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Journeying Together

Journeying Together. A VISIBLE PRESENCE. THE WIDER WORLD. FAITH AND VALUES. WORSHIP. Resourced for Mission and Ministry Clear local targets Support and equip leaders Structures fit for purpose Financially healthy. Who is this Journey it for?. Everyone in our parishes and communities.

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Journeying Together

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  1. JourneyingTogether

  2. A VISIBLE PRESENCE THE WIDER WORLD FAITH AND VALUES WORSHIP

  3. Resourced for Mission and Ministry • Clear local targets • Support and equip leaders • Structures fit for purpose • Financially healthy

  4. Who is this Journey it for? Everyone in our parishes and communities • What next? • Read, reflect, pray; • Have a PCC discussion; • Mission Planning and budget; • Use Diocesan Support

  5. A Journey Together sharing the transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ in and around Gloucestershire

  6. Tonight we focus on… Tonight we focus on… • Resourced for Mission and Ministry • Clear local targets • Support and equip leaders • Structures fit for purpose • Financially healthy • Resourced for Mission and Ministry • Clear local targets • Support and equip leaders • Structures fit for purpose • Financially healthy

  7. Effective Ministry in Every Parish

  8. Current patterns of ministry: 131 stipendiary clergy 96 self-supporting clergy 184 active readers 50 local ministry teams Numerous retired clergy

  9. Current patterns of ministry: youth workers, children’s ministry music groups and choirs pastoral visiting teams baptism preparation teams worship leaders and so much more…

  10. Changing Patterns of Ministry

  11. How many multi-parish benefices are there?Churches per Number of such multi-parishbenefice benefices in the diocese1 222 153 204 115 126 87 38+ 9

  12. A growing population: Predicted population growth 2013-2033 by council district Gloucester 28.9% Stroud 9.3% Tewkesbury 11.2% Cotswold 6.2% Cheltenham 10.4% Forest 5.7%

  13. How do we sustain the parish as a basic unit of mission and ministry?

  14. How do we sustain the parish as a basic unit of mission and ministry? Grow a Christian presence in every community Continue to grow the ministry of all Enable incumbents to provide strategic leadership and oversight Develop the role of ‘local ministers’ as a focus for the life of the local church

  15. What is the role of a ‘local minister’? Working in collaboration with the incumbent and with local teams, a local minister will be: • A recognised focus for the life of the local church • An enabler of the whole church’s engagement with the wider community • Commissioned by the bishop

  16. What qualities would a local minister have? Local ministers will be: • People of prayer • Encouragers of others • Community gatherers • Mission-minded

  17. Who might be a local minister? • A self-supporting priest or deacon, or someone offering for this ministry • A Reader, or someone offering for Reader ministry • A retired priest • Lay people with a vocation to be the recognised local minister in their community – maybe a church warden • A pioneer minister

  18. What support will be given? Work with benefices in identifying ministry needs and opportunities Training for incumbents and local ministers adapted to local needs Support for nurturing gifts and vocations in the life of the whole church

  19. What are the next steps? PCCs commit to the Effective Ministry vision Review current patterns of mission and ministry Identify needs and the support required Implement and review

  20. Effective Ministry in Every Parish Working together to renew the mission and ministry of the local church

  21. Why is the Church no longer free?

  22. 1960s 2010s Over the past 50 years funding parish clergy has changed completely:

  23. This is the experience at parish level: £20k £40k Paid by Church Commissioners 1960s 2010s Around a ten fold increase!

  24. How much does a vicar cost?

  25. NIC Pension Grants etc Answer 1: “Direct cost” £43k £20k £40k - Stipend Housing

  26. National Church Training £7K £2k £3k Vacancies £56k £73k Answer 2: “Apportioned cost” £56k £40k Direct cost: £43K Curates: £10K Diocesan: £11K Diocesan: £14k Based on 2013 in the Five Year Plan

  27. Gloucester’s Parish Share 27

  28. 26th £300 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 39th £309 40 41 42 43 National Context Parish Share/“Member”; 2005 2012

  29. National Context Parish Share/“Member”; National Average Rate: £365 p.m/a. If replicated in Gloucester: £6.6m Rank 26 diocese in 2012 (Newcastle):£355 p.m/a If replicated in Gloucester: £6.4m Actual commitments 2012:£5.6m

  30. 13 14 15 16 17 18th £9.27/week 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 National Context Regular giving/donor ; 26 27 28 29 30 31st £6.95/week 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 2006 2010

  31. National Context Total Voluntary Income to PCCs Gloucester 2006: £9.1m (PS; 57%) Gloucester 2010: £12.1m (PS; 46%) If Parish Share had increased the same as voluntary giving to parishes it would have been£6.9m

  32. From the Accounts for 2011: Parish Share: £5.6m Provision of Clergy: £7.1m “Global” deficit: £1.1m

  33. Crisis; what crisis?

  34. Aggregate lost posts in the budget: “Support” Priests 2013: 6 1 2014: 8 4 2015: 10 7

  35. If Parish Share does not increase: “Support” Priests 2013: 6 5 2014: 8 12 2015: 10 16

  36. Support

  37. Help: • Printed material: • I want to know series • “Thank You” • “Our Share in the future” • “Where is the Church” • Annual Report Tell us what else you need…

  38. Discuss, pray, reflect…

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