The Church in Wales Yr Eglwys Yng Nghymru Ministry Area Leader for Barry All Saints Church Minist Area of Bar Anglican Churches serving the town of Barry Church of St Dyfan & St Teilo Church of St Cadoc In the Deanery of Penarth & Barry Diocese of Llandaff Archdeaconry of Llandaff www.beneficeofbarry.com Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Croeso Welcome to the Ministry Area of Barry We are looking for a new Ministry Area Leader … …… to take up the leadership of our Ministry Area, which in 2016 was one of the earliest to be established in Llandaff Diocese, and encompasses the whole of Barry, one of Wales’s largest towns. Barry is an excing place to live, a town in the process of major regeneraon, as it transforms itself from a rich marime past into a modern aracve development, fit for twenty-first century living. We are four churches, with three incumbent clergy, and strong community and ecumenical relaonships; we too are in a process of regeneraon. Through worship, pastoral care and our active concern for the wider community, we seek to express the transforming love of God to all. Our vision is directed towards the people and communities of Barry, but this in turn is rooted in the overall strategy of the diocese, as set out below. Diocesan Vision We believe faith matters. Our vision is that all may encounter and know the love of God through truth, beauty and service, living full and rich lives through faith. Transforming lives through living and bearing witness to Jesus Christ is our calling. We seek to do this in a Diocese that is strong, confident, alive and living in faith, engaged with the realies of life and serving others in His name. Our profound belief in the sovereignty of God means that we will look to connue Christ’s church and mission by: Telling a joyful story. Growing the Kingdom of God. Building our capacity for good. Find us at llandaff.churchinwales.org.uk 3 Contents Page 1. OUR NEXT MINISTRY AREA LEADER 5 1.1 The Post 1.2 The Person 2. THE MINISTRY AREA TODAY 6 - 10 2.1 Ministry Area Mission Statement 2.2 Our vision for the future 2.3 Staffing 2.4 Church Life 2.5 Our congregations and services 2.6 Sunday Schools 2.7 Ministry Area and Schools 2.8 Ministry Area Music 2.9 Mothers Union 2.10 Outreach 2.11 Wider Associations 2.12 Facts and Figures for our Ministry Area 3. OUR CHURCHES 11 - 12 3.1. All Saints’ Church 3.2. Church of St Cadoc 3.3. Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary 3.4. Church of St Dyfan & St Teilo 4 TERMS OF SERVICE 13 4.1 Accommodation 4.2. Terms and Conditions 5. THE TOWN OF BARRY 14 - 15 Appendices 1. MINISTRY AREA LEADER – ROLE DESCRIPTION (LLANDAFF DIOCESE) 16 2. EXTRACT OF ACCOUNTS FOR BARRY MINISTRY AREA – 2019 17 - 18 4 1. Our Next Ministry Area Leader 1.1 The Post We are prayerfully seeking an engaging priest with excellent people skills, someone to help lead us into the next phase of our mission and ministry in the town of Barry and surrounding area. This leadership will necessarily be exercised at a number of different levels, and among different groups of people: with our different congregaons, and through inspiraonal teaching and preaching, to help us understand and respond to the needs of our different local communies. with Ministry Area colleagues, lay and ordained, and ecumenical partners, to help build new relationships across the town, and maintain our mission to local schools, care homes and assisting the housebound with the Ministry Area Council (having the legal responsibilies of a PCC), and a Lay Chair of the Council (who will be appointed by the Bishop), to set an ambious direcon for the next stage of our mission and ministry, and to exercise trusteeship of our resources with others in the diocesan leadership development programme, to enable the diocesan strategy to be implemented in our local context, and to share our excitement and forward-looking iniaves with others in the wider church. A full role descripon for Ministry Area Leaders in Llandaff Diocese is included in Appendix 1. 1.2 The Person To achieve this, our next Ministry Area Leader will be: Essentially A skilled and enthusiastic communicator and teacher of the Christian faith. A relationship-builder who has experience of developing effective partnerships both within and beyond the Church. Someone with proven experience of leadership in teams, able both to delegate and to encourage colleagues in a diverse and effective team environment. A “People Person” with a good sense of humour. A facilitator, to help us pursue our vision and mission as a Ministry Area, whilst also enabling us to fulfil the aims of the Diocesan Vision. Someone with energy, ready to collaborate with both Anglican and ecumenical colleagues. Someone who is mindful, and appreciates the value, of the diversity of worship within the Ministry Area. Desirably Will promote and maintain excellence in Liturgy and Music Will encourage the further development of Lay Ministry Will be committed to revitalising our work in schools, and with young people and their families Will be active in the care of the spiritual welfare of the sick, housebound and elderly and all in the Ministry Area family 5 2. The Ministry Area Today 2.1 Ministry Area Mission Statement Our Church is a fellowship of caring people in which we seek to express the love of God to all. We seek to do this in our worship, in our pastoral care and in our concern for the wider community. Our profound belief in God means that we look to continue Christ’s church and mission by telling the joyful story of Jesus, growing the Kingdom of God by empowering all to participate and building the future in hope and love 2.2. Our vision for the future TELL THE JOYFUL STORY of Jesus Christ through the Gospel - spreading it into the wider community by sharing our faith with others. GROW THE KINGDOM OF GOD by building up our own spiritual strength. BUILD OUR CAPACITY FOR GOOD through outreach into the wider community. 2.3 Staffing The Ministry Area has been established with three incumbent clergy posts, all licensed as Vicars, of whom one, the Ministry Area Leader, is appointed Priest-in-Charge. Currently, in Barry, ministry staffing is provided by: Vacant Ministry Area Leader Fr Robert Parrish Vicar Vacant Vicar Fr Chris Seaton, SSC NSM Associate Priest Peter Atkins Licensed Lay Reader Janet Braddon Office Administrator (employed) A retired priest, Fr Edward Dowding, has in recent months also been providing regular support. The vacant post of Vicar in the Ministry Area is being advertised concurrently with the post of Ministry Area Leader. Interviews are currently scheduled for March 2021, and we anticipate that the new Ministry Area Leader-designate will be involved with that appointment. We aim to use the opportunity of both posts being appointed at the same time, to create a diverse clergy team, serving the whole town. Applications for both posts will therefore be encouraged from both women and men in priests’ orders. 2.4 Church Life Since the establishment of the Ministry Area in 2016, much has been achieved, as the Anglican churches have come together in a positive way, to organise their activities as far as possible on a Barry-wide basis. This has been further developed by extending our practical cooperation from our congregations, to incorporate work with other denominations. An example of this was the Churches of Barry working together to perform ‘Christmas the Story’ seen by over 2000 adults and children. Another example of our Ministry Area and other denominations coming together can be seen in the annual Good Friday Ecumenical Walk of Witness, and the operation of the Food Bank. 6 We have witnessed the establishment of the Chaplaincy Team, presently comprising of 20 lay chaplains and the expansion of the Home Communion Team. This has included visits and Services in Care Homes, visiting the housebound and taking the Sacrament into the homes of the elderly and the sick. All Chaplaincy members are DBS checked and trained in Safeguarding. The Ministry Area comes together to raise funds for our Churches and the wider community. Fundraising events are numerous throughout the year and are very well supported. Our website, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube accounts (registered as the Rectorial Benefice of Barry) are an active part of our communications, and kept regularly up to date. 2.5 Our congregations and services The following is a list of our Services pre-Pandemic. Sunday Services: 08.00 Holy Mass-St. Mary 08.00 Holy Eucharist-All Saints 09.00 Sung Mass-Merthyr Dyfan 09.30 Sung Mass-St. Cadoc 09.30 Sung Eucharist-All Saints [Sunday School during term-time] 11.00 Solemn Mass-St. Mary [Sunday School during term-time] 17.00 Evensong-All Saints Weekday Services Monday 08.45 Morning Prayer-St. Mary 18.00 Evening Prayer-St. Cadoc 18.30 Mass-St. Cadoc [with Anointing on 1st Monday] Tuesday 09.45 Morning Prayer-St. Mary 10.00 Mass-St. Mary 17.30 Evening Prayer-All Saints Wednesday 09.15 Morning Prayer-All Saints 10.00 Eucharist-All Saints 18.00 Evening Prayer-St. Mary 18.30 Mass-St. Mary [with Anointing on 3rd Wednesday] Thursday 09.00 Morning Prayer-St. Cadoc 09.30 Mass-St. Cadoc 18.00 Evening Prayer-All Saints 19.00 Eucharist-All Saints Friday 08.00 Morning Prayer-St. Mary 12.00 Mass-St.