Email: Bishop of Stafford
Deadline: 22nd February 2023
Interviews: 9th March 2023
We are seeking a House for Duty Priest to help us share the good news of Christ, not least through our outstanding Church of England schools and a focus on the growth of our churches.
This is an exciting post for someone who has a desire to minister through rural parish teams. There is huge potential for growth across our 3 churches, creating strong and sustainable individual worshipping communities. Outreach is a key priority for us.
We are praying for a Priest who is:
- Community orientated with an active personal faith and the ability to encourage and develop faith in others.
- A collaborative team player who can lead by example, with a rural pastoral heart, able to support and inspire colleagues in the ministry team and especially potential lay leaders
- Keen to help develop our visions for the future and encourage fresh expressions of church across our individual rural parishes.
We can offer:
- a great ministry team with a good mix of gifts and church traditions
- youthful congregation members with energy, ideas and a willingness to look outward
- a 4-bedroom home with office in rural Staffordshire overlooking the Dove valley
- a wide variety of community types, spread across our three rural parishes
All applicants should normally have 3 years’ experience in the Church of England or another Anglican church in the British Isles.
Contacts for an informal conversation:
- Mr John Harrison, Lay Reader to the Benefice, on 07745 219202
harrison_john@lineone.net - Mr Brian Beck, PCC member Newborough, on 01283 575743
sue@beck.me.uk - Mrs Judith Ireland, PCC member Hanbury, on 01283 813932
ireland_family@btopenworld.com - Dr John Fawn, PCC member Rangemore, on 01283 716400
rangemore@btconnect.com - The Venerable Megan Smith, Archdeacon of Stoke on 01782 663066 archdeacon.stoke@lichfield.anglican.org