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Ordained Pioneer Minister Information Pack Parish of Greenstead with Colchester, St Anne Ordained Pioneer Minister Information Pack St Anne’s Nativity 2015 1 We are looking for someone to join us as an Ordained Pioneer Minister within our Team. Could this be you? The three churches in the parish are places where people have come together for hundreds of years to be with each other, to explore the sacred and to meet with God. They are places where we thank God for His love and creation, where we pray to God for help to live our lives well in good times and hard times. Open and inclusive, we welcome people with a wide variety of beliefs and lifestyles—from committed Christians to seekers and questioning sceptics exploring spiritual issues. We look forward to the ideas and experiences you can bring into our lives as we seek to build a better world and bring hope to those Jesus called his brothers and his sisters. Ordained Pioneer Minister Greenstead with Colchester, St Anne The vision for this exciting post has been born out of a real need and desire to reach out in innovative and imaginative ways with the Good News of Jesus Christ to the radically unchurched children and families of Greenstead. Although 65% of the population identified themselves as Christian in the 2011 Census, we need to make better connections. Developing a Fresh Expression of Church is an attempt to do something completely new that would give children and families spiritual and practical support in a way in which they would feel completely comfortable. Within the parish are six primary and one secondary schools, four pre-schools, a Child Contact Centre, a variety of uniformed organisations and Korban, a house for the care and support of homeless teenagers (see www.korban.org.uk) housed in St Anne’s Vicarage. What is Greenstead like? Greenstead is made up of a number of different communities built around local schools as Colchester expanded from the 1930s onwards. Some of these communities are identified with social housing estates with significant experience of deprivation, for example, three of the primary schools in the parish and the secondary school have rolls with more than 50% ‘pupil premium’ children. Lone parents too are a significant percentage (36%) of all households in the parish. However, this is not the whole picture and there are also settled owner-occupied estates neighbouring an attractive nature reserve and open countryside. All the primary schools close to the Team Vicar’s house are good and caring communities. There are good links between different social agencies and local schools, facilitated by local councillors and the SAINTS which meets bi-monthly. This is a group run by local Councillors to network support and share information. The sense of community in Greenstead “being together and supporting each other” is strong. The church seeks to reach out and to serve its communities. The new Ordained Pioneer Minister will be licenced as a Team Vicar to the Greenstead and Colchester, St Anne Parish and the Team Rector and PCC are committed to releasing and supporting the person appointed to work in new and exciting ways to enable the Vision of the churches being a Transforming Presence in the community to develop and grow. If you are excited about: Mission and Evangelism with children and families The possibility of finding new ways to be church in Greenstead Working with a team and enabling the gifts and ministry of others Then please come and meet us and share our vision for Greenstead. What will it be like working here? We hope you will share our vision of being an inclusive church in the community. We feel we are called to see where God is working in our local area and join in. If you join us you will find you will be: Busy Challenged Encouraged to be creative bringing your own gifts to the parish team Supported by a team wishing to work collaboratively Finding laughter and fun and able to encounter God in surprising places Our website is: www. greensteadwithstanne.org.uk What are the Greenstead churches like? The three churches of St Andrew’s, St Matthew’s and St Anne’s all have an individual character. However, each has an open and inclusive spirit with warm friendships and care for each other. Ministers and people of different church traditions worship and work well together, we are bound by a common faith and love of God and of his people. There is a good experience of team working and planning with two experienced Readers and two experienced Pastoral Assistants. The benefice also has the good support from two retired clergy and a retired Church Army Captain. The Church has a positive profile in the locality, created by committed pastoral ministry, valued work in local schools and by the use of church buildings by the Little Angels pre-school at St Matthew’s and St Anne’s. Provision of worship Services of Holy Communion take place weekly in the three church centres on Sundays (Morning Prayer at St Anne’s once a month) and at St Andrew’s on Wednesdays. All the major festivals are observed. Daily Morning Prayer takes place Monday – Thursday at St Andrew’s and Evening Prayer is said daily at the home of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre, a Roman Catholic Community which is adjacent to St Andrew’s Church and also serves the people of Greenstead. Baptisms generally take place on Sunday afternoons at St Andrew’s Church. How do we work? The Ministry Team meets for daily worship, weekly diary meetings and six weekly evening full team meetings including churchwardens quarterly. An external facilitator is invited annually to lead a Ministry Team Away Day. This is the case too for the annual PCC Away Day. Each member brings their expertise and has a specific role to apply. No member is linked exclusively to one church but the rota ensures they lead worship across the parish. Bishop Stephen Cottrell framed a strategic vision for our diocese called ‘Transforming Presence’ (http://www.transformingpresence.org.uk/priorities). It asks us all to: Inhabit the world distinctively Evangelise effectively Serve with accountability Re-imagine ministry. It encourages new and fresh expressions of ministry to communicate the Christian faith. The PCC has identified work with families with children as our top priority and the new Ordained Pioneer Minister will be released to work to strengthen and develop our relationship with such families. You will also join us at an exciting time as we develop a larger mission and ministry unit as the basis for future mission and ministry. Greenstead clergy and PCC members are in active conversations with two neighbouring parishes about how this change can happen and how we can work together more. The deanery of Colchester is supporting us in this work as Mission and Ministry Units are formed across the deanery and diocese. We are looking for someone special to join us as an Ordained Pioneer Minister within our Team. Could this be where God is calling you? The Vicarage – 1, Blackwater Avenue, CO4 3UY This is a good, modern, four bedroom detached house with a manageable sized garden and located in a quiet residential area. There are two reception rooms, the lounge having a French Window leading to the garden. In addition there are the kitchen/breakfast room, family bathroom, purpose built study (leaving the rest of the house private) and large double garage. To the rear of the property there is a walled garden. The front driveway is large enough to park 3 vehicles. What will it be like living here? Colchester and North East Essex has much to offer. Colchester is the oldest recorded town in Britain with Roman sites including the only Roman Circus in Britain and Colchester Castle. The newly opened Visual Arts Facility (VAF) has won prizes for architecture. Colchester Stadium is home to Colchester United Football Club and the Conference Centre used for a range of events. The Leisure Centre provides a full range of sports facilities including pools, Aqua Springs spa and fitness classes. The Charter Hall is a prized venue for concerts and the Mercury is a leading national producing theatre. The award winning Castle Park hosts a wide range of events during the summer. A short distance away Constable Country offers a range of walks Colchester Castle and historic villages. Colchester Zoo is world renowned. The Essex Sunshine Coast boasts beaches, coastal walks and nature reserves and wildlife. Schools and colleges include Colchester Grammar School for Boys (repeatedly coming first in the A Level league tables), Colchester County High School for Girls (consistently scores highly in league tables for the UK), Colchester Institute (FE), Colchester Sixth Form College (FE) and The University of Essex. The combination of effective road (eg.M25, M11, A14, A12) and rail links with London and the evidence of good vibrant local communities makes this part of Essex an attractive area within which to live. The Diocese of Chelmsford The Diocese of Chelmsford, in terms of population, is the second largest in the Church of England. It has 2.7 million people within its borders and is served by nearly 400 parishes. It stretches from Newham and the Royal Docks development through to the sandy east coast: and from the Thames estuary up to borders with Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. This extraordinary diversity makes diocesan life colourful and interesting. In 2014 the Diocese celebrates its Centenary year and a series of events are being put in place focussed on Mission and outreach. The Colchester Episcopal area takes in the northern half of Essex.
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