Milton and Blandford
Deanery
Strategy and Action Plan
2011
Purpose and Revisions
The purpose is threefold:
• to inform the Diocese;
• to give the Deanery Strategy in 2011 to the
Synod and Parishes;
• to provide an action plan to deliver it.
The document will be subject to review and
revision at least every 5 years.
Strategy Sections
1. Mission
2. Working together
3. Non-Stipendiary Ordained Ministry
(Associate Ministers)
4. Lay Ministers and Staff
5. Every Member Ministry
6. Workplace Ministry
7. Staffing Needs Relating to Parish and
Benefice Organisation
Strategy Annexes
•
Annex A - Every Member Ministry –
the Rev. Jimmy Hamilton-Brown
•
Annex B – detailed breakdown of
Ordained Staff and LLMs
•
Annex C – current map of Benefices
in Deanery
Discussion of Strategy Sections
Mission
Working together
* Tim Smith
& Shelagh Thomas
Non-Stipendiary Ordained Ministry (Associate
Ministers)
Lay Ministers and Staff
* Robin Hungerford
Every Member Ministry
Workplace Ministry
* Jimmy Hamilton-Brown
Staffing Needs Relating to Parish and Benefice
Organisation
* Simon Everett
Strategy
1. Mission- To ensure that God’s mission
shapes all that we are and all that we
do as a Deanery.
Shelagh and Tim will go through the Mission
Section
1. Mission
•
To ensure that God’s mission shapes all
that we are and all that we do as a
Deanery.
a. Community Development
b. Overseas Links
c. Evangelism
d. Learning and Nurture for Children and Young
People
e. Learning and Nurture for Adults
1. Mission
a. Community Development
1. Mission
a. Community Development
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Great Dorset Steam Fair
‘Open’ Deanery Synod meetings
Parish magazines
DT11 Forum
Dorset Church Trail
Scripture Gift Mission Lifewords.
1. Mission
b. Overseas Links
1. Funding of Student
2. Educational Link
1. Mission
b. Overseas Links Educational Link
•What is this to achieve?
•To whom would we link?
•Who is going to be the focus?
•What positive and long term help can we be?
•Would this dilute the aid effort to an individual student?
1. Mission
c. Evangelism
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
‘Deanery Doings’
‘Outreach Meals’
Evangelistic Courses
Informal Services
Fifth Sunday Services
Deanery Think Tank
1. Mission
c. Evangelism - Evangelistic
Courses
•
Emmaus – www.e-mmaus.org.uk;
•
The Y Course – www.ycourse.com;
•
Christianity Explored –
www.christianityexplored.org/resources
•
Good News Down The Street – Winterborne
Valley Benefice have details.
1. Mission
c. Evangelism - Informal Services
For:
•
Good introduction to in church worship.
•
More welcoming than traditional Services.
•
Can appeal to all ages.
•
Shorter – does not commit day.
•
Informality - more modern approach.
•
Can be led by lay person so relives ordained staff rota.
Against
•
May not be liked by all current congregation.
•
Care has to be taken to include all things to make it a
proper service e.g. confession and creed.
1. Mission
d. Learning and Nurture for Children
and Young People
1. Mission
d. Learning and Nurture for Children
and Young People
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Church Schools
Mums and Toddler Groups
After-School Clubs
The Link Network for Children’s work
Chaplaincy to Young People
1. Mission
d. Learning and Nurture for Children
and Young People- Chaplaincy
•
Identification of “Chaplain”
•
Identification of the schools
•
Agreement of school to accept chaplain
•
Identification of other contact points with
children for Parishes without schools.
1. Mission
e. Learning and Nurture for Adults
1. Mission
e. Learning and Nurture for Adults
House Groups
Lay Learning Network
LPA Training
Lay Worship Leaders
E.learning
Marriage Preparation
2. Working Together
Cross-Benefice Cooperation
2. Working Together
Cross-Benefice Cooperation
•To have a Deanery where all Parishes work
together for the mutual benefit of each other
and to the greater glory of God.
• Days of Prayer and Fasting
• Deanery Chapter Meetings
• Deanery Confirmation Service
2. Working Together
Cross-Benefice Cooperation
• Days of Prayer and Fasting
• Deanery Confirmation Service
– Are there any?
– How do we get to know about them?
– Are they better done at Parish and Benefice
level??
3. Non Stipendiary Ordained Ministry
4. Lay Ministers and Staff.
Presented by Rev Robin Hungerford
3. Non Stipendiary Ordained
Ministry
• Associate Ministers:
– Non Stipendiary Ministry (NSM)
– Ordained Local Ministers (OLM)
• Retired Ministers
4. Lay Ministers and Staff.
• To increase in number, nurture, develop,
respect, encourage and equip these
ministries.
4. Lay Ministers and Staff.
• Licensed Lay Ministers (LLM) - formerly Sarum
Readers)
• Lay Pastoral Assistants (LPA)
• Church Wardens
• Parochial Church Council (PCC) and Officers.
• Less formally trained leaders for activities such
as Lay Worship Leaders & Home Group
Leaders.
5. Every Member Ministry
6. Workplace Ministry
Presented by Rev Jimmy Hamilton Brown
“I am afraid there is more to being a
Bishop than owning your own hat!”
5. Every Member Ministry
• For all to recognise the potential in one
another for ministry and to encourage it.
THE MINISTRY OF ALL
CHRISTIANS
JESUS STARTED IT!
1.
2.
3.
He chose 12 to train and work with him.
Luke 6 12-16
Later he sent out 72 to preach, teach and heal
Luke 10 1-12
They discovered it actually worked!
Luke 10 17
THE EARLY CHURCH
CARRIED ON IN THIS WAY!
I Corinthians 12-14
Every Christian is called
and empowered by the
Spirit for ministry
(not leadership!)
The result however can be somewhat
disorganised!
THIS CONTINUES TO
DEVELOP
In Ephesians 4 12
Christ chooses Apostles,
Pastors, Teachers etc
to equip ALL Christians for ministry
at home, work, community etc.
EVERY CHURCH NEEDS
LEADERS!
PASTORAL EPISTLES
(1 & 2 Timothy , Titus)
People are called to be
presbyter/bishops
and
deacons
LATER ON
THE BISHOP
Becomes the focus of church life.
(Ignatius)
ordaining priests and deacons.
The ministry of all tends to disappear!
This tradition continues at the Reformation.
(see BCP)
TODAY MANY CLERGY FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE!
The way we were taught.
Expectations.
We like helpers.
– to deal with the five F’s –
fabric, finance, faculties, flowers & fetes
Feel Threatened.
Ecclesiastical structures.
AT LAST CHURCH IS REDISCOVERING
EVERY MEMBER MINISTRY
from being clergy dominated
“Too many cooks spoil
the broth”
and back to JESUS & the NT
“Many hands make
light work”
7. Staffing Needs relating to Parish and
Benefice Organization
Presented by The Rural Dean
7. Staffing Needs relating to Parish and
Benefice Organization
• To keep under constant review the
allocation of Stipendiary and nonStipendiary ministers in the light of
national and Diocesan levels of personnel
and resources.
7. Staffing Needs relating to Parish and
Benefice Organization
a. Staffing
b. Rural Dean
• Milton and Blandford Deanery
Strategy and Action Plan 2011
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