Our communities are ever changing around us. The Deanery and Parish Support Team are here to offer accompaniment, time, and resources to help you reflect on how you can adapt and love and serve your church and community well.
To help churches grow, develop and move through change, we can offer skilled accompaniment that helps churches look at the different pieces of the jigsaw and discern collectively what the next steps might be.
We will come and meet with you and work with you to see what would be most effective in your context. We offer resources, links and facilitation.
Growing Church and Transforming Community
These two aspirations are part of the vision of the diocese as we seek to live and tell the story, and how can we do this?
Being intentional
Taking time out to reflect together on where God is now calling you.
Finding your missional focus
Working with your church and community to discern where God is calling you.
Valuing and cherishing what we have
Noticing what God has already put in our hands: the people, the communities, the gifts and skills.
Caring for one another and the environment around us.
Developing new Christian worshipping communities
- Thinking about the partners that we already have and those we could have together.
- Connecting with the support available for new ministries
Pioneering and new Christian Communities
Schools and parishes in partnership
Deepening and growing faith
- Sharing resources that can help your spiritual community grow.
Seeking Gods Way Together
Dwelling in the Word
- Connecting with support and resources for Growing Faith for all ages
Spiritual direction
Prayer resources
Sharing in ministry and leadership
- Thinking about the gifts that you have and the needs and opportunities they offer
- Connecting with support and resources for Enabling ministries and lay training.
Who to contact
Claire Horton, Bath Archdeaconry Deanery and Parish Development Adviser
Rob Walrond, Taunton Archdeaconry Deanery and Parish Development Adviser
Caroline Bruce, Wells Archdeaconry Deanery and Parish Development Adviser