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StC Welcome

Welcome to St Clement's Church

We are a welcoming, friendly church meeting to worship on Sundays and Tuesdays

We offer a place to remember God and share the joy of His love with others

With a wide variety of church activities and social events

We are in a united benefice with St George's Oakenrod

Working to become Dementia Friendly

1 Peter Chapter 3 verse 15 (NIV)

But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
But do this with gentleness and respect.

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St Clement's Mission Action Plan

StC Mission

Having a Mission Action Plan helps us to understand our role in the Church and the community and to acknowledge our strengths and weaknesses and to find a realistic path as we seek to fulfil God’s calling to us.

WHY ARE WE HERE?

to worship God
to be still and listen to God in prayer
to support each other and share fellowship
to support others
to pass on the Gospel baton
to maintain a Christian presence in Spotland

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

being a worshipping community
maintaining a parish identity
trying to keep a more eco-friendly church
fundraising (e.g., car park)
being welcoming (e.g. Afternoon Tea, opening the church early)
opening out
supporting charities (e.g., Foodbank, nominated charities)
being aware of our history

WHAT CAN WE DO?

create opportunities for us to listen to God
Support people in their faith journey
develop links with the communities in our Parish
work with others to pursue peace and reconciliation
explore further opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint
develop Stewardship opportunities

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

ACTION

RESPONSIBILITY

Create opportunities for us to listen to God

To develop a Prayer group to meet during season of Christ the King

Develop the Side Altar as a focus for private prayer in church

Ministry Team

PCC

Support people in their faith journey

Extend opportunities for contact with people coming for baptisms e.g. emailing list, invite people back to various services through the year.

Investigate how we can develop the Font area to make it more of focal point

Continue to develop ourselves as a Dementia friendly church

ALM / Ministry Team

PCC

Ministry Team / PCC

Be willing to develop links with the communities in our Parish

Invitation cards to nearby housing estate to attend church services (i.e. Remembrance Sunday, Christingle Service)

Engage with Oulder Hill Community High School

Engagement with those struggling with social isolation

Celebrate special occasions (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries) particularly for the elderly, house bound

Engage with local farming community

Encourage mutual support with Rochdale AFC

Congregation

Ministry team

Afternoon Tea people

Congregation

Ministry Team

Martin Coupe

Be active in working with others to pursue peace and reconciliation

Explore more ways we can work with Rochdale Parish Church in supporting Asylum seekers in the area

Support Deanery Church Army project (if and when it happens)

Explore opportunity to twin with a Church in the Diocese of Lahore

Clergy / Congregation

Volunteers

Ministry Team

Be willing to explore how we can reduce our carbon footprint

Work on opportunities identified from our Eco Church audit of the church e.g. wildlife feeding stations, bird boxes, shrub planting

PCC

Develop our Stewardship Opportunuties

Carl Heaton / Carol Garside

Sunday Worship

Public worship remains possible, but with strict guidelines on behaviour.
The service will continue to be recorded for those unable to be there.
Everyone, especially those over 70, must make their own assessment as to risks if they wish to attend and volunteer for tasks in church.
IF YOU ARE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF COVID 19 OR SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS SHOWING SYMPTOMS YOU SHOULD BE SELF ISOLATING AT HOME. IN THIS CASE WE MUST REFUSE ENTRY.

Read the FULL Protocols

Sunday Worship: Protocol 09th February 2021

Sunday Worship: Protocol 09^th February 2021

1. Public worship remains possible, but with strict guidelines on behaviour.
2. The service will continue to be recorded for those unable to be there.
3. Everyone, especially those over 70, must make their own assessment as to risks if they wish to attend and volunteer for tasks in church.
4. IF YOU ARE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF COVID 19 OR SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS SHOWING SYMPTOMS YOU SHOULD BE SELF ISOLATING AT HOME. IN THIS CASE WE MUST REFUSE ENTRY
5. Please arrive in good time to avoid a bottleneck at the door near the start time of the service.
6. Please ensure you have a facemask and are wearing it properly (over the mouth and nose).
7. Please use the QR code for test and trace purposes. If you are using the paper form, please ensure you take a pen from the ‘clean’ pot and replace it in the ‘used’ pot.
8. Use the hand sanitiser on entering and leaving the building and before receiving communion.
9. PLEASE DO NOT SIT WITH OR WITHIN 1 METRE OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSHOLD OR BUBBLE
10. PLEASE FACE FORWARDS AND DO NOT TURN TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO CHAT
11. The celebrant will be wearing a mask and gloves for the administration. S/he may be wearing a mask for other parts of the service if advised to do so. Currently the CofE advice is that those presiding at communion need to wear a face covering when they cannot maintain social distance from others – but as leading a service involves long periods of speaking they are not currently obliged to wear one for the rest of the service. If this changes, the protocol will track CofE/Diocesan advice.
12. Please remain seated before and throughout the service, except for the Gospel and the peace, facing forwards, until the time comes for you to receive communion.
13. Please observe the one-way system.
14. Please stand to receive communion, do not kneel.
15. The sacrament will be administered by dropping it into your hands. If the celebrant accidentally touches the hands of the person before you s/he will apply hand sanitiser before administering the sacrament to you.
16. Communion is in one kind only.
17. A key risk factor is people leaving a building at the same time; please leave immediately after receiving communion.IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO WAIT FOR FRIENDS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. If this happens we will be forced to close.
18. At the end of the service the president must go to the vestry rather than talk to people at the door.

The continuance of public worship depends on everyone following these guidelines. If they are not followed we will be forced to close.

Please pray for the ministry team, wardens and PCCs, as we pray for you.

Prayer nation

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Read our Data Privacy Notice

Data Privacy Notice St Clement's Church

privacy

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of St Clement’s Spotland

Your personal data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”).

Who are we?

The PCC of St Clement’s, Spotland is the data controller (contact details below). This means it decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

How do we process your personal data?

The PCC of St Clement’s, Spotland complies with its obligations under the “GDPR” by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes: -

To enable us to provide a voluntary service for the benefit of the public in a particular geographical area as specified in our constitution;
To administer membership records;
To fundraise and promote the interests of the charity;
To manage our employees and volunteers;
To maintain our own accounts and records (including the processing of gift aid applications);
To inform you of news, events, activities and services running at St Clement’s;
To share your contact details with the Diocesan office so they can keep you informed about news in the diocese and events, activities and services that will be occurring in the diocese and in which you may be interested.

What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services and process your gift aid donations and keep you informed about diocesan events.
Processing is necessary for carrying out obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement;
Processing is carried out by a not-for-profit body with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim provided: -
- the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes); and
- there is no disclosure to a third party without consent.

Sharing your personal data
Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other members of the church in order to carry out a service to other church members or for purposes connected with the church. We will only share your data with third parties outside of the parish with your consent.

How long do we keep your personal data[1]?
We keep data in accordance with the guidance set out in the guide “Keep or Bin: Care of Your Parish Records” which is available from the Church of England website [see footnote for link].

Specifically, we retain electoral roll data while it is still current; gift aid declarations and associated paperwork for up to 6 years after the calendar year to which they relate; and parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals) permanently.

Your rights and your personal data

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: -

The right to request a copy of your personal data which the PCC of St Clement’s, Spotland holds about you;
The right to request that the PCC of St Clement’s, Spotland corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for the PCC of St Clement’s, Spotland to retain such data;
The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time
The right to request that the data controller provide the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), (where applicable) [Only applies where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and in either case the data controller processes the data by automated means].
The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable) [Only applies where processing is based on legitimate interests (or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing and processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics]
The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

Further processing

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, queries of complaints please in the first instance contact the Vicar: CLICK HERE to send a message

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

[1] Details about retention periods can currently be found in the Record Management Guides located on the Church of England website at: - https://www.churchofengland.org/more/libraries-and-archives/records-management-guides

Working to Become Dementia Friendly

Welcome to St Clement's Church

Virtual Services on our YouTube Channel

St Clement's Mission Action Plan

WHY ARE WE HERE?

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

WHAT CAN WE DO?

HOW DO WE GET THERE?

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