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Arc hdeacon’s View By Ven ANNETTE COOPER, Archdeacon of Colchester AS I was walking to a cathedral service in a strange city recently, accompanied by a newly-appointed trustee from a charity I work closely with, I was surprised when he asked me a question. "What made you enter the church, was it a Damascus road experience?" I never think of my ordination as "entering the church" that for me began at my baptism, but I knew what he meant. So with a smile I began to recount a little of my journey of faith and how I discovered my vocation to be a priest. A call I believe that started gently from before my teens, was largely ignored in my early married life and seemed impossible when I became a mother! But God has a habit of working these things out and throughout all those years of wondering I was encouraged and challenged by other people that He sent my way. In just a few moments as we strolled along the street I was able to share my story of faith in Christ and gave an account of the hope I have within. Sharing both quiet musings and amazing moments of inspiration, moments of crisis and of joy CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Getting to know you, sharing your story of faith FROM FRONT PAGE of clarity and doubt. Since that short walk I have been thinking a great deal about how we share our faith stories. In confirmation services we often hear candidates speak of the transformation that has happened in their lives and the joy they have known since they began to follow Jesus. I remember one older lady I prepared for confirmation who was so excited once she began to read the Bible. I had invited the group to read a portion of the gospel in preparation for our session the following week. Joan just could not stop reading, so she read through all four gospels completely! When the group next gathered together over coffee she kept telling us of her amazing discoveries. Speaking of Jesus in an
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excited voice she kept saying: "Have you read what He did, have you seen it?" And she pointed excitedly to the pages of her newly-purchased Bible. Joy overflowed and contagious faith was shared. John whom I met in a hospice shared his story and smiled as he said: "God has never let me down before, he won't let me down now." Our stories of faith are important to us personally but it is also important that we share them with others. Like any family stories when we share these and our experiences of God we can help others to come to deeper understanding and often find we encourage people, especially in the tough times. As a little girl my mother would tell me of the times she
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used to read her bible in bed by candle light. This thrilled me and filled me with wonder. I had to find out what amazing stories the bible held that they were as important as this! She undoubtedly sowed the seeds of faith in my heart. Over the years I have discovered many stories of faith that are truly inspirational. Some are the stories of the saints such as Hilda of Whitby, Julian of Norwich, Helena of Colchester and recently Evelyn Underhill who loved Pleshey, our diocesan retreat house. Others are the stories of those who are unlikely to be remembered on special saints days but nonetheless are saints today, living and loving and seeking to be more like Jesus. I am thrilled that these people have crossed my path; they have shared their life stories and have encouraged and inspired me. So, this August, as life takes a bit of a different pace and we enjoy a break at home or away, why not reflect upon your own faith story and prayerfully think how you can share it with other people? You never know, you might just offer the encouragement they need at this time. Oh and please don't forget to wonder what ministry God is calling you to fulfil in His church and go and explore that possibility with others too, whether it has come to you over time or as a Damascus road experience. Enjoy your holiday! Archdeacon Annette
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By CHRIS VAN HOLBY ST PETER’S Harold Wood's 2016 Car Show was the best yet with more cars on show, more clubs, more visitors and a useful £6,000 cheque for London Air Ambulance. The bi-annual show built on the experience gained by church members in reaching out to a wider community and celebrated closer links with London Air Ambulance. A young member of the church congregation recently won the honour of naming the new second helicopter. More than 2,000 visitors enjoyed a display of around 300 vintage, classic, sports, custom, kit and American cars with an even wider range of car clubs taking part, including Essex Classics, Havering Classic Cars, Jaguar Enthusiasts, Stag Owners, Triumph Friends, TR Register, Triumph Sports Six Club and TVR. Cars ranged from family cars of the past through to exotic specialist cars including a Singer LT16, Dodge Viper ACR, Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, Jaguar XK8 and a GBS Zero. This year the Best in Show Trophy was won by Mark Clarke from Romford with his bright orange 1967 VW split-screen Micro Bus (above). The show featured an exciting line-up from the Motion Picture Motors Group who won the award for the Best Car Club, their centre piece display featured the famous Bullitt Cars, Mr Bean’s Mini (with settee on top) and Del Boy’s Reliant. The crowds also enjoyed displays by paramedic students from London Ambulance, the fire brigade and Traffic Police. But the St Peter’s Car
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Show was not just for petrol heads;: family fun attractions included the Romford Lions Club's ride-on train, a 60ft inflatable obstacle course, model car stall, face painting and new St Peter’s Car Show memorabilia. Commenting on the show, Revd Rob Hudson, Associate Minister of St Peter's said: "What a great day - more cars, more visitors and more to do than ever before. It was
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Stephen: We have missed many harvests STEPHEN Cottrell, the Bishop of Chelmsford reported to the July 2016 General Synod in York (right) on the meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) which he attended in Lusaka in April. He described the ACC as standing on an astonishingly deep foundation of unity. In a debate on a vision for Renewal and Reform in the C of E, Bishop Stephen said: “We have missed successiveharvests… Renewal and Reform challenges us to find a field and plant it.” A body of work which seeks to provide a narrative of hope to the Church of England in the 21st century Renewal and Reform is rooted in an understanding of Luke 10:2: “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of
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At the end of the conversations the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby said: "Together we seek to serve the God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead and in whom there is never despair, there is never defeat; there is always hope, there is always overcoming; there is always eventual triumph, holiness, goodness and grace.”
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£490 dam refreshes community
By JOEY KNOCK, Christian Aid
IN the UK, we praise God for providing all we need to eat. Can your church join Christian Aid and others across Essex this harvest to help our global neighbours too, by holding a collection or organise an event to Speak Up for climate justice? As we celebrate God’s bountiful creation this harvest time, we stand with farmer Rodah and her community in Kenya, supporting their struggle for a plentiful harvest. For the people of Rodah’s rural village, the arid conditions mean that crops cannot thrive. Every day, Rodah walked up to ten kilometres to get crucial water for her crops.
Her two jerry cans weighed the same as two car tyres. Despite this, Rodah’s harvest was never enough, and she could never afford to send her children to school. But since Christian Aid and its Kenyan partner ADSE, a branch of the Anglican Church in Kenya, started supporting poor families in her village, everything has changed. ADSE built a sand dam, which keeps precious water from the river close to the community, so they are able to nurture their crops and earn an income. She is now able to send her children to school. For just £490, the sand dam has
transformed the entire community, who have also been introduced to drought-resistant seeds that will grow even if the rains don’t come. With your support, through giving, acting and praying this harvest time, you could change the lives of thousands of people like Rodah. Please hold a collection this Harvest, or join our Week of Climate Action (October 8-16) to Speak Up for the people and places around our Diocese and the world that need protecting from climate change. l For more information and to donate, visit www.christianaid.org.uk/harvest or email Joey Knock, Regional Co-ordinator for Essex on JKnock@christian-aid.org.
A sand dam in Kenya. Photo: Christian Aid: Ian West
'Pray-as-you-go resource for busy people' NICHOLAS HENSHALL, Dean of Chelmsford (left), highlights a fantastic web-based resource that that already helps millions of Christians use the Bible in their daily prayers, and is a brilliant resource for individuals and communities of all cultures and traditions. FOR the last 28 years as a priest, through preaching and teaching, I have tried to help people engage in depth with the Bible in the conviction that, alongside the liturgy, the Bible is the well-spring of a life-transforming and world changing encounter with God in Christ.
In my view, the best resource in recent years has been pray-as-yougo (www.pray-as-you-go.org). Pray-as-you-go offers a ten-minute guided meditation through a short piece of Scripture, which you can listen to on your computer, tablet or mobile phone. You can use it wherever you are – working at your desk, sitting on a train, out jogging. Each meditation begins with a short introduction accompanied by music. A Bible passage is then read, taken from the daily pattern used across the denominations. After the reading, there is a guided meditation inviting you to engage
with the passage and what it is saying to you today. The music returns and the Scripture passage is read again. After a brief closing thought, the whole meditation ends with voices praying together “Glory be to the Father…” In my last post, we worked gently to commend pray-as-you-go as a way of prayer for all Christians. It’s great for individuals, fantastic as a resource for home groups, and could even help a congregation without a preacher engage powerfully with the Sunday readings. At the Cathedral, we always print
the Bible references on the weekly sheet with the link to the pray-asyou-go website. It is a major resource for very busy people. Pray-as-you-go is a wonderfully 21st century take on the ancient Christian tradition of meditation. Meditation on Scripture draws us more deeply into a loving relationship with the God whom we meet there, and a clearer knowledge of his purposes for us. It is the source of our growing friendship with God in Christ. We meditate not to know more, but to love more. This is Scripture as a deep sea in which we learn to swim.
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STEPHEN Cottrell, the Bishop of Chelmsford, has called for the value of seeking the common good, loving and valuing our neighbour as ourselves, to shape our national institutions. “Rebuilding trust and changing perception is a spiritual and moral issue, and it begins in the heart,” he said. “Until we have decided to be one person rather than several, there will be no change at all.” Speaking in the House of Lords, initially about SATs tests in schools, Bishop Stephen related a “parable for our time” about “the values of an overly competitive adult world, where you learn to be an individual but rarely a community” superseding the value of helping our neighbour. “We stop seeing ourselves as a community and learn to see ourselves as individuals set against each other in a dog-eat-dog world. "This also affects so much of our public discourse. Our ways of interacting with one another are often combative and adversarial." The Bishop saw the influence of consumerism as having created “a nation of junkies, lusting for the wealth to deliver the goods that they think will buy them happiness and then realising that it does not really work.”
'The values we espouse at home are not always the values we espouse at work'
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The increasing professionalisation of political life has added to “an inevitable disconnect between different groups of people in our country, and we are part of that. “This breeds cynicism and we should not therefore be surprised when the evidence shows us that the perception of the public, albeit an unfair one, is that we cannot be trusted.” A further “disconnect between the public and the private” has grown up “where we have allowed a separation of who we are in one place from who we are in another, and where the values we espouse at home are not always the values we espouse at work. "The transparency of life" is “the elusive ethos that parents and politicians crave, but it is often
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PARLIAMENTARY VOICE: Bishop Stephen spoke to peers during the House of Lords debate on June 30.
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Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Psalm 1 (ESV) Photo: www.sxc.hu
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LYDIA was born in Chelmsford and raised in the village of Bicknacre with "my crazy but beautiful family". Lydia says: "My school life was not much to report about, as I had a passion for Gymnastics, so my days and evenings were filled with training and dreaming of becoming the next Nadia Comaneci. Whilst 'living the dream' as a gymnast, I gained three national titles at club level and will often still break open a cartwheel with my daughters. "I did not grow up as a Christian, but after some twists and turns in life, I found myself on an Alpha Course wondering what on earth all this life and God malarkey was about. It was on the Alpha Holy Spirit day that I offered up my little life to Jesus, and in his faithfulness I was filled with his Holy Spirit, never to be the same again." Whilst attending Meadgate Church in Great Baddow, Lydia met and married Mark. And was whilst he was at residential training for ordination in Bristol, she too began the exploration of ordained ministry. "During this time we had our two amazing daughters join us, Caitlin and Mya," adds Lydia. "We later moved to Langdon Hills for Mark's curacy whilst I trained part-time with St Mellitus. "As a family we now see ourselves moving to Loughton for my curacy. "We feel privileged and expectant to join in with God's mission, in seeing His Kingdom resting in the churches, streets and homes of Loughton."
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ANDREW Merchant is a familiar voice on BBC Essex. Andrew says: “I have always believed in God although like a lot of young teenagers I had lots of questions. Fortunately I had sympathetic parents and a very good youth leader in the church; they would encourage me to express my views as I was clearly going to sort out the world’s problems! “I decided to become a teacher of R.E. and saw the work as a vocation rather than a job, I taught the subject for 37 years and I believe it’s one of the best
subjects to teach as it provides a place for young people to express their thoughts in the context of different world views. “I also found myself responding to a sense of calling and became a Reader which has been a tremendous honour to walk alongside people, take services and serve in different churches in different contexts. “Three years ago I felt it was time to retire and in so doing found myself unable to put off a further sense of calling. I needed to test that, so off I went to a series of meetings and eventually to
Deacons PROFILES
THE MONTH meets the new Deacons who were ordained by Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral on June 25, in the third of a three-part series. Canon Philip Need, Director of Ordinands (DDO) for the Diocese of Chelmsford, said: “It is wonderful that 30 people have been ordained in Chelmsford Cathedral in June. "My work as DDO sees people constantly making connections between their faith and wanting to offer themselves to God. There are so many ways now in which we can serve him as faithful members of the church and we are trying to make it possible for people to answer their sense of calling in new and exciting ways. "If you have even a slight flicker of the idea that God might be calling YOU to ordination, speak to your local clergy. Who knows? You might be on this ordination list in the coming years.” l Read more and listen to our new curates online at www.chelmsford.anglican.org/faith/ exploring-vocations
Revd Emma Wylie Langdon Hills
MOVING to the curacy in Langdon Hills with her husband Jake and daughters Sophia and Millie will be my 30th house move. Emma says: "My sister and I were born in Lincolnshire. "I was baptised by my grandfather in Warwickshire, went to university and met my husband in Kent, started a family in East London and now live in Westcliff-on-Sea. "I have worked and worshiped at Christchurch Southchurch for six years mostly as a family project co-ordinator which reflects my passion for community (a surprise for an introvert from the sticks who spent much of her childhood up a tree and who can still
Revd Emma Wylie occasionally be found perched on a branch with a book!). "Whilst life has been full of change – some great, some very difficult – one constant has been my faith and my knowledge that even when I'm not feeling it, God has me in his hand and will not let me go, for he knows the plans he has for me... plans, it seems, that would make me laugh or run, but plans I know he will fulfil and equip me for."
Revd Clive Lucas Westcliff-on-Sea
CLIVE was born in Southend-on-Sea, where he has lived most of his life. He enjoyed a happy childhood in Leigh and went to Fairways Primary then Belfairs and Westcliff High Schools. Leaving school, Clive trained on the job as a chartered surveyor and he has specialised as an adviser in all aspects of commercial property. Clive is married to Sue and they have five children and six grandchildren. He has been a Reader for many years. In
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BENEDICT grew up in London and has been at home in Bow, East London for the last three years as part of the All Hallows Church family with his wife Sarah Benedict says: "I became a disciple of Jesus aged 15 when I encountered the Holy Spirit in the midst of a painful and chaotic time of life. Following Jesus has turned my life upside-down and the last ten years has been a testament to the adventure of walking in his way. "I rest from work by spending time with friends; running around and exploring new places; listening to music and not walking down escalators!"
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s of 2016 Revd Clive Lucas his spare time Clive enjoys playing tennis and attending a weekly art group. Clive says: “I’ve been Involved in the church from teenage years onwards but it wasn’t until my late 30’s that I became willing to allow the Lord to lead and guide me. "I began to place much greater value on relationships and to see serving others as a better way to do business. When I heard that even people my age might be trained toward priesthood my heart leapt. The rest is history!”
Revd Kingsley Yeboah Rainham
KINGSLEY Yeboah was born and grew up in Ghana. He moved to live in the UK in 2004 when he enlisted into the British Army. Since his early twenties he has been committed to serving God but it was following discharge on medical grounds from the British Army in 2008 that he first considered that this might be in ordained ministry. It was as he was trying to make sense of his discharge from the Army that a chaplain challenged him to consider pursuing his vocation. He was a key part of the ministry leadership team at St Paul’s Harlow. Following a diocesan discernment process exploring ordination, he trained for Ordination at Ridley Hall – Cambridge University. Kingsley is married to Sophia and they have three children — Bernice, Dennis and Martin. He enjoys playing tennis, weightlifting, football, auto spraying and reading motivational books such as 'The Magic of Thinking Big' and 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'.
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THE eldest of four children, Chris was born and raised in Canning Town. He went to school in Romford, attending St Edwards until the age of 18. A factory worker for 12 years, Chris has been studying at Wycliffe Hall, a theological college of Oxford University.
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Revd Robert Stone Bocking
BORN in Felsted, Robert grew up in Felsted and Little Dunmow In 1984, just before his 19th birthday he gave his life to Jesus, and was one of the youngest Readers in the diocese, being licensed aged 27. Robert married Annie in 2001, gaining three step-children and later two boys. Robert has worked as a Reader in Barnston, Little Dunmow, and Felsted, but is also well known in the Dunmow Deanery. Since leaving school he has worked in local government and is a procurement officer for Chelmsford City Council. Spare time is family time, although an interest in local and military history is combined in a website about the people listed on local war memorials. Having offered for ordination in his twenties, Robert was surprised to be responding to a call again a three years ago. He is now serving as a Curate at St Peter’s, Bocking
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Chris found Jesus at the age of 25 and felt God’s call on his life to ordained ministry aged 27. He has been attending St John’s Carterton, a church connected to the Brize Norton airbase. He has also been serving at St Luke’s in Oxford as one of the volunteer youth leaders. Chris is "a cheerful chap" and prides himself on having a good sense of humour. In his spare time you will find Chris playing ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ or strumming on his guitar. Chris says: "I enjoy fencing as well but don’t let that fool you into thinking that I am posh because I'm not, I'm just rubbish at football. Chris and his wife Charlotte are moving from Oxford to Harold Hill to serve his curacy.
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MATT was born in Burnley, Lancashire and brought up by his mum and dad with his younger brother in a Christian home Following what he describes as a period of rebelling against his parents’ faith during his teenage years, Matt eventually made a decision to follow Christ when he was 17. Matt is married to Kirsty and they have two children. Matt has been a church youth worker serving churches across mainstream denominations and has worked for a para-church Christian youth charity. Matt’s call to ordained ministry started when he was 21 during a year at Bible college. In his mid-30s he again felt this gentle 'nudge' whilst attending a Fresh Expression of church. He has a passion for discipleship and equipping Christians to use their gifts in their calling. In his spare time, Matt enjoys watching films, football and listening to music. Matt will serve as a curate in the Great Baddow Team Ministry. l The Month has been asked to note that Revd Chris Giles, who appeared in the first part, will be serving his curacy in Nevendon as well as Pitsea.
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NICK'S parents were Russian Orthodox Christians and, as a child, he attended the local Orthodox church with them. Nick says: "I became a born-again Christian in my late teens and it was then that I felt the call of God to ministry. "I began worshipping in the Anglican Church in London in my early twenties and then went to a Pentecostal Bible college in the north for two years. "During my studies, I served as an assistant pastor in a local church. "Due to family circumstances, I moved back with my family to London, and we returned to the Anglican church, where we had been married. "Over the years, I have served in various lay ministries within the church. We have worshipped at St John's, Stratford for some years now. The Lord has now reconfirmed my call to serve Him in the ordained ministry. I have three children (all boys) and three grandchildren." Nick's spare-time interest is car mechanics.
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DEBBIE Rogan has been appointed to the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to education. As well as being the chief executive of HEARTS Academy Trust since 2011, Mrs Rogan (pictured right with Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils) is a national leader of education, a trained Ofsted and church school inspector and a member of the East of England Regional Schools Commissioner’s Headteacher Board and of the Essex Schools Forum. She also serves as a regional pupil premium reviewer. HEARTS Trust comprises The Wickford Church of England School, Briscoe Primary School and Nursery in Pitsea, Waterman Primary School in Rochford and Stambridge Primary School. Under Mrs Rogan’s leadership Wickford was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 2007 and again in 2013. The Month asked Debbie about her work ethic and how this relates to her life and faith. TM: What gets you out of bed in the morning? DR: My commitment to children. The 800 children in my schools need me. I bring a passion to my work. I genuinely believe that all children without exception are lovely. I don’t think our nation is very good at providing for its youngest: in particular we don’t have a great track record for educating children who are disadvantaged. TM: Where does your passion come from? DR: I am a passionate person by nature and also I believe in doing things well. I work hard. As the daughter of Irish immigrants the importance of working hard was instilled in me by my Mum who was very hard working herself. She had an ethic of service which meant sharing herself and her gifts with other people. When I was younger I did a lot of sport – netball, hockey and swimming. I believe in trying hard and not giving up. TM: How long has it been since you taught a class and do you miss it? DR: I haven’t taught a class since 2003 which was when I was appointed to Wickford and I do miss teaching children. TM: What has changed since you started teaching? DR: What class teachers do now is different from when I qualified. We had more control over our strategies then, we had more freedom to hone our teaching, to interact with children and build relationships. I am not claiming this freedom was always positive in terms of academic outcomes but now the pace of teaching is relentless and this impacts on staff and pupil well being at times. It is important to care for each other in these demanding times. Pressure is piled on schools. Teachers are expected to work until they are 68. This is exhausting. I am not saying teaching is a young person’s profession; in fact some people don’t start teaching until they are in their 40s. But teaching requires an enormous amount of energy. If I went back into classroom teaching, I would probably want to re-train first. But I have always been pacey and focused on academic outcomes. TM: How do you find it possible to manage so many roles? DR: I manage by having strategies for my organisations. I don’t believe you can set plans for schools without taking account of the external accountability structures like Ofsted and SIAMS (the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools). You need to know what people expect you to do. The Regional Schools Commissioner’s
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Headteacher Board takes up a day every other week. But you do need to influence the structures. They won’t know what life in a small school is like unless you are part of the decision making processes. The ministry team and diocese have always been very supportive and compassionate to us as a school and to me personally as a head. I don’t carry out all my roles at once of course. And I back-fill with skilled and experienced leaders. TM: What do mean by “back-fill”? DR: All my schools have headteachers. Everyone is expected to do some leadership training from early on in their career, whether they are newly qualified teachers or support staff. The schools have succession plans which allows people to step up and take responsibility earlier in their careers than is the norm. You can’t get the practice needed to lead well without having regular and supported opportunities to do so. TM: How did you learn to be a leader? DR: I took the National Professional Qualification for Headship and I worked for a local authority as an Expert Unattached Teacher supporting schools in Special Measures. I am currently doing a CEO training course with The Future Leaders Trust. However, most learning comes from practice and the daily challenge and joys of interacting with people. TM: What is your proudest achievement? DR: Maintaining the high standard at Wickford despite many changes and increased expectations. We have been rated Outstanding by SIAMS as well as Ofsted on two occasions. TM: How useful are SIAMS reports? DR: SIAMS reports are very useful. This
is because they focus on having the kind of healthy school ethos that leads to academic attainment. This ethos is concerned with flourishing. Our theme in Wickford this year and next year is “Life in all its fullness” (John 10:10). Building relationships with other people is important in itself and it is also an investment. So at Wickford we are thinking about family, work, parenthood, expectations, nature and the world, how these inter-relate and how we can support each other. We are helping children to understand that it is commitment to our core values that makes people happy. TM: How does your faith relate to your work? DR: We are the HEARTS Trust; and what HEARTS stands for is Happiness, self-Esteem, Achievement, Respect and Responsibility, Truth, Spirituality and Service. These are our core values. I was brought up as a Roman Catholic and I believe in service to others as a means to self-fulfilment. I encourage honest, open and truthful relationships and building mutual self-esteem. It is easy to have cosy relationships but if a relationship is to be realistic and fruitful it has got to be frank. It is only fair that everyone should be responsible but we need to know when a colleague is struggling so that we can be respectful and supportive. No one can be on top form all the time. I know from my own experience that I could not give of my best when I was bereaved. We care for each other. TM: Can you give any practical examples of how your school ethos reflects “Serving with Accountability,” which is a big theme in our diocese? DR: We ask ourselves how we can embed our values in lessons; we talk to the children about this and we do self-assessments to hold each other to account. I also believe in the school and the parents holding each other to
account. So every parent is expected to attend a meeting before their child starts at the school and support their children. However, I believe that there is a question the Church should be asking itself about accountability. It is this: “Are we doing enough for disadvantaged children inside and outside our schools?” TM: So how good are church school at helping disadvantaged children to succeed? DR: The church school label is less important than helping disadvantaged children get what they need. The Church has become involved in the new education structures like Multi-Academy Trusts. Supporting the new MAT model and keeping church schools together is not the answer to everything when you see what children have to deal with before they even get to school. Educational attainment is vital to happiness in life. So it is a tragedy that some schools in White British Essex have always been held back by poverty, poor health, drug abuse, poor housing and temporary housing. Schools are struggling to recruit and retain teachers. Some 85 per cent of graduates move to London and are lost to the areas of Essex and the rest of the country that need them most. SATs tests are telling too many children they aren’t good enough to go to secondary school. The range of schools the government consults with is too narrow and the curriculum is altered with very little notice. TM: And finally with so many challenges in your work how do you balance your working life with the rest of your life? DR: I have a supportive husband and we have three children and three grandchildren. I work long hours but I enjoy the theatre, spending time with my family and friends and going on holiday.
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Raising the roof
CONGRATULATIONS to the eight churches in Chelmsford Diocese that have been awarded church roof grants in the second round of grants from the Listed Places of Worship Roof Repair Fund. They are: St Mary the Virgin, Little Baddow (£96,200); Stapleford Tawney with Theydon Mount (£10,000); Little Chishill St Nicholas (£100,000); St. Andrew's, Hempstead (£48,600); St Nicholas, Fyfield (£83,000); St Pauls, Bentley Common (£85,600); St Andrew, Sandon (£61,900); St Mary the Virgin, Wanstead (£46,700).
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Clergy bursary grants
ECCLESIASTICAL has opened its annual Ministry Bursary Awards for entries. The awards are open to all Anglican clergy and aim to provide financial support to members of the clergy for sabbatical activities including pilgrimages, study visits and spiritual retreats in 2017. ● Find out more about the eligibility criteria and download an application form at www.ecclesiastical.com/mba
Seeking volunteers
EVERY year more than 50 schools are welcomed to Chelmsford Cathedral for an educational visit. The team are looking for new volunteers, particularly anyone with teaching experience. There will be an induction and training session in September for volunteers. ● Please contact Canon Edward Carter on 01245 294486 or edward. carter@chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk.
Lyn and Ann retire
LYN Hillier and Ann Bard have retired as schools advisers to the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Education. Heather Tetchner has been appointed as a schools adviser from September 1. Heather steps down this summer from nine years as head teacher of Dedham Church of England Primary School.
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Ordained as Deacons
THIRTY new Deacons were ordained by Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford at the cathedral on June 25, during three services (pictured left and below) after going on retreat (above). They are: SOUTHEND: Neil Dalley, Emma Wylie, Chris Giles, Terry Brown, Clive Lucas, Sue Croucher, Jacky Lindoe. HARLOW: Lydia Petitt, Barbara Read. WEST HAM: Sara Batts, Hayley Morris, Ian Elliott, Nicholas Bryzak, Benedict Atkins. CHELMSFORD: Julie Hardy, Faye Bailey, Matt Houghton, Andrew Merchant, Julie Wilmott. COLCHESTER: Wendy Pagden. STANSTED: Lea Williams, Colin Fairweather, Robert Stone, Sue Hurley, Tracey Harvey. BARKING: Jonnie Deja, Kingsley Yeboah, Ken Perkins, Roger Clarke, Chris Cozier. ● Biographies: see centre pages. ● More pictures on www.flickr.com/ photos/chelmsforddiocese.