• Do you have an enthusiasm for mission-focused rural ministry?
• Do you want to see the church making a real difference in an area of distinct social need?
• Do you have a heart for the nurturing of lay vocations and proven skills in Adult Education?
• Are you a comfortable with both traditional and more informal worship?
• Are you a good at communicating with all ages and backgrounds?
• Are you an encourager?

If so, would you consider becoming the incumbent of two distinct communities that lie on the Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border and combining this with the (one day a week) newly created role of Deanery Lay Training Officer?

This post would suit a priest who wants to embed themselves in a very ‘real’ parish but who, might be looking in the future, to develop a role as a lay training adviser or vocations officer.

For further information or an informal conversation about this post please contact:

The Ven Justine Allain Chapman (Archdeacon of Boston) – archdeacon.boston@lincoln.snglican.org

Tel - 01522 504039

or Rev’d Rosamund Seal (Rural Dean of Elloe East) – rosamund.seal@btinternet.com

Tel – 01406 424989

We invite applications from priests with an enthusiasm for rural ministry, who want to see the church making a real difference in an area of distinct social need, and who have a heart for the nurturing of lay vocations and proven skills in Adult Education.

We are looking for a person of prayer who will:

• Inspire us to be servants of God in our communities
• Communicate well with people of all ages and backgrounds.
• Make themselves known in the community.
• Lead, enable and encourage us to develop a vision for our future.
• Encourage people to be actively involved in church life.
• Discern and develop the gifts of our lay people for active roles in the life of our churches.
• Value the diversity in our congregations .
• Respond to the particular needs of our communities and understand the different needs of the two parishes.
• Enjoy working with disadvantaged communities.
• Enjoy a variety of worship - traditional, modern and informal.
• Have good organisational and IT skills

And, who, as our Deanery Lay Training Officer has:

• An enthusiasm for identifying, supporting and encouraging lay people in their ministry.

For more information about this application process, please use this link

What we can offer

• A warm and friendly welcome.
• A willing bunch of lay people who enthusiastically organise regular activities and events.
• Congregations who value tradition and a regular Eucharist but are open to new initiatives.
• Many gifts which need to be encouraged and developed.
• Church buildings which are open every day.
• Healthy church finances and a willingness to pay our parish share in full.
• A willingness to ‘soldier on’.
• An understanding of the need to consider new initiatives.
• Full administrative support at a deanery level.

Please follow the links below to find out more about us

The Lincoln Diocese

Closing Date: 17th May 2019

Parish Visit: Monday 17th June 2019

Interview: Edward King House, Lincoln, Tuesday 18th June 2019