Are you an experienced leader with a passion for community engagement and collaborative ministry? We are seeking a Rector for seven rural churches in a beautiful area of South Derbyshire and someone who will:

Church Warden Training events

Please ensure you have booked in good time to make sure you receive this email.

The care and maintenance of church buildings 

Whether you are new to the role or have been serving for some time, the church warden training events aim to provide you with important tools, strategies, and support for you in your role.

It will also be a wonderful chance to connect with other church wardens, discuss challenges, and learn from one another.

Training dates
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 9.30am - 1.00pm, St Alkmunds Church, 40 Kedleston Road, Darley Abbey, Derby DE22 1GU
Saturday, 5 July 2025,  9:30am – 1:00pm, St Thomas, Chesterfield
Saturday, 27 September 2025, 9:30am – 1:00pm, St Barnabas Centre, Danesmoor
Saturday, 8 November 2025,  9:00am – 10:00am on Zoom, Question and Answer session with the Archdeacons.

Please click on the link below to book your place on the next event.  
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/churchwardens-morning-tickets-1152516851929?aff=oddtdtcreator
Date: Saturday, 8 March 2025
Time: 9.30 – 1pm
Location: St Alkmunds Church, 40 Kedleston Road, Darley Abbey, Derby DE22 1GU

The plan for the day will be as follows:
0930: Arrival and refreshments 
1000: Event starts (Opening worship)
1020: Keynote
1045: Workshop 1
1130: Coffee / Tea break
1145: Workshop 2
1230: Plenary/Q&A
1300: Finish

There will be a choice of workshops and this time they will cover these topics:

• Leading worship & intercessions in an emergency
• Buildings for Mission & Environment
• Wellbeing
• ‘Help! I’m the only one!’ 

Two weeks before the event a sign-up form for the workshops will be sent out, so you can choose which workshops you would like to attend.

Please ensure you have booked in good time to make sure you receive this email.

If you have any queries, please contact:

Derby City and South Derbyshire Archdeaconry - sue.hidderley-burton@derby.anglican.org

Derbyshire Peak and Dales Archdeaconry - emily.redmond@derby.anglican.org

South Derbyshire Archdeaconry - claire.collishaw@derby.anglican.org

The Cathedral & Church Buildings Department’s expanded £5million conservation grants programme is now open for applications on our website Conservation Grants | The Church of England.  

If you have a conservation project in mind relating to bells and bell frames, books and manuscripts, church plate, churchyard structures, clocks, monumental brasses and decorative metalwork, monuments, organs, paintings and wall paintings. stained glass, textiles or wooden objects, you can now include related fabric repairs up to a maximum of £25k.

An example might be a PCC looking to conserve an alabaster sculpture in a niche where there is existing water ingress due to a building defect adversely affecting the area.  As part of the application for money to conserve the sculpture, a request for additional monies to rectify that defect can now be considered.

You will be familiar with our conservation grants programme (long funded by The Pilgrim Trust, the Radcliffe Trust and other funders) to support the conservation of special features in church, including bells, clocks, organs, stained glass, wall paintings and monuments. All this remains, with additional funding to help more churches. The expanded programme allows us to make grants towards building repairs of up to £25,000 that are linked to the conservation of an object.

Bids for specialist surveys and help for existing recipients’ conservation projects to reach completion will be considered for funding as well.

For further information, please contact colleagues in CCB via conservationgrants@churchofengland.org

27 February

The Revd Janet Turville, who holds Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Lincoln, has been appointed Vicar of the benefice of Wirksworth (Team Ministry), Diocese of Derby. Janet will be licensed on Monday, 31 March 2025 at 7 pm at St Mary's, Wirksworth by the Bishop of Derby assisted by the Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales, subject to all legal and safeguarding requirements being fulfilled.

14 February

The Revd Canon Anthony (Tony) Kaunhoven, Vicar of the benefice of Bakewell, Ashford in the Water with Sheldon and Rowsley, Diocese of Derby, has also been appointed Priest-in-Charge of the parish of Longstone St Giles, within the benefice of Longstone, Curbar and Stoney Middleton in the same diocese. Tony will be licensed to this post on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 7 pm by the Bishop of Repton assisted by the Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales.This post will run concurrently with Tony’s present post, thus his last day in post at Longstone St Giles will be 18th May, with his retirement taking effect from 19th May 2025.

The Revd Phil Mann has announced his resignation as Priest-in-Charge of the parish of Allenton and Shelton Lock, within the benefice of Pride Park, Wilmorton, Allenton and Shelton Lock, Diocese of Derby. Phil’s last day in post will be Saturday, 22 February 2025. Phil will continue as Pioneer Minister of Derby St Werburgh’s BMO and Priest-in-Charge of Mackworth St Francis.

The Revd Jeff Golding, Assistant Curate in the parish of Allenton and Shelton Lock, has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of the same parish. Jeff will be licensed on Sunday, 23 February 2025 at 3pm at St Edmund’s Allenton and Shelton Lock by the Bishop of Repton assisted by the Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire.

13 February

The Revd Bryony Taylor, Rector of the United Benefice of Barlborough and Clowne, Diocese of Derby, has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean of North East Derbyshire. Bryony started in post on 10th February 2025. 

6 February

The Revd Canon Julian Hollywell has announced his resignation as Assistant Curate (Minister Responsible) of the parish of Derby St Andrew with St Osmund, within the benefice of Pride Park, Wilmorton, Allenton and Shelton Lock, Diocese of Derby. Julian’s last day in post will be 16 February 2025. Julian will continue as Vicar of the benefice of Spondon and Priest-in-Charge of the benefice of Chaddesden St Philip with Derby St Mark in the same diocese.

The Revd Canon Anthony (Tony) Kaunhoven, Vicar of the benefice of Bakewell, Ashford in the Water with Sheldon and Rowsley, Diocese of Derby, has announced his retirement. Tony’s last day in post will be 18th May, with his retirement taking effect from 19th May 2025. Tony will be appointed Canon Emeritus of Derby Cathedral in retirement.

The Revd Ian Jarvis, Curate of Penge Christ Church with Holy Trinity (Rochester) 1963- 1967, Curate of Bilston St Leonard (Lichfield) 1967-1971, Vicar of Lozells St Silas (Birmingham) 1971-1976, Vicar of Chaddesden St Mary (Derby) 1976-1995, Vicar of Newhall 1995-2002, who retired in 2002 and held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Derby 2002-2022, died on 18th January 2025. The funeral will take place on Monday 24th February at 11.15 am at St Mary’s Chaddesden, followed by a private committal.

Parenting for Faith 

Right from their very earliest days, we can help our children to meet and know God. On Wednesday afternoons in June, we will be running the Bitesize Babies and Toddlers Course, which will equip you with confidence and practical ideas to do this. The course is a mixture of short videos, a chance to reflect on your own and to chat with others.

The call will be open from 1.15pm and the content will be from 1.30 - 2.30pm. Don't worry if you can't make every week or have little people running around or are in the office on your lunchbreak, come just as you are!

When churches or groups sign up, they can invite as many parents/carers of under-fives as they like to join their group. The course is suitable for those new to faith or just exploring, so do invite families you know from baby and toddler groups or other community activities.  You can meet in person, online or a hybrid. For the discussion times, you will have your own breakout room. If you have lots of participants we can add extra breakout rooms, free of charge.

If you're not part of a church or group, sign up for an individual/couple ticket. We'll pop you into a group with others in the same boat for the discussion times. This will be the same each week so that you can get to know each other and feel safe to share and support each other. 

Click this LINK to find out more and book onto the course.

 The Kitchen Table Project is an initiative from Care for the Family 

Just 50% of children growing up in Christian homes keep their faith as adults.
Parents and churches – we can change that! Find out more and see their resources (many of which are free) through this link.

Andy Saunders from Lighthouse Ministries is joining with us again to share his experience and expertise with growing a younger church. Hear from Andy (as well as peers from across your local parishes) as we reflect on:

• Missional design in helping bring discipleship, planning and nurture into our regular events

• Mental health - When and how can we support those we come in to contact with?

• Growing Faith initiatives, learning from stories locally and nationally

And more!

• Friday 10th October 7pm-9pm - St Barnabas Centre, Danesmoor

• Saturday 11th October 9:30am-12:30pm -South East Derbyshire - Venue to be confirmed

• Saturday 11th October 2pm-4:30pm - All Saints Heritage Centre, Aston on Trent

• Monday 20th October 7pm-9pm – online - Event to be created soon: Watch this space!

Book now via the links above!

Reach out to GrowingYounger@derby.anglican.org with any questions

 Delivered by Ridley Hall, free and fully funded by the Church of England, Catalyst is a dynamic training course which aims to equip and connect those who work with children and young people in the local church.

Follow this link to get more informaiton ..... Home | catalyst

Click here to find out more or get in touch with the team at GrowingYounger@derby.anglican.org

This Lent we are encouraged to put down deep roots of hope by connecting with God who is with us at all times.

The Church of England’s Lent theme for 2025 is Living Hope.

In Lent we journey with Jesus on the difficult and thorny road that leads all the way to the cross on Good Friday – and beyond, to the transformation of Easter Day.

God invites us to bring to him our own journey through everyday life. In the disappointment of daily setbacks and the pain of deeper hurts, we discover that God is present with us. And God promises a future where all things are healed and made new.  

Living Hope offers us the opportunity to deepen our hope in God and be part of what God is doing to bring hope in the world.

Alongside a printed reflection booklet, the everyday faith app and daily emails there are a range of new resources available for churches, schools, families and individuals available from churchofengland.org and logo and branding items for the resource hub on achurchnearyou.com

A special webinar hosted by the national team will be held on 5 February please click here to register. 

Christ Church in Belper

We are looking for an organist or an organist / music director, to join them in the next few months. We have a traditional SATB choir and anybody interested in either post should initially contact Andrew Pollett, via email pollettaj10@gmail.com or by phone on 07970 498 171. The choir sings at the 11am Sung Mass on Sundays and rehearses at 7pm on Fridays. There are occasionally additional services, such as Choral Evensong, weddings and funerals. The post will attract RSCM rates of pay, subject to negotiation.

Closing date: 31 August 2025

About the Vacancy In See Committee

This is a statutory committee, serving for a three-year term, who only meet when there is a Vacancy in See.
Meaning, in the case of the Diocese of Derby, if the post of the Bishop of Derby were to become vacant, then the Vacancy in See committee would meet. 

• Members don’t need to be on any other committee, synod or be a PCC member.
• Members do need to be on an electoral roll or be a clerk in holy orders within the Diocese*

Should a Vacancy in See arise, Members would then meet to identify the needs of the Diocese and work with the Crown Nominations Commission of the General Synod, to identify the next Diocesan Bishop.

This process is governed by The Vacancy in See Committees Regulation 2024. The General Synod makes the Regulation, which is a Consolidation Instrument within the meaning of Standing Order 71(9) of the General Synod.

*Eligibility Criteria (in full…)

Any cleric beneficed in the Diocese or licensed under seal by the Bishop of Derby is eligible for election by members of the House of Clergy of the Diocesan Synod, except that no archdeacon and no person in Episcopal orders is eligible to be elected in this election. (The election involves the whole House of Clergy of the Diocesan Synod. This means that a person from one Area/archdeaconry can be proposed, seconded and be voted for by persons from another).

Any lay person who is an actual communicant, as defined in Church Representation Rule 83(2), and whose name is entered on the electoral roll of a parish in the Diocese is eligible for election by the House of Laity of the Diocesan Synod. (The election involves the whole House of Laity. This means that a person from one Area/archdeaconry can be proposed, seconded and voted for by persons from another).        

 More information

For more information, please contact the Presiding Officer - presidingofficer@derby.anglican.org.

 Resources

>> Diocesan Synod Members for Triennium 2024 - 2027 [PDF]