The Bishop of St Albans, with the Estate of Ewan Harper Esq,
seeks a Vicar of St Mary’s Eaton Socon

We are a single parish numbering 100+ adults worshipping across two services on a Sunday. We are seeking
an incumbent who will be able to help us discern and shape a vision for the future, enable people to make full
use of their abilities within the church and support the development and continued growth.

We seek a vicar who is:

• • committed to lead an evangelical church with Bible based teaching, worship and mission, who lives under the word of God
  • committed to prayer and to encouraging and promoting prayer as central to the life of the church
  • passionate about living out the message and life of Jesus, inspiring everyone to know and experience more of that life
  • a gifted Bible teacher and preacher
  • a ‘people person’ who relates to and cares for everyone
  • an effective leader and enabler who has experience in management and motivation,
  • a discerning minister who will enable each member of the body of Christ to identify and use the gifts the Holy Spirit gives them in order to encourage, strengthen and build up the church.
  • a minister who will encourage us to ‘keep in step with the Spirit’, so that our lives and our fellowship will be characterised by the fruit of the Spirit
  • a supporter/leader of a variety of patterns of worship. Someone who can give particular attention to attracting and engaging younger age groups and able to interact with them and develop future leaders.

We long for someone who can help  us grow in confidence and in mission.

Potential candidates should contact:

Dawn Abbatt
PA to the Archdeacon of Bedford
Tel 01727 818 167 or email dawn.abbatt@stalbansdiocese.org
17 Lansdowne Road, Luton LU3 1EE