Team Vicar in the Eccleston Team

Introduction

We are looking to appoint a priest to join the team looking after these four parishes: St James with St Matthews, St John’s Ravenhead, St Luke’s Eccleston and St Mark’s North Road. You will minister alongside a full-time stipendiary colleague and you will offer focal ministry in two of these parishes.

St James with St Matthew’s, St John’s and St Luke’s are the Eccleston team and have a good history of closer collaboration: St Mark’s is new to the grouping but we envisage it working effectively as part of the team.

All four churches are broadly evangelical in character, but with different characters and senses of identity, and serving different communities in the north and east of the town of St Helens.

This is a full-time permanent stipendiary post. Housing is provided. in St James Vicarage, 159a St Helens Road, Eccleston Park L34 2QB, a comfortable family-sized home next to St James church.

Closing Date:        Sunday 22nd June

Interview Date:     Thursday 10th July

For more information please contact: Ven Simon Fisher, Archdeacon of St Helens & Warrington 

Phone: 07525617067 or email: simon.fisher@liverpool.anglican.org

We are continuing our work to actively increase the diversity of those working in the diocese and in pursuit of that we are using anonymous shortlisting.

Being part of the Clergy Team in Liverpool Diocese. 

For many years we have been working to achieve growth in our diocese. We have used different ways to express this but the aim and direction of travel has remained the same:  

“We are asking God for a bigger church so we can make a bigger difference”; said another way: “We long to see more people knowing Jesus and more justice in the world.”  

To achieve this vision we are rolling out a diocesan strategic transformation project called ‘Fit for Mission’ which is an ambitious, growth-orientated and locally delivered change programme to enable mission and ministry to flourish in the Diocese of Liverpool. All clergy in the Diocese are expected to align themselves fully with this vision and work to its fullest possible implementation.  

We have 4 mission priorities which are foundational to this vision:  

(i)  introducing people to Jesus;  

(ii)  deepening discipleship;  

(iii)  developing Christian leaders, and  

(iv)  working for justice.  

We are determined to make these priorities real in our life and ministry that includes:  

• a commitment to working in teams rather than in isolation, 
• a major investment in lay leadership, 
• a radical re-structuring of our parishes and 
• a releasing of clergy to enable them to focus much more fully on their gifts and vocational call.