Exciting New Post! (Re-advertised)
After Stewart’s departure the PCC set up a review group to look at our ministry with 0-18s. The major recommendation from this review is that we should seek to appoint a Children’s and Youth Minister to oversee, develop and grow our lively ministry. We are still hoping to fill this vacancy for a September start but have not as yet set a closing date or interview date due to advertising constraints and summer holidays. If you are interested in the post please could you email as soon as possible asking for an application form and indicating availability for the interview and the role. Applications for a post September start will be considered.
This is an exciting development. Thank you for your prayers throughout this process and do continue to pray for God’s leading as we seek the right person and raise further funding.
A copy of the advertisement can be found here.
Christianity from Scratch
This is an introductory course to Christian faith, which assumes no prior knowledge by those who come along. It aims to give people exposure to the core beliefs, practices and experiences of Christianity.
The next course Starts on the 1st October at St. Matthew’s church.
The course is being run by three local Anglican churches: Cotham Parish Church, St. Matthew’s Church in Kingsdown adn St. Paul’s Church in Clifton. The course will be introduced and facilitated by people who belong to these churches.
Each evening session will being with a meal, then a presentation for about 15–20 minutes, then discussion in groups. From Session Two we hope to end each evening with a short act of worship (which participants may or may not choose to join). These will vary from week to week in order to give a taster of a wide range of ways and styles that Christians and churches use in worship. By the end of the course, we hope that everyone will have a clear idea of the key ideas and implications of the Christian faith message, plus some understanding of Christian religious experience and worship. We also hope that the course will help people to decide for themselves whether the Christian faith is something for them.
If you are interested in the course, or want to know more,
please get in touch with either the Revd. Mat Ineson
(who’s based at St. Matthew’s—0117 942 4186)
or the Revd. Dr. Jennifer Cooper (who’s based at ![[Off Site]](images/world.gif)
Cotham Parish
Church and St.
Paul’s Clifton—0117 904 8561). Their
email addresses are or . You’re also welcome to bring along an
interested friend for company if you wish.
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING—April 21st 2008
At the APCM Tracey Wheeler and Simon Pugh-Jones were elected to be Church Wardens for the coming year. Vanessa Conte & Chris McConnell were elected as Deanery Synod representatives (still one vacancy if anyone is interested). Four PCC members were also elected (new members in bold italics).
2008–2009
Wardens: Tracey Wheeler, Simon Pugh-Jones
Members of the PCC:
- Newly elected: Andrew Wood, Stephen Osborne, Cath Beseke, Ruth Rimmer
- For 2 years: Tim Snowdon, Dominic Hubbuck
- For 1 year: Katheryn Caithness, Julia Dunn, Nick Stroud
- Deanery Synod: Vanessa Conte, Chris McConnell
- Non-elected members: Jackie Burnell (Administrator), Richard Pendlebury (Lay Minister), Vicky Wright (Pioneer Growth Minister)
Highbury Church Mission Partnership News
The Highbury Church partnership is alive, well and growing. The Partnership was formed by St. Matthew’s, Cotham Parish Church and St. Paul’s Clifton to work together in mission in our area.
We are well on the way to amalgamating our Administration with the formation of the Partnership Office run by Jackie and Tara in the St. Matthew’s building.
We have written and delivered the first Christianity from Scratch Course and look forward to our second course beginning in January (see below).
We share leading and preaching across the partnership churches. Mat and Joyce are going to lead St. Paul’s morning service on November 4th and Christopher Richards and Jennifer Cooper will be at St. Matthew’s during morning and evening respectively on that day. We have regular clergy meetings and we are looking to develop further links in other areas in the coming months and years.
Psalm 133 says, “How very good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters live together in unity!”.
Children and Communion
Mat has written a letter to the congregation
(PDF) on this subject.
The PCC policy (PDF) document.
More details can be found at the “In God’s House” resource page.
