St Paul’s Church, Manton
Lay Minister & Community Development Worker
The Parish of St. Pauls is situated in the North West corner of Nottinghamshire on the borders of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire and on the outskirts of Worksop, close to the Dukeries. The Parish of St. Pauls’ is within the centre of a large housing estate comprising of a mixture of private, council and social housing as well as a care home and warden managed accommodation. Within the area there is also a large Polish economic migrant community, many of whom live within the Manton estate.
This new Lay Minister role is a full time role which is equally divided between Lay Minister at St Paul’s and the Community Development Worker across the South East Ward. The main role, through mission and ministry, would be to seek justice for those in the community who are disadvantaged and deprived and to stabilise, support and grow the congregations by helping them to engage in mission and grow new disciples. The Lay Minister would be based in Manton and live in the current vicarage. It is envisaged that the Lay Minister would use the facilities offered by the Churches
The Lay Minister aspect of the role will work in collaboration with the Priest-in-Charge as Line Manager to:
• Develop and lead worship which is accessible to the local community. (Eucharistic worship will be led by the Priest-in-Charge or his team.)
• Foster the St Paul’s congregation and grow new disciples in the wider community
• Through growth and good stewardship, help St Paul’s to become a viable congregation
• Provide pastoral care and support for the St Paul’s community
• Be involved in ministry in the Priory
The role of the Community Development Worker aspect will be to gain the respect and trust of the local community and engage with and tackle the deprivation in the two parishes. This will be achieved by:
• Assessing the need for community based activities using the “Asset Based Community model”
• Developing a team which can organise and run these activities
• Partnering with local organisations and volunteers, to facilitate and lead a number of project initiatives
designed to provide practical help, support and guidance to tackle social deprivation issues.
• Creating and developing links between other projects, local churches including ecumenical partners.
• Creating links with the new Young Adult Fresh Expressions project within Worksop
Interviews will take place in June 2014 (date to be confirmed)
For an informal discussion, please contact Archdeacon David Picken on 07917 690576
For an application pack please contact Jo Padmore on 01636 817206 or e mail or download from the diocesan website http://southwell.anglican.org/mission-ministry/job-vacancies/general-vacancies/
This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS criminal record check and there is a genuine occupational requirement for the holder of this post to be a Christian.