1. Budget 2018 A Budget for Mission Diocesan Synod 21 October 2017
Bishop Ruth Worsley, Harry Musselwhite, DBF Chair and Revd Charlie Peer, Strategic Programme Manager

2. Themes from Diocesan Synod July 2017
Seizing the moment
The opportune time to invest in the growing momentum of the strategy
Equipping God’s people
Doing the things that help churches to grow and
thrive
Investing for growth
Investing now for future returns

3. Community Conversations – what did we learn?

4. How did you first hear the story of Jesus?
45% Family
Interpretations
Faith story begins pre-adulthood
Power of the Gospel narrative
Weak on evangelism?
Importance of sharing God’s love with children and young people
24%
Sunday
School
11%
School 7%
Unsure
46%
Family 5%
Church 2%
Youth event 1%
Friend 1%
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5. What would you like to ask?
How can we balance mission with admin demands?
How do we get out into the village?
How do we encourage more lay leadership?
Where are examples of success stories?
How can you help us build and enact our mission?
How can we relate to those who never go to church?
How to make a lasting impression on those at ‘occasional’ services?
How to change without alienating the faithful?
How do we grow life of tiny community with static population?
How can I gain confidence to speak to others about my faith?
How do we increase collaboration?
How to pass baton onto next generation?

6. Living and Telling What help do you need to take the vision forward?
Mission and growth
Young people
Rural churches
Living and Telling
Leadership in mission
Buildings
Culture change
Confidence
204 specific queries – all followed up
Admin

7. What one thing from today will you communicate to your local church/community?
Encouragement to keep telling the story
Need to share our faith with others
Can we do this kind of workshop?
God’s love is for the world – not to be kept to ourselves!
Be infectiously joyful and ready to answer “Why?”
Jesus is for all – share the story!
Practice our own faith stories within the church then beyond
Jesus changed lives and calls us to be His agents of change
We have a diocese that wants to help, motivate and equip us to tell His story.
Hope

8. Investing
for
Mission

9. Releasing gifts Discipleship Training Church Growth
Discipleship training: helping churches and Christians to confidently live and tell the story of Jesus.
2018 Toolkits and resources for parishes £10k
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10. Missional Context - Key Areas
Vocations and ministry
Missional Context - Key Areas
Discipleship Training
Helping churches and Christians to live and tell the story
Vocations & Ministry
More clergy and lay ministers in parishes
Pioneering
Reaching new disciples for the church of the future
Local Mission
Fund for Church Growth
More clergy. More lay ministers.
Increase for Ordinands training & family support £18k
Increase in number of curates (stipends) £53k
Cost of borrowing to provide additional housing £47k
New post for lay training development £17k (Part-funded from Smith legacy income)
#diosynod

11. Missional Context - Key Areas
Pioneering
Reaching new disciples for the church of the future.
2018 budget for mission enabling projects , pioneer development and support £15,000
Proposed funding from National SDF fund and DBF reserves MDF £2.5m
Missional Context - Key Areas
Discipleship Training
Helping churches and Christians to live and tell the story
Vocations & Ministry
More clergy and lay ministers in parishes
Pioneering
Reaching new disciples for the church of the future
Local Mission
Fund for Church Growth
#diosynod

12. Youth & Children
Archdeaconry Go Teams to support resource and equip youth and children’s ministry locally £41k
Archdeaconry School Advisers helping schools, working in partnership with churches to help children and young people to confidently live and tell the story of Jesus £33k

13. Local Mission
Fund for Church Growth £200,000 funding from reserves
Mission team – funding for Common Good projects including chaplaincy, toolkits & pioneer for inclusion £34k
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14. Sharing the investment in Mission 2018-2022
National Church : Strategic Development Funding for the Pioneer Ministry project
c £1.25m over 5 years
Parishes: increased parish share
Above inflation increase of 1.5% to Common Fund for 2018
DBF reserves: from historic general reserves
Mission Development Fund £1.2m proposed for new strategic initiatives (primarily the Pioneer Ministry project)

15. Sharing the investment in Mission 2018-2022-annual contributions

16. 2018 Budget increase proposed
4.5% for 2018
limit increase to CPI (as resource plan)

17. Estimated impact on parish share
Average increase per member 6%
4.5% Common Fund
1.4% Membership decrease
0.1% Other adjustments – S category/collars/caps
Average 52p /week /member

18. Estimated impact on parish share
Protecting the most vulnerable (Magnificat ) Parishes Category G member increases 4p/week
A-C category increases will be higher due to the widening of the category boundaries (Year 2)
All increases capped at 15%

19. Parish communications
Proposed increase to Common Fund communicated Sept with invitation to attend
Online resources to enable conversations and support notifications
Worship resources
Living and Telling leaflet
Budget 2018 at-a-glance infographic
To be promoted in October’s Connect and across all appropriate channels
Parish Share Notifications distributed early Nov

20. Discussion From what you have heard today, can you think of:
One thing you are excited about;
One thing you are worried about;
One thing that we can do – in our parishes or communities
Share some of your thoughts with your table

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During discussion – infographic on screen??

22. Synod Motions to approve the 2018 Budget
That this Synod resolves
(1) to approve the Diocesan Board of Finance Budget for Mission, Ministry and Growth for 2018, providing for net expenditure of £12.3 million, which will result in a Common Fund growth of 4.5%.
(2) To transfer £1.2m from general reserves to the designated Mission Development Fund

23. Budget 2018 A Budget for Mission Diocesan Synod 21 October 2017
Harry Musselwhite, DBF Chair