PROPOSED NORTH DOWNS TEAM MINISTRY

CREATE A TEAM BENEFICE OUT OF BEARSTED WITH THURNHAM; BOXLEY WITH DETLING; HOLLINGBOURNE AND HUCKING WITH LEEDS AND BROOMFIELD; AND OTHAM WITH LANGLEY

• A Team Rector • 2 x Team Vicars• A full time Team

Missioner (Lay or ordained) Wholly or partly Funded by Church Commissioners Mission funding for a period of 5 years.

This represents 4 Full time posts in place of the existing 3.5 for the next 5 years.

STAFFED BY:

HOW WILL THESE POSTS WORK?Team Rector / Team Vicar

1Team Rector / Team

Vicar 2

Pastoral responsibility for the parish and congregations of Bearsted

Pastoral responsibility for the parish and congregations of Hollingbourne, Hucking, Thurnham, Detling and Boxley

• Pastoral responsibility for the congregation at Grove Green

• Pastoral responsibility within the LEP for the congregation at Kingswood

• Mission in suburban housing (Grove Green, Weavering, Madginford, Downswood, Kingswood)

HOW WILL THESE POSTS WORK?Team Rector / Team Vicar

3Team Missioner

Pastoral responsibility for the parish and congregations of Otham and Langley, Leeds and Broomfield.

• Collaboration • Maintaining local

distinctiveness• Releasing resource for

mission into areas where the church is not growing.

• Accessing outside funding to increase ministry provision

WHY…

• …IS THIS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE?

• … HAS THIS MODEL BEEN CHOSEN?

QUESTIONS?

What can we clarify for you?

IS THIS MEETING CONTENT TO REFER THIS PROPOSAL FOR DETAILED DISCUSSION WITH INDIVIDUAL PCCS?

Initial reaction…

• PCCs to meet with Area Dean, Lay Chair, Archdeacon and M&M officer to discuss their response to this proposal – opportunity to delve into pros and cons

• PCCs to feed back to Deanery M&M by the end of October

THE PROCESS FROM HERE:INFORMAL CONSULTATION:

JULY TO OCTOBER 2015

• Draft Proposals, reflecting the outcome of the informal consultation go to Diocesan M&M on 10th November.

• M&M officer writes to all Interested parties with a copy of the draft proposals (in legal form)

• 6 weeks for responses back to M&M officer

• Diocesan M&M consider responses to consultation in January and make a recommendation to the Bishop.

THE PROCESS FROM HERE:LOCAL WRITTEN CONSULTATION

NOVEMBER 2015 TO JANUARY2016

• Bishop’s proposals prepared as a draft scheme by Church commissioners.

• M&M officer writes to all Interested parties with a copy of the draft scheme(in legal form) AND notices go on church doors

• Representations (for or against) at this stage go to the church commissioners Pastoral Committee

• Objections = Hearing process• No objections = Scheme takes

effect at the end of April.

THE PROCESS FROM HERE:NOTICE CONSULTATION:

JANUARY TO APRIL 2016