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Senior Steward’s Report Going Forward Together Last month I anticipated we would know the name of the minister appointed to the Redhill and East Grinstead Circuit with oversight of Trinity by November 2015. However with 150 vacancies for ministers and only 100 ministers available, perhaps we should not have been surprised that we were not matched on the first round of stationing (the name given to the process by which ministers are matched with churches). The Circuit at present has five churches and five ministers, which may be unique in Methodism and arises from our comparatively large congregations. Our vision is to grow. Even if there is not a match in the next round of stationing at end of this year or the beginning of next year, our ministerial oversight will be met by the current Circuit staff - Rev Melvyn Cooke, (Superintendent and Horley), Rev Clive McKie, (Reigate), Rev Sue Conroy (Crawley) and Rev Felicity Al-Hassan (Redhill). The Stewards Leadership team are planning for an Away Day at Burrswood on 23 January 2016, when we shall be continuing to work on the Vision and discerning God’s plan for Trinity’s growth. Please pray for us and share with us your hopes and dreams. Hebrews 10 encouraged the early church to grow by reminding them to - Hold unswervingly to the Hope that is Jesus (v23): - Consider how we may spur each other on (v24): - Not give up meeting together (v25). Paul also reminded them that Christ’s sacrifice of Himself on the cross had broken down every barrier. In his letter to the Romans, Paul reminds them and us that there is nothing that can separate believers from the love of God which is ours in Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 8:38) I think the challenge before each of us is to go forward together so the truth of God’s love for all the people in East Grinstead may be known. Please pray about the part Jesus has for each of us. John S
Geoff is “Sitting Down”, Who Will Stand in His Place? Part Two! William Cowper wrote in a hymn back in the 18th century “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform”. A truth which I find encouraging as, when left to make our own decisions, events often do not turn out the way we think they should or hoped they would! The Circuit Stewards were disappointed, but not surprised, to receive a call from the Chairman of the District on 05 November to say that no minister had been matched with Trinity during the first meeting of the Stationing Matching Group, a meeting which took place over three days. In mid October the Circuit Stewards received 101 profiles written by presbyters who hope to take up new appointments next September. After prayerful consideration and two meetings to consider the profiles the Circuit Stewards sent the Chairman, the names of ten presbyters whose ministry they thought would benefit the Circuit and Trinity in particular came through. As requested, the ten were divided into a top five with five reserves! We heard via the Chairman’s grapevine that the profile of the Circuit which we had prepared had created a lot of interest around the country, and that a number of presbyters had shown an interest in coming to East Grinstead. Against that we had also been told that there were considerably more vacancies around the country than there were ministers to fill them. Added to that was the fact that of those vacancies fifty were for Superintendent ministers, which take priority and are the first to be matched. For those reasons we were not surprised by the message from the Chairman. After the matching round we were told that five of the District’s eight vacancies had been matched. What happens next? Those ministers matched will visit the Circuits they have been matched with and both the minister and the Circuit will decide whether or not it is a good match. Usually about 85% of the matches are confirmed. The other 15%, those ministers not matched in the first round and possibly some late entries, go into a second round of matching. This will take place on 30 November – 01 December, after which we here at Trinity will hear whether there has been on this occasion a match with our Circuit.
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