House for Duty Team Vicar

2 days plus Sundays

Are you seeking a role that focuses on the pastoral aspects of priesthood set in a beautiful part of Dorset? Do you enjoy ministering as part of a team? Are you passionate about people knowing the love and compassion of God, and supporting them in their walk with Christ? If yes, then this role might be for you!

We seek someone with a compassionate heart to minister alongside the Team Rector, and lay and ordained leaders to develop a pastoral team across the rural and coastal communities of our Benefice, comprising 12 churches.

Someone who:

• Finds joy in gently enabling and resourcing others
• Is a good listener and communicator, able to engage with people across our communities, including the many visitors
• Has some flexibility in leading worship across a range of different styles
• Would enjoy offering worship opportunities to those who are living in our two key residential homes
• Can support the team with our Life Events Ministry across the Benefice, particularly funeral ministry

We can offer:

• A growing and diverse team who faithfully seek to share God’s love within the communities that make up this area
• A fledgling, yet supportive and prayerful, pastoral team
• A 3 bedroomed house with stunning sea-views over Lyme Bay in the beautiful coastal town of Lyme Regis, with all that it and the surrounding countryside and villages have to offer
• The breath-taking beauty of this benefice where Marshwood Vale meets the Jurassic Coast,
• A flexible role with time to pursue other interests

For full details of this vacancy, please click the 'apply for this job' button below.

Closing date: Thursday 18th June

Visit and interview: Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th July

An enhanced (with home check) DBS is required