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Lent Reflections
A weekly reflection published on our website and social media platforms. Please share these in your parish communications. Week 1 is by Annie Sneller - A Licensed Reader in Tillington.
This year we are encouraging parishes to use any of the previous Diocesan Lent courses from 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. You can find the resources here.
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Messy Lives – Healthy Church
The Chichester Evangelical Fellowship Spring Conference this year is looking at how we can support one another through mental health challenges. Join us on Saturday 14 March at St Wilfrid's, Willingdon, BN20 9RA. £5 (free for DEF Members). kkjkjjnjjnjjnjjnjnnjjnnjj
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Calling Budding Choristers!
Open Day at Chichester Cathedral | 7th March
Chichester Cathedral will be holding its annual Chorister Open Day, an opportunity for children and parents to find out more about becoming a chorister in this historic 900-year-old place of worship.
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For more events across the Diocese of Chichester, please visit
our events page on the Diocesan website
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Revd Peter Deaves, left the diocese on the 26th February, to become the Rector of Sissinghurst with Frittenden in the Diocese of Canterbury
Revd Joy Collins, currently Associate Vicar (NSM) Westfield and Guesting, will be licensed as Priest-in-Charge on 10th March.
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Revd Martin Patrick Jones, currently Priest in Charge, The Ascension, Haywards Heath, will be licensed as Vicar on 17th March.
Revd Jill Simpson currently Assistant Curate, Ferring, will be licensed as Assistant Curate, St Mary Sullington, on 17th March.
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For more vacancies across the Diocese of Chichester, please visit our vacancies page on the website
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All clergy have been sent an invitation to respond to a survey about the next phase of the Diocesan Strategy. We aim to capture where we are as a diocese on the more measurable targets, with a view to repeating it part way through the five year period, to see where things are going well, and where more resourcing and encouragement is needed, and then repeating it again at the end.
Please complete one for each of your churches if you have more than one. There are six sections, and we estimate that it should take between 15 and 20 minutes to complete. Only one survey should be completed per church, but in a multi-parish benefice, one survey should be completed for each church.
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The survey can be found here . A paper version of the questions can be downloaded here. We hope the sharing of the overall results will be an encouragement as each parish seeks to own and flesh out the vision and its targets.
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Reader Selection Conference
The annual Reader selection conference will take place this year on 13th June 2020 at Church House Hove.
Any candidates for Reader selection will need to be in the discernment process by 10th April 2020 and must have completed their application by 4th May, so please be in touch with Jayne Prestwood as soon as possible if you wish to put forward a candidate for Reader ministry in 2020.
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Clergy well-being sessions
In response to the General Synod’s vote in Feb 2020 to approve the care and well-being of clergy the diocese is hosting another group of sessions:
Brighton starting: Wednesday 11th March 2:15 – 4:15pm.
Eastbourne starting: Tuesday 24th March at 2-4pm.
Pulborough starting: Wednesday 4th March at 10am- 12pm
Please contact Nicola Canham for booking.
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