Team Rector ...... 3 Area Dean Statement (prepared by Area Dean and Lay Chair) ...... 5 The Mission of our Church ...... 6 Chipping Norton ...... 6 Kingham & Churchill ...... 8 Over Norton and the Five Villages ...... 8 The Team ...... 9 Ministers and Pastoral Staff ...... 9 Administrave staff ...... 9 Clergy with Permission to Officiate ...... 10 Looking to the future ...... 11 Mission and Outreach ...... 11 Leadership and working collaboravely ...... 11 Worship and preaching ...... 12 Pastoral Care ...... 13 Stewardship and benefice organisaon ...... 13 Personal development and spirituality ...... 14 Role Descripon ...... 15 Person Specificaon ...... 15 Mission and Outreach ...... 15 Leadership and working collaboravely ...... 15 Worship and preaching ...... 15 Pastoral Care ...... 16 Spirituality and personal development ...... 16 Other responsibilies ...... 16 The Vicarage ...... 16 Appendix: Detailed Descripon Of The Benefice ...... 17 Chipping Norton ...... 17 Churchill with Sarsden ...... 22 Kingham and Daylesford ...... 23 The Five Villages: ...... 24 Services around the Benefice ...... 26 Web links ...... 28

4 Area Dean Statement (prepared by Area Dean and Lay Chair)

Chipping Norton Deanery is a vibrant rural deanery, on the north-west edge of the Diocese of Ox- ford, consisng of a number of small market towns and rural villages of varying size. Mutual sup- port and encouragement of clergy and laity is at the heart of our life together, through friendship, fellowship and the sharing of worship and resources. The Deanery and its Synod are fully commit- ted to the approach taken by James Kennedy and his team at Chipping Norton and do everything we can to support them. God is blessing them as a church and a team and we are very proud of them. One of the priories for the Deanery is the development of communicaon across the Deanery to enable beer support and encouragement in our mission together to learn from each other. Communicate, co-operate and collaborate is the way forward for our Deanery. Work with schools is seen as an important area of opportunity. In parcular, we are commied to supporng and en- couraging the Foundaon Governors in our church aided and controlled schools. The Deanery Plan celebrates the good work that is happening across the Deanery in terms of mis- sion to all areas of society, in parcular with school, families and youth work. A number of our church buildings have been re-ordered and most are in good repair. We are developing a network of Pilgrim Trails across the Deanery to enable members of the church communies as well as those who are not regular church aenders to reflect and deepen their spirituality. As a synod we seek to develop the gis of every member of our church communies for the benefit of others. Clergy Chapter meets together most months for lunch and the sharing of issues, insights, concerns, support, encouragement, informaon, and much more. Deanery Synod has discovered that, to- gether, we have a stronger voice and more effecve representaon in the wider church, and wants to strengthen that representaon for the rural Church. Synod meengs are held in churches around the Deanery and begin with worship, usually in the style of the hosng church. We there- fore take a full and acve part in the management of the Church of England with members of both the Bishop’s Council and the General Synod coming from the Deanery. The Deanery is delighted to support this appointment. We connue to offer our prayers for the parishes for encouragement in the connuing growth and development of God’s work here. A warm welcome to a vibrant community awaits!

5 The Mission of our Church Chipping Norton We believe that Mission should be at the heart of every- thing that we do at St Mary’s and that, to be equipped for the mission that God gives to us all, we need to develop our relaonship with God and with one another through our worship, through our aenon to his Word and through seeking the empowering presence of his Spirit in our lives. These convicons underpin our values and inform our ap- proach to the mission and ministry that we share collecve- ly: Values We take welcome seriously. God did not wait for us to get ourselves sorted before he welcomed us into an inmate relaonship with him through Jesus, so we we try to extend that same atude of wel- come to anyone who comes to us at St Mary's, regardless of their background or circumstances. Developing our ‘welcome’ in all of its facets is an ongoing priority for us. Being a true and lively family is also important to us - a whole family in unity, with people of all ages embraced and valued. We try to have fun together, and to invest in friend- ship and relaonship with each other. We don’t hide behind ritual or formality, embracing tradions where they sll help us to worship together, but not geng too caught up in them. In everything we aim to be genuine and personal. As a family, we care for each other, taking our responsibili- es seriously to share what we have whenever we perceive a need. We also invest in resourcing the nurture of our chil- dren, encouraging them ever closer towards Jesus. Over me, our aim is to help one another in our growth towards Christlikeness. A healthy church, empowered by the Spirit, will be led into truth and grow in maturity to produce fruit. We therefore want St Mary’s to be a place where people are always growing spiritually - through faithful Bible teaching, training, and exercising faith, through obedience, surrender and through commitment to serve. When it comes to ‘community’, we believe that God’s church should be a blessing to his world. Our place in Chipping Norton is to love our whole community, and to be found at the heart of our community. We are called to be an outward focused church, reaching out wherever we find doors opening, serving and witnessing to the good news of Jesus in word and deed. Jesus’ life-changing love was never passive, and never will be. When we come to know what he has done out of love for us, we will always want to turn our lives back in service to him praccally. We therefore place emphasis, at St Mary’s, on expressing God’s love praccally by seeking jusce and serving the poor. Chipping Norton is a small community with more than it’s fair share of people living on the margins. At St Mary’s we are uniquely placed to know and to serve our whole com-

6 munity and so we acvely seek to step out constantly in compassion, coming alongside the lost and the vulnerable, no longer living for ourselves, but for but for the one who died for us. Mission Statement Bringing these values together, to guide us in our life together, our mission at St Mary’s is ‘to share the life-changing love of Jesus, serving our whole community’. Vision Statement Three years ago, shortly aer the appointment of the current Team Rector, at the same me as Mission Statement, we also recognised significant shortcomings in the way that we were reaching our community. This gave rise to a 3 year Vision Statement ‘to engage families, youth and men to grow in faith and fulfilment’. Having discerned this mission and vision, we consciously try to align all aspects of our church life accordingly. In this way we aim to channel our energies and resources consistently into the areas that we feel that God has highlighted for us for this me. The Fruit As we’ve pursued this vision, among the many smaller breakthroughs that have given us cause for celebraon over the last 3 years, there have been several parcular highlights which illustrate our current trajectory as a church: • Establishment of weekly Sunday groups for all ages from 0-16 • Growth of Sunday aendance from average of approx 60 to 150 • ‘Passion for Life’ Mission Week (in collaboraon with other churches across North Cotswolds) in April 2014 • 45 people joining us at New Wine Summer Conference in 2015 & 2016 • Relaunching 1st Priority Prayer (monthly corporate prayer meeng) • Launch of a CAP Debt Centre in May 2015 • Launch of Men’s Ministry Programme since Sept 2015 • Appointment of a full-me Youth Worker in Sept 2015 • Sustained increase in planned giving, with subsequent turnaround of church finances from deficit to surplus • Refurbishment of Parish Rooms in Oct 2015 • Embracing social acon opportunies and iniaves such as ‘Mary’s Kitchen’ (preparing meals for people in crisis), and helping individuals and housing agencies with furnishing / decorang. • Becoming Partner Church with Open Doors in April 2016 • 4 Alpha Courses & 2 Marriage Course in last 2 years • Welcoming children to Communion in July 2016 • 51 bapsms, of which 17 were by full immersion • Launch of ‘Remix’ a town-focused Friday aernoon Youth Club • Emergence of 5 new small groups

7 What next? We are drawing to the end of the 3-year scope of this ‘Vision’ and so a priority in the New Year (aer the appointment of our House for Duty Team Minister), will be to look forward and to dis- cern the specific vision that God wants us to pursue together for the next five years.

Kingham & Churchill Kingham and Daylesford parish and Churchill with Sarsden parish are disnct, but have shared a vicar since the 1990s. They recently adopted a common mission statement – ‘to be at the heart of the village, sharing the love of Christ’. Two services every Sunday al- ternate between All Saints, Churchill and St Andrew’s, Kingham so there’s always a tradional said communion service in one church followed by a more modern service with children’s work and mu- sic in the other. Many church-members aend wherever their preferred style of service is taking place, whilst others aend their A carved pumpkin from our 2014 ‘Bright’ Party nearest church, whether it’s tradional or more modern in style. In 2015 the two parishes decided to employ a part-me administrator, principally to improve organisaon and publicity. The worship has recent- ly started to benefit from the formaon of a fledgling music group. The people of both churches are looking to grow in their relaonship with God and their engagement with their communies. In five years they look forward to having more members, more involved, seeing more of what God is doing amongst them and joining in as best they can.

Over Norton and the Five Villages Paerns of worship in Over Norton and the Five Villages have, with some small alteraons, taken the same basic shape for the last decade, with monthly services in Chastleton, Cornwell, Lile Roll- right (in summer months) and Lile Compton, and then fortnightly services in Salford and Over Norton. Unl 2013, when the clergy post in the Five Villages was last occupied, the House for Duty Team Minister had primary responsibility for looking aer the Five Villages only. Since then, that respon- sibility has been shared by the whole clergy team, and the churches have enjoyed the variety of perspecves and styles that this ‘Team’ approach has brought. The size and composion of the congregaons, though warm and friendly, is nevertheless such that the predominant focus for ministry in these villages since 2013 has been care for regular church members. In that me, purposeful outreach has been largely limited to the opportunies arising through aendance at village fetes, in addion to the Occasional Offices, Fesval services, Remembrance Sunday and Christmas Carols. A notable excepon to this general picture has been in Lile Compton, where a change in the pat- tern of services from a 9am BCP communion to a 4pm Songs of Praise, along with a burst of energy from the new Churchwarden, has seen congregaon numbers increase from 2 to 30!

8 The Team Ministers and Pastoral Staff Team Rector (and Vicar of Chipping Norton): Rev Dr James Kennedy James joined the Benefice team in September 2013. His is a full-me post, includ- ing occupancy of the vicarage in Chipping Norton. James is married to Emma and they have four children - three of whom aend the Cotswold School in Bourton- on-the-Water, and one of whom aends St Mary’s C of E Primary School. James worked as a surgeon before training for ordinaon. He was previously Curate at St Andrew’s, High Wycombe. Team Vicar of Kingham and Churchill and Benefice Schools' and Children's Minister: Rev David Salter David joined the Benefice team in 2011, with responsibilies split between the two roles listed. His is also full-me spendiary post, including occupancy of the vicarage in Kingham. David is married to Sally and they have two sons at the Cotswold Shcool. He worked as an engineer for Vodafone before training for ordi- naon. He was previously curate in Eynsham and Cassington. Assistant Curate: Rev Martha Simpson Martha joined the team in 2014. Her role is part-me, and she works across the Benefice. She lives in Chipping Norton with her husband, Tom, and their two young daughters. Team Minister: Vacancy Unl 2013 this post-holder had specific responsibility for pastoral ministry within the Five Villages. The congregaons are aware that the post-holder, following this appointment, will have a very dif- ferent role. Associate Minister: Rev. Jackie Jones Jackie was licensed to the team in 2013 as a self-supporng minister. She lives in Churchill, and leads a service within the Benefice each week. Previously a solicitor, Jackie was ordained as a minister in October 2009. She also serves part-me as a Chaplain at Katherine House Hospice. Youth Worker: Jonny Lowe Jonny joined us in September 2015. He works full-me out of St Mary’s, Chipping Norton and, although acvies centre around the town, Jonny serves the young people across the Benefice. He is married to Kae.

Administrave staff Church Office Administrator: Mrs Emma Bayley Emma is an extremely dedicated administrator, working 20 hours per week in the St Mary's church office. Emma spends part of her me supporng the Five Vil- 9 lages parish. Kingham & Churchill Administrator: Mrs Sam Shaw Sam was appointed in September 2015, and works 12 hours per week from the Vicarage in King- ham to provide administrave support for the parishes of Kingham and Churchill. Finance Administrator: Mrs Emily O’Shea Emily joined the staff in 2015. She works 12 hours per week and has helped to transform our financial systems and also maintains our church database and helps with our website and communicaons. Emily also supports the Five Villages with their finances.

Clergy with Permission to Officiate Canon Robin Howard Robin is a rered priest living locally. He has been helpful officiang and preaching in the Benefice for some years and connues to lead a mid-week communion service each month at St Mary's. Rev Victor Story Victor rered to Chipping Norton in 2015, having been Rector of the Miltons and Stadhampton immediately prior to his move here. He helps with services in the villages and some Occasional Of- fices. Rev Richard Cunningham Richard is Director of UCCF. He lives in Churchill with his wife, Ruth, and their family. He helps from me to me by leading services around the Benefice and by preaching at St Mary’s.

10 Looking to the future Mission and Outreach Over the course of the last three years, we have worked hard to make ‘mission’, in its broadest sense, central to the life of the church, sharing Jesus’ love in word and acon as we serve our community. We try to achieve this locally in part through pung on courses and in part through encouraging formal and informal outreach acvies, and in the wider world through partnering with external mission organisaons. Courses: Alpha (x2 per year). Marriage Course (x1 per year). Marriage Preparaon (x2 per year). CAP Money Course (x1 so far). Formal local outreach acvies: CAP Debt Centre. Mary’s Kitchen (meals cooked and prepared to take out to people in crisis). Men’s Ministry (‘Men Unit- ed’ - programme of 4 events / year - mixture of so- cial and evangelisc) and Women’s Ministry (ap- prox 6 events / year, similar mix of social, outreach and evangelisc intent). Beginning to think about local Mission Week at Easter 2018 in collaboraon with other churches in North Cotswold Gospel Partnership. Informal local outreach acvies: Ad hoc personal advocacy. Social acon projects (such as house clearances, cleaning and decorang houses for those in poverty or other personal need). Providing furniture and appliances for those who are referred to us by the Police, Social Services, Local Councillors or Housing Officers. Mission Partners: Bruce & Jan Rossington (working out of Kenya for Africa Inland Mission (AIM), on Bible translaon for unreached people groups. Open Doors (Partner Church since April 2016). Tear Fund (looking to become ‘Connected Church’ in 2017). In the coming years, we hope to develop each of these areas of acvity, and - in parcular - hope to broaden and strengthen our formal outreach acvies, seeking to provide opportunies for more of the church family to engage personally in accessible manageable ways. There are also specific opportunies around the corner, linked to a) holes le in social provision for vulnerable families from cuts in Local Authority funding (such as to those services provided to date by the ACE Centre) & b) to the planned new-builds in several areas of the town. If these plans come to pass, the populaon of the town will rise by nearly 50% in the next 5-7 years, opening the possibility of planng a new congregaon / church.

Leadership and working collaboravely Since 2013 the clergy and staff teams have worked much more closely than previously. All em- ployed staff currently meet every Monday morning to worship together, to pray for one another and for a weekly business meeng. While David has primary responsibility for the daily pastoral ministry in Kingham and Churchill, and James for Chipping Norton, we have worked hard to introduce administrave policies and pastoral

11 systems which have simplified proceedings across the Benefice. Occasional Offices are shared out across the whole clergy team. James meets with all employed staff each month (except Sam, who is line-managed by David) to oversee and encourage them in the development of their roles and to work together with strategy. James chairs the Chipping Norton PCC and gives strategic direcon, while David does so for the Kingham and Churchill PCC’s. We share the responsibilies for the Five Villages. Our greatest present challenge, as we plan for further growth, is to adapt our leadership structure. At present, while lay ministry is posively encouraged across the Benefice, the churches all operate according to a ‘small church’ paern of ministry in which the clergy are expected to play an acve part in leading almost every area of church life. In Chipping Norton in parcular, we have grown beyond the size in which that model works effecvely, and have recognised that - unless we ad- dress this as a maer of urgency - our leadership structure is likely to provide a barrier to further growth. As a PCC we have idenfied the need to raise new lay leaders who are wiling not only to serve, but to shoulder significant responsibility for the different ministry areas. We recognise that this process will be challenging and, especially in the short term, will demand significant me and aenon from the clergy. The current appointment is a strategic step towards facilitang such a transion to a new leadership structure. Worship and preaching Like ‘mission’, we regard ‘worship’ as being a whole-life acvity and encourage this perspecve both in our Sunday gatherings and in our small groups. With respect to our gathered worship, there is signifi- cant variety across the Benefice. One consistent feature is the centrality of strong biblical and gospel-focused preaching. Beyond this, though, the paerns of worship are very different. In Over Norton and the Five Villages, at 8am and 9am in Chipping Norton, Kingham and Churchill, services are shorter and (with the excepon of ‘Songs of Praise’ in Lile Compton) liturgical. Sermons are limited to ap- proximately 10 minutes. Much is changing around the Benefice, but - while retaining an air of welcome and informality - the tradional shape of these services remains untouched. The 10.45 services in Kingham and Churchill are intenonally welcoming to all. About a third of the congregaon (usually 12-15) are members of Kidzone, our Sunday School, so new families know that they’re not alone. Kidzone meets three mes each month, gathering aer the first song in church and aiming to return for the end of the service. Sermons are usually about 15-20 minutes but somemes the Kidzone leaders ask for them to be longer! We usually have communion to- gether twice each month and have an all-age service once, during which we worship and learn all together. Musically, we enjoy both the rich words of tradional hymns and the hearelt focus of more modern songs. One of our young people is learning to play the organ and we’re also thankful for an experienced musician and worship leader moving to Churchill and strengthening this aspect of our life together.

12 When we come together in Chipping Norton, there is less formal liturgy and preaching is given a more prominence than in the smaller villages. Sermons typically last for approx 25 minutes. While remaining sensive to the tradional backdrop of our rural market town seng, we also know how life-giving passionate sung worship can be. For this reason, over the last three years, as well as singing the best of the older hymns and songs, we have been sensively broadening our repertoire of contemporary songs. We have been blessed with the arrival in the church family of several addi- onal talented musicians in recent months, and so are enjoying an increased sense of energy and passion in our sung worship as they have joined our exisng commied worship team. As well as helping our congregaons to grow both in their love of Scripture and in their passion in worship, we are also seeking to help them to grow in their understanding and exercising of the gis of the Holy Spirit, including (but not limited to) the development of regular Prayer Ministry on Sundays. Pastoral Care Paerns of pastoral care do differ across the Benefice, and as we have grown it has become in- creasingly clear that greater structure and lay involvement are necessary. As such, we have iden- fied this as a significant area for acve investment in the coming years. Small Groups: In Chipping Norton, the primary way in which we aim to deliver pastoral care is through our Small Groups, but this is an evolving ambion. A significant weakness is that only ap- proximately 40% of our adult church membership are involved in a Small Group. Also, while we do offer some training and ongoing support to our Small Group leaders, we need to be far more inten- onal about equipping them for the task of pastoring and discipling that they are being asked to undertake. Pastoral Vising Team: In Chipping Norton, to support the clergy in providing pastoral care to the church family in parcular, there has long been a group of people who have acvely visited people in their homes, in care homes or in hospital. In 2016 this whole area was looked at afresh, with the result that we now have an expanded team, whom we are in the process of training and equip- ping. We recognise that this sll needs considerable aenon if we are to look aer those who are not in Small Groups. In the Villages: Pastoral provision in Kingham and Churchill is currently coordinated and largely de- livered by David himself, with the support of our Associate Minister, Jackie Jones. In the Five Vil- lages, since the House for Duty post has been in a Vacancy, the remaining clergy have divided pas- toral responsibility between us, but have only really been able to respond to ad hoc needs as they are flagged up to us by the church family. We have no intenon of returning to the situaon where the House for Duty Team Minister assumes sole responsibility for this provision, but hope that, by once again having visible clergy ‘feet on the ground’ in the Five Villages, we will be beer able to look aer them there. Recognizing that there’s no ‘one-size-fits all’ paern of pastoral care in a di- verse benefice we hope to understand the needs and opportunies in the villages beer and work to build a truly Benefice-wide system for delivering pastoral care, appropriate for each context. Stewardship and benefice organisaon In Chipping Norton itself, as the church has grown numerically and encouraged clearly from the front to regard giving as an integral part of living as a disciple of Christ, we find ourselves in a rea- sonably strong financial posion. We have shown a small surplus in the last two consecuve years, and been able to set ourselves annual budgets that keep us stepping out in faith and expectaon of God’s provision. This House for Duty appointment is a conscious step in planning for growth, as

13 we ancipate that a more intenonal approach to discipleship will, over me, connue to encour- age giving, and so enable us to expand our own missional acvity. Kingham and Churchill, the situaon is certainly ghter, but the PCCs are acvely addressing this, along with some intenonal teaching on biblical principles about joyful giving. This will connue to be an area for conscious focus. In the Five Villages, though legally a single parish, each Village has retained financial indepen- dence. Each VCC hold its own bank account and operates largely autonomously. Finances in The Five Villages have remained stable in recent years, thanks, in no small measure, to the consider- able income generated by the ‘Chastleton Teas’, in addion to local charitable acvies such as summer fetes Christmas Fairs. Personal development and spirituality It is our ongoing aim to encourage everyone in our churches to take seriously the biblical instruc- on to run with perseverance and to seek always to grow to maturity in faith, such that our enre lives represent a journey towards Christ-likeness. Our aim, over me, is to nurture every member of our church family in their discipleship, encour- aging them parcularly in the personal disciplines of prayer, me spent immersed in the Bible, and in living our their faith acvely within their communies. We seek to achieve this through emphasising the importance of four priories, namely of: joining together in gathered worship on a Sunday morning; aending a mid-week Small Group; serving in the life of the church according to their gis; and regular commied giving. This whole area of discipleship and spiritual nurture is a key priority for us to address in the imme- diate future, and the present appointment is a strategic step towards improving the way in which we can deliver more comprehensively. We would also like to see a culture of personal support and encouragement develop in the churches, through an intenonal move towards acve mentoring and one-to-one Bible study. The Youth are leading the way on this front, but remains an aspiraon for the wider church.

14 Role Descripon

We are seeking an ordained colleague who will play a full role within the exisng staff team, shar- ing in Sunday ministry and offering the equivalent of two other days (to be agreed) in which…

…to take a lead in: • Overseeing growth and development of our Small Group discipleship across the Benefice according to the needs and opportunies in each place. • Training, equipping and encouraging our Small Group leaders • Training, equipping and encouraging our Pastoral Team

…to share in: • Occasional weekday services (Holy Communion) • Officiang at some weddings and funerals • Parcipaon in the Monday morning team meengs • Parcipaon in other acvies. This could include facilitang mission, social acon projects, PCC meengs, training events, home Communions, and social acvies.

Person Specificaon

We seek a colleague with demonstrable experience of leading Small Groups through growth, who is commied to:-

Mission and Outreach • To equip our Small Groups for mission, encouraging an outward-facing culture and pre- paring them for growth and mulplicaon • To join with the Ministry Team in discerning and providing fruiul paerns of discipleship and outreach. • Through life and ministry, to be an example of passionately sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.

Leadership and working collaboravely • An essenal aribute will be demonstrable experience of gathering lay teams and equip- ping them for leadership. • A prayerful team member who is comfortable with change, can embrace the overall vision for growth shared by the Benefice, and who will bring skills and abilies which enrich our ministry and enable others to use their gis.

Worship and preaching 15 • Someone who will be comfortable across the variety of forms of Sunday worship in the Benefice and who will minister in a way that is sensive the local context of each congre- gaon. • A person who acknowledges the absolute authority and inerrancy of Scripture and who is commied to faithful and relevant Bible-based preaching, with a sensivity to the leading and ministry of the Holy Spirit.

Pastoral Care • To breathe life and passion into our Small Groups, which form the heart of our pastoral provision. • Through living in Lile Compton, to restore a visible face of the church in the Five Villages, and to seek out opportunies for mission within the Villages.

Spirituality and personal development • We are praying for a colleague who also wants to connue to grow spiritually and who will work comfortably within an Evangelical staff team, which embraces a ‘Word and Spirit’ theology.

Other responsibilies • Parcipate in the Bishop’s Ministerial Development Review scheme and engage in Connuing Ministerial Development

You will be provided with:

• Full expenses of office • A house in Lile Compton • A prayerful context for ministry • Warm and supporve working relaonships • Administrave support through the Church Office in Chipping Norton • Encouragement to pursue other interests • A flexible working paern and realisc expectaons

The Vicarage Juxon House (the Vicarage in Lile Compton, GL56 0SE) is an aracve house with four bedrooms and reasonable sized gardens surrounding the property. Downstairs the accommo- daon comprises entrance hall, study, sing room with open fire, dining room, kitchen and ulity room and downstairs WC. The garden has a variety of peripheral shrubs, a number of mature fruit trees and a shed. Upstairs there are four bed- rooms, a bathroom, a shower room and a separate WC. There is a single garage and parking for at least three more vehicles. 16 Appendix: Detailed Descripon Of The Benefice Chipping Norton Chipping Norton is a historic market town located in North Ox- fordshire, with a pop- ulaon of about 6,750 (and with proposals for new buildings which would take this to nearer 10,000 with- in the next 5 years). There is a high pro- poron of social hous- ing and, although un- employment is low, there are significant pockets of social de- privaon. The local architecture reflects the town's growth as a centre of the wool and tweed industries, with the glory of St Mary's Church owing much to the prosperity brought by the wool trade in the 15th century. Being relavely remote from larger towns, Chipping Norton acts as a service centre for residents of the town, and a rural catchment with about the same populaon. Chippy possesses a vibrant and independently-minded community, and prides itself on being a ‘working town’, unpretenous in comparison with some of the towns and villages on the Cotswold tourist trail. The main employers in the town are Owen Mumford (over 500 employees) who manufacture spe- cialist medical equipment, CETA (around 100 employees), an insurance intermediary, the commu- nity hospital, and the town’s schools. With newer housing developments increasing local accom- modaon, Chippy is also a popular base for commuters working in Oxford and other surrounding towns. The health and care sector provides a variety of local employment, with the largest employer being the community hospital and Henry Cornish Care Home that are based in a new custom-built facili- ty. Other local care facilies include three further residenal care homes and a day-care centre for the elderly. The town is served by a new Healthcare Centre, and a thriving NHS dental pracce. The educaon and child-care sector is thriving, with nursery places increasing considerably over recent years. There are two primary schools in Chipping Norton (CofE and RC). Chipping Norton School, an 11–18 comprehensive (known locally as the Top School) serves the town and surround- ing villages, with a roll of 1,100, including 250 in the Sixth Form. Some local children also aend other schools outside the Benefice, such as the Cotswold School (secondary) in Bourton-on-the- Water. Kingham Primary and Great Rollright C of E primary school. Others are educated at a range of independent schools, including Kingham Hill School (secondary), which is located within the Benefice. Local leisure sports and leisure facilies improved with the building of a new leisure centre in 2002, including an indoor swimming pool, indoor courts and pitches and a gym. The leisure centre 17 is next-door to the Top School which also has use of the facilies. Chippy Lido, the local outdoor pool, is community-run and a popular place to spend an aernoon in warmer weather. Other local sports facilies include a rugby club and a football club. The cultural life of Chipping Norton is a very acve one, with the town enjoying a Music Fesval and a Literary Fesval each year. The small theatre hosts a wide range of professional touring plays, concerts and standup comedy, as well as screening recent films and running a renowned annual pantomime. In addion, local residents parcipate in a wide variety of clubs and voluntary organi- saons, from amateur opera to the history society, uniformed organisaons, a wine club, a strong music scene and an allotment society. Just up the hill on the Northern edge of the town lies Over Norton, a village with c.500 residents. St James' chapel provides a focus for the village life of this friendly community. St. Mary's Church, Chipping Norton – brief stats - Registered Charity number 1132070 - Average Sunday aendance in October 2016 was 120 adults and 30 children. - Approx. 20 bapsms, 30 funerals and 10 weddings are held in the church each year. - The churchyard being closed, funerals are followed either by burial at the local cemetery or cremaon in Banbury or Oxford. - Remembrance Day service aended by over 400 in 2016. - In 2015, over 1,500 people aended Christmas church services, with 600 at the Chrisngle ser- vice on Christmas Eve.

Gathered Worship at St. Mary's Through church services and Small Groups, worship and Bible study take place every day, in Chip- ping Norton and throughout the Benefice. Consistent with our Mission and Vision Statements, the style of our main Sunday worship is consciously accessible to the unchurched, lively, light on formal liturgy, and catering for all ages. We sing a mixture of contemporary songs, along with some of the best older hymns, led each week by a combinaon of keyboard, guitar and organ. There has been a long tradion of strong preaching at St Mary’s and that emphasis on Word ministry remains prom- inent. At the same me we are encouraging the congregaon to explore and grow in the exercise of their spiritual gis. We share communion every 18 fortnight and prayer ministry is offered by a trained team during and aer each service. Prayer is central to our life as a church, and we encourage Small Groups not to meet in the first week of the month so that as many as possible can aend our monthly First Priority Prayer meet- ing on the first Wednesday (although in reality, we only manage to gather 20-30 to this!). We also have a 'prayer tree' in the church, providing a more inmate prayer space, and the opportunity to leave a short prayer message hung from one of the branches. In addion, prayer requests are in- vited to be sent to a confidenal email address. The prayer requests are collated regularly, and dis- tributed to a growing number of people who pray for these concerns day by day. Hospitality and welcome are also important to us, and we encourage peo- ple to stay aer the main service when tea and coffee are served each Sunday. On the second Sunday of each month, we have a Parish Lunch in the Parish Rooms, which is open to all and usually aended by 40-50 people. Worship and preaching also have a role to play in our outreach work, whether through the Sunday services at the Henry Cornish Care Home, or - whenever opportunies arise - in the public arena, such as opening the Town Fesval. Small Groups For pastoral support, fellowship, and for ongoing nurture and discipleship, we believe that belong- ing to a Small Group is an integral part of belonging to St Mary’s and so encourage everyone to join a Small Group. Currently 90 people (approx 40% of our adult church membership) belongs to one of our eight mid-week Small Groups. In addion to our formal Small Group structure, we have var- ious other mid-week acvies meeng in the Parish Rooms (such as ‘Come for Tea’, ‘Knit and Nat- ter’ and our Thursday morning Communion) which provide important fellowship for our more se- nior members. This whole area of church life is one that we recognise needs intenonal invest- ment and leadership, hence the focus of the current appointment. Other lay ministry and pastoral work We believe in ‘every member ministry’ at St Mary’s and so seek to foster and encourage the gis and ministry of lay people throughout the church. Already a significant number of our church fami- ly are involved in serving and leading others. In addion to our Small Group Leaders, all of whom exercise responsibilies in both nurture and pastoral care of those in their groups, we are always looking to release people into new ministries. Examples of current areas of acve lay ministry include: - CAP Debt Centre Team (Debt Centre Manager, Befrienders, Prayer Team) - Pastoral Team (Pastoral Coordinators and Pastoral Visitors, Home Communion Visitors, Care Home Visitors) - Social Acon (oen arising from our links with local referral agencies such as the Council Hous- ing Dept, Health Visitors and the local Police) - Children and Youth Ministry - Preaching 19 - Musical Worship - Prayer Ministry Team (including those with responsibility for leading more creave prayer sta- ons at First Priority Prayer) - Technical Support (Sound, AV, Songpro) - Hospitality and Welcome Team - Schools Ministry (Governors, Prayer Space) The fostering of new lay leaders will be one of our strategic priories in the coming months as we connue to plan for growth. Children's ministry Over the last three years, we have seen our chil- dren’s ministry at St Mary’s begin to flourish. At 10.45 every Sunday we provide a staffed crèche for under 3’s in the Trinity Room, while OneWay caters for 3-11’s in the Parish Rooms. We know it to be essenal for the future of our church to nurture our children in their faith, teaching them to meet with God through the Bible and in prayer and in worship in a fun and en- gaging environment We regularly have 15-20 children in OneWay and have an increasing number of babies and under 3’s coming through. Mid-week, we run St Mary’s Minis on a Wednesday morning, offering a service to Mums or carers with toddlers in the wider community in an overtly Chrisan seng. We also go into our church school every week, leading assemblies, helping in the children’s reli- gious educaon, and taking other opportunies to witness and encourage the children in their faith through iniaves such as an annual Prayer Space. Youth Ministry This important ministry is provided through St Mary’s as a resource for the whole Benefice. Jonny Lowe, our Youth Worker, runs the follow- ing groups for 11-16 year-olds: Ablaze: meets on Sunday morning during our 10.45 service. Average aendance 6-8. Impact: girls group, which meets on a Sunday evening. Average aendance 6. Spark: boys group, which meets on a Wednesday evening. Average aendance 6. Remix: Friday aernoon Youth Club run by St Mary’s on behalf of the town Youth Commiee, which meets in the Glyme Hall (adjacent to the secondary school). Average aendance 20 (mostly unchurched). In addion to these regular groups, Jonny goes into the Top School each week to help with sports coaching, and to lead year-group assemblies. He also takes the church youth away each year for a weekend away and for a summer camp, and runs seasonal invitaonal events.

20 The Parish Church Occupying a site adjacent to the earthworks of the Norman castle, St Mary's was at the centre of the early selement, but now - at the boom of a hill - it is a few minutes walk from the modern town centre. There is a small car park adjacent to the churchyard and Parish Rooms. Visitors enter the church (a Grade I listed building), through a fine stone-vaulted porch to discover the magnificent Perpendicular nave, (c.1450), illuminated by the windows of a high clerestory. Since 2003 we have been looking at further developing our beauful historic building beer to suit our worship and the needs of the community. By 2006 we had formulated, with our architect, a vision for our church that we entled Living Stones. The first two stages of this project are now complete (including well-equipped toilets, a ulity room and a mezzanine clergy vestry within the lowest stage of the tower; a small first-floor meeng room in row old organ lo; and the resing and restoraon of three historic monuments). The next stage of the Living Stones project (to remove the pews and reorder the main worship area) is a longer term plan. Parish Rooms The aracve Cotswold-stone Parish centre buildings, listed Grade II, consist of an entrance hall, a hall (15x7 metres) which is available for charity and public bookings, a kitchen, toilets and, on the first floor, the church office and a small meeng room. The main hall was refurbished in 2015, in- cluding under-floor heang. St. James' Chapel, Over Norton The chapel, a converted stone coage on the edge of Over Norton Park, is owned by the Over Nor- ton Estate, but let to the parish at a peppercorn rent. The interior is a loy L-shaped space from which a small area has been paroned off to form a vestry. The chapel is furnished with communion table and rails, and the oak pews can seat about thirty worshippers. Other domesc property The parish has a 1/3rd ownership share in (and full use of) a property located in the (formerly) council estate on the edge of town, purchased in 1992 to provide accommodaon for a curate. The house, which has three bedrooms, two recepon rooms and a small garden, is currently occupied by the Benefice Youth Worker, Jonny Lowe. Chipping Norton Area Chrisan Trust A new Trust was established in 2014, with broad charitable objects supporng the mission and ministry of St Mary’s Church. The first focus of the Trust was to raise funds for the employment and support of a full-me Youth Worker.

21 Churchill with Sarsden

Churchill summer barbecue

Kingham and Churchill are the biggest villages in the team, aer Chipping Norton itself. Kingham has roughly 900 residents and Churchill 600 and both have an acve community life, with many clubs and sociees meeng regularly. They are surrounded by beauful countryside, farmed for a variety of crops and livestock and with popular walking routes passing through. Churchill village is about a mile to the east of Kingham, standing on a prominent hill. It has a good pub and a village hall and as well as All Saints church there is a Methodist Chapel. There’s an acve set of village organisaons and Churchill celebrates major fesvals with style. It has a two-yearly Car Show which aracts hundreds of classic cars and large crowds to look at them. It’s always a sunny day in June! A lile further east is Sarsden village, with perhaps 100 residents. Sarsden Estate used to own all of Churchill and much more but sll has significant grounds. A chapel on the estate was made re- dundant but is sll used occasionally. All Saints, Churchill All Saints is the largest church building in the Benefice aer St. Mary’s and seats 300, with the balcony in use. The All Saints Mil- lennium Project created a flexible meeng room in the church, with kitchen and toilet. The new space has proved ideal for chil- dren’s and youth work, as well as meengs. Churchill has a Fabric Restoraon Fund, but there are no significant outstanding works since mely work was carried out on the tower in 2012. All burials are at a separate churchyard at the north end of the village, on the site of the old 14th Century Church, which is maintained by the inde- pendent Old Church Preservaon Society and funcons as the vil- lage heritage centre. Morning services aract 15 people for 9 am BCP (2 per month) Passover meal on the new balcony and 45 adults and 15 children at 10.45am family services (2 per 22 month) with crèche and Sunday School, followed by refreshments. There is a monthly communion for the residents of the Langston Residenal and Nursing Home on the outskirts of Kingham, aended by some 20 residents. Churchill & Sarsden Trust Funds There are two trust funds in the village, of which the Team Vicar is an ex-officio Trustee, with the two Churchwardens and four co-opted Trustees. One provides bursaries to support terary educa- on; the other is specifically endowed to support religious educaon within the Church of England and has been especially beneficial in funding youth work. Kingham and Daylesford Kingham boasts two pubs and a hotel, all serving excellent food (One of the pubs recently achieved a Michelin star). It has an outstanding country primary school, a village store and a railway sta- on. The Village Hall is well-used and there’s a playing field which is the home ground for the Kingham All- Blacks Football Club. The old part of the village aracts many young families from London, both as full-me and part-me residents, and as holiday- makers. St Andrew’s church stands at one end of this part of the village. On the far side of the playing field from the church is New Road, where more modern housing has been built and many long-standing Kingham families sll live. To the north of Kingham village is Kingham Hill, where an independent secondary school is thriving. Kingham Hill School has a strong Chrisan foundaon and has about 300 pupils, both boys and girls, about two-thirds of them boarding. To the North-west of Kingham village is Daylesford, a small village just over the Gloucestershire county bound- ary but sll in Oxford diocese. Nearly all the village homes are owned by Daylesford Estate, which also runs a high-end organic farm, farm shop and venue in the village. St Peter’s church, Daylesford, is a beauful Victorian building hidden behind trees and needing restoraon, currently lile used. Kingham railway staon is served by the Cotswold Line, with trains into Paddington, and a rail-bus connecon with Chipping Norton. St Andrew’s, Kingham There are currently services in Kingham every Sunday, two BCP Holy Communion Services (average aendance 13), and two All Age services (averaging 40), one of which is a Holy Communion. There is music at all family services. There are 45 people currently on the electoral roll. 23 During 2012 there were 3 bapsms, 1 marriage and 3 funerals. There is a very popular candle-lit carol service at Christmas. The grand total over Christmas was 250. There are special services at Easter, Harvest and Remembrance Sunday. We are developing outreach in the village, with children’s acvi- es being well aended at both Easter and Harvest me. There was also a very successful Harvest Supper in the village hall, and an over 70s lunch club is held there every month. There are good links with the primary school, with the vicar parcipang in school assemblies and classes vising the church. The school Harvest service is held in St Andrew’s, aended by children, parents and teachers. Two home groups meet weekly in Kingham for Bible Study, prayer and fellowship, with about 20 people regularly aending. Currently St Andrew’s has no kitchen, toilet facilies, or meeng rooms, but there is potenal for development of St Andrew’s Church building, to increase flexibility and make hospitality easier. The Five Villages: Lile Compton, Salford, Chastleton, Cornwell and Lile Rollright

The Five Villages straddle the A44 Oxford to Evesham road between Chipping Norton and More- ton-in-Marsh. Lile Compton is in Warwickshire, while the others are in Oxfordshire. The five parishes were united as a benefice in 1980 and became one parish in 2002. Each church has its own Village Church Council responsible for the church’s finance, repairs, churchyard upkeep and fundraising. Preparaons for services (seng up for communion services, flowers and cleaning rotas, etc) are organised by churchwardens and members of the villages and VCC’s. The parish as a whole has a single PCC, consisng of the churchwardens from each village. In gen- eral the members of the 5 churches work well together.

24 Lile Compton Lile Compton (pop. c.250) is in Warwickshire; an aracve Cotswold stone village, the centre is a Conservaon Area. During the past 30 years the post office, filling staon, village shop and primary school have all disappeared. Reed Business School occupies the manor, provides some employment for local people, and owns some village properes, which it uses for student accommodaon. A regular bus service runs to Chip- ping Norton and Moreton-in-Marsh. There is a lively pub, the Red Lion, and a village hall, which runs village breakfasts, and lunches, fish and chips quizzes, and rural cinema. There is also a thriving WI. St Denys

Little Compton Harvest decoration St Denys is the largest church building in the five villages, and can hold up to 150 people. Following a Millennium Project to restore the tower and its peal of 5 bells, further major restoraon work has been completed: The tower has been re- pointed, the floor, which had dry rot, has been replaced by a led floor, the church has been redecorated, and a new organ has been installed. Salford Salford (pop. c.300) is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a strong and lively community, consisng of people of all ages and social backgrounds. There is some council housing, though a lot has passed into private ownership. Apart from the Church public buildings consist of a well-kept and well-used village hall (built 1960) and the newly re- furbished Salford Inn pub. Occasional bus links run to Chipping Norton and other towns in the area. There are occasional quiz nights and a harvest lunch, and there is an annual performance by the Salford Players in the village hall. St. Mary’s St. Mary’s can seat 80 people; it is a Grade 2 listed building. It has a pull-down kitchen at the rear; the tower holds 5 restored bells, and the 2-manual organ has also recently been repaired. There is a yearly Village Fete and are oth- er occasional fundraising acvies. Chastleton Chastleton has a large manor house (Naonal Trust), which dates back to 1607. It is open to the public during the summer months. Most of the village is a conservaon area, having 5 acve farms, 3 livery stables and a number of listed buildings. It has around 95 residents, but no village hall, post office, pub or shop. There is a weekly bus service to Chipping Norton. St Mary's The church is a Grade 2 listed building, located next to Chastleton House; it aracts many visitors, especially during the summer months. The building is in good order; during the last 20 years, 25 refurbishing and restoraon and upgrading work has included work on the bells, the South Aisle Chapel, the central heang, some stained glass windows and the churchyard walls. There is a 2- manual organ in good order. During the summer Salford, Lile Compton and Chastleton churches provide tea and cake in Chastleton Churchyard to raise money for their respecve churches. Cornwell Cornwell is a small, privately-owned estate hamlet, having a good community spirit with around 50 residents. Many sll work on the estate, though some houses have been let to private tenants. Weekly buses to Chipping Norton and Wit- ney stop at Cornwell. St Peter’s Cornwell The small parish church holds ser- vices once a month.

Lile Rollright Lile Rollright is a ny hamlet consisng of a Manor House and a few coages. The only public building is the church. St Philip's The ny church (seang only 40 people) dates from medieval mes; it is in good repair, thanks to generous legacies. There is no electricity or heang in the church; however around 8 services are held in the summer each year serving a handful of people. The candlelit Christmas carol service draws in a larger congregaon from the surrounding area. Services around the Benefice On the average Sunday, six services are held across the Benefice. We have two services each week in Chipping Norton, one in each of Kingham and Churchill and two others somewhere in the other villages (either in Over Norton or one of the Five Villages). More detail of the paern of these ser- vices can be found below:

Chipping Norton

8.00am 10 – 15 adults aend the weekly said BCP Communion, held in the North Aisle at St Mary’s. Clergy robe.

10.45am Our main weekly Sunday morning service, aended by approx 120 adults and 30 chil- dren. Communion celebrated fortnightly. Less formal (no robes and words projected on screen).

Thursdays 10am Approx 15 adults aend our weekly mid-week Communion service in the Parish Rooms.

26 Kingham

9.00am Approx 10 aend this fortnightly said BCP Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays.

10.45am Approx 25 adults + 12 children aend this fortnightly service on 2nd (Communion) and 4th (All-age) Sundays.

Churchill

9.00am Approx 10 aend this fortnightly said BCP Communion on 2nd and 4th Sundays.

10.45am Approx 30 adults + 12 children aend this fortnightly service on 1st (Morning Prayer) and 3rd (Communion) Sundays.

Over Norton

9.15am 10 – 15 adults aend this fortnightly service at St. James Chapel, on 1st (BCP Commu- nion) and 3rd (Morning Prayer) Sundays.

Salford

9.00am Approx 8-10 adults aend this monthly said BCP Communion on 4th Sundays.

11.00am The same 8-10 adults aend this monthly CW Communion (with hymns) on 2nd Sun- days.

Chastleton

9.00am Approx 6-8 adults aend this monthly said BCP Communion on 1st Sundays.

Cornwell

11.00am Approx 6-8 adults aend this monthly CW Communion (with hymns) on 1st Sundays.

Lile Rollright

9.00am Approx 8-12 adults aend this monthly BCP Communion (with hymns) on 3rd Sundays between Easter and Harvest.

Lile Compton

4.00pm Approx 15-30 adults aend this monthly Songs of Praise service 4th Sundays.

Benefice Services

10.45am On 5th Sundays, only one service is held. All congregaons are encouraged to aend this joint Communion service in Chipping Norton.

27 Web links Church websites St Mary's Church, Chipping Norton: www.stmaryscnorton.com Kingham and Churchill: www.kinghamchurches.org.uk Stewardship Give.net link for donaons: my.give.net/donaons Town and village websites Chipping Norton town website: www.chippingnortontown.info Experience Chipping Norton: experiencechippingnorton.com Churchill and Sarsden: www.churchillsarsden.com; www.churchillheritage.org.uk Tourism www.oxfordshirecotswolds.org/areas-to-visit/chipping-norton-p230261 en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Chipping_Norton Local government www.westoxon.gov.uk Schools Chipping Norton School: www.chipping-norton.oxon.sch.uk St. Mary's CofE Primary School, Chipping Norton: www.st-marys-chipping.oxon.sch.uk Holy Trinity School: www.holy-trinity.oxon.sch.uk Kingham Primary School: www.kingham.oxon.sch.uk Nursery schools The ACE Centre: www.ace-centre.oxon.sch.uk The Town Nursery: thetownnursery.co.uk Health-care The Chipping Norton Health Centre: www.chippingnortonhealthcentre.nhs.uk Culture Chipping Norton Theatre: www.chippingnortontheatre.co.uk Chipping Norton Literature Fesval: www.chipliest.com Chipping Norton Music Fesval: www.cnmf.org.uk Jazz Fesval: www.chippyjazz.org.uk Sports and leisure Chipping Norton Leisure Centre: www.beer.org.uk/leisure/chipping-norton-leisure-centre 28 Chipping Norton Lido (open air pool): www.chippylido.co.uk Chipping Norton Rugby Club: www.pitchero.com/clubs/chippingnorton Chipping Norton Football Club www.pitchero.com/clubs/chippingnortontownswis Chipping Norton Golf Club: www.chippingnortongolfclub.com Wikipedia pages en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping_Norton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill,_Oxfordshire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarsden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingham en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylesford,_Gloucestershire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salford,_Oxfordshire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lile_Rollright en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwell,_Oxfordshire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastleton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Chastleton

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