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OUR NEWS JUNE 2015
DEMENTIA ACTION DAY ATTRACTS HUNDREDSA Dementia Action Day held in Truro proved hugely successful with almost 200 people attending.
Organised by Churches Together in Cornwall, the event was held at Truro Cathedral and Truro Methodist Church. Bishop Tim welcomed those present and spoke of the need for organisations including the church to consider how far they are dementia friendly.
Trevor Adams from Livability then took to the floor to give an informative talk about dementia and the 800,000 people in the UK who are living with some degree of dementia today.
To read the full story go to www.trurodiocese.org.uk
DIOCESAN SYNOD ELECTIONSCandidates for the Diocesan Synod Elections will find out on Monday (June 29) if they have been elected.
The Diocesan Synod is a democratically elected body which has an important role in deciding the strategic direction of the diocese. Those elected will serve for three years.
A full list of Synod members for 2015-2018 will be listed on the diocesan website www.trurodiocese.org.uk from Tuesday, June 30.
This year 12 people will be ordained as Priests or Deacons by the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Tim Thornton during services on Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4.
Those being ordained Deacon on Friday are: Gary Eve (St Germans Group); Joachim Paul Winwaloe Foot (St Martin with St Nicholas Looe); Jane Horton (Truro, St Mary); Heather West (Three Rivers Benefice).
During the Saturday service, those being ordained Priest are: Terence Axe (Constantine & Mawnan); Angela Brown (Reduth with Lanner & Treleigh);
Steven Fletcher (Chacewater with St Day & Carharrack, St Stithians with Perran-Ar-Worthal & Gwennap, Devoran & Feock); Alison Hardy (Stratton & Launcells, Budehaven & Marhamchurch); James Hills (St Kea); Eileen Martin (Isles of Scilly); Claire McIlroy (Antony with Sheviock & Torpoint); Elly Sheard (Chacewater with St Day & Carharrack, St Stithians with Perran-Ar-Worthal & Gwennap, Devoran & Feock).
Read the stories of those being ordained by going to: www.trurodiocese.org.uk/ministry/petertide-ordinations-2015/
PETERTIDE ORDINATIONS
The first weekend in July will see the annual Petertide Ordinations take place at Truro Cathedral.
BISHOP TIM
Communication is vital in our business as Christians. We are involved in sharing the good news. Sadly we often fail or find it difficult to get key messages across. For example do you know about the Parish Giving Scheme? Are you promoting it and using it across your parishes? It is a simple way for people to give money in a regular and committed way (See Page 3 for information). I do encourage you to communicate widely about this.
Another means of communication is by word of mouth. All the research shows people are brought to faith by personal relationships. The stories of those to be
ordained in July (see page one) show that over and over again. Please pray for them, their families and the churches in which they will work. Pray that they will communicate the good news in which we believe.
Communication only really works if you are there or talking to someone who was there. It is crucial we get people involved in the wider circles of church life. This year sees a double opportunity for you not just to talk but to act and get involved. We have elections to Diocesan Synod and to General Synod. These bodies not only communicate but also enable engagement and decision making in the life of our church. I hope you will pray about standing for election, encourage others to stand and then please do exercise your right to vote.
Communication is vital and a core part of what we do. I hope you will use the material in this monthly newsletter and do gossip the gospel and use all the means open to us to share our good news story.
FINANCE UPDATE: TREASURER TRAINING DAYSDuring July we will be holding two Treasurer Training days - July 11 at Heartlands, Pool and July 18 at the Public Hall, Liskeard. Each of the days will run from 9.30am (registration at 9am) until 1.30pm and will cover the following areas:
Legal overview, The role of the treasurer Record keeping and charity accounting Gift Aid and GASDS Parish Giving Scheme Annual reports
If you are interested in attending please email [email protected]
MARRIAGE VIDEOINGThe law of copyright is complex and neither the Parish Priest or the Parochial Church Council has any authority to give copyright permission for the lawful reproduction or recording of any work – literary or musical – which is protected by copyright.
More details are available via www.trurodiocese.org.uk/press-office/communication-resources/
In addition the PCC should have a licence from Christian Copyright Licensing International. The CCLI website is helpful http://uk.ccli.com/
AMDWe are pleased to announce Sally Piper has been appointed as the part-time Head of AMD, working under the leadership of Dr Jonathan Rowe. Sally will be responsible for the effective delivery of the AMD programme, supervising both Clergy Colleges and the Parish Programme.
As well as continuing in his role as Director of AMD, Jonathan will be working closely with the Bishop’s Staff Team further to develop our thinking and our practice in all aspects of ministry. This part of Jonathan’s work will be funded by the Church Commissioners nationally, which means that these changes will not affect the costs of the diocese.
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BISHOP’S LETTERCommunication is important and very complicated! In place of the Coracle
we have introduced a new quarterly feature in local media to spread our word to those not in church and this monthly newsletter to keep you in touch with what we are doing. Please feel free to share it with others.
INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM?
Communications trainee wantedGo to www.trurodiocese.org.uk/
about-us/vacancies/lay-vacancies/
The appointment of a Youth Worker is helping Callington Cluster with its key priority of supporting young people.
Neil Newberry’s appointment marked the end of a 12 month search for the Callington team which had begun with a realisation that while there was youth engagement in church, they were not making any approach in the community.
Revd Tony Stephens says that while funding this kind of work can be an issue, it has not been a stumbling block in the Cluster. “If you have a church full of disciples who are giving, you don’t have a problem. The big picture behind this is about working out what you need to be out there doing rather than worrying about that next Sunday service. We just need to be out there doing things for the community.”
Neil, a father of five, was able to bring experience from his 18 years of youth work in Manchester as well as experience from outside of the Anglican Church and it is this that Callington Cluster is hoping to build on. Tony said: “We all felt Neil had the skills we were after. We wanted someone who was prepared to roll up their sleeves, get involved in the messy stuff.
Someone who wasn’t going to conform to the accepted ways of doing things and Neil came to us with fresh ideas and had experience of working in the community so that we could reach out.”
Neil said: “I don’t see my role as just setting up another church youth club. We need to be where the youth is. The youngsters don’t want normal youth work. One of the youngsters said to me: ‘I don’t want to come to something that is needy’. They want something worthwhile.”
And Neil and the Cluster are doing their best to meet that goal. As well as Neil’s work, the team have been working with Duchy College on employability training (Mentor+) helping young people into employment. There are preliminary discussions about a mentoring project with Callington College working with youngsters who are struggling. There is also a pilot after school club running in Stoke Climsland and if that isn’t enough, the cluster is also gearing up to be the first in the diocese to work with national organisation ROC (Redeeming Our Communities). To find out more go to: http://roc.uk.com/
Tony says this work is essential in today’s world. “The family unit is really under strain. There’s educational pressures and youth mental health issues are increasing. You only have to scratch a little way under the surface to find the problems and we aren’t going to be able to do that sat in church.”
To read the full story go to www.trurodiocese.org.uk/2015/06/callington-cluster-surges-ahead-with-support-for-young-people/
MISSION CASE STUDY
CALLINGTON CLUSTER SURGES AHEAD WITH SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
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PARISH GIVINGMany churches in our diocese are now joining the Parish Giving Scheme, recognising the key benefits to parishes:
1 Centralised national scheme reduces administration time spent on claiming from HMRC, at no charge to the parish
2 Speedy, reliable payments from Gift Aid every month
3 Helps tackle static levels of giving
Liz Wallace is offering a short 15 minute presentation for PCCs and churches. To book email [email protected]
More information can be found here: www.trurodiocese.org.uk/mission/stewardship/parish-giving-scheme/
BOARD VACANCIESBoard members are sought for Askel Veur and the Diocesan Board of Education.
Askel Veur requires three non-executive board members to help develop its work in school improvement, academy conversion and sponsorship. The unpaid, non-executive positions require a time commitment of one day per month. For more information contact Chair, Dr Alan Stanhope E. [email protected] or go to www.trurodiocese.org.uk
For details on the Diocesan Board of Education vacancies contact: Simon Cade, Director of Education [email protected]
SAFEGUARDINGYou may be aware that we have overhauled our safeguarding training packages in line with new requirements from the National Safeguarding Team at Lambeth Palace. Each of these improvements is a direct result of our new awareness in key areas and has been carefully considered before implementation.
Check out the new training on our website www.trurodiocese.org.uk/ about-us/safeguarding-children-and-vulnerable-adults/
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARYJUNE27 Concert by Three Spires Singers & Orchestra ‘The Passion of Christ as told by St Mark the Evangelist’ by Paul Drayton, 5pm
JULY3/4 Petertide Ordinations Truro Cathedral, 7.30pm; Profile stories: www.trurodiocese.org.uk/ministry/petertide-ordinations-2015/4 Quiet Day St Just in Roseland Church, 10am-4pm, 01326 270338 to book4 Concert by Camborne Town Band All Saints Church Tuckingmill, 7.30pm5 Special service of celebration Bishop Tim, 5pm7 Exhibition of Church records All Saints Church, Tuckingmill, 170 years anniversary10 Poldark Murder Mystery Truro Cathedral, 7.30pm, £18.50, [email protected] 01872 27678211 Music for a Summer’s Day King Charles Church, Falmouth, 12pm11 Treasurer Training Day Heartlands, Pool, 9am. [email protected] Garden Party Old Vicarage, Breage: Creams teas, maypole dancing, face painting etc12 Taize services St Endellion at 6pm;18 Treasurer Training Day Public Hall, Liskeard, 9am; [email protected] – Aug 7 St Endellion Summer Festival St Endellion www.endellionfestivals.org.uk
GET IN TOUCHIf you have a news story or a diary date to share, please get in touch: 01872 360037 [email protected] before the 17th of each month.
OTHER LINKSGreen deals for parishes www.parishbuying.org.uk/ SRO newsletter available www.trurodiocese.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Social-Responsibility-Briefing-July-August-2015.pdf
STEPHEN DAWES CANON THEOLOGIAN
In one session a speaker was telling us about the old church on Lundy. They are leaving enough pews for it to continue to be used for worship, but it is also being turned into an Environmental Research Centre for studying the unique habitats of the island. We all thought that was great.
The speaker then told us of a conversation with a scientist who had come to see the project. The young scientist was puzzled. ‘But, isn’t this a church?’ ‘Yes’. ‘But, you want scientists to use it?’ ‘Yes’. ‘But scientists believe in evolution …’ ‘So?’ ‘But you Christians don’t believe in evolution’. At which point the entire conference groaned. What on earth have we come to, that groan said, when intelligent people think that Christians and the Church do not believe in evolution?
We concluded that we have got here because unrepresentative fundamentalist Creationists shout their views loudly while majority Christian thinkers keep quiet. And because militant atheists like Richard
Dawkins and his stand-up comedian chums push the same line for their own purposes. Either way, the dire outcome is that mainstream Christianity, the Church and the Bible, none of which has any problem with evolution, is now widely misrepresented and caricatured.
If we want to continue as a Church we must be credible. That means we’ve just got to do our thinking, our Bible reading and our communicating better than this.
FROM THE CANON THEOLOGIANAt the Bible Studies at the URC South-West Synod Spring School in Torbay. Their theme was ‘Hope in God’s Future: Christian Discipleship in the context of Climate Change’. Speaker after speaker reminded us that Climate Change is the biggest issue facing humanity. I don’t think there’s any question about that.
But something else was said which upset us all.
