The Diocese of York the Deanery of South Wold Deanery Plan 2012
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The Diocese of York The Deanery of South Wold ‘A network of churches serving Rural communities’ Deanery Plan 2012 1 Mission Statement: The South Wold Deanery exists to provide a network of mutual support for churches • by encouraging one another in worship • by seeking God's will for our communities • by linking congregations to each other and to the wider church • by the sharing of gifts and resources The South Wold Deanery Synod aims to provide a bridge between the Diocese and Parish, and to be a space where all can be heard and valued and feel part of a greater whole. Deanery Prayer: We give thanks for the life and witness of all the churches in our Deanery, and pray that through the process of formulating a new Deanery Plan, God will give us fresh vision and energy to support one another, to share resources and to build bridges within our communities. Methodology: Whilst the Deanery Plan has been ‘top down’ in terms of the planned loss of stipendary posts, it was felt essential to allow the voice of each church to be heard. Each congregation or PCC was asked to respond individually to the paper ‘Changing Expectations’ and the accompanying discussion document. The result of this approach has been very positive. Most have attempted to grapple with the issue of ageing demography and increased ministerial work‐ load. Various different approaches have been suggested, which we have tried to reflect in the Action Plan. Two benefices (Garrowby Hill and Holme on Spalding Moor) have chosen to speak collectively; all the rest have responded individually. In these cases, the incumbent has been asked to provide an executive summary of their benefice. The parish responses are included at the end of this report as appendix 1, together with a second appendix which consists of a paper from St John the Baptist Wilberfoss which relates to wider issues facing the Diocese at the present time. For ease of access, we have also included the document ‘Changing Expectations’ and the discussion paper ‘Changing Expectations, pointers for discussion’, as further appendices. 2 Executive Summary This plan is the result of promulgating the “Changing Expectations” paper to all PCC’s and taking into account their written responses. All parishes responded with the exception of the Garrowby Hill and Holme on Spalding Moor groups which chose to respond as benefices. The original documents from them all form Appendix 1 of this plan. In their deliberations the Standing Committee acknowledged historical anomalies in some key parameters. In particular, that we currently have 6.5 stipendary clergy, compared to an earlier proposal from Diocese, which is still current, that we reduce to 5.5 stipendary clergy. Similarly we looked at Deanery boundaries with a view to suggesting, in the future, that some boundaries were anomalous and need revising to reflect current management of parishes, clergy support imperatives and congregation dynamics. Another relevant factor is the projected increase in population of the Deanery of 17.4% by 2028 with 82% of that increase focussed on Market Weighton and Pocklington. Some of that planned increase is likely to impact in the latter part of this Deanery Plan period. Similarly we acknowledge a skew in available resource with a concentration of clergy, stipendary and retired and Lay Readers/Worship Leaders in the Pocklington group of 9 churches as compared to Holme on Spalding Moor, 6 churches, and Barmby Moor, 5 churches and Garrowby Hill, 5 churches. The Deanery Planning Team would like to see the total resources more available in the deanery in order to gain the widest benefit for our approximately 470 regular congregants and to be as extensive in our mission and outreach as possible, but at present, the resources are concentrated within the Pocklington group. We have shown in the plan the distribution of Sunday Services throughout our area in order to focus on clergy and Lay coverage of this essential element of workload and congregation expectation. Despite what is on offer we are faced with the prospect of ageing and static or dwindling rural congregations. We do not consider ourselves to be any different from the national picture in this regard. Our Action Plan reflects the positive attitude we have for the future of South Wold Deanery and also the hard work of clergy and individuals in the parishes to ensure that there is a future for our Christian faith grounded in our belief in God’s hand guiding us and in the determination of those who give up so much to support our parishes. The changeover in the method of funding the Diocese occurs in the 2014 financial year. The Deanery is firmly committed to fulfilling its obligations under the new “free‐will offering” system and will be working towards that goal in the summer of 2013 as targeted. Our purpose in this multifaceted plan is to help everyone in the Deanery to be “fired up for God, but not burnt out” and that our ministry is healthy and sustainable for the long term. Paul Davidson, Deanery Lay Chair 3 Contents: Map 4 Expected Demographic Changes 5 Figures taken ffrom the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Statistics ‐ From Diocese in 2011 6‐8 Services held in the Deanery – as at June 2012 9‐10 Comments on the Diocesan Figures 11 Action Plan 12‐13 Appendices: 1. Responses Barmby Moor Group 14 from the Parishes Garrowby Hill Group 20 Pocklington and Londesborough Group 22 Market Weighton with Goodmanham and 32 Sancton Holme on Seaton Ross Group 34 Stamford Bridge Group 35 Wilberfoss 38 2. Paper Submitted by the PCC at St John the 39 – Wider Baptist Wilberfoss Issues 3. Changing Paper from the Senior Staff April 2012 43 Expectations 4. Changing Discussion paper to help parishes 46 Expectations formulate their responses – Pointers for discussion 4 Map of South Wold Deanery, showing the parish and benefice boundaries 5 Expected Demographic Changes: East Riding of Yorkshire Council has issued a Consultation Document on housing and from that we can deduce where they expect there to be changes in population. Their planning period is up until 2028. There are no plans for major developments in the smaller communities in our Deanery (just infill developments) but the table below gives the places listed in the consultation document where new housing is planned. The population increase is based on 2.25 people per new dwelling (the figure the Council uses). I think it is reasonable to assume that the majority of this new housing will be populated with families rather than older people and therefore may have an impact on the overall age profile of the areas affected. If you wish to look at the full report it can be viewed at: http://www2.eastriding.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=108654 Place No. of Anticipated new Homes Population Increase Holme on Spalding Moor 170 382 Market Weighton 893 2,009 Melbourne 23 52 Pocklington 1,148 2,583 Stamford Bridge 170 382 Wilberfoss 75 169 6 South Wold Deanery Wakefield Fran Statistics RURAL DEAN 5.5 from 2012 Deanery Plan Target 6.5 Stip Clergy Incumbents 2012 York Archdeaconry: 1 Stip Clergy Asst 0 Clergy SSM 1 Clergy House for Duty 6 Readers 32 No. of Church Buildings 32,000 Population 7 480 Attendance 1149 Electoral Roll 144 Baptism 40 Marriage 126 Church Funerals 34 Crem Funerals 8 No of Church Schools 319,000 Parish Share 67 Workload Holme & Market Garrowby Hill Pocklington Barmby Moor BENEFICES Seaton Ross Weighton, Wold Group Group Bishop Wilton, Goodmanham Bugthorpe Full Londesborough Allerthorpe. Bielby, Bursea , Sutton, Kirby Wold Barmby Chapel, Underdale, Moor, Everingham, Sancton Skirpenbeck Pocklington, Fangfoss, Harswell, Thornton, Burnby, Holme, Seaton Yapham Geoff Nigel Strafford David Everett James Finnemore Gail Dalley Incumbent Hollingsworth Stip Clergy 1 1 1 1 1 Incumbent Stip Clergy 0 0 0 1 0 Asst 0 0 0 0 1 Clergy SSM House For 0 0 0 1 0 Duty 1 1 0 3 0 Readers No of 6 3 5 9 5 Church Buildings 8 10,000 4500 6000 1500 3000 Population 149 67 59 39 51 Attendance 147 108 168 379 Electoral 61 Roll 34 23 54 13 41 Baptism 12 5 7 4 3 Marriage Church 11 23 35 9 8 Funerals Crem 17 4 1 4 2 Funerals No Church 0 1 2 2 2 Schools 42,825 47,427 36,914 27,346 94,661 Parish Share 9.5 6.5 10 20 8 Workload Asst Duty Roll Share Church For Clergy SSM Funerals Church of Clergy Church Schools Readers Baptism Funerals Marriage Buildings Workload No Stip Incumbent Population Attendance Parish No Electoral Crem Stip House BENEFICES Incumbent Clergy Bridge 1 0 0 0 0 3 4500 61 147 16 5 12 4 0 44,585 8.0 Bridge Wakefield Stamford Group Catton, Scrayingham, Stamford Fran & Giles 0.5 0 0 0 1 1 2500 44 74 6 7 6 0 1 25,242 5.0 linked St Barmby be Wilberfoss Aysha Kexby (To with Moor) 6.5 1 0 1 6 32 32,000 480 1149 144 40 126 34 8 319,000 67 TOTAL 0.85 0.1 0.14 0.1 1 4.5 4571 77 164 20.5 6 18 5 1 45,571 9.5 AVERAGE STATISTICS FOR SOUTH WOLD 2011 Corrections from the York Diocesan Statistics: House for Duty at Pocklington – 0.5 post Number of Crem only funerals in the Stamford Bridge Group: 4 9 There is now no SSM at Barmby Moor Services held across the South Wold Deanery June 2012 – IN ADDITION – Wilberfoss has a service every week.