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Roles & responsibilities of Deanery Synod Members Back to Index  

A working hand list

People serving on Deanery Synods as parish delegates, or as licensed or beneficed clergy or as members of other synodical bodies. Their other work brings its own responsibilities but, as members of the Deanery Synod, they are there to work in collaboration with the Bishop, diocesan officers, other members, rural/area dean and officers of the Deanery to forward the mission of the Church. This involves a commitment to :-

  1. Live and grow as a disciple of Jesus Christ, sustained by word and sacrament within the fellowship of the worshipping Church;
  2. Represent the best interests of the parish on the Deanery Synod, by all means available, including turning up to meetings! Be a point of contact between deanery and parish, participating fully in the life of the PCC, and remembering that a prime purpose of the deanery is to support and enable work in the parishes, but not to direct it.
  3. Help develop forward looking deanery projects to support the parishes in their local mission and ministry.
  4. Collaborate in the development, monitoring and implementation of deanery mission plans, including discerning the appropriate level at which work can most effectively be undertaken.
  5. Take an interest in the healthy and effective functioning of sector ministries within the deanery.
  6. Elect and support the officers of the deanery, treasurer, lay chair, secretary and standing committee, and to contribute to the shaping of deanery synod agendas.
  7. Support the mission of the Church by prayer and personal example; to seek out and support good practice in collaboration between parishes and ecumenically. To promote honest and harmonious working relationships throughout the Church in the deanery.
  8. Seek out ways of linking into the structures of society within which the deanery is set, including local government. To participate fully in the corporate life of the area in Christ's name, seeking new ways of understanding and communicating with its communities and people.
  9. Inform themselves of issues under discussion at diocesan and national levels.
  10. Act as electors to diocesan and general synods
  11. Work to grow cultures of generosity and genuine stewardship within the Church, which honour and develop the gifts and ministry resources of all.
  12. Take an interest in relationships, which link what is going on locally into the diocese and the World Church.

Alan Wilson April 2002
Produced for the national Church House Deaneries group. www.chdg.org.uk