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PROPOSED NORTH DOWNS TEAM MINISTRY
CREATE A TEAM BENEFICE OUT OF BEARSTED WITH THURNHAM; BOXLEY WITH DETLING; HOLLINGBOURNE AND HUCKING WITH LEEDS AND BROOMFIELD; AND OTHAM WITH LANGLEY
• A Team Rector • 2 x Team Vicars• A full time Team
Missioner (Lay or ordained) Wholly or partly Funded by Church Commissioners Mission funding for a period of 5 years.
This represents 4 Full time posts in place of the existing 3.5 for the next 5 years.
STAFFED BY:
HOW WILL THESE POSTS WORK?Team Rector / Team Vicar
1Team Rector / Team
Vicar 2
Pastoral responsibility for the parish and congregations of Bearsted
Pastoral responsibility for the parish and congregations of Hollingbourne, Hucking, Thurnham, Detling and Boxley
• Pastoral responsibility for the congregation at Grove Green
• Pastoral responsibility within the LEP for the congregation at Kingswood
• Mission in suburban housing (Grove Green, Weavering, Madginford, Downswood, Kingswood)
HOW WILL THESE POSTS WORK?Team Rector / Team Vicar
3Team Missioner
Pastoral responsibility for the parish and congregations of Otham and Langley, Leeds and Broomfield.
• Collaboration • Maintaining local
distinctiveness• Releasing resource for
mission into areas where the church is not growing.
• Accessing outside funding to increase ministry provision
WHY…
• …IS THIS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE?
• … HAS THIS MODEL BEEN CHOSEN?
QUESTIONS?
What can we clarify for you?
IS THIS MEETING CONTENT TO REFER THIS PROPOSAL FOR DETAILED DISCUSSION WITH INDIVIDUAL PCCS?
Initial reaction…
• PCCs to meet with Area Dean, Lay Chair, Archdeacon and M&M officer to discuss their response to this proposal – opportunity to delve into pros and cons
• PCCs to feed back to Deanery M&M by the end of October
THE PROCESS FROM HERE:INFORMAL CONSULTATION:
JULY TO OCTOBER 2015
• Draft Proposals, reflecting the outcome of the informal consultation go to Diocesan M&M on 10th November.
• M&M officer writes to all Interested parties with a copy of the draft proposals (in legal form)
• 6 weeks for responses back to M&M officer
• Diocesan M&M consider responses to consultation in January and make a recommendation to the Bishop.
THE PROCESS FROM HERE:LOCAL WRITTEN CONSULTATION
NOVEMBER 2015 TO JANUARY2016
• Bishop’s proposals prepared as a draft scheme by Church commissioners.
• M&M officer writes to all Interested parties with a copy of the draft scheme(in legal form) AND notices go on church doors
• Representations (for or against) at this stage go to the church commissioners Pastoral Committee
• Objections = Hearing process• No objections = Scheme takes
effect at the end of April.
THE PROCESS FROM HERE:NOTICE CONSULTATION:
JANUARY TO APRIL 2016