House for duty team vicar

Hours: Part Time

Description of Job:

We are looking to appoint a house for duty priest who, based in the parish of Tawstock, will help the congregation to fulfil its God-given potential, and personally minister to the local church school and those who come for life events. As part of the leadership team, you will encourage other team members, lead on life events, and offer ministry according to your gifts and calling.

You will be:

• A person with a lively, infectious Christian faith, rooted in Scripture and the Spirit, full of faith, hope and love.
• Have a love for the local church; seeing it as a Christian community called by Jesus to love and witness to the wider community; a passion to see churches grow and flourish.
• Be experienced at helping people of all ages find faith in Jesus and grow as disciples.

For an informal conversation about the post, please contact: Verena Breed, Archdeacon of Barnstaple, tel: 01271 375475, email: ADB@exeter.anglican.org; or Rev’d Gary Owen (team rector), tel: 01769560792, email: revgary@tworiversmissioncommunity.org

Closing date for applications: 12 noon on Friday 28th February

We are a mission community of eleven churches covering 56 sq. miles of beautiful north Devon countryside south of Barnstaple. We believe that we are called by God to build a Christian community in each village, which will worship, pray, grow and reach out with the Gospel.

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