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1 Organising Ourselves for Mission Saturday February 28 2015

2 Why Does Your Church Exist?

3 How does your parish administration stack up against the requirements of the parish statute?

4 Then and Now 19752015 Communions153,09281,103 Marriages24885 Baptisms48178 Sunday School Pupils1825269 Youth47384 Churches10168 Fully Stipended Clergy3912 Part or Non Stipended Clergy?58 Licensed Lay Ministers74157

5 Engineering Library, University of Canterbury, 1967 ▪ First (and only) photocopier in Christchurch ▪ IBM 1620 Computer (20 microsecond core, 60,000 decimal digit memory)

6 Moveable Type 15 th Century Changes: ▪ Technological ▪ Intellectual ▪ Cultural ▪ Social ▪ Economic ▪ Political ▪ Spiritual ▪ Religious

7 Changes in the last 40 years ▪ Technological ▪ Intellectual ▪ Social ▪ Economic ▪ Political ▪ Spiritual ▪ Religious

8 What significant changes over the past 40 years have had an effect on your church?

9 A Parish ▪ Enough funds to pay all costs ▪ 2 Wardens ▪ Vestry ▪ 3-10 members ▪ Treasurer ▪ secretary ▪ 2 lay Synods representatives

10 A Struggle to keep up with change ▪ Mutual Shared Ministry ▪ Growth in non stipendiary ministry ▪ Lay liturgical leadership

11 Our Current Parish Statute ▪ Parish ▪ Local church : ”every local church shall be constituted within a parish of associated local churches” ▪ Parish with sub-districts (or an association of local churches)

12 How should we organise ourselves for mission?

13 A Proposed New Structure ▪ Parishes ▪ Regional Deaneries ▪ Local Churches

14 A Parish ▪ Financially self sufficient ▪ 2 Wardens ▪ Vestry ▪ 3-10 members ▪ Treasurer ▪ secretary ▪ 2 lay Synods representatives

15 Regional Deaneries ▪ Financially self sufficient ▪ A group of churches, usually in geographical proximity ▪ A team of lay and ordained ministers ▪ Led by a Regional Dean who is part of the ministry team; a resource person, leader, enabler. ▪ One central governing vestry. Regional committees if wanted. ▪ One set of finances ▪ Synod representation similar to a parish. ▪ A transition period for establishment.

16 Local Churches ▪ Financially self sufficient but new missional initiatives may be supported by the rest of the diocese. ▪ One warden ▪ A church committee comprising no more than half the congregation. ▪ Directly responsible to the bishop ▪ Finances overseen by the diocesan office. ▪ Formed ▪ when a new group wishes to be affiliated with the diocese ▪ When an existing parish can no longer function as a parish and does not wish to join a regional deanery ▪ An annual conference of Local Churches elects synod representation

17 Mission Fund ▪ Resources used to promote mission on a diocesan basis ▪ Administered by the Mission management group ▪ New missional initiatives must be self funding and self sustaining. The mission fund helps with establishment, resources, research, training.

18 A Proposed New Structure ▪ Parishes ▪ Regional Deaneries ▪ Local Churches


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