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Notice Board, Officers, Diary, and Library (updated 26 September 2008)
NOTICEBOARD
See also A Church Near You and the Hereford Anglican web sites.
A Diocesan Course developed in partnership with the University of Worcester, for September 2008, Education and Christian Discipleship.
DIARY
Thursday 27th November Ledbury Deanery Synod Meeting
Wednesday 3rd September Standing Committee
Wednesday 5th November Standing Committee
Minutes of the Synod will be posted on the website after their approval by Synod. Apologies, the accuracy of information converted to web format using Bill Gates' software cannot be guaranteed.
| Library | .html | original |
| Deanery Synod Minutes 31 July 2008 | html | MSword |
| Lambeth Conference - the Bishop of Hereford's Reflections Following the Lambeth Conference, Bishop Anthony has shared his reflections on the Conference with Diocesan clergy. As these reflections - typically generous and sensitive - seem so helpful, and offer a far better insight than any of that offered by the media covearge of the Conference, he has given permission for them to be given wider circulation here. | html | MSword |
| A Diocesan Course developed in partnership with the University of Worcester, for Sep 08, education and Christian discipleship | ||
| PASTORAL VISITING application form for Basic Skills Training and Workshops | MSword | |
| Good News report of events April 2008 | html | Wordperfect |
| Budget 2008 | html | MSword |
Deanery of Ledbury
Our Vision and Five Year Plan.
Our vision is of a lively and growing Church in all our parishes, to be seen very much at the centre of spiritual and social life in each community.
Our priority, together with the Diocese, is to reach out to all – taking the Good News of the Gospel out into the community, as well as offering an open door and an encouraging welcome to those who seek to be part of the body of Christ.
The Deanery will support all our parishes in reaching out, each in their various ways, to the wider community, and encourage those parishes and churches who seek to offer fresh expressions of Church.
To offer any support which might best be provided and organised by the Deanery which the parishes believe would be of help to them in their mission, and in our joint mission.
In this it is the Deanery's intention to encourage and inspire parishes in their work– but not to impose or dictate. As the Deanery is no more than the sum of its parishes working together, our over-riding principle is to allow the parishes to be prime.
Having studied the Five Year Plans (FYPs) drafted by our twenty-two parishes, and listened to their views about areas of joint initiatives, it is the Deanery's intention to offer, over the next five years, support in the following areas:
i) Encouragement and development of pastoral care in parishes, principally through the Deanery's provision of training for the laity from our parishes who volunteer to assist in pastoral visiting within their Parish. This might well include visiting of the sick and house-bound, hospital visiting, visiting the bereaved and also, where it is deemed appropriate, in visiting to offer Home Communion. Those who complete the training would be known and officially endorsed by their parishes (and possibly ‘badged’) so that they become recognised as special representatives within their parishes, working closely and in harmony with their clergy.
ii) Improvements in communications within the Deanery (between parishes; between parishes and the Deanery; between parishes, the Deanery and the Diocese), with other Churches in the area, and with the wider community. To this end a working group is considering, among other ideas -
iii) The production of a brief pamphlet, as a simple aide memoire and starting guide, for any PCC considering Church re-ordering, to include such matters as the provision of introducing running water within the building, the installation of WCs, the re-ordering of pews and other furnishings, etc. Such a paper would direct the PCC to recognised sources of help – architects, potential sources of funding available, planning applications, applications for faculties etc.
iv) Developing the wish, expressed widely by parishes at the Deanery's 'Fresh Expressions of Church' study day, to work more closely with young people (children, youth, and young families). This, almost certainly, will involve closer liaison with other churches in the area, with the Diocesan Youth Officer and Children's Officer, and with local schools.
v) Stage a social event with the aim of bringing the Deanery's parishes closer together in fellowship in a positive, happy and co-operative way. Such an event, if successful, could well be repeated in one form or another at least once more within the 5 years – with the real possibility of becoming an annual event. While the fostering of such social contacts and inter-change would be the uppermost consideration, any funds raised would be directed (initially at least) to re-establishing the Deanery's reserves
4. The Deanery
The Deanery Synod is aware of a possible enlargement of the Deanery by the addition of one particular group of parishes from a neighbouring Deanery, and has agreed to welcome such a move should it come to fruition.
5. Review of the Deanery's Vision and Five Year Plan
This plan would be revisited at least annually, or more often if need be. The Deanery Synod will be given the opportunity to continue to share 'good news', especially that which will enable parishes and the Deanery to fulfil these FYPs, and will seek to be accessible to parishes to support them in fulfilling their own parish plans.
6. Sharing with the Diocese in its Vision
The Deanery wishes to work with the Diocese in seeking to fulfil its Diocesan Vision, which:
Seeks to share God’s love in community and world through:
So that in all our activities we show Jesus Christ to those around us.
IDSB/MDV Oct 2006
Role of Rural Dean.
The Rural Dean is appointed by the Bishop and is given by him a share in the pastoral oversight, spiritual leadership, encouragement and development of mission and general administration of the Deanery. He has a particular pastoral responsibility for the clergy of the Deanery, and provides a link between them and the Bishop and the Archdeacon. In his leadership role the Rural Dean is joined by the Lay Co-Chairman of the Deanery Synod.
Role of Lay Co-Chairman
The Lay Co-Chairman, elected by the Deanery Synod, aims to bring together the views of the parishes of the Deanery on issues of common purpose, and then to discuss and formulate common policies on these issues. In the process of doing this to foster a sense of community and interdependence among those parishes and generally to promote in the Deanery the whole mission of the Church - pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
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