- Lead across the Team in identifying and seeking to establish new worshipping communities, with particular attention to non-book culture.
- Support and strengthen existing mission initiatives amongst children, young people and families, including with local schools, developing a Team approach wherever possible and being attentive to the Growing Faith agenda.
- Work with Team Rector to deepen discipleship, strengthening and developing new leaders.
- Work with all team colleagues and PCCs to simplify governance and administration, possibly through pastoral re-organisation, in order to better resource mission and ministry across the Team.
- Build confidence and strength in these post-industrial settings as appropriate, enabling Mission Action Plan goals to be achieved.
The four Parishes that make up the East Scarsdale Team (Holy Cross, Upper Langwith; Holy Trinity, Shirebrook; St Luke’s Whaley Thorns; St Michael’s, Pleasley) were constituted as a Team Ministry in 1994. They are currently resourced by a Team Rector and Team Vicar (this post).
The Benefice is situated on the north-eastern edge of Derby Diocese, close to Mansfield. With a rich heritage of innovation and hard work, many of the characteristics of post-industrial contexts are present here including areas of social deprivation and new housing development.
The Rectory is a large 4-bedroomed house in Shirebrook, close to Holy Trinity Church.
For more information about this post, please contact:
The Venerable Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire: karen.hamblin@derby.anglican.org
Please download the application form, profile and additional information using the links below:
Letter from the Bishop of Derby
Closing date: Noon, Thursday 10th April 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 30th April 2025
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