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Those who are asked to lead worship on behalf of others are undertaking an important responsibility.
Clergy and Readers are licensed by the Bishop to lead worship.
Churchwardens may also lead worship.
Many churches now have groups of worship leaders who prepare and lead non-eucharistic worship.
>> Find out more about leading worship as a churchwarden here.
Downloads
Here are a worship resource sheet (PDF) and some orders of service that churchwardens can use if they need to lead an act of worship at short notice. The orders of service are Word docs so they can be adapted if needed.
BCP - Morning Prayer (Word doc)
CW - Morning Prayer (Word doc)
BCP - Evening Prayer (Word doc)
CW - Evening Prayer (Word doc)
Once described as a “stone-built preaching box” St Mary’s in Cromford has evolved into a uniquely decorated Derbyshire church.
“Wow! Really impressive”, reads a comment in Cromford St Mary’s visitors’ book. It’s not untypical of the many remarks.
They are, no doubt, referring to the collection of magnificent murals painted around the inside of the church.
Notice of Death - The Revd Dennis King, non-stipendiary minister of Chesterfield St Mary and All Saints 1976-2000, who retired in 2000 and held the Bishop of Derby’s Permission to Officiate in retirement, died on Thursday, 27 December 2018. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 11 am at St Mary and All Saints Chesterfield.
The Revd Ian Whitehead will be licensed as Priest-in-Charge of Crich and South Wingfield, Diocese of Derby, on Monday, 8 April 2019 at 7.30 pm at St Mary’s Crich by the Bishop of Repton assisted by the Archdeacon of Chesterfield.
Dr Alison Brown is one of a group of 35 who have visited Kolkata, India, to build and strengthen the Derby Diocesan Board of Education's links with the area.
Jacqueline Stober decided at the age of nine that she was going to work for God.
And as well as her own route to ordination, she’s been exploring those of other BAME clergy in the Church of England.
Remembering the ‘light-bulb moment’ is something many people do when it comes to discovering God or hearing His call.
All applications for works to churches can be made through the online faculty system.
Registering with the online faculty system (OFS):
It is recommended that each parish nominates at least two people who will register their church onto the system and administer faculty applications on behalf of the PCC.
All requests to register will have to be approved by the DAC secretary to ensure only those who have a right to use the system can do so.
Nominees could be one of the clergy and a churchwarden, the church treasurer, PCC member or parish secretary/administrator.
The OFS can be accessed by going to the following link.
https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org
Please click on "Register" at the top of the home page and complete your details and submit.
The DAC office will then recieve an email and one of us has to 'approve' your registration.
Please note that when you register there is one tab saying 'identity', into which you write contact details and another labelled 'profile'.
On the profile section please write/select the church for which you are representing - otherwise even if you are approved you will not be able to start an application.
Anyone experiencing difficulties with their online application should contact:
Kat Alldread (DAC Secretary) - DAC@derby.anglican.org
The next Bishop of Derby will be the Right Reverend Libby Lane.
Bishop Libby is currently the Suffragan Bishop of Stockport, in the Diocese of Chester – a post she has occupied since 2015.
Libby describes Derbyshire as ‘the place that holds my heart’. She grew up in Glossop in the north-west of the county and was selected for ordination while working in the parish of St Thomas Brampton, Chesterfield.
From 10 Downing Street - The Queen has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Elizabeth (Libby) Jane Holden Lane, MA (Oxon), Suffragan Bishop of Stockport, for election as Bishop of Derby in succession to The Right Reverend Alastair Llewellyn John Redfern, MA, PhD, following his resignation on the 31st August 2018.
The Revd Geoffrey Borrowdale, Vicar of Hayes St Anselm, Diocese of London, has been appointed Rector of Hasland and Vicar of Temple Normanton, Diocese of Derby. Mr Borrowdale hopes to take up his new post in April 2019.
The Revd Charles Jefferson, Vicar of Balderstone, Mellor and Samlesbury, Diocese of Blackburn, has been appointed Interim Priest-in-Charge of the benefice of Walton-on-Trent with Croxall, Rosliston with Linton and Castle Gresley; of the benefice of Seale and Lullington with Coton-in-the-Elms; and the benefice of Stapenhill Immanuel, Diocese of Derby. Mr Jefferson hopes to take up his new appointment in the new year.
The Revd Ian Whitehead, Rector of Anslow, Rolleston & Tutbury, Diocese of Lichfield, has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Crich and South Wingfield, Diocese of Derby. Mr Whitehead hopes to take up his new post in March 2019.
The Revd Carla Vicêncio Prior will be licensed as Team Vicar in the Wirksworth Team Ministry, Diocese of Derby, on Tuesday, 12 February 2019 at 7.30 pm at St Mary's Wirksworth by the Bishop of Repton assisted by the Archdeacon of Chesterfield.
The Revd Alicia Dring, Vicar of Littleover, Diocese of Derby, has also been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Blagreaves in the same diocese. Mrs Dring will be licensed to her new post on Thursday, 10 January 2019 at 7.30 pm at St Andrew’s Blagreaves by the Archdeacon of Derby assisted by the Area Dean of Derby City.
The Revd Dr Lida Ellsworth, Assistant Curate (SSM) of Longstone, Curbar and Stoney Middleton, Diocese of Derby, retired on 10 November 2018. Dr Ellsworth is in the process of transferring to holding the Bishop of Derby’s Permission to Officiate. Her contact details remain the same.
The Revd Carla Vicêncio Prior, Assistant Curate at Derby Cathedral (formerly at Kirk Hallam), Diocese of Derby, has been appointed Team Vicar in the Wirksworth Team Ministry. Mrs Vicêncio Prior hopes to take up her new post in February 2019.
Mrs Joan Bowles, widow of Bishop Cyril Bowles (Bishop of Derby 1969-1987) died on 19 September 2018. She was 99. Her funeral was held in Prestbury, Cheltenham on 11 October 2018.
