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| Red Lodge Community
Church |
Parish
Profile |
| A Methodist/Anglican
congregation |
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An exciting
opportunity for a genuine team-player who will work with others
to shape a church for the future – inspired by the insights
of being a Mission Shaped Church and enthusiastic about Embracing
the Covenant and working ecumenically.
The priest will need to feel the pulse of this crucial moment
– a newly restored church building rising literally out
of the ashes of a recent fire and with the prospect of a new church
school being relocated on Red Lodge. This is also an auspicious
time as local
unity works less with static entities of ecumenism and more in
the spirit of what church means at the start of the 21st century.
The Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and the Methodist District
Chair are committed to finding ways in which this venture can
flourish on this single largest housing development in Suffolk
and within the only formal Anglican/Methodist partnership in the
Diocese.
Currently
there exists
· A Methodist congregation
· A local Methodist minister
· A Methodist funded lay worker
· Clergy involvement from the Deanery of Mildenhall
The time is right to shape a church for mission and to celebrate
a covenant approach to local unity.
Existing church – working collaboratively
with the local Methodist Minister
· A share in leading worship at the Community Church
· Helping to shape an outward looking attitude in the congregation
· Working closely with the Lay Worker
Emerging church – working with a variety
of individuals
· Prepare for the arrival of a new church school
· Network through the Millennium Centre
· Develop existing points of contact – pre-school,
Royal Marine Cadets, Age Concern, Women’s’ Institute,
Good Neighbours, community lunch, health conservation, allotments
association – and initiate new ones as the area of new housing
continues to grow.
Line Management
The Rural Dean of Mildenhall
This post enjoys incumbent status and it is envisaged that the
priest will play a full part in the life of the Deanery as well
as receiving its full support. A house is being sought in Red
Lodge.
Application
Revd Stephen Mitchell, All Saints Vicarage, The Street, Gazeley,
Newmarket, CB8 8RB.
01638 552630 email : smitch4517@aol.com
Closing Date 31st August
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