DS(2019)09 DIOCESAN SYNOD Title: MISSION AND MINISTRY UNIT MOTION UPDATE Author: DEAN OF MISSION AND MINISTRY AND EDUCATION AND HEAD OF SERVICE DELIVERY Date: 23 NOVEMBER 2019 1. INTRODUCTION At the March 2019 meeting the following motion was overwhelmingly carried by the Synod members: ‘This Synod: a) support and celebrate the work that has been done across the diocese to develop Mission and Ministry Units, b) recognise the way this is enabling us to provide a sustainable ministry in all of our parishes and work together to be more missionally effective and plant new worshipping communities; and c) ask the Area Mission and Pastoral Committees to give Bishop’s Council a timetable and plan on MMU formation across their Episcopal Area by March 2020 with a view to concluding MMU formation by the end of 2021.’ This paper provides an update on the developments since this motion was passed. 2. KEY DEVELOPMENTS The following key developments have occurred since March 2019: • The Diocesan Mission and Pastoral Committee met in May and noted the motion. It then asked the Area Mission and Pastoral Committees to also note the motion and consider a process for forming a timetable and plan to meet the deadline of March 2020. • The Area Mission and Pastoral Committees met in June and noted the motion. The Area Deans and Lay Chairs took away an action to form a timetable. • Three new MMUs were approved at the Barking AMPC in November. There are a number of other MMUs nearing the point at which their proposal could be considered by the AMPC and are expected to be considered during 2020. The Deaneries of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Newham are reconsidering their MMU plans and intend to bring back proposals for different structures. • The Bradwell AMPC has received presentations from six Deaneries reporting on MMU progress and will hear from the remaining three Deaneries at their March 2020 meeting. Many proposals for MMUs in this Area will likely come forward over the course of the AMPCs scheduled for 2020. 1 DS(2019)09 • The vast majority of parishes in the Colchester Area were part of an MMU at the point at which Synod passed the motion. The few areas where discussions on MMUs are ongoing will be addressed during 2020. This of course does not capture the many detailed conversations that we are aware are being held within Deaneries which are contributing to the ongoing development of MMUs. We wish to express our thanks for all those facilitating and contributing to those discussions. A list of the MMUs (with their constituent parishes) approved by the AMPCs to date is appended to this paper for information. 3. RECOMMENDATION That Synod note the update on progress made on the March 2019 MMU motion. 2 Deanery > MMU > Parish Deanery > MMU > Parish Barking & Dagenham Newham Central Dagenham Newham Deanery MMU Becontree St Elisabeth Beckton St Mark Becontree St George East Ham Holy Trinity Dagenham St Peter & St Paul East Ham St George & St Ethelbert North Barking and Dagenham East Ham St Paul Becontree St Mary Forest Gate All Saints Becontree St Thomas Forest Gate Emmanuel w St Peter Upton Cross Chadwell Heath St Chad Forest Gate St Mark Marks Gate St Mark Forest Gate St Saviour and St James Havering Little Ilford St Barnabas Central and North Romford PiMM Manor Park (Little Ilford) St Michael & All Angels and St Mary Collier Row Ascension North Woolwich St John w Silvertown Collier Row Good Shepherd Stratford St John w Christ Church Collier Row St James & Havering‐atte‐Bower St John the Evangelist Stratford St Paul and St James Romford St Edward the Confessor Victoria Docks Ascension North East Havering PiMM Victoria Docks St Luke Gidea Park St Michael West Ham All Saints Harold Hill St Paul and Noak Hill St Thomas West Ham St Matthew Harold Wood St Peter Redbridge Squirrels Heath All Saints (Ardleigh Green) All Saints Minster Barkingside St Cedd Epping Forest & Ongar Hainault St Paul Epping Forest North MMU Woodford Wells All Saints and St Andrew Coopersale St Alban the Martyr Barkingside and the Bridge Mission and Ministry Partnership Epping St John the Baptist Barkingside Holy Trinity Epping Upland All Saints Barkingside St Francis High Beach Holy Innocents Barkingside St George Stapleford Tawney St Mary the Virgin w Theydon Mount St Michael Barkingside St Laurence Theydon Bois St Mary the Virgin Woodford Bridge St Paul Theydon Garnon All Saints Far East Redbridge MMU (FERM) Upshire St Thomas Aldborough Hatch St Peter Waltham Abbey Holy Cross & St Lawrence Goodmayes All Saints Epping Forest South MMP Goodmayes St Paul Buckhurst Hill St John Great Ilford St John the Evangelist Chigwell Row All Saints Ilford Chigwell St Mary Great Ilford St Luke Chigwell St Winifred Great Ilford St Margaret of Antioch and St Clement Lambourne St Mary & All Saints w Abridge Holy Trinity Great Ilford St Mary Loughton St John the Baptist West Roding Mission Partnership Loughton St Mary the Virgin Aldersbrook St Gabriel Loughton St Michael & All Angels South Woodford Holy Trinity Hermon Hill Stapleford Abbotts St Mary the Virgin Wanstead St Mary w Christ Church Harlow Woodford St Mary w St Philip & St James The Six Villages Waltham Forest Bush End St John the Evangelist All Saints Minster Great Hallingbury St Giles Highams Park All Saints Hatfield Broad Oak St Mary the Virgin St Andrew Higham Hill, St Anne and St Edmund, Chingford Hatfield Heath Holy Trinity Chingford St Anne Little Hallingbury St Mary the Virgin Chingford St Edmund Sheering St Mary the Virgin Walthamstow St Andrew Waltham Forest MMU Chingford St Peter & St Paul and All Saints Leyton St Catherine & St Paul Walthamstow (St Mary the Virgin, St Gabriel, St Luke) West Roding Mission Partnership Walthamstow St Peter in the Forest Hadleigh Canvey Island MMU Canvey Island St Nicholas (St Anne, St Katherine) Deanery > MMU > Parish Deanery > MMU > Parish Braintree Hinckford Braintree Deanery MMU Hinckford Deanery MMU Black Notley (St Peter & St Paul and The Church in Great Notley) Alphamstone St Barnabas Bocking St Mary Ashen St Augustine of Canterbury Bocking St Peter Belchamp Otten St Ethelbert & All Saints Braintree St Michael Belchamp St Paul St Andrew Braintree St Paul Belchamp Walter St Mary Coggeshall w Marks Hall (St Peter‐ad‐Vincula, St Nicholas' Chapel) Birdbrook St Augustine of Canterbury Cornish Hall End St John Bulmer St Andrew Cressing All Saints Castle Hedingham St Nicholas Finchingfield St John the Baptist Colne Engaine St Andrew Panfield St Mary & St Christopher Earls Colne St Andrew Rayne All Saints Foxearth St Peter & St Paul Shalford St Andrew Gestingthorpe St Mary the Virgin Stisted All Saints w Bradwell juxta Coggeshall and Pattiswick Gosfield St Catherine Wethersfield St Mary Magdalene Great & Little Henny St Mary Dunmow & Stansted Great & Little Tey St Barnabas Dunmow & Stansted Deanery MMU Great Maplestead St Giles Abbess Roding St Edmund Great Yeldham St Andrew Aythorpe Roding St Mary the Virgin Greenstead Green St James Barnston St Andrew Halstead St Andrew w Holy Trinity Beauchamp Roding St Botolph Helions Bumpstead St Andrew Birchanger St Mary the Virgin Lamarsh Holy Innocents Broxted w Chickney & Tilty & Little Easton & Great Easton Liston & Borley Farnham St Mary the Virgin Little Maplestead St John the Baptist Felsted Holy Cross Little Yeldham St John the Baptist Good Easter St Andrew Middleton All Saints Great Bardfield St Mary the Virgin Ovington St Mary Great Canfield St Mary the Virgin Pebmarsh St John the Baptist Great Dunmow St Mary the Virgin Pentlow St Gregory & St George Great Saling St James Ridgewell St Lawrence High Easter St Mary the Virgin Sible Hedingham St Peter High Roding All Saints Stambourne St Peter & St Thomas Leaden Roding St Michael Steeple Bumpstead St Mary Lindsell St Mary the Virgin Sturmer St Mary Little (Bardfield) Saling St Peter & St Paul Tilbury‐juxta‐Clare St Margaret Little Bardfield St Katharine Toppesfield St Margaret Little Dunmow St Mary the Virgin Twinstead St John the Evangelist Margaret Roding St Margaret of Antioch Wakes Colne All Saints & Chappel St Barnabas Stansted Mountfitchet St John White Colne St Andrew Stebbing St Mary the Virgin Wickham St Paul All Saints Takeley Holy Trinity w Little Canfield All Saints Chelmsford North White Roding St Martin North Chelmsford Mission & Ministry Partnership Boreham St Andrew Colchester Broomfield St Mary w St Leonard Colchester East PiMM Great & Little Leighs and Little Waltham St Martin Colchester St Andrew Great Waltham St Mary & St Lawrence w Ford End St John Colchester St Anne North Springfield St Augustine of Canterbury Colchester St John the Evangelist Pleshey Holy Trinity Colchester St Matthew Springfield All Saints Wivenhoe St Mary the Virgin The Chignals (St Nicholas w St James) w Mashbury The North Colchester Family of Churches Chelmsford South Colchester St Luke Compass Churches Great Horkesley (All Saints and St John) Danbury St John the Baptist Langham St Mary w Boxted St Peter Downham St Margaret Little Horkesley St Peter & St Paul East Hanningfield All Saints Mount Bures St John the Baptist Little Baddow St Mary the Virgin Myland St Michael Ramsden Bellhouse St Mary the Virgin West Bergholt St Mary the Virgin Sandon St Andrew Wormingford St Andrew South Hanningfield St Peter South Woodham Ferrers Holy Trinity Stock Harvard All Saints West Hanningfield St Mary & St Edward Woodham Ferrers St Mary and Bicknacre St Andrew South West Chelmsford Churches Galleywood St Michael & All Angels Moulsham St John the Evangelist Moulsham St Luke Widford St Mary.