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  • Mission Priest for Hayes

    Applications for this post are now closed, thank you for your interest. Please do pray for us as we discern the right candidate and interview in July.

    The parish has passed a Resolution under the House of Bishops Declaration.

    Role Description, Example Week and Parish InformationDownload

    Hayes is growing at an enormous rate – and so are the opportunities to engage with people who have never known Jesus. This exciting new role will be at the heart of our ambitious vision to be the beating heart and lived out love of Christ in Hayes.

    Main Responsibilities

    • Lead and develop a team of lay leaders on the estates of Hayes who will be comfortable and able to lead others to Christ.
    • Chair the Mission committee at St. Anselm.
    • Be a key part of delivering the St. Anselm Five Year Vision.
    • Be responsible for growing communities in personal and communal spaces (homes, offices and coffee shops etc).
    • Be a visible presence on the estates, especially the area known as the Red Brick Estate.
    • Develop new relationships with non-church of England primary schools and secondary schools that serve Hayes.
    • Offer pastoral care to the parish, including visiting, home communions etc.
    • Use modern communication tools to engage with new communities

    The Ideal Candidate

    • Passionate about re-engaging with those who have lost their faith.
    • Enthusiastic about mission to the unchurched.
    • Someone who wants to spend as much time out of the church as they do inside it.
    • Comfortable in the roughest of pubs and the nicest of restaurants.
    • Comfortable meeting in people’s homes and businesses.
    • Willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck into anything that is thrown at them.
    • Open to the inspiration and leading of the Holy Spirit at work in Hayes.

    About us

    St. Anselm was opened in 1929 at the heart of what was then a village rapidly turning into an industrial town. The rapid growth in the latter part of the 19th century prompted the Diocese of London to plant a new church (initially in a hut before the current church was built) in the midst of Hayes Town – centred on the canal and railway into London.

    There was an explosion of house building and many people saw Hayes as a new suburb of London. Hayes though retained its own character and identity as the railway served industry rather than passengers into Paddington. The housing was bought by people working at EMI, Nestlé and other large industrial companies supplying vital materials for the inter-war expansion of London and its suburbs.

    Hayes is once again at the centre of an exciting period of change, with factories being replaced by high density housing for people moving to the area, attracted by the new Crossrail station, this time ferrying passengers rather than cargo. This huge increase in housing marks a new phase of opportunity for St. Anselm, and almost a 100 years after it was opened it finds itself once again at the heart of mission in the Diocese of London

    For further details and an application form please contact the Bishop of Fulham’s office
    fulham.chaplain@london.anglican.org
    020 7932 1130

    For informal conversations please contact Fr. Matthew Cashmore
    father@parpri1.dreamhosters.com  
    020 3882 0553

    Closing date for applications: 17th June 2022

    Interviews: 13th July 2022
    Parish tours: 12th July 2022

    Enhanced DBS disclosure required

  • New Lay Minister

    On Sunday we celebrated as Bishop Jonathan came to commission our new Lay Minister – Susan Chick. Susan has been a dedicated and loving member of the St. Anselm family for many years and her calling has often shone through her work.

    At various points she has been Church Warden, has run the children’s work and summer / holiday clubs. She has run the reading rota, looked after the prayers. She has corralled people to make tea, she has made sandwiches and cakes, she has given the flowers a re-fresh and she has cleaned and scrubbed the church until it shone and she has ensured the heating is serviced and the lightning conductor hasn’t blown down!

    Her love for the church – and most importantly the people within it – has always been her driving force. We are grateful for all that she has done, and all that she will now do in this new mission.

    To be commissioned means to be sent. That is why it is so important that in our churches and communities the people who God has called to serve are commissioned into a new life. 

    It is a reminder that the task ahead is not just another job – it is nothing less than a sharing in the work of Jesus Christ. It is a task for which Susan has been sent by Jesus. 

    Today we pray for Susan and the work Jesus has placed in front of her and we pray for all of those who are discerning the call of Jesus in their lives.

    If you are interested in what God may be saying to you please get in touch with Fr. Matthew who would be delighted to talk things through and help you pray as you listen to God’s call.