The Diocese of Southwark · The Diocese of Southwark DIOCESAN SYNOD Minutes of the meeting of the held on Saturday 17 November 2018 at 10.00 at St Mark’s Church, Kennington The

The Diocese of

Southwark

DIOCESAN SYNOD Minutes of the meeting of the held on

Saturday 17 November 2018 at 10.00

at St Mark’s Church, Kennington

The Rt Revd Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon, and 106 other members signified their

presence.

CHAIR: The Bishop of Croydon

22/18 WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER 1. Bishop Jonathan welcomed Synod members to the meeting at the beginning of a new

triennium. There had been over 50% turnover in members from the previous triennium

and the Chair welcomed new ideas that a freshness that would bring.

2. The Revd Canon Stephen Coulson, incumbent of St Mark’s Kennington, thanked

members for coming, and Rebecca Chapman for making cakes for all the Synod

members. He reminded members of the health and safety, and fire notices.

3. The meeting began with prayer.

23/18 ANNOUNCEMENT & NOTICES 4. The Diocesan Secretary drew attention to the papers that had been seated, mainly for

elections, and highlighted the updated Capital Plan. Hustings for the House of Clergy

of the Diocesan Council of Trustees were be chaired by The Archdeacon of Southwark,

The Venerable Jane Steen. A meeting of the House of Laity, chaired by Adrian

Greenwood, concerning vacancies in the House of Laity of the Diocesan Council of

Trustees was also to take place following the Synod.

5. During the Eucharist the presentation of cheques for The Bishop’s Lent Fund was

scheduled to take place and the Diocesan Secretary thanked parishes, schools,

colleagues and all those involved for their overwhelming generosity and for working so

hard on the Lent Fund.

24/18 ELECTION OF CHAIRS OF THE HOUSES OF LAITY AND CLERGY 6. Bishop Jonathan welcomed The Revd Canon Dr Rosemarie Mallett and Adrian

Greenwood back to their former roles as Chair of the House of Clergy and Chair of the

House of Laity to which they had been re-elected.

CHAIR: Adrian Greenwood

7. The Chair wished everyone a good morning and promised to do his best to serve Synod

in the next three years in what would be an exciting time as we move forward in

growing our diocese.

8. He summarised the role and composition of the Diocesan Council of Trustees for clarity

and drew Synod’s attention to the notice papers. NP1 reported the people who had

been elected to the DCT. Three clergy places had been elected The Revd Alison Way

and The Revd Canon Leslie Wells, both from Croydon Area, and The Revd Greg Prior

from Kingston Area. Five nominations had been received for the Woolwich Area and

hustings would be taking place after Synod leaving one further place to be filled for

the Kingston Area. Five people had been elected for the House of Laity: Dr David

Keiller, Alex Helliwell and Christopher Elliot, from Croydon Area, Bill Bishop from the

Woolwich Area and Jacqueline Dean as an extra laity representative. This left seven

spaces open and a meeting regarding nominations for these positions would be

conducted after Synod.

9. Notice Paper 2 was tabled and the House of Laity ere invited to elect four of six spaces

described as specialists of various sorts. These were Dr Nick Burt, Chair of the Policy

and Finance Committee, Philip Fletcher, Chair of the Diocesan Advisory Committee,

Michael Hartley, Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee and Andrew McMurtrie,

Chair of the Investment Committee. All four were duly elected leaving two specialist

spaces to be filled. Adrian Greenwood welcomed them and thanked them for their

willingness to serve.

10. Notice Paper 3 was tabled and the House of Laity were invited to elect 2 lay people in

who held significant roles within the DCT but who are not elected members of synod.

Lotwina Vice-Chair of the DBF and Nicholas Burt chair of PFC and were both duly co-

opted by a show of hands.

25/18 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 11. The Rt Revd Richard Cheetham, Bishop of Kingston, expressed his gratitude to Bishop

Christopher for the invitation to give the Presidential Address whilst he was on

sabbatical. He gave reflections on the broad mission of the Church and the

importance of being outward looking in all that we did. He thanked everyone for their

willingness to serve on Diocesan Synod. The text of his Address can be found at

Appendix A.

26/18 SOUTHWARK VISION AND ANNUAL OBJECTIVES 12. The Diocesan Secretary, The Revd Canon Stephen Roberts (Deputy Diocesan Secretary)

and The Revd Canon Wendy Robins, Director of Press and Communications and Bishop’s

Press Officer, each gave a presentation.

13. The Revd Canon Stephen Roberts presented an update on the 2018 Annual Objectives,

all of which had either been achieved or were in progress, including a balanced budget

outturn at the end of the year.

14. The Diocesan Secretary reviewed the medium-term financial objectives set in 2015,

acknowledging that a number of initiatives took more than one year, but we had to set

challenging goals in order to move the Diocese forward. Services to parishes had been

maintained and she highlighted the importance of ‘behind the scenes’ aspects that

people weren’t always aware of including the work that had been done towards

building resilience in areas such as data, infrastructure and finance.

15. The Revd Canon Wendy Robins presented the strategic objectives. She explained that

the objectives had been designed to work towards what the Diocese called ‘a fruitful

future’. Within this, the Five Marks of Mission were referred to which sought to show

how the Diocese was working toward being a Diocese that served everyone in the

community and shares God’s love with all.

16. The 2019 Annual Objectives provided context for the budget presentation to follow.

She ran through these as shown on the slides. 120 condition surveys had been

completed by December 2018 with the view to complete the rest in the coming year.

Blue Box had been put on hold over to 2019 due to the General Data Protection

Regulation being launched in 2018.

17. There was one question about the availability of the slides from Neal Harvey (Merton

Deanery). These were to be distributed to members.

CHAIR: The Bishop of Croydon

27/18 2019 BUDGET APPROVAL 18. The Diocesan Secretary, Anthony Demby and Alan Saunders gave a presentation.

19. Alan Saunders introduced himself as Chair of the Diocesan Board of Finance. He

praised the Diocesan Secretary and colleagues for managing to transform the Diocesan

finances over the past two years as shown on the graph (see slides), although a

reduction in this trend was expected in 2018 and 2019. Expenditure had been frozen

and cost control was being exercised and demonstrated, partially by cutting back on

property spending. Income for 2019 was forecast to be somewhat reduced but this had

been countered by allowing no increase in running costs.

20. Parishes had continued to be very generous, with Parish Support Fund pledges, and it

was remarkable that within the last two years the Diocese had received 99% of pledges

given. Approximately 90% of parishes had indicated that they would increase their

pledge for 2019.

21. Bishop Jonathan thanked Alan Saunders and asked him to move the motion:

“this Synod approves the total budget expenditure of £24.5m which is based on

total budgeted income of £24.6m.”

Ekundayo Olomu (Croydon North Deanery), Marian Mollett (Richmond and Barnes

Deanery), The Revd Nicholas Walsh (East Lewisham Deanery), The Revd Anna

Eltringham (Tandridge Deanery), Michael Lewis (Sutton Deanery) and Neal Harvey

(Merton Deanery) spoke in the debate.

22. Many of the speakers gave thanks to the Diocese for their excellent work on the

budget. Discussions included the desire to have some areas of expenditure explained

more fully (e.g. safeguarding, investment, IT and vocations), provision for clergy well-

being and care, and a question on the decreasing number of weddings and funerals.

23. In response to the question about the increase in income for 2019 from investment

sources, Anthony Demby reassured that the Diocese only invested in funds that achieve

good growth income; the assumptions made in the budget had been very conservative

and based on historical yields. He was confident that all figures would be met and

stated that the Diocese was not planning to sell any investments.

24. The Diocesan Secretary advised that it was unwise to ever cut costs on safeguarding.

The Diocese had had a very good safeguarding audit however and the Diocese is

committed to resourcing Safeguarding as a priority, which was why expenditure was

increasing in this department. Regarding demands for counselling or matters related to

clergy welfare, she assured , members that the Diocese had never withheld funds

when this had been requested.

25. Savings had been made in the Ministry and Discipleship department by negotiating a

beneficial deal with St Augustine’s College wherein a four year course had been made

into a two year course and training was now largely taking place at Trinity House

rather than externally.

26. The motion was passed with one abstention.

28/18 ELECTIONS TO THE SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION 27. There were to be two contests following the nomination period for Clerks in Holy

Orders for Lewisham & Greenwich, and Southwark. He asked members to make their

choice on the ballot and deposit them in the box at the back of the church. The count

would take place on Monday 19 November 2018.

29/18 FIT FOR PURPOSE IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW 28. The Diocesan Secretary gave a presentation on the Review of Implementation Report.

Three years was a short time to turn things around from the previous governance

structure and she remarked on how this illustrated the large amount of work being

accomplished by a large amount of people. A former member of the trustees, Anne

Deering, would be helping to develop the skills of the Trustee body. A governance

handbook would be developed ready for the DCT away day in February.

29. The umbrella diagram, which had been one of the outcomes of the original Fit For

Purpose Review, showed the primacy of Synod and showed how it contributed to the

formation of other governance structures. She invited Synod members to acquaint

themselves with this diagram if they hadn’t already, and Adrian Greenwood invited

members to take an induction pack.

30. Looking forward, members were invited to discuss in groups and write

feedback/queries about improving governance on post-it notes handed out to them.

This feedback would be fed into the DCT away day in February 2019 and responses to

queries would be posted on the website in due course.

30/18 ECO CHURCH PRESENTATION 31. Susan Mallinson, Tandridge Deanery Lay Chair, introduced herself as the Southwark

Diocesan Environmental Officer and the Area Environmental Officers: The Revd Dr

Catherine Shelley for Woolwich and The Revd Dr Timothy Astin for Croydon and Ian

Christie for Kingston who was not present. The Diocesan Environmental Group have a

strong sense of mission and active concern for the care of creation and putting into

practice the way we live our lives. These things were matters of priority as they are

present in the Five Marks of Mission and therefore are integral to our Christian faith.

32. She outlined A Rocha’s Eco Church work in the UK and explained that there were 35

Eco Churches in the Diocese of Southwark. The A Rocha scheme looked at worship and

teaching, how we deal with our land and how we deal with our personal and corporate

lifestyle all at local and national level.

33. They explained how the process worked and showed examples of the online survey

process. They went on to show examples of churches within the Diocese that had

already become Eco Churches including St John’s Waterloo, St John the Evangelist

Upper Norwood, Holy Trinity Tulse Hill and St Mary’s Lewisham.

34. Bishop Jonathan thanked Sue Mallinson and her team. Members were encouraged to

speak to the team during the lunch break and sign up for more information.

31/18 FORMAL QUESTIONS 35. The formal Questions and Answers notice paper had been seated ahead of the meeting.

There were no supplementary questions and a copy of the paper can be found at

Appendix C.

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The Synod concluded with the Eucharist, led by Bishop Karowei.

Presidential Address by The Bishop of Kingston, The Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham I am very grateful to Bishop Christopher for his invitation to give this presidential address in his absence whilst on sabbatical. He asked me to try to offer some reflections on the broad mission of the Church in our current context and, in particular, to be outward looking. That is very appropriate at the start of a new triennium in Diocesan Synod, which plays a vital role in the vision and direction of our Diocese. I am very grateful to all of you for your willingness to serve our Diocese and God’s Church in this way.

There is certainly no shortage of uncertainty and fear on the political front at this moment in time. Not only do we have the turmoil of the Brexit negotiations, but we have major changes going on in global geopolitics in response to some of the huge challenges presented by conflicts, major inequalities across the world, and issues of sustainable development and the care of our planet. There are very deep political divisions not only in our country but across the world about how to deal with these huge challenges.

The Christian gospel offers a big and cosmic vision of human life which includes but goes far beyond politics, and gives real hope in difficult times. But in spite of this, the mission of the Church as we are called to “proclaim the gospel afresh” in our generation faces major challenges:

• For many of our contemporaries belief in God has become extraordinarily difficult and some regard it as an irrational fantasy

• Others see religion primarily as a source of conflict or repression, a damaging and toxic influence on human life

• And despite the widespread interest in broader questions of spirituality, the numbers regularly attending mainstream churches continue to struggle despite great efforts in Church Growth, and we are very much in the minority in terms of regular church goers.

There are plenty of examples in history when the Church has seemed under enormous pressure. In order to respond well we need a clear focus on the central message of the Christian faith and the primacy of God’s love for all his creation and the efficacy of that love in bringing hope and new life to every situation no matter how difficult or challenging it might seem from matters in our personal life. We are about to enter the season of Advent, which, with its emphasis on both the first and the second comings of Christ, gives us the broadest scope for our understanding of the gospel. In Ephesians Chapter 1 we read that: “with all wisdom and insight God has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth”. We are today very aware of the vastness of the cosmos and the complexity of life on Earth. Many of our contemporaries think that there is no ultimate meaning other than those we create. Our Christian vision is very different in that it tells us that the deepest reality of all is the God whose nature is love, which pervades all the cosmos. It is that sacrificial and self-giving love of God made known in Christ, which is the most transforming and salvific power not only in human life, but in the cosmos. We are called as Christians to live and grow in that love to repent and to believe. In short, to proclaim the good news of God’s love in our generation. It is that which brings real hope to our troubled world. In the life of our Church it is vital that we are shaped and led by a big vision of the gospel. I have long thought there are three fundamental things that are central to the life of our churches:

• Our worship and prayer – doing the very best we can open our lives to the love of God in Christ, week in week out in our services, and day in day out in our own prayers

• Our teaching and preaching and sharing of the gospel – especially in a world where faith is deeply contested we need an articulate and intelligent understanding of Christian faith which can be expressed in an engaging and intelligible ways

• Thirdly, the fundamental things of our church: the living out of our Christian faith in lives of love and service, committed to striving for justice and peace and the care of creation.

These are primary things of God’s Church, the first order things that do not change with time and which everything else must help to promote.

We are privileged to live and serve in a very vibrant and diverse Diocese, which has some wonderful mission and ministry in many places with deeply dedicated people serving God right throughout the Diocese. My personal contact with this Diocese goes back over 50 years to 1966 when aged 11 with my family we moved from Manchester to London. Having not been previously engaged in churchgoing, apart from being baptised, I was soon involved in the Pathfinder group, and later the youth fellowship in the parish of Christ Church and Emmanuel Surbiton. That evangelical tradition was deeply formative in my life. Several years after University, I moved with my then young family to New Malden, and worshipped at the more Anglo-Catholic Church of St James. It was from there that I went as a Southwark ordinand to train for ordained Ministry and in recent years, it has been an enormous privilege to serve as Bishop of Kingston for the last 16 years. It is probably because of these experiences that I have no doubt that the primary mission of our Church takes place in our parishes and chaplaincies, day in day out, week in week out, and in the faithful living out of the Christian faith in our world. Our Diocesan structure is there primarily to support and enable this local ministry, but we do need a strong sense of our interconnectedness as part of the one holy, catholic and apostolic church. Southwark Diocese is certainly vibrant and inspirational and it can also, at times, be messy, argumentative, and rather chaotic. One of the roles of the Diocesan Synod is, under God, to seek to shape the ministry of our whole Diocese in a way to bring all that vibrancy which is productive and godly and truly serves God’s mission.

In order to give shape and direction to our mission and ministry we have developed the Southwark Vision to guide us in the next few years. It is important to realise that this is not an end in itself, but rather a tool to help us to achieve the first order goals of the mission of God and God’s love in Christ which I spoke about a little earlier. That is the reason that the Bishops of the Diocese have emphasised that our Vision should be thoroughly shaped by all the five marks of mission, which include:

• proclaiming the good news;

• teaching, baptising and nurturing new believers;

• responding to human need by loving service;

• striving for peace, justice and reconciliation;

• and seeking to safeguard the integrity of creation.

Those marks of mission reflect the big picture of the gospel. For effective mission, I believe that all five need to be thoroughly intertwined, which is why the presentation on eco-churches which we shall receive later this morning is not an optional extra in the gospel, but central to the big picture - God’s salvation.

But of course, in order to realise that we do need more specific goals and targets and so we have developed in the Southwark Vision some particular strategic objectives to give some sharpness to we need to do in the next few years. And you will hear more of that later. It all needs resourcing which is why careful stewardship and our budget is of course crucial in enabling all of that to happen.

In order to be successful in this the Diocesan Synod, and all its members I would like to suggest, have some particular responsibilities. I would highlight three in particular:

• I believe it is vital that we work well across the whole of our Diocese and of course to use the old-fashioned phrase our so-called ‘churchmanship’ divisions. To the vast majority of those outside the Church these can seem incomprehensible and can make the Church and the Christian faith look deeply unattractive when all people hear about are our arguments. My experience has been that when we manage to work well together across our differences, which are very real, I would not wish to underestimate them - and to use Bishop Christopher’s phrase we speak well of each other - we can develop under God, a truly creative tension which can lead to exciting and innovative ministry and mission. We have a variety represented in this Synod and it is our responsibility to model creative partnership as different parts of the whole body of Christ.

• Secondly, we need to be outward facing and to be ready to work in good partnership and loving service with other organisations and faiths to work for justice and care of the environment. A fine example of this took place last Tuesday in the pan London knife crime event at our Cathedral. We have countless other examples across the Diocese, including food banks, lunch clubs and the like. Particularly important, I believe, is developing our engagement with civic structures which is often best done at deanery level. Such activities give the Church real credibility.

• Lastly, the third responsibility for us as members of Diocesan Synod is to act both as ambassadors for our Diocesan Vision to try to articulate it in our parishes and chaplaincies and also as critical friends of it. It is very easy in a diocese as large as ours for a negative dynamic to develop in which our parishes, chaplaincies and other ministries can feel disconnected from what is perceived as ‘the centre’ and for things like the Southwark Vision can be misinterpreted as the centre telling everyone what to do. It is profoundly not that. It is meant to serve and come alongside ministry in every place. We need an environment in which we have a strong sense that we are all part of this Diocese and together we seek to be faithful under God in proclaiming the gospel afresh in our generation and Synod members have a vital role in that ambassadorial and critical friend role creating that dynamic.

So, as we begin a new phase in the life of our Diocese, let us have a clear vision of the good news of God in Christ – in the words of two Corinthians Chapter 4:

For it is the God who said, ‘let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But let us also remember the next verse of that passage, which reminds us of our human frailty:

We have this treasure in clay jars, so to so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us in all that we do. So as we begin this new Synod let us pray that in all our service in this Synod we may be guided, empowered and directed by God’s Holy Spirit.

So thank you again for your willingness to serve in this Synod and for your kind attention during this address.

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Walking, Welcoming, Growing

DIOCESAN SYNOD

Saturday 17 November 2018


22/18

WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER

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23/18

ANNOUNCEMENT & NOTICES


24/18

ELECTION OF THE CHAIRS OF THE HOUSES OF CLERGY & LAITY

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Other Elections

House of Laity Only

Notice Paper 3: Co-options to the Diocesan Synod from the House of Laity.

“The House of Laity are asked to agree the co-option of Lotwina Farodoye and Nicholas Burt, to the Diocesan Synod with immediate effect”


Other Elections

House of Laity Only

Notice Paper 2: Nominations to the DCT

“The House of Laity are asked to formally elect Nicholas Burt, Michael Hartley, Philip Fletcher and Andrew McMurtrie to the Diocesan Council of Trustees, with immediate effect”

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25/18

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS


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SOUTHWARK VISION AND ANNUAL OBJECTIVES

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Review of 2018 Objectives and 2019draft Objectives in the context of

Southwark Vision


Annual Objectives 2018

• Achieve balanced budget outturn • Develop plan for resourcing Southwark Vision including :

1) Secure new project funding from Church Commissioners(2019)

2) launch new Southwark development fund 3) Develop strategic land plan (in progress)

• Implement outcomes of IT Review (progress made to be continued)• Complete Surveys across housing portfolio and develop 5 and 10

year maintenance plan (progress made to be continued)• Complete stage 1 of diocesan databases with installation of Blue Box

Property Management System (not Bluebox but other elements)

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Annual objectives continued

• Review Strategy for Ministry 2015/2018 including :1) Lay leadership and Ministry Group report and recommendations to synod 2) DAG further report and recommendations to synod

• Develop MAPs further including Deanery MAPs (in progress)• Conclude Communications Review (in progress linked to

Lay Leadership Report)• Review implementation of FFP


Medium-term Financial Objectives Set in 2015

• To achieve a balanced budget by the end of 2018 – (2014 deficit was£1.5m excluding depreciation.) Achieved in 2015, 2016, 2017 and forecast to achieve in 2018.

• To provide for explicit investment in Ministry, Mission, Evangelism as well as close management of costs every year. Achieved in 2016, 2017

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Key Themes & Messages

Services to Parishes maintained and enhanced • Diocesan support for parishes including DAC, Technological

advancements such as online DBS, faculties, website and social media, equipping and enabling MAPs, HR, financial support and turn around parishes and task force,

• Building Resilience• Delivering Southwark Vision• Building Partnership• Outward Facing• Lead, Enable, Serve


Strategic Objectives The objectives are embedded in the Southwark Vision…

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Strategic Objectives (1)

There are five strategic objectives which have been approved by the DCT and Synod. They are as follows:• to grow our average weekly attendance by 5% by 2025, partly

through having each church develop a high-quality MAP which includes a course for evangelism and discipleship



• by 2025, to increase the number of worshipping communities with a primary focus on areas of population growth, through investment in Fresh Expressions of Church (fxC) in the areas where the data suggests that existing congregations are increasingly unrepresentative of the resident community and therefore unlikely to be successful in reaching them without intentional intervention

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Strategic Objectives (3)• to grow a financial resource base that allows investment in

growth for the future. Key measurable objectives include maintaining an annual financial surplus, building working financial reserves equivalent to six months’ operating costs by 2020, and 1% of Diocesan turnover annually being dedicated to major Diocesan mission and ministry projects beginning in 2016, rising to 2% by 2020



• to grow the number of ordained and lay vocations by 50% by 2020 by enabling and discerning ordained ministers; by expanding opportunities for licensed and commissioned lay leadership; by affirming and growing other forms of lay ministry (for example, worship leaders, families and youth leaders, and spiritual directors);

Contd…….

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Strategic Objectives (4 Cont…)

• to offer relevant, enriching training, and to create networks of support and celebration which reflect the diversity of the Diocese and our commitment to evangelism and discipleship; and to deliver fully integrated and pioneering church growth and fxCs


Strategic Objectives (5)• by 2025, to grow leadership and representation that reflects the rich

diversity of our Diocese, especially focusing where the data suggests that groups are currently under-represented through ethnicity, age (especially 18-40s), educational opportunities, material well-being and tradition.

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Southwark Vision


2019 ANNUAL OBJECTIVES

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Achieve balanced budget outturn


Develop plan for communicating and resourcing Southwark Vision

• New developments for the website - which includes online donations and designing a new website,

• Attracting funds for the new Southwark Development Fund• Lay leadership and Ministry Group Report implementation alongside

national initiatives including SGPF and Serving Together. This includes developing a new Lay Council

• Implementing the Deaneries Advisory Group Report. This includes developing the first Deanery Leadership Teams

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• Resource the development of MAPs further to include Deanery MAPs with recommendations of the use of church buildings for mission

• Conclude Communications Review - which will be parish focussed and have a surveys for parishes and departmental consultations

• Developing external partnerships

Develop plan for communicating and resourcing Southwark Vision (cont.)


Building resilience and infrastructure

• Implement further outcomes of IT Review and audit them• Continue condition surveys of properties and develop a 5 and 10 year

maintenance plan • Implementing any agreed recommendations from the Fit for Purpose

Report• Complete stage 2 of diocesan databases with installation of Blue Box

Property Management System, and develop ethnicity data into databases

• Review the implementation of the GDPR in the Diocese

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27/18

2019 BUDGET APPROVAL


Presentation by the Chair of the Diocesan Board of Finance, Mr Alan Saunders, (with the Diocesan Secretary and Anthony Demby, the Director of Finance). The Chair of the DBF to move that the consolidated budget for 2019 now be considered and that:

“this Synod approves the total budget expenditure of £24.5m which is based on total budgeted income of £24.6m.”

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2019 Income vs 2018 Forecast2019Budget £m

2018 Forecast £m

Parish contribution 16.5 16.3

Parochial fees 0.5 0.5

Investment income 1.4 1.2

Property income 1.1 0.9

Grants & other income 3.6 3.4

Gains on disposal of assets 1.5 1.9

Total income 24.6 25.1

Resourcing the Vision

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2019 Expenditure vs 2018 Forecast

2019 Budget £m

2018 Forecast £m

Stipends 12.2 12.3

Housing Costs 3.1 3.8Vocations, Training & Ministry Support 7.6 6.8

Contributions to National Church 1.6 1.6

Total Expenditure 24.5 24.5


2019 2019 Budget £m

Payroll costs 1.9

Payroll costs recharged 0.1

Diocesan Mission/MAT grants 0.2

Legal costs 0.1

Establishment costs 0.3

IT costs 0.2

Other costs 0.6

Total Administration cost 3.4

Administration Cost analysis

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2019 Principal budget assumptions 1

Income1. 1% increase in Parish share on 2018 FY forecast of £16,358,0002. 1% increase in parochial fees on 2018 FY forecast of £481,0003. 9% increase in property income on 2018 FY forecast of £1,024,0004. 2% increase in grant from Trust for London 5. No change in All Churches Trust grant6. 23% increase in Trinity House room booking income on 2018 FY forecast of £49,0007. 16% increase in investment income. Calculated using June 2018 historic yield8. No purchase or sales of investment funds.9. Sale of former parsonage at Sanderstead Team Ministry - £1,500,00010. New Church Commissioners project monies from July 2019 for taskforce 11. Donations to new Southwark Vision Development Fund - £100,000



ExpenditureClergy and stipend changes1. 2% increase in stipend2. 1% increase in curate stipend3. Clergy pension contribution rate unchanged at 39.9%4. Incumbent status stipendiary clergy headcount unchanged from

forecast December 2017 complement of 245.5. Incumbent status stipendiary clergy vacancy rate of 19.5 based on

annualised historic levels for stipend calculations. 6. 2 Pioneer Curates linked to Southwark Vision7. Nil increase in Ordinand numbers – RME target already met8. Deaneries administration support and implementation of Deaneries

Advisory Group report - £50,000

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DBF staff changes9. 2% increase in DBF salaries from January 201910. Safeguarding 1 FTE equivalent: Assistant Safeguarding Advisor (0.3 FTE) and Project

Officer (0.7 FTE)11. Defined benefit pension scheme contribution rate for lay DB staff scheme

unchanged at 39.9% (Note: the number of staff who are members of the scheme continues to fall as staff recruited prior to 2013 leave)

12. Defined Contribution pension scheme rate for lay staff unchanged at 15%13. All staff leavers replaced on a like-for-like basis ( except re pensions)



Mission and other grants: Expenditure18. 1% increase in other costs19. £100,000 Fresh Expressions grants (50% funded from Church Commissioners strategic

development grant)20. Area Mission grants of £180,000 (£60,000 per area) funded from All Churches Trust grant21. £60,000 for public policy/MEACC mission ministry work funded from All Churches Trust

grant22. £70,000 grant to support the MAT or used to cover gap in Ecclesiastical Measure23. Diocesan Mission grants £100,000 funded from Southwark Vision Development fund24. The grant to DBE increase by 2% [and in addition seek to cover the gap in the Ecclesiastical

Measure if MAT grant not needed]25. The grant to Welcare increase by 2%26. 1% net mandated increase in contributions to the National Church to £1,593,000

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Other assumptions26.Further 12% reduction in property maintenance expenditure27.Move to Microsoft Azure cloud-based server environment - £50,00028.1% increase in Wychcroft costs over 2018 FY forecast29.Wychcroft capital expenditure of £100,000 funded from Dartmouth House fund30.Allocation of property department payroll costs for staff whose sole or principal

responsibility is the management and support of clergy housing, to the Diocesan Pastoral Fund.

31.No revaluation gain or loss.


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6%

14%2%

Parish Assessments Funding from outside Diocese

Gain on disposal of assets Funding from Diocesan Assets

Parochial Fees


2019 Expenditure Budget

53%

23%

3%

2%

12% 7%

Ministry Stipends Ministry Housing, Training & Support

Area Mission Teams & Groups Board of Education & Welcare

Governance, Admin, Comms National Church

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Motion

“That this Synod approves the total budget expenditure of £24.5m which is based on total budgeted income of £24.6m.”


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ELECTIONS TO THE SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION

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29/18

FIT FOR PURPOSE IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW PRESENTATION


• In July 2015 the Diocesan Synod agreed overwhelmingly to implement the recommendations set out in the Fit for Purpose Review

• These recommendations began to be implemented in 2016 and are operational, including new Articles of Association and Memorandum of Understanding

• The Fit for Purpose Report was used as the handbook of governance for initial implementation purposes. Provision was made by Synod to include a review of progress in the implementation of Fit for Purpose three years later.

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• The main consultative review was undertaken by Keith Robinson, an external consultant and former Diocesan Secretary of London.

• A wide variety of colleagues including all Diocesan Synod members, Area Deans and Deanery Lay Chairs, were invited to respond. Attached is the final report from Keith Robinson

• A handbook of governance is currently in production for the new DCT in December, which will include all the resources that have been developed over the last three years, based on Fit for Purpose. These include role descriptions, skills audits, published charity guidance, code of conduct, and ethical policies etc

• Audit Committee have had a presentation on the factual areas of the Report (separate to Keith Robinsons) with data on attendance, meetings, and timescales of papers.


Keith Robinsons Conclusions

“4. My main and overwhelming conclusions were• Enormous progress has been made over the past three years • The new structures and working methods are far more

streamlined and co-ordinated than their predecessors • The Diocesan Secretary has done a magnificent job in

elevating the quality of service provision and management• Three years is a relatively short time for a diocese of the

size and complexity of Southwark to absorb and implement all the changes which Fit For Purpose and the other related reports prescribed and so there is still some unfinished business

• There is now a hunger for the diocese to move on to a more outward facing agenda.”

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Achievements

• Implemented FFP• Memorandum of Understanding• Articles of Association• Diocesan Council of Trustees• Umbrella of Governance• Review of Implementation


Discussion at the DCT in October

Trustees were invited to comment and discuss the Implementation Report prior to a presentation at the Diocesan Synod in November.

Trustees approved the suggestions of• Away-day time for trustees• Training and development for chairs• Further development of Trustees• Issuing of the Handbook of Governance• A focus on Risk for the Audit (and Governance) Committee

key in moving the Diocese forward with Southwark Vision• Trustees becoming responsible for ongoing monitoring of

governance• Management ensuring timely production of all reports and

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Next Steps

Synod today giving any further feedback particularly about its relationship with the DCT which has the majority of its Trustees directly elected by Synod.

DCT will consider any further suggestions at its Away Day in February

Discuss in small groups any feedback on the conclusions and any points regarding Synod and Trustee links

Further reflections by email to Charlie are welcome


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30/18

ECO CHURCH PRESENTATION


Presentation by members of the Southwark Diocese Environmental Working Group (EWG)

Sue Mallinson: Diocesan Environmental Officer and Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation

Catherine Shelley: Environmental Advisor, Woolwich Timothy Astin: Environmental Advisor, Croydon

Other members:Ian Christie Environmental Advisor, Kingston

Giles Goddard, General Synod, member of the National EWGPhilip Fletcher, Chair of DAC and member of the National EWG

Bishop Richard Cheetham, member of the National EWG

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Southwark Environmental Working Group

Charged with encouraging the Care for Creation

The Five Marks of Mission• To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom• To teach, baptise and nurture new believers• To respond to human need by loving service• To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation• To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth

EWG focusses on 5th Mark, but involves 3rd and 4th MarksIt is social justice and peace, as well as care for creation


A Rocha UK’s Eco Church scheme is one way we can encourage this care for creation approach to be fundamental to our lifestyle as Christians. It was launched in 2016 and now has over 1000 churches in all denominations signed up across England and Wales, including about 35 in the Diocese of Southwark.

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A Rocha UK’s VisionChurches of all denominations

caring for creation as an integral part of loving their neighbours

and following God faithfully


How it works

• Eco church has three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze

• Online survey covering different aspects of church life:• Worship and teaching around the environment• The church building and any other church owned buildings• Land under control or stewardship of the church• Community, national and international engagement on environmental issues• Personal and corporate lifestyle and its affects on the environment

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Examples of questions:95 questions all together


Examples of questions continued…

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• Churches fill out a starting survey to show where they are doing well, and where they could do more to bring care for creation into church life.

• When they are ready churches register to join the Eco Church Scheme; there is a different survey at each award level, Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Support:• The Eco Church website provides support and resources in all of the measured

areas• EWG aims to linking together Southwark churches Eco Church to share

experience, advice and events.• EWG will talk on Eco Church to churches and deaneries.

How it works continued…


As much or as little work as the church can give:

Some churches may use this simply as a way of changing a few elements of their church life to work towards the

5th Mark of Mission.

Other churches may want to appoint an individual or team to focus on this and work through the levels of engagement.

Eco-Church is free of charge, there may be costs attached to the work your church decides to do.

Eco Church celebrates what you are already doing well and supports you to see what else you can do.

All steps are good steps in caring more for God’s creation

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• Many churches find they are already Bronze (or nearly) when they start the process.

• As Churches go for higher levels the challenge is more demanding to fulfil, but lots of support is given for this.

News from Churches that have already become

Eco-Churches


St John’s, WaterlooDealing with an old building and engagingthe congregation in entering a ‘personalecological conversion’ were the biggestchallenges faced by St John’s, Waterloo inworking towards an Eco Church Award.They found the process really helped themsee where their strengths and weaknesseslay, and ensured the environment was atthe top of their agenda when developingfuture plans. Eco Church enabled thechurch to reflect on the environment andtheir theology – a combination thatproduced great synergy and allowed thecongregation to understand why they wereparticipating in the scheme. Having gaineda Silver Eco Church Award in October2016, St John’s Church is now going forGold!

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St Mary’sLewisham

Holy Trinity, Tulse HillStraw built Hub

St John the EvangelistUpper NorwoodGreen Health AwardChurch Times


Please take news of Eco Church out to the churches and deaneriesInspire them to give it a try, to use this 'practical tool' to further our

mission of care for God's wonderful creation

EWG is waiting to help with support and encouragementLet us bring together all parts of this diocese in a common purpose

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FORMAL QUESTIONS


EUCHARIST

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LUNCH


HOUSE OF CLERGY AND HOUSE OF LAITY MEETINGS

Documents

The Diocese of Southwark · The Diocese of Southwark DIOCESAN SYNOD Minutes of the meeting of the held on Saturday 17 November 2018 at 10.00 at St Mark’s Church, Kennington The