PARISH OF DUNSTABLE TEAM MINISTRY

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1 PARISH OF DUNSTABLE TEAM MINISTRY St Augustine of Canterbury St Fremund the Martyr Priory Church of St Peter St Katherine of Genoa TEAM VICAR IN THE PARISH OF DUNSTABLE 1

2 Team Vicar in the Parish of Dunstable The Parish of Dunstable Team Ministry is offering a challenging and exciting opportunity for a priest with a vision for mission, focused on the Church and District of St Fremund the Martyr with some additional responsibilities at the town centre Priory Church of St Peter. We are seeking a priest who will enjoy working as part of a team and who will encourage and challenge people creatively with the love of God in Jesus Christ. The personal qualities we are looking for include A good communicator A person who enjoys engaging with people of all ages Someone with a passion for mission A creative risk taker, who is prepared to try, perhaps fail and try something different again A person of spiritual depth and maturity Role Description Dunstable Team Ministry is a single parish benefice and all members of the clergy team share in mission and ministry across the whole parish, but with a focused responsibility for a Church and District. The focus of this post combines specific responsibility for the Church and District of St Fremund in the north-west quadrant of the town with additional duties at the Priory Church of St Peter which is the particular responsibility of the Rector. The post is funded jointly by the two churches. 1. St Fremund s Engage in mission and ministry at the boundaries of church and community Be a catalyst for and builder of community within St Fremund s District Enable St Fremund s Church to be more active and visible at the heart of its community Have a particular focus on young families and children Continue and develop work with the schools in the District Encourage and support existing church members in their discipleship and ministry Nurture the existing worshipping life of St Fremund s Create and develop new and innovative opportunities for worship and engagement with the Christian faith 2. Priory Church of St Peter Work alongside members of the Priory congregation in developing lay ministry especially in the area of pastoral care within the congregation and Priory District Support and encourage the church in its work with children and families, which includes a recently established Messy Church Assist the Rector in the delivery of ministry within residential care homes 3. Parish Take a full share in conducting parish worship and the occasional offices Be fully committed to working collaboratively and collegially with team colleagues Lead parish liaison with outreach projects such as Street Pastors and Foodbank 2

3 The Town Dunstable Downs The parish population is a little over 30,000 comprising most of the town of Dunstable. The parish is mainly town/urban approximately three miles east-west and two miles northsouth. It is bordered to the east by Luton and to the west by the Chiltern Hills (Dunstable Downs). Leisure and arts facilities in Milton Keynes and London are easily accessible and the Grove Theatre in Dunstable is approximately five years old. Schools in Central Bedfordshire Authority have existed on a three tier system with students changing schools at the age of nine and thirteen. However, many of the schools in Dunstable, both Academies and those under the control of the Local Authority, are choosing to move to the more conventional two tier primary/secondary model. It seems likely that this transition will become universal over time. In the parish there are currently Church of England Voluntary Aided Lower, Middle and Upper Schools. The VA Lower and Upper Schools have recently had applications approved to become primary and secondary respectively. In addition there are other Church of England Academies which are also in the process of becoming primary and secondary. Central Bedfordshire College, a Further Education establishment, is also located in Dunstable. There is a retail park with national stores. High Street shops and banks are located in the town centre, together with civic buildings, Police Station, library, leisure centre and the Priory Church of St Peter. There are local shopping precincts in each of the principal estates and each of our other three churches is situated near to one of these. Dunstable town centre has struggled commercially in recent years and there is a higher than average number of empty shop units. There is an ambitious Dunstable redevelopment plan which seeks to revitalise the town. White Lion Retail Park Dunstable has a broad range of housing, including estates that were once all local authority owned, newer estates, and older property. In addition there are several units of sheltered flats for the elderly, as well as residential and nursing homes. There are long term plans for major housing expansion to the north of the town over the next few years in conjunction with the building of a northern relief road linking the A5 with a new M1 junction. Much of the traditional manufacturing industry has now been replaced by a number of modern industrial estates and smaller business units. Many people work away from Dunstable, commuting to nearby towns. Those who work in the town are principally in the service or commerce industries. There is a wide variety of voluntary community organisations in the town. Quadrant Shopping Centre Dunstable is close to the M1 and in easy reach at Luton of train services to London and the Midlands, and of Luton Airport. 3

4 The Parish The Parish of Dunstable Team Ministry was established in 1978, and consists of the Priory Church of St. Peter (1132), St. Augustine s (1959), St. Fremund s (1968) and St. Katherine s (URC/Anglican LEP, established 1998). There are 443 on the parish electoral roll, broken down as follows: St. Augustine s 56; St. Fremund s 43; St. Katherine s LEP 16; St. Peter s 205. The Revd Richard Andrews Team Rector Legally, the team ministry is one parish with one Parochial Church Council. Each church has its own District Church Council, to which many of the PCC s functions are delegated. The clergy team consists of a Team Rector and two Team Vicars. There are also two Readers in training and a part-time Parish Administrator. The clergy leadership style is collegial, with the Team Rector as the first among equals. The Revd Penny Draper Team Vicar The clergy all minister across the whole parish, but with a particular responsibility for a Church and its District. The Team Rector (The Revd Richard Andrews) is the principal minister at St Peter s. The two Team Vicars have responsibility for St Fremund s and St Augustine s respectively. The Team Vicar with responsibility for St Augustine s (The Revd Penny Draper) is also the first point of contact for St Katherine s LEP, but the ministry is shared among the team in conjunction with URC colleagues. The Team Vicar to be appointed with responsibility for St Fremund s will also undertake duties at St Peter s (which is partfunding the post) and carry a responsibility for aspects of mission and ministry in the parish as a whole. The clergy most often lead the principal Sunday service in the church for which they have particular responsibility. However, each of the clergy leads the worship at all the churches from time to time, such that none of the clergy is perceived as a visitor in any of the churches. All the clergy appear at St Peter s regularly, since the Sunday pattern of services is more comprehensive and the majority of the occasional offices take place there. The ecclesiastical tradition of the whole parish sits within the central to modern catholic part of the spectrum. St Katherine s worship reflects both URC and Anglican traditions. At the other three churches, vestments are worn and Sunday morning worship is mainly eucharistic, though St Augustine s and St Fremund s each has non-eucharistic all age worship on one Sunday each month, while at St Peter s monthly all-age worship is invariably, though not always, a eucharist. The churches of the team worship together on a number of occasions each year including the Sunday mornings after Christmas and Easter at the three smaller churches in rotation, some midweek principal feast days, parts of Holy Week, a memorial service on a Sunday close to All Souls Day and an annual Sunday morning combined Parish Eucharist at St Peter s. 4

5 The pattern of Sunday services across the whole parish is: 8.00a.m. St Peter s Said Eucharist 9.15a.m. St Peter s Sung Eucharist and Junior Church (2nd Sunday in month All-Age) 10.30a.m. St Augustine s Sung Eucharist and Junior Church (4th Sunday in month non-eucharistic all age worship) 10.30a.m. St Fremund s Sung Eucharist (1st Sunday in month - non-eucharistic Worship for All) 10.45a.m. St Katherine's Morning Worship (1st Sunday Holy Communion) 6.30p.m. St Peter s Choral Evensong On midweek days, Morning Prayer is said at St Peter s and Evening Prayer is usually said at St Augustine s. St Augustine s, St Fremund s and St Peter s each have one midweek Eucharist. Occasional Offices in the Parish (approximate): Baptisms 60 Weddings 25 Funerals 100 Lay people are practically involved in many areas of church life in each of the churches, including pastoral care, home communions, bereavement visiting, children s work, social activities, care of the buildings, and assisting in a variety of ways in worship. There are established house groups offering a mixture of prayer, study and visiting speakers. The Emmaus Nurture Course is the normal way in which adult confirmation candidates are prepared. There are ecumenical Lent Groups. A parish residential quiet weekend at a retreat house takes place every 1-2 years. There is a parish based volunteer scheme called Friends in Deed which offers short term help and support in a variety of situations to members of our congregations All members of the clergy team serve as school governors and there is regular contact with many of the schools. A number of church members are involved as governors. Young people are admitted to Holy Communion before Confirmation after a period of preparation. There is an annual youth weekend at a residential centre in a converted church in north Bedfordshire. All parish clergy are expected to take their full entitlement to annual leave as well as a regular weekday as a day off each week. They are also expected to take suitable time for continuing ministerial education and an annual Retreat or other time for spiritual reflection and refreshment. Parish Quiet Weekend at Holland House near Evesham 5

6 St Augustine s serves the south of Dunstable and was originally built in In 1992 it was completely rebuilt and today provides a home for community groups as well as a worshipping congregation. The multi-purpose building is on the site of the original church and includes a meeting hall with partitioned chapel, vestries, kitchen, office and two meeting rooms. The local community Lower School recently changed its status became St Augustine s Church of England Academy, reflecting the close links between the church and school over many years St Fremund s celebrated the 40 th anniversary of its dedication in It is located on the Beecroft Estate in the north-west quadrant of the town which is almost entirely residential. In its relatively short life the building has been extended three times. There is a hall attached to the church building which is used by local community groups. The church congregation is characterised by a strong sense of community. [See more detail in the following pages] The Priory Church of St. Peter is a large and impressive building near the crossroads in the centre of Dunstable, comprising what remains of a much larger Augustinian Priory is the 800 th anniversary of the Priory s Dedication. While the other churches draw largely from their own district, St Peter s draws its membership from every part of the town and further afield. The Priory District includes the town centre as well as substantial residential areas. St Katherine s was founded in It is located on the Hadrian Estate in the north-east quadrant of the town. The estate is a mature one with good communications with the rest of the town, regular public transport, its own set of shops, including a small supermarket, schools and public houses. St. Katherine s is also part of the Luton and Dunstable URC Pastorate, which consists of five URC churches, two of which are in Dunstable. Dunstable Churches Together includes Anglicans, Methodists, URC, RC and Salvation Army. Ministers meet regularly and there is a committed steering group of lay people. Dunstable Deanery includes the major population centres of Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding hinterland. The Team Rector is also Rural Dean. The Chapter meets at lunchtime bi-monthly and the Synod meets three or four times a year. The parish website is 6

7 The District St Fremund s There is one ecclesiastical Parish of Dunstable. Hence District boundaries within the parish are soft. St Fremund s District extends across the north-west quadrant of the town. This is almost all residential and of mixed housing type, although Central Bedfordshire Council offices and Dunstable Fire Station are both situated in the District. Central Bedfordshire Council Offices Close to the centre of the town, stretching from behind the west side of High Street North and the north side of West Street, housing consists of mature properties, many of them modest sized terraced houses with degrees of gentrification in parts. In the furthest north-west corner of the District, bordering open countryside, there are some modern, owneroccupied semi detached and smaller detached properties. In between is the Beecroft estate, in which St Fremund s Church is situated. Begun in 1935 and continued from 1940, Beecroft was originally built as a Council estate and is now a mixture of Council owned and owner-occupied properties. Most houses are quite small and are the homes of middle to low income families. The estate has something of a village feel about it and many households on the estate are well established. However, there is increasingly a more transient population as well, including a lot of Polish families with little or no English who stay for just a short time. Family relationships within households are often an issue. There are a high number of single mums within extended families on the estate. There are some perceived problem families imported from elsewhere. There are some drink and drug related problems. Westfield Nursery School, Beecroft Lower School, Brewers Hill Middle School and Weatherfield Academy (Special School) provide the education within the area. Westfield, Beecroft and Weatherfield all have a history of visiting the church and the previous post-holder was a school governor at Beecroft. There is a Children s Care Centre operating out of the Beecroft School building. This is managed separately from the school but under the overall oversight of the school Governing Body. The Centre, which caters for local villages as well as the immediate neighbourhood, offers a range of activities mainly for the younger end of the age range, including a pre-school group, extended school services, and working with dads. Apart from St Fremund s Church, there is a closed Brethren fellowship with which there is no contact, and a large, gathered, free evangelical church (Hope Church) meeting in Beecroft School. This is, by their own acknowledgement, a church for the whole of South Bedfordshire and has no particular commitment to the Beecroft estate itself. However, it is a church with a lot of young families which has had some success in recruiting locally and this has impacted on St Fremund s. Equally, by their own acknowledgment, if or when the church outgrows Beecroft School, they will simply move on to other premises elsewhere. Greenacre Residential Home (BUPA) and Croft Green Sheltered Dwellings are in the District and there is a history of Holy Communion services taking place in both these places. A new McCarthy & Stone Later Living housing complex for retired people is nearing completion. 7 Westfield Rd shops opposite the church

8 The Church Building On 11th May 1968, the church was dedicated by the Bishop of St. Albans. The original congregation was a group of people who had been holding services in Beecroft School. Many had come from Christ Church in High Street North, Dunstable, which had been recently closed. Since 1968 St. Fremund s has been extended three times to accommodate the increasing number of people attending the church. Originally there was a small bungalow attached to the church where the priest-in-charge lived. However in 1986 this was rebuilt to provide a church hall. The churchwardens and District Church Council work hard to keep the building in good repair and the gardens, mostly lawn with some small trees and shrubs in the borders, are maintained by members of the congregation. Worship Sunday worship is at 10.30a.m. Except for the first Sunday of the month, the service is a Eucharist using Common Worship Order 1. The average number of communicants is Vestments are worn. 8 On the first Sunday of the month there is an all-age Service of the Word called Worship for All. Recently, for the first time, this took the form of an informal Messy Church and it is hoped that this will become more regular. On Wednesdays there is a Said Eucharist at 9.30a.m. at which the usual congregation numbers up to 10. On the first Monday of each month there is a Said Eucharist at 12.30p.m. followed by a simple lunch of soup and sandwiches provided by a rota of volunteers from the congregation. The usual attendance is around 25.

9 Community Life Although attendance at church services by Beecroft residents is low, a larger group people still support the church in other ways. There are two major fund raising Fairs during the year at Christmas and in the summer which attract significant numbers who take the opportunity to support the church. The most recent Summer Fair raised approximately 1,450. The Church Hall, which is joined to the church and shares the same entrance, is known as the Cropredy Hall, named after an Oxfordshire village with strong associations with the medieval Saint Fremund. The hall attracts a variety of users, some of which have stronger links with the church than others. Hence, the hall provides a significant local community facility while at the same time generating an income for the church from lettings. St Fremund s Ladies Group meets in the hall on two evenings a month, with visiting speakers on a variety of topics. The Group also hosts a service in church during Holy Week and, again, a Carol Service in the week before Christmas. The local Guides and Brownies also meet in the hall and other patrons include a Music and Movement Group, a Slimming Club, and a short mat Indoor Bowls Group. St Fremund s congregation has a reputation for being friendly and welcoming. In addition to the Fairs, there are a number of other social events during the year which are well supported by church members and others and raise much needed funds for the church. More recently, a series of social and fundraising activities under the heading Helping Others To Support Our Church (HOTSOC) has included some enjoyable outings both locally and further afield. 9

10 St Fremund s: Hopes and Goals for the Future Like the other churches in the Parish of Dunstable Team, St Fremund s is committed to the Diocese of St Albans initiative Living God s Love with its three key themes: Going deeper into God Transforming communities Making new disciples As part of Living God s Love all the churches in the Team have developed Mission Action Plans. St Fremund s, in its first Mission Action Plan, in 2012, identified the following three key priorities for the next five years: To encourage a growing church in the community, focusing particularly on young families and children. To continue to encourage prayer, and make it more relevant to us and to the lives of our community. To encourage our church to be more lively and nurturing for existing members and new, ensuring it is more visible. SMART goals for the next year are: Work to increase the number of families attending services. Prepare and hold at least two informal worship events (on different Sundays). This includes inviting people who have not been to church regularly to join us for a service. For example, people who were here for a baptism or who use our building for a community activity. Increase lay involvement in developing and leading worship during the vacancy and beyond. Encourage all our people to take a role in the practical arrangements that also form part of our worship. Ensure that the recruitment process for the new Team Vicar reflects the need to grow our church and involve increasing number of families. Continue work to make our intercessions more relevant. Encourage regular prayer for the local community and that others may be drawn to worship. Continue with the stewardship activity designed last year: Helping Others To Support Our Church (HOTSOC). Use this as an opportunity to share information about the church to people who may not have any other contact with us and improve awareness of the presence of our church in the local community. Finance St Fremund s has struggled financially in recent years. While the per capita giving of members is often as generous as in other churches in the Team, the diminishing size of the congregation means that the church has often been unable to pay all of its parish share. However, the Team Ministry has always met the shortfall to ensure that the parish as a whole meets its commitments to the Diocese. The redefinition of this post to reflect a new shared funding arrangement between St Fremund s and the Priory Church of St Peter is designed in part to enable St Fremund s to re-establish some financial equilibrium and as a consequence to offer a fresh starting point from which the church can grow in mission and ministry. 10

11 The Priory Church of St. Peter The Priory Church of St Peter is the ancient Parish Church of Dunstable. It is substantially larger than any of the other churches both physically and numerically. It is the only church of the four in the parish which maintains a traditional Sunday pattern of worship which includes a said Eucharist at 8.00a.m. and a sung Evensong at 6.30p.m. Because the Team Ministry is a single ecclesiastical parish divided into internal Districts all parishioners have access to the three Church of England Churches for the occasional offices (St Katherine s building is owned by the URC and is not licensed for Anglican weddings). In practice, because of its setting and its size, the Priory Church is the church of choice for nearly all couples choosing to be married in church and the majority of baptisms and funerals as well, although St Fremund s and St Augustine s both have some of both. The consequence of all this is that all the clergy exercise a liturgical ministry at the Priory Church. The conducting of the 8.00 and 6.30 Sunday services and officiating at the occasional offices are shared equally. This includes funeral services which take place at a crematorium or cemetery chapel and the allocation of these is as much governed by diary availability as by location in the town. As with all of the churches, each of the three Team clergy presides at the mid morning Sunday service at the Priory Church from time to time, but will most often preside in the church for which she or he had particular responsibility. In the case of this post, that is St Fremund s. However, because there are some additional duties associated with this post in relation to the Priory Church and District (which are outlined at the beginning of this document under the heading Role Description) the person appointed will build up a relationship with the Priory congregation as well. 11

12 The District St Peter s District includes the town centre shopping area, residential streets to the east of High Street North, Dunstable Town Council offices, the Grove Theatre and Gardens, Dunstable Leisure Centre, Library, Central Bedfordshire College (FE) and the White Lion Retail Park. Some parts of the area to the east of High Street South are quite densely populated. This area also includes the historic centre of the town focused on the Priory Church, Priory House Visitor Centre and Priory Gardens. Grove Theatre To the west of High Street South, the District is mostly residential extending to the western edge of the town bordering Dunstable Downs. The District contains some of the most affluent parts of the town, but also some of the poorest. Priory House and Gardens There is a close working relationship with the Town Council and a common concern to make sense of the common history of the town and Priory Church of St Peter. St Peter s is celebrating in 2013 the 800th anniversary of the dedication of the Augustinian Priory with a series of town and church events focused on Medieval Dunstable leading up to the anniversary of dedication itself in October. While there is no official civic church in Dunstable, St Peter s provides a focus for regular town services such as Remembrance Sunday. Annual Civic Services are often held at St Peter s and both the Team Rector and the previous Team Vicar with responsibility for St Fremund s have served in recent years as chaplain to the town mayor and to the chair of Central Bedfordshire Council. The Rector has also served as chaplain to the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and he is the current town mayor s chaplain. 12

13 Worship Sunday worship follows a mainly traditional pattern with an emphasis on well ordered liturgy. The liturgical style is moderate catholic. Incense is very occasionally used on a major midweek festival day, but not on Sundays. On Sundays, the 8.00a.m. said Eucharist numbers communicants. This is mainly Common Worship Order 1 but on the first Sunday of the month the Book of Common Prayer is used. At the 9.15 Sung Eucharist CW Order 1 is always used. There are usually communicants with a number of non communicant attendees. Junior Church runs concurrently and children join the main congregation at The Peace. There is a liturgical deacon (often a senior lay member of the serving team) and a team of servers including MC, crucifer and acolytes. St Peter s is renowned for its choral tradition. The 9.15 service is accompanied by a robed choir. There are separate boys and girls choirs which sing on different Sundays, together with a senior choir of altos, tenors and basses. On the second Sunday of the month the Eucharist has an all-age flavour which includes some less traditional hymns, a forward altar and a less formal address. On 3 or 4 Sundays per year, the service is non-eucharistic, when uniformed youth organisations parade. The 6.30p.m. service is BCP Choral Evensong, sung by the choir cathedral-style. Children s and Youth Work There is a monthly midweek pram service at St Peter s. There is a Junior Church with a membership of around 20 children. The church has recently established a Messy Church (October 2012) which meets approximately every six weeks. The boys and girls choirs are a significant part of children and youth work. A youth residential weekend takes place annually which is marketed as a parish event for all four churches, but in practice almost all the members come from St Peter s. This group meets occasionally during the rest of the year. 13 Parish Youth Weekend 2012 with the Rector and the Bishop of Bedford

14 Congregational Life St Peter s exhibits many of the traditional features of parish church life. Much attention has been given in recent years to developing the sense of community within the congregation and improving the ministry of welcome and hospitality. Integral to this has been re-ordering of the west end in 2010 to incorporate toilet facilities, and a small kitchen in a purpose built cupboard at the west end of the north aisle. This is used for refreshments after the 9.15 service and increasingly for coffee mornings and for other social occasions. Priory Ramblers There are established house groups offering a mixture of prayer, study and visiting speakers. The Emmaus Nurture Course is offered annually at St Peter s and Growth modules are offered to those who have completed the Nurture Course. Every 6-8 weeks there is a structured hour on a Saturday morning called Time and Space which provides a quiet atmosphere for contemplation, meditation and prayer. Groups of lay people steer the work of the church in the areas of pastoral care, outreach and social activities. Among the social activities is a rambling group who walk together one Sunday afternoon per month. St Peter s, in its first Mission Action Plan, in 2012, identified the following three key priorities for the next five years: To continue to develop and improve the interior of the church building as a worship space, as a meeting place, as an arts venue, and as a place which welcomes visitors. To be a community of faith in which disciples, new and old, are nurtured, encouraged and challenged. To be a people of faith who individually and corporately make a difference in our community as an affirmation and celebration of God s presence and involvement in his world. The church has SMART goals for concerning: Reordering of the church interior, Further developing the use of the building outside service times, Raising the profile of our ministry with children, young people and families, Further promoting the use of the building as a history and heritage venue, Staging acts of worship for specific community groups. 14

15 The Vicarage The current St Fremund s Vicarage is in Friars Walk on a very pleasant residential road close to Dunstable town centre. It is a spacious 1930s detached house with large lounge leading to a small conservatory, kitchen/diner and study/dining room. Upstairs there are 4 double bedrooms (one of which could be used as a study) and bathroom with separate WC. It has gas central heating. Outside there is a garage with a loft and there is a good sized utility room. At the front there is ample parking for three or four cars, and there is a substantial garden at the rear of the property. This house is actually in the Priory District and it has long been felt that mission and ministry in St Fremund s District would be better served by a Team Vicar living as well as working in the District. The Diocese has been actively seeking such a property but houses in that part of Dunstable suited to be a vicarage are few and far between. Hence, at the time of writing this document, 20 Friars Walk remains the house assigned to this post. The person appointed, however, should be aware that identifying and purchasing a suitable house in St Fremund s District remains a live aspiration. The Diocese The Diocese of St. Albans includes Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough, Luton, Hertfordshire and part of the London Borough of Barnet. It ranges from small rural communities to major urban centres like Luton, Bedford, Watford and Hemel Hempstead, and includes suburban areas on London s outer reaches. The Bishop of St. Albans, the Rt. Revd. Dr Alan Smith, oversees the Diocese. The Suffragan Bishop of Bedford, the Rt. Revd. Richard Atkinson OBE has responsibility for Bedfordshire, including the Parish of Dunstable. The Archdeacon of Bedford is the Venerable Paul Hughes. Further information is available from the Diocesan Website: 15

16 Terms and Conditions This appointment will be held under Common Tenure and the person appointed will: receive an incumbent s stipend according to the diocesan scale live in a designated house in the parish provided by the diocese co-operate in mission and ministry development review undertaken by the diocese receive full working expenses as outlined in the Church Commissioners guide to reimbursement be entitled to 36 days annual leave, including not more than 6 Sundays be entitled to 1 rest day each week be entitled to take up to 8 days per annum (not including a Sunday) for personal retreat be entitled to take up to 5 days per annum to attend courses as part of continuing ministerial development be allowed by negotiation to undertake responsibilities for the wider church The person appointed is expected to own and drive a car. A car loan facility is available. Enhanced DBS Disclosure is required. If you would like to have a conversation about the post, or you would like to know how to apply, please contact the Team Rector, the Revd Richard Andrews, , rector@dunstableparish.org.uk 16