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 10 th 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 JANUARY 2016

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