• What Next? - Last Sunday I shared that due to pending pastoral reorganisation from the 1st of January I will no longer be the vicar of St Paul’s, Sarisbury Green. Due to Christmas our leaving service will be later in January. I know this came as a great shock, especially with the very short notice and there were … Continue reading What Next? →
• Covid, Our Church Community And Using A CO2 Monitor - When the Church of England released their updated guidance for Churches to coincide with Step 4 of the governments roadmap they very clearly said who had the responsibility for how individual churches might proceed: “The responsibility for making decisions about how to proceed lies with the incumbent.” This was the first time this had been … Continue reading Covid, Our Church Community And Using A CO2 Monitor →
• How Our Tea Service Became More At 4 - In December 2010 we decided to invite the families who attended our Under 5s Carer and Toddler group to a simple Christmas Service specifically for them. We called it Carols and Cupcakes. That day it snowed and we didn’t think anyone would come, but they did and thoroughly enjoyed it. Following that we started an … Continue reading How Our Tea Service Became More At 4 →

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• Covid, Our Church Community And Using A CO2 Monitor - When the Church of England released their updated guidance for Churches to coincide with Step 4 of the governments roadmap they very clearly said who had the responsibility for how individual churches might proceed: “The responsibility for making decisions about how to proceed lies with the incumbent.” This was the first time this had been … Continue reading Covid, Our Church Community And Using A CO2 Monitor →
• How Our Tea Service Became More At 4 - In December 2010 we decided to invite the families who attended our Under 5s Carer and Toddler group to a simple Christmas Service specifically for them. We called it Carols and Cupcakes. That day it snowed and we didn’t think anyone would come, but they did and thoroughly enjoyed it. Following that we started an … Continue reading How Our Tea Service Became More At 4 →
• Liquifraction – How Our World Has Been Shaken By Covid - In a conversation I had recently a friend mentioned an illustration that they used recently that I felt describes incredibly well what I, and I’m sure many others, have experienced over the past 18 months. During that time our whole world has been shaken by something no one expected or predicted. It has impacted every … Continue reading Liquifraction – How Our World Has Been Shaken By Covid →
• Team Ministry Model – Where’s The Evidence? - I can clearly remember a question that was asked of our acting Archdeacon at a zoom meeting of local clergy and churchwardens in early May this year. The opening question was simply ‘Why Teams?’ Why did the senior leadership of our diocese believe that Team Ministry was the model for parish organisation that was the … Continue reading Team Ministry Model – Where’s The Evidence? →
• Why Are There Upset, Stressed And Angry Clergy In Portsmouth Diocese? - A job for life is something of a bygone era. Many in our society today know the pain and anguish that can come from redundancy. Sadly more paid clergy are discovering that same pain within the Church of England today. Back in October 2020 Portsmouth Diocese started a process that will lead to changes in … Continue reading Why Are There Upset, Stressed And Angry Clergy In Portsmouth Diocese? →
• Update On The Future Of Ministry At St Paul’s - Back in the autumn of 2020 Portsmouth Diocese embarked on a process of consultations that will eventually lead to the restructuring of many parish churches across the diocese. This started with the diocese asking every deanery to compile a plan for how the churches within the deanery could best be structured to thrive and grow … Continue reading Update On The Future Of Ministry At St Paul’s →
• How risk averse are you? - One of my observations over the past months is that how we respond to the rules and regulations regarding Covid 19 indicates a lot about how much of a risk taker people are, or perhaps how risk averse they are. There is a sliding scale of compliance with the regulations from those who pushing, if … Continue reading How risk averse are you? →
• What will change in the CofE actually look like? - Over the past decades the Church of England has divested itself already of all of the easy downsizing options. As I look around our area none of the churches are on their last legs (yet). All have active congregations and all are engaging in some ways with mission and outreach. And there comes the rub, … Continue reading What will change in the CofE actually look like? →
• The Church Is Now Irrelevant To Many In Our Society - At a recent meeting of clergy we were asked to think about how we might restructure our group of churches (the Anglican Church calls them a deanery) if we were starting from scratch. That’s a great question, the difficulty is that we aren’t starting from scratch. We have history in our buildings and our church … Continue reading The Church Is Now Irrelevant To Many In Our Society →
• Chronic Pain Is Coming To The CofE - Is this a once in a lifetime opportunity to set the Church of England up differently for mission and growth rather than decline? It may well be but there will be a heavy cost paid by some. The Church of England is not immune to the financial difficulties that have come from the recent pandemic. … Continue reading Chronic Pain Is Coming To The CofE →