ISSN 2056 3310 www.chichester.anglican.org SPRING/SUMMER ISSUE 21 • FEB 2019 A GRAND OPENING SALLY GUNNELL OBE, OPENS RUNNING TRACK AT WEST SUSSEX SCHOOL / 35 EXPLORING MONEY, MONEY, WE REMEMBERED VOCATION MONEY / 20 - 21 / 10 - 11 / 23 How churches and schools marked Armistice Living Christ, How contactless payments The Diocesan Lent course encourage good stewardship ISSUE 19 3 5-session discussion course UNCOVER YOUR VOCATION Daring to see God now IDEAL FOR Written by LENT The second Sunday in January (13 January) celebrated the Baptism of Christ and Bishop Nick Baines marked the beginning of the ‘Year of Vocation’. This is a Diocesan initiative to help Daring to see us to understand more fully God’s calling to us both individually and corporately as a On hearing, understanding and living ‘the Good News of God now Diocese. The Year will celebrate vocation is its broadest sense. How do we live out our An ecumenical course in 5 sessions life in Christ fully every day of the week and at different times of life. ? written by God’ in today’s world (Mark 1.14-15). Bishop Nick Baines In this issue you can explore some of the activities on offer for you and your church Designed to minimise preparation time, community to help you engage with the Year of Vocation. the course materials are suitable for ALSO AVAILABLE: An accompanying COURSE BOOKLET and TRANSCRIPT OF THIS CD. As we move towards Lent on the 6 March it is encouraging to report a good number of The materials for this course are all U available as digital downloadsThis transcript accompanies the audio N inexperienced group leaders, yet versatile A U material for the course entitled T H O Daring to see God now parishes planning to run the diocesan Lent course for the Year of Vocation. There is also R Daring to see I The words as spoken S E D are set out in this C enough for more confident leaders to O transcript booklet. P Y God now I help for parishes to access the excellent videos that accompany the course - you can read N G York Courses · PO Box 343 O York · YO19 5YB UK F Tel: 01904 466516 T H www.yorkcourses.co.uk I adapt to their own style. S Accompanying audio and transcript available C more about this, and the specially adapted version for youth groups, on pages 10 and 11. The materials for this course are all available as digital downloads D AUDIO OF TRANSCRIPT I S P R O (Also as digital downloads) H I B I T E D Each session has a wide choice of ( D We are excited to share with you plans for our vocational lay conference at Sussex T S G N questions so that, wherever you are on 1) University on March 6. Registration is now open and you can read more about the your journey of faith, you can join in with Everyday Disciple conference on page 12. the lively discussion! Digital Downloads Plans for our big Pentecost event for Thy Kingdom Come on June 9 are being finalised. Featuring on the course audio: available More about this on page 17 but please put the date in your diary now. You can also read about the new annual award for lay people on page 13. The Order of St Richard is a new initiative from Bishop Martin to reward those whose ministry should be recognised and celebrated. I hope you enjoy this issue which includes all the regular features and also welcomes a few new faces. 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Opinions expressed in the magazine do not necessarily reflect official iocesan or Church of England policy. We reserve the right to shorten or omit any submitted articles. Submitted material becomes copyright of The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Inc. © Copyright 2018 Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance Inc. 6 FAITH IN SUSSEX ISSUE 19 7 NEWS ACROSS OUR DIOCESE ROLES AT CHURCH HOUSE HOVE CANON Lisa Barnett has been appointed as She has previously served on the diocesan deputy diocesan director of ordinands (DDDO). advisory committee and comes with a background in heritage work and hands- Lisa joins the staff at Church House Hove part on experience as a churchwarden. time and continues her role as vicar of Scaynes Hill. Initially she is focusing on collating resources FOCUS ON DIOCESAN HEALING and drafting guidance for the assistance of Current DDO Dan Inman continues his role but parishes across the diocese but from March she MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE will be working one day a week as associate vicar will be available to advise individual parishes at All Saints Hove and was licensed on January on funding options for their church building ELLE Weaver has been appointed as mental Since 2000 the Diocese of Chichester has 21 by the archdeacon of Brighton and Lewes. health and wellbeing adviser for Together In resourced a high-profile day devoted to the projects. She can be contacted at Sussex, the joint venture between the diocese ministry of healing. Katherine Prior joined the church buildings [email protected] and the Church Urban Fund. team at Church House in January as the A keynote address will be given by Rosemary diocesan fundraising adviser. Elle has worked in safeguarding for the Diocese Phillips, founder of the Lazarus Healing Trust, of Europe and Canterbury and is currently followed by teaching seminars led by Bishop involved in outreach work with homeless and Richard Jackson, Rev Rob Dillingham and vulnerable people.