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Marden Vale Booklet (2016) Parish of Calne and Blackland Profile 2016 St Mary’s Holy Trinity St Peter’s Calne and Blackland Calne and Blackland Calne and Blackland Parish of Calne and Blackland In the Marden Vale Team Profile 2016 Parish of Calne and Blackland Profile 2016 Our Vision page 03 The Role and Accommodation page 04 The Parish of Calne and Blackland page 05 The Area and its People page 06 The Calne Deanery page 08 Other parishes in Marden Vale page 09 Appendices 1. Statistics page 10 2. Schedule of services page 11 3. Appendix (Parish vision Day) page 12 02 Parish of Calne and Blackland Profile 2016 Parish of Calne and Blackland A number of working groups have been meeting since last Our Vision March and a few initiatives have begun: In 2015 Bishop Nicholas visited all the Deaneries in the • A regular time of prayer for the parish has been Salisbury Diocese encouraging us to develop a vision around established at 6.00pm each Tuesday the theme of ‘Renewing Hope: pray, serve, grow’. Our vision is • A post-confirmation for young people has begun meeting to work together to make this both a priority and a reality within Calne and Blackland and across our parishes. • A belle-plate choir has been formed in response to We envisage achieving this through: suggestion from one group. A set of belle-plates was purchased just before Christmas and these were played • deepening our regular worship and our personal and for the first time at the carol service at St Mary’s last corporate prayer life; December • working with schools, organisations, families and • A small group has undergone training in preparation individuals via our community networks; for beginning “Open the Book” in local schools. • discerning where God is already at work within our • A buildings strategy group has been formed and is looking community and by joining in his work of mission; closely at how we use our buildings and how they might • giving priority to both pastoral care and growing disciples be further used in the future for the community. Some of all ages; projects have already begun e.g. new lighting at St Mary’s, a toilet facility at Holy Trinity. • discerning and fostering vocation (lay and ordained); Marden Vale Team • seeking to be an inclusive community of faith open to In 2010 the Marden Vale Team Ministry was formed the Holy Spirit and to the wider parish communities consisting of the united parish of Calne and Blackland (C&B) in which God has placed us. and the three parishes of Derry Hill, Bremhill and Foxham. Last March we held a parish vision day led by our previous Bob Kenway (previously Vicar of Calne and Blackland) was Archdeacon, Ruth Worsley, in which nearly 50 people appointed Team Rector and Ann Massey to the post of Team participated (all ages). As a result the following areas of Vicar principally to serve the latter parishes. These, together mission and ministry were identified as priorities: with the previous Associate Priest, comprised the clergy team. Since then the clergy and licensed lay minister (Enid Powell) • Prayer and Discipleship have met together regularly to pray and support each other in ministry. This has been greatly valued. We are currently • Youth, children and schools reviewing how we can further work together as a diverse group of parishes. • Community engagement • Buildings (Please see appendix 3 on page 12,13) 03 Parish of Calne and Blackland Profile 2016 What we offer … He/she will be an encourager and inspirer of individuals to discern their gifts and skills, enabling them to build up • You would be coming to a community of faith keen to the body of Christ in the parish. This will include the build each other up in the love of Christ and to share that development of our spirituality through prayer and love within the wider community. preaching. There is a strong need to nurture people in faith • Prayerfully supportive relationships. and discipleship and this will be a main focus for the • Encouragement to develop your gifts, skills and particular Associate Priest’s role. He/she will also be expected to share interests along with a Diocesan commitment to in the pastoral offices and associated pastoral care. Continuing Ministerial Education. The post will carry a commitment of 3 working days: • Respect for off-duty time Sundays plus 2 week days which can be worked flexibly. Holiday entitlement will be as per Salisbury Diocesan • Commitment to meeting expenses of office Guidelines and holiday periods agreed in advance with • Parish administrative support the incumbent. • An attractive four bedroomed house in the north of the parish. This has been adapted to conform to vicarage Our new Associate Priest standards with a separate study created in what was a will be someone who: double (now single) garage. The house is in easy walking • Is both willing and happy to work as part of a team distance from local shops (which includes a 7-day a week whilst keen to contribute to developing the vision of local Tesco Stores, GP surgery and Pharmacy) and is only the parish. about a half mile from the town centre. • Is prayerful and has a sense of compassion, reality and humour. • Is a pastor sensitive to the attitudes, traditions and needs of the various churches and parishes • Has a love of liturgy and the sacraments but is open to experiment and new ways of doing things including leading informal worship • Is able to recognise his/her own gifts and skills and encourage those in others. • Has energy and enthusiasm for life. • Is a good communicator and organizer • Is able to relate to people across the age range and The Role is a teacher who brings a clear interest and a capacity to nurture people in faith and to increase their confidence We want our new Associate Priest to be a team player who will work collaboratively with the Incumbent and alongside • Can discern and help develop people’s vocation existing clergy and lay teams. Within this context he/she will and ministry. also be expected to exercise an agreed leadership role. The • Is happy to work ecumenically principal focus for this will be within Calne and Blackland • Is comfortable with a community-wide profile but there will also be an expectation to provide supportive ministry across all the parishes of Marden Vale as required. 04 Parish of Calne and Blackland Profile 2016 The Parish of Calne and Blackland Calne has a vigorous community life including a number of www.parishofcalneandblackland.org.uk annual festivals and events which have wider interest: The Town • Model Railway Show The population is growing rapidly - much faster than the • Calne Lions Duck Race average for Wiltshire as a whole - and it is this factor, which, • Summer Festival and Carnival more than any other, provides the parish with an exciting • CalneFest (a pop and rock music Festival) challenge. The population is currently over 19,000 and continue to grow. • Country and Western Show The population is socially and economically mixed; • Motor Cycle Meet generally the town is not wealthy and there are significant • Food and Drink Festival (NB The Maud Heath vineyard pockets of unemployment and social need. Calne experienced lies within the Benefice and is garnering awards and a period of decline during the 1980s and 1990s following the plaudits for the wine it produces!) closure of the Harris bacon factory some 30 years ago, but in • Heritage Week more recent years significant investment in the town's infrastructure together with new housing has made Calne to • Music and Arts Festival be an up and coming community. There is much pride in the • Christmas Festival and Lantern Parade town and commitment to its continuing improvement as evidenced by Calne’s winning a gold award 2 years in succession from the Royal Horticultural Society South West in Bloom (Holy Trinity church and Holy Trinity Academy each won separate awards for their participation). Those who move to the town frequently comment on its friendliness. Calne is often described as a town with a village feel. There is easy access to the countryside with wonderful local walks, opportunities for cycling (including a Sustrans route through the town) and horse riding. There are several local leisure centres. There is good basic shopping in the town and several interesting smaller shops and cafes. Chippenham, Devizes and Marlborough also have good shopping centres and Bath and Swindon are within easy reach. 05 Parish of Calne and Blackland Profile 2016 The Schools within the community and over the years have offered active support when needed (e.g. Cruse, MIND etc). For larger There are 9 schools in Calne: four have Church foundations. gatherings Marden House or the Town Hall are used. (Holy Trinity CE Academy, Marden Vale CE Academy, St Margaret’s Preparatory and St Mary’s Independent Girls’ Secondary). The others include the John Bentley Academy Worshipping tradition (Secondary), and a school for special needs pupils, Springfield The parish occupies the middle ground, yet within that Academy. A primary school, Fynamore, was built in 2001 to has a reasonably broad range. The Eucharist is central: serve the new housing development in the north. There is Common Worship (Modern Language/Order One with also a RC Primary school, St Edmunds Academy and a seasonal variations) is used throughout the parish, and the Community Primary school, Priestley in the town. Work Book of Common Prayer is used regularly at St. Peter's and with the schools is an important aspect of ministry in the life on occasion elsewhere in the parish.
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