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Issued Thursday 15th April 2021

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Royal Funeral on Saturday

Details of the Royal Funeral on Saturday continue to emerge.

Please continue to remember Her Majesty the Queen and all members of the Royal Family in your prayers.

Here is a link to the latest information from the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56694327

Chichester Cathedral - Choral Evensong

You are invited to a live streamed Choral Evensong with Prayers for His Late Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The service will be taking place on Friday 16th April, 5.30pm. A recording will be made available shortly after the live event. Here

Ordinations 2021

The Bishop of Chichester will ordain as Deacons the following candidates in the Cathedral on Saturday 26 June 2021 at 3.00pm:

Anna Bouch (Woodingdean)
Jan Butter (West Blatchington)
Laura Darrall (Rustington)
Patrick Donovan (Chanctonbury)
Simon Earnshaw (Clayton with Keymer)
Toby Lancaster (Holy Trinity Hastings)
Joe Padfield (East Blatchington)
Kizzy Penfold (St Helen’s Ore)

Please pray for the candidates and the parishes they will serve.

Dates for the ordination of priests will now take place between 27 June and 12 July - the candidates, times and venues can be found here

Archdeaconry Confirmations in July 2021

The archdeaconry confirmations will be open to any parish in the archdeaconry that have candidates who have been duly instructed and prepared for baptism and confirmation.

Further information and the dates for all the archdeaconry confirmations can be found here

Chichester Diocesan Pilgrimage 2021 - Holy Land with Bishop Martin

A Pilgrimage in the Footsteps of Jesus with an optional visit to The Rose-Red City of Petra under the leadership of The Bishop of Chichester. 29 November - 6 December 2021.
Further information here

Webinars and Training

Diocesan Safeguarding Training & News
Simple Quality Protects – remember to verify your parish safeguarding standards using the SQP tool and resources. This platform, is designed to make achieving high standards of safeguarding as straightforward as possible. Every parish is registered and the tool can be accessed any time by entering your username and password. Please visit the training pages of the Safeguarding website to see updated news and information.

DEF Spring Conference
Bishop Ruth will be speaking on the theme ‘Called to re-build' at the DEF Spring Conference which takes place on Saturday 24 April, 10am-11.30am on Zoom.

Bishop Ruth will help delegates think about what God has to say to us and the lessons we can learn as we re-gather as Church communities following the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Conference is on Zoom and free. You can book a place using eventbrite: http://bit.ly/38P7DUe

Learn how to improve giving and generosity in your church

Upcoming webinars on: Online Giving, Contactless Giving, Legacy Giving and more. To join a free webinar click here

Carbon Zero Webinars

A programme of webinars has been put together by the National Church as a resource for local churches who want to know how they can address and reduce their carbon footprint. Some of the webinars are being held in the next few weeks. Those that were held last year can be seen on YouTube here Hear more from Archdeacon Martin and Debbie Beer here

CPAS Training opportunities
Leadership in lockdown and other online training is available to book now here

Wells in the Wilderness
BRF’s Virtual Women’s Day 23 April 2021 - This event will take place on Zoom on 23 April 2021 from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm and booking is open now. Tickets are £15 and include a £7.50 voucher to spend on brfonline.org.uk (T&Cs apply). For more information on all the talks, full author bios and to book, click here. Or call 01865 319700 or email enquiries@brf.org.uk

Further Resources

Sabbath

‘What is the point of taking time off work when I can’t go away?’ See the CPAS ideas on How to Holiday at Home for your particular context - here

Take it: From a wellbeing perspective it is very important to take some time away from work especially given we don’t know how long this pandemic is going to go on for. However, we might need to be more creative and intentional than usual.

Protect it: Communicate to your colleagues and parishioners that although you will be at home, you are not available for the duration of your time away from work and stick to this boundary by turning off and putting your work technology somewhere where you can’t be tempted to check it.

Plan it : Before your time off plan 1-2 things you would like to enjoy, 1-2 people who you would like to connect with whilst you are off and 1-2 things that you would feel great if you had achieved whilst away from work. See - https://johnmarkcomer.com/blog/unhurry

Spend on it: How much do you usually spend on a holiday? Decide a similar budget eg. Like wine and/ or eating? Using a map, plan a tour of a region in France, Spain, South Africa etc and buy wines/ cook meals from this region and share with a friend – either online or in the garden.

Vocation stories to share

Every step of the way - the diocese has supported us.
Ahead of Vocation Sunday (25 April), we hear from 12 people across the diocese describing how the Diocese has encouraged, equipped & supported them in their vocation.

Please share these stories to encourage more people to explore their vocation and encourage greater diversity in the Diocese and to promote lay and ordained ministry amongst people who may be under-represented in the Diocese. Read them here

We are looking for stories to share. If you have a story or experience about coping through the pandemic, we would like to hear from you. Contact Lisa Williamson for more details.

Vacancies

See more vacancies here

YMCA Volunteer Chaplains needed