April 2015
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Exploring
Vocations
Visitations
Vacancies
Gift Aid
Good Money App
Christian Aid
Grantfinder
The Yew Project
Roof Repair Fund
Gravetalk
Parish Buying
Hustings
Related Publications
Winchester
Cathedral
Prayer and Spirituality
You can find the Diocesan Prayer Cycle/Intercessions located on our home page at:
www.winchester.anglican.org/prayer
‘Places to Be’ within 50 miles of Winchester that offer a range of retreats or spaces for prayer for individuals.
Pilgrims wanted! – for a
Week of Guided Prayer
10 - 16 May 2015
Wolvesey, £40
This spiritual journey is very suitable for
first-time pilgrims, offering the opportunity
to explore your relationship with God and
to deepen your prayer life.
 Sunday: an introductory afternoon
meeting
 Monday-Friday: daily half-hour
meetings with a ‘guide’ and half hour
of private prayer
 Saturday: morning meeting
Rule of Life Workshop
Tuesday 2 June
Wednesday 8 July
9.45am – 1pm
20 spaces per morning
It’s not too late to start work on
your personal Rule/Rhythm of
Life – so if you like a bit of
support, or simply some space,
please come along.
Workshop: Leading a Quiet Day
Saturday 25 July
Old Alresford Place
10am – 4pm, £10 (including Lunch)
You will be invited to consider:
 The purpose and value of Quiet Days
 The practicalities of time and place
 Possible formats, themes and material
 Personal styles, spiritual styles and
learning styles.
The morning will be for you to use
as you wish with Revd Sally Dakin
available for short one-to-one
chats.
For more information and/or to book form please contact:
The Revd Sally Dakin, Diocesan Spirituality Adviser
sally.dakin@winchester.anglican.org / 01962 854050
Events
Diocesan, Parish and Community Events are available to view on the Events Calendar:
http://www.winchester.anglican.org/training-events/
Featured Event:
Africa Day Conference - Southampton
Hosted by CMS
Saturday 9 May
1pm-4pm
St James’ Church, Shirley SO15 5LW
Join us to hear updates on projects throughout Africa with speakers including Paul Thaxter, the CMS director of
international mission, Drs Bertha and Wim Schoonbee, mission partners based at Gahini hospital in Rwanda, the
birthplace of the East African revival.
Bring your own lunch and join together in sharing Jesus and changing Africa. More information is available here:
http://www.winchester.anglican.org/events/africa-day-conference/
Exploring Vocations
Would you like to investigate the possibility of exploring your sense of vocation? The School of Mission has events available that
may help:
Vocations Day
11 July
Old Alresford Place
10am-4pm
An opportunity for all exploring a sense of vocation,
especially to ordination or Licensed Lay Ministry. The day
offers input on vocation and call, reflective and prayerful
space, and practical information on discernment and
training. Lunch is provided and spouses are also welcome.
Vocations Evenings
15 April and 20 May 2015
Wolvesey
7pm–9.30pm
These sessions have been organised for anyone thinking,
however broadly, about their sense of vocation. The evenings
work together as a mini-series but are also ‘stand-alone’.
Participants will benefit from taking part in all of them or
welcome to attend only one or two evenings if they prefer.
No pressure to take things further if the time is not right,
come and give yourself space to discern.
Each evening will include some reflective prayer space, some
input on call and vocation and time for practical information
and questions.
For further details and to confirm your attendance please contact Julia Mourant Julia.mourant@winchester.anglican.org /
01962 710984
Archdeacon’s Visitations
Once elected all churchwardens must be admitted to office by an archdeacon (even those wardens who are re-elected).
The visitations have been booked as follows and are available online here.
Date
Wednesday 13 May
Venue
Romsey Abbey,
Romsey, SO51 8EP
Tea
19:00
Service
19:30
Tuesday 19 May
Andover St Mary,
Church Close, Andover, SP10 1ER
19:00
19:30
Monday 1 June
Shirley St James,
St James Road, Southampton, SO15 5JY
19:00
19:30
Thursday 11 June
Hartley Wintney, St John the Evangelist,
Fleet Road, Hartley Wintney, RG27 8ED
19:00
19:30
Thursday 18 June
Christchurch Priory,
Church Street, Christchurch, BH23 2JR
19:00
19:30
Monday 29 June
Old Alresford, St Mary,
Colden Lane, Old Alresford, SO24 9DL
After service at
Old Alresford Place
15:00
Any warden is welcome at any service – you do not need to remain in your own area – and guests are always welcome too.
It would be very useful for us to know how many people will attend each service, so do please email
andrea.ford@winchester.anglican.org in advance if you can.
All the forms you will need for your APCM can be downloaded (individually or as a zipped folder) via the resources section of the
diocesan website. Please note – there are lots of files so if you access these via the website:
http://www.winchester.anglican.org/resources-archive/?s=&resourcecategory=stewardship-parishresources&resourcecategory=apcm-forms
Vacancies
The Diocesan Office is currently advertising the current vacancies based at Old Alresford Place:
Finance Assistant
 21 hrs per week
 Advert
 Job description
Church Buildings Administrator (21 hours per week)
 21 hrs per week
 Advert
 Job description
To download the application forms for these vacancies below and view details of Ministry and Parish Vacancies visit:
http://www.winchester.anglican.org/current-vacancies/
If you need any further information please contact Debbie Clark 01962 737353.
If you would like to advertise any vacancies or roles in your parish please send details to Siobahn Cole:
siobahn.cole@winchester.anglican.org
Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme
Following the recent Budget the Chancellor announced secondary legislation will be introduced to increase the maximum
annual donation amount which can be claimed through the GASDS to £8,000, allowing charities to claim Gift Aid style top-up
payments of up to £2,000 a year, with effect from April 2016. Even if only a third of the churches across the Church of England
are able to claim this additional amount, it's worth an extra £4 million a year.
GASDS have also changed since 6 April 2015; you are now able to claim back on three years of GASDS donations rather than the
previous two. Please take advantage of GASDS – contact the Diocesan Stewardship Adviser, Gordon Randall for more
information gordon.randall@winchester.anglican.org / 01962 737323
Good Money App
The "Good Money App" is a mobile phone app which aims to equip Christians with reflections, prayers and a whole host of
useful tools to enable us to be better stewards of our money.
Whether you’re comfortably off, or struggling to get by, the Good Money App will help you track elements of your spending,
giving, and provide reflections and prayers to think about the stewardship of your savings, investments and donations.
The Good Money App can be downloaded via iPhone or Android App stores.
Christian Aid Week
10-16 May 2015
This year’s Christian Aid Week, Britain’s longest running door-to-door fundraising week, is asking the
British public to support women living in poverty around the world who are discriminated against
from birth. Christian Aid believes this has to change – for the sake of everyone; for the sake of
women, men, girls, boys, communities and societies warped by such an extreme imbalance of power.
In Ethiopia Christian Aid partner HUNDEE works with both women and men in poor rural communities
to challenge violence against women and harmful traditional practices, such as child marriage and
female genital mutilation (FGM), to bring about lasting change and ensure women can live in dignity
and are treated with respect. They also provide the poorest women in pastoralist communities with
livestock, raising their status within society, because when they have a cow they have a voice in
community decision making, as well as a means to earn a living.
You can help to change the lives of women in places like Ethiopia this Christian Aid Week by donating online at
www.caweek.org calling 08080 006 006, or texting ‘GIVE’ to 78866 to give £5.
Christian Aid is a member of the ACT Alliance, a global coalition of more than 130 churches and church-related organisations
that work together in humanitarian assistance, advocacy and development. http://actalliance.org. Follow Christian Aid's
newswire on Twitter: http://twitter.com/caid_newswire. For more information about the work of Christian Aid, visit
http://www.christianaid.org.uk
Grantfinder – Church Urban Fund
Church Urban Fund is passionate about bringing God’s love, hope and justice to the poorest
and most marginalised people in England, empowering them to transform their lives. Poverty
is not simply about a lack of money – it is a complex web of low wages, unemployment and
high living costs. CUF believes that if we work together we can see lives transformed.
They believe the local church is uniquely placed to make this happen. Found in every part of the country, as a relational
community responding to the gospel message to serve those in need, the church is well positioned to act as an agenda for deep
social change. The Together Grants programme provides small grants of up to £5,000 for faith based organisations to engage in
social action, by supporting them to initiate or develop community work. For more details of the programme and the criteria
for funding, please contact Jayne Tarry on Jayne.tarry@winchester.anglican.org / 01962 737348.
The Conservation Foundation - The Yew Tree Project
The Heritage Lottery Fund is supporting an ancient and veteran yew tree campaign being launched in early May
this year. Ancient yews are estimated to be at least 1000 years old and veteran yews are between 500 and 1000
years. The campaign will be managed by The Conservation Foundation in association with the Church of England
- 217 of the country’s 272 ancient yews are in churchyards.
The campaign will include the distribution of young yews to communities and churches to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the
Magna Carta. The young yews have been propagated from veteran and ancient yews that were growing at the time of the
Magna Carta. It is thought the ancient yew at Ankerwycke, near Runnymede was where King John, his Barons and the Bishops
gathered to witness the Magna Carta.
There will also be small grants available to support local community and school projects to do historical research around their
ancient or veteran yew. Funding is also available for maintenance work on ancient and veteran yews, along with guidance on
their management.
A list of ancient and veteran trees listed by Diocese can be found on the Ancient Yew Group website: http://www.ancientyew.org/. Further information will be available on the campaign’s website at when the project is launched in early May.
For further information contact The Conservation Foundation on info@conservationfoundation.co.uk / 0207 591 3111.
Roof Repair Fund
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced in the Budget 2015 that the
Government will provide a further £40 million to the Listed Places of Worship – Roof Repair Fund to
support vital roof repairs in 2015 to 2017.
The announcement follows the £15 million announced for the Roof Repair Fund in the 2014 Autumn
Statement and £20 million for the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repair Fund announced in the 2014 Budget. The Listed
Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund is designed for urgent repairs to public places of worship of all faiths across the UK that are
formally designated as listed buildings.
According to the Church of England, the initial fund was met with overwhelming demand with 1,900 responses received from
listed places of worship of all faiths and denominations across the UK during an eight-week application period.
For more information about the announcement see the Church of England press release. Information about the Roof Repair Fund
can be found on its website http://www.lpowroof.org.uk/
Grave Talk
Tuesday 19 May
Portsmouth Cathedral, High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2HH
Entry is free, come any time between 2pm and 8pm.
We’d love you to join us for the national launch of Gravetalk. The truth is we are all going to
die. But nobody wants to say anything. GraveTalk is a chance to talk about death, think about
your funeral, ask questions and air your thoughts. For people of all faiths and doubts. There
will be tea and cake and there will be talk.
No need to RSVP, come along for as long as you like. For more information see www.gravetalk.org
Parish Buying
Give your children’s ministry a new splash of colour (and stock up on your tea & coffee too!)
Parish Buying isn’t just there for the one-off purchases – they cover the week-to-week stuff too.
Craft supplies – perfect for Messy Church
Colouring pencils|stickers|paint|glitter glue|coloured card|crepe paper|feathers|and more…
Free next day delivery & no minimum order. Have a look at the craft catalogue here.
Order online or talk to Parish Buying to open an account on 0800 368 0887.
Tea & coffee
Parish Buying have a range of refreshments available through Office Depot too! Visit the Office Depot website and click on
‘Facilities Management’ (includes Fairtrade options).
Candles
If you need to replenish your candle supply and don’t want to trawl the web for a good price and the right size, why not try out
Parish Buying’s suppliers?
You need to login to the Parish Buying website in order to access the discount codes: www.parishbuying.org.uk
Caring for God’s Creation – Voting with a moral purpose
On the Diocesan Website you may have noticed an article produced by Bishop Tim entitled ‘Voting with a moral purpose’. In
response to this why not attend one of the election hustings local to you? If you do be aware that the organisers of these events
sometimes ask for questions in advance.
To help with this the Diocesan Environmental Group have devised a few questions you could use as a way of discovering more
about what our political leaders are doing to care for God’s creation. These suggested questions can be found on our website:
www.winchester.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Diocese-of-Winchester-Environment-Hustings-Qs.pdf
Related Publications
Below are some newsletters or publications that may be of interest to readers in our Diocese:
 Mothers’ Union – April 2015
 Church Housing Trust
 Old Habits – The Occasional Newsletter for Retired Clergy
Winchester Cathedral
Wednesday 24 - Sunday 28 June
9am – 8pm (6pm Sunday)
Tuesday 23 June, 6.15pm
Champagne Reception and Preview Evening and Opening
Following the breathtaking success of the 2013 Flower Festival, Symphony of Flowers, Winchester Cathedral is delighted to
announce that tickets are now on sale for the 2015 festival, Cascades, at which thousands of flowers will be used to create
stunning displays of contemporary and traditional floral designs.
Tickets (£10 with concessions – see website for the Preview Evening) are from the Cathedral Box Office on 01962 857 275 and
online at www.winchestercathedral.org.uk.
The Cascades information pack is
available here.
Resource Room
The Diocesan Resource Room is situated in the new Education Centre in Cathedral Close, Winchester
Opening hours: Monday & Thursday 9.30am-4pm.
Please contact William Cole / 01962 857262 or visit http://www.winchester.anglican.org/resources/resources-room/ for more
information.
Notes
Luther Pendragon can be reached via a dedicated Diocese of Winchester hotline number, 020 7618 9197, which is also
answered out-of-hours and at weekends, or email dioceseofwinchester@luther.co.uk
Stories for the diocesan website and eNews should be submitted to: editorial@winchester.anglican.org
Compiled by Siobahn Cole, Diocese of Winchester - www.winchester.anglican.org