Chaplaincy for Agriculture & Rural Life (CARL)
Associate Agricultural Chaplains:
Revd Matthew Baynes
Tel: 01905 381460
Fax: 01905 381110
Revd Louise Grace
Tel: 01584 881331
Newsletters:
CARL Newsletter Winter 2009/10
CARL Newsletter Summer 2009
Read the Dean, Peter Atkinson's sermon from the County Harvest (...)
Download Sustaining Faith in the Future:
A six sessions course for church councils or small groups
Download the Diocesan Rural Strategy
More downloadable resources are available in the Chaplaincy for Agriculture and Rural Life Resources Archive.
Aim:
To understand and co-operate with God's will for society in:
- Food production
- Care of the countryside
- Wellbeing for rural communities
Objectives:
Becoming familiar with the structures of the agricultural industry and interest groups connected with farming and the countryside through:
- Contact with organisations at county level
- Meeting people working in agriculture and horticulture
- Visiting Worcester livestock market
- Visiting the horticultural and agricultural colleges
Identifying / engaging with issues affecting farming and the countryside by:
- Participating in activities / meetings of groups / organisations
- Studying and evaluating national and EU policies
- Raising awareness of issues for Christian reflection
Helping the church understand the changes in rural society and implications for Christian witness and ministry:
- Responsibility for the church stand at the Three Counties Show
- Rural clergy training
- Promoting greater understanding in the diocese of rural issues
Contributing to the life and work locally and nationally of the Agricultural Chaplaincy:
- Maintaining contact with other diocesan officers
- Meeting with industrial mission team members
- Co-ordinating the Agricultural Chaplaincy Committee as an ecumenical body
- Encouraging others to be involved on specific topics
- Maintaining a working relationship with the Agricultural Chaplains' Association, the National Rural Officers Network, the Arthur Rank Centre at Stoneleigh
The Chaplaincy also initiated the Go West project, a rural tourism initiative in the Teme Valley.
