the heart of essex: from white notley to the north blackwater transforming presence: a theology...

The Heart of Essex: From White Notley to the North Blackwater

Transforming

Presence:

A Theology

Transforming Presence:

A Theology



A Theology

4 Windows:* Inhabiting the world distinctively* Evangelising effectively* Serving with accountability, and* Re-imagining Ministry.



A Theology

1. Purpose, Values and Principles2. Structures for Ministerial Deployment3. Availability of Stipendiary Clergy4. Planning and future work

Headings:


“It is not the Church of God that has a mission in the world, but the God of mission who has a Church in the world.”

Tom Dearborn

Associate director for faith and development at World Vision International.

2 Thoughts


“I want to present a case for the view that the essence of the Church lies in its derived nature and, more particularly, its identity as the chosen partner of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in God’s mission”

Martyn Atkins


Father

Son

Holy SpiritGod’s Mission

The churchOur theology develops ecclesiology:

Our understanding of God shapes our Church ‘As we better understand what God is about we better

understand what his Church should be about’

Collaborative, integrated, co-dependent, shaped by God


Professor John M Hull:Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham, England;

“The difference between a Church-shaped mission and a mission-shaped Church is crucial… “

‘In this sequence, only the kingdom of God, which is the object of the mission of God, is self-authenticating; both Christian faith and church are instrumental to kingdom.’


Father

Son

Holy SpiritGod’s Mission

The church


‘The Church of England’s vocation is to provide a worshipping and serving Christian presence in every community in the country.’

12th January 2011


Values1. Trinitarian

– shaped after the nature of God; foundationally united and relational

2. Incarnation – shaped by and responsive to the local 3. Missional

– focussed on the Kingdom; doing God’s will in God’s world

4. Transformational – seeking the health and wholeness of individuals, families and communities

5. Spirit-empowered – working in God’s strength with his gifts 6. Disciple-making and growing

– strengthening the church numerically and spiritually in order that the other values can be realised

7. Servant-hearted – willing to die to self for the benefit of others


Our ministry is:

Collaborative - we work and learn together by nurturing partnerships locally, regionally, nationally and internationally

Creative -we are open to change and imaginative new ways of working

Contextual - we are committed to the transformation and well-being of each locality and ministry context

Contemplative -prayer and theological reflection are the foundation for our action

Accountable – to God and to each other. We do not go it alone.


2.3. Principles for Action

1. We affirm that the church is called to serve God’s mission. This includes spiritual and pastoral care for church members and the wider community together with the development of worshipping, witnessing and serving congregations which are turned outwards towards others.



2. We recognise, celebrate and make full use of the diversity of ordained and lay ministry that God has provided for the building up of every church community (of various traditions, full-time, part-time; stipendiary, self-supporting; locally or nationally deployed; strategic leader, associate minister, pioneer, or active retired; Church Army Officer, Licensed Lay Minister, Reader, Pastoral Assistant, Evangelism Enabler, Local Preacher etc.)



3. We are committed to support new developments in ministry and mission (such as Fresh Expressions of Church) in response to local missional opportunities alongside those existing forms of church ministry and outreach that continue to be relevant.



4. We are committed to enabling a praying, worshipping and witnessing Christian presence in every human community and network in Essex and East London. Each will have a recognised “focal minister” who is locally rooted and connected with the wider church and may be ordained or lay.



5. We are committed to sustaining healthy and growing communities, congregations and ministers with appropriate support, partnership and leadership. Stewardship of our resources, practicing Christian giving, growing disciples and vocational discernment with our members is a clear priority. We are committed to build on strength and improve quality; our resources are allocated where there is the greatest need and the greatest opportunity.



6. We affirm the plural nature of Christian leadership, mission and ministry and celebrate our inter-dependence as individuals and congregations within the local and world-wide Body of Christ.


Structures for Ministerial Deployment


1. Each unit will be expected to thrive in terms of ministry, mission and vocations.2. Most stipendiary clergy and some SSMs will exercise a more ‘episcopal’ style of ministry thathas a greater emphasis on the capacity for oversight.3. The key difference between our existing pattern and the new units, is that we will have noisolated ministers or congregations.

Structures for Ministerial Deployment


4. Units will generally include congregations and clergy of differing traditions.

5. Units will generally be discerned within existing deaneries but…..


In order to visualise what the ministry team for a unit might look like, here is one possible example, which is not a blueprint to follow but a starting point to be explored:

•Three or more stipendiary clergy•Several parish-focused self-supporting, House for Duty or active retired clergy•Several licensed lay ministers/Readers•One stipendiary and 1 or 2 SSM curates•A pioneer minister•Several Pastoral Assistants and Evangelism Enablers•A full-time administrator with an appropriate office base


•A business/development manager to support income generation/grant opportunities (eg hall lettings, grants applications, joint project management etc)

•Coordinators for each of the following (some may be paid, some may be carried by licensed or locally commissioned ministers):

o Youth and Childrens Ministryo Schools worko Education for Discipleshipo Training for lay ministryo Vocational discernmento Local Ecumenical relationshipso Anglican Communion/world mission/development

•Plus authorised local preachers and other active lay ministries including a variety in training.

•Further paid and volunteer posts determined locally.


How might that work out for us?

33 Parishes

3 Teams

3 Stipendiary clergy in each (Total 9)

33 Parishes

4 Teams

2 Stipendiary clergy in each + one spare (Total 9)

OR


If this is our vocation what do we view as being the key tasks for the coming years?


Values 1.Trinitarian – shaped after the nature of God; foundationally united and relational.

John 17- Jesus prayers for himself, His disciples and all believers

John 20.21f- 21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said,“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are

forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

2 Cor 1.20-22,

20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit ,

guaranteeing what is to come.



Gal 3.28f, 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2 The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.3 So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces[a] of the world. 4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.[b] 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Soninto our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba,[c] Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.



Eph 1.3-14, 2.17-22, Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfilment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.



11 In him we were also chosen,[e] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.



Hebrews 9.11-14 The Blood of Christ11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,[a] he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,[c] so that we may serve the living God!

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Values 2. Incarnation – shaped by and responsive to the local.

Acts 10, 17.22ff and, of course, the whole birth, life and death of Jesus22 The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.” 23 Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.Peter at Cornelius’s HouseThe next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believersfrom Joppa went along. 24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea.Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”………………..


Values 3. Missional – focussed on the Kingdom; doing God’s will in God’s world

Mark 1.15Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”

John 5.19ff, 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,23 that all may honour the Son just as they honour the Father. Whoever does not honour the Son does not honour the Father, who sent him. ……….



Acts 1.8, 13.1-3

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

13 1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers:Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on themand sent them off.



1 Peter 2.9f9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.END


Values 4. Transformational – seeking the health and wholeness of individuals, families and communities

Acts 10Cornelius Calls for Peter10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked.The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. 6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. 8 He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.


Values 4. Transformational – seeking the health and wholeness of individuals, families and communities

John 4 Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her,“Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])

and the miracles of Jesus END


Values 5. Spirit-empowered – working in God’s strength with his gifts

Romans 12A Living Sacrifice12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will…………………

1 Cor 12Concerning Spiritual Gifts12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work…..



Eph 3.14- 4.16 A Prayer for the Ephesians14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your heartsthrough faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.



Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one bodyand one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all,who is over all and through all and in all.7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.8 This is why it[a] says:“When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.”[b]



9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

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Values 6. Disciple-making and growing – strengthening the church numerically and spiritually in order that the other values can be realisedMatthew 5-7 (Sermon on the Mount)

Matthew 28.18-29

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”


Values 6. Disciple-making and growing – strengthening the church numerically and spiritually in order that the other values can be realisedJohn 15.1-11

The Vine and the Branches 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.


Values 6. Disciple-making and growing – strengthening the church numerically and spiritually in order that the other values can be realised1 Cor 15.3ff

3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,5 and that he appeared to Cephas,[b] and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.


Values 6. Disciple-making and growing – strengthening the church numerically and spiritually in order that the other values can be realisedRev 7.9

The Great Multitude in White Robes9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.

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Values 7.Servant-hearted – willing to die to self for the benefit of others

Matthew 20.25-28

25 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”



John 12.23ff23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.28 Father, glorify your name!”



Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[g] from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

Acts 2.43ff

1 Cor 10.23f & 31

Eph 3.7-12

Phil 2.1-15



Acts 2.43ff

43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.



1 Cor 10.23-31The Believer’s Freedom23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[f]27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— 33 even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.



Eph 3.7-12

Paul writes

7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. 8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, 9 and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. 10 His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,11 according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.



Phil 2.1-15 Imitating Christ’s Humility2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness.



8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Do Everything Without Grumbling12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[c] Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky


How might that work out for us?

33 Parishes

3 Teams

3 Stipendiary clergy in each (Total 9)

33 Parishes

4 Teams

2 Stipendiary clergy in each + one spare (Total 9)

OR


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