THE BENEFICE
How the Benefice is currently organised.
THE PASTORAL TEAM comprises of the Rector, OLM Priests, Retired Priests, Readers, Lay Assistants and the Prayer Ministry Team. This group meets regularly.
THE BENEFICE ADMINISTRATOR. This is a paid appointment supported by the six PCCs. She acts as the Rector’s personal assistant, taking all the administrative work of the benefice as directed by the Rector.
THE CHURCHWARDENS’ MEETING is the business and administrative heart of the benefice and meets under the chairmanship of the Rector. The meeting acts as a very effective form of communication to the PCCs and all important initiatives come through these meetings.
THE PASTORAL TEAM acts as the spiritual hub of the benefice.
It endeavours :-
- To provide trained Preachers and Leaders, and give prayer support for our services of worship.
- To provide laying-on of hands for healing during our services and prayer ministry afterwards.
- To feed relevant pastoral information via the Office or Co-ordinator and receive such information, in order to respond to a pastoral need.
- To visit people in their homes and offer prayer or prayer ministry at appropriate level.
- To meet in village cluster (point of reference) groups to pray and plan mission initiatives by responding to pastoral needs.
- To be a prayer support network for the Rector, all Ministers and Churchwardens.
- Together, to prayerfully consider ways forward for all areas of ministry at benefice level.
YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S WORK – Youth Group, School Assemblies and annual Holiday Club under the direction and authority of the Rector.
SCHOOL LINKS – There are three church school – Ditchingham VC Primary School, Earsham VA First School and Alburgh with Denton VC Primary School. The Rector is a governor at Ditchingham and at present has delegated her governor’s duties at the other schools to two OLM’s.
THE PATTERN OF SERVICES – We endeavour to ensure continuity of worship in each parish every Sunday, mostly at a regular time for each parish. Our services range from informal to traditional. We are first and foremost, however, village churches with ‘fuzzy edges’ seeking to be welcoming to all and our pattern of worship reflects this.
PRAYER AND HEALING – Prayer ministry forms an integral part of the work here. There is a healing group, set up by the Ministry Team and developing healing services and prayer ministry. We have regular Morning Prayer in each of our churches on one day of each week. There are prayer triplets operating, a monthly prayer diary bringing the benefice together in prayer, a prayer chain and occasional half days/half nights of prayer.
PASTORAL CARE – Monthly services are held in the three residential homes. Bungay House in Broome, Scudamore Place in Ditchingham and The Moorings in Earsham.
HOME GROUPS – We have five, independently run groups at present, each with their own distinctive character and are all looking to expand.
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