Clergy

The following are a list of useful documents, forms and information that we have gathered to support you in the day to day parish and administration of your role.   Please contact us directly, if you require any further support or have a matter you wish to discuss in detail.  

• Clergy Handbook
• Marriage Measure
• Marriage in Church After Divorce (MICAD)
• Extended Communion Guidelines
• Clergy Finance Information
• Common Tenure
• House for Duty Guidance
• Privacy Notice Clergy Personal Files
• Worship Resources from the Arthur Rank Centre (ARC)

Connect 4 is a Hereford Diocese support network for clergy spouses, civil partners and their families.

Sharing in the highs and lows of life in ministry, Connect 4 aims to be a supportive network where we hope you will make friends and have fun.

Our Facebook Group offers a safe place for spouses & C.P.s of Hereford diocese clergy, to share information & ideas and to offer mutual support at a time of strange challenges. Search 'Connect 4 Hereford Diocese' and ask to join.

If you would like to join Connect 4, please fill out this consent form.

We have created a brochure leaflet containing information about Connect 4, which you can find here.

Clergy wellbeing is an important aspect of the life of our Diocese.

We continue to monitor the key aspects of wellbeing, awareness of trends etc, and enable appropriate actions to be taken to improve the wellbeing of the ordained ministers in the diocese.  COVID-19 has increased our need to ensure we provide support and advice for clergy and their families during this global pandemic.

Here are some links to provisions supporting clergy wellbeing

• St Luke’s Virtual Clergy Wellbeing Programme
• Responding to stress when working with Covid-19 - Although targeted to hospital staff, it is useful information for everyone. 
• Shelden Hub Link – This offers an online space for clergy support provided by the Society of Mary and Martha (Sheldon House)
• Diocesan Arranged Opportunities
  • Employee Assistance Programme – available to Hereford Diocese clergy by phone on 0800 083 3375
  • Halo Leisure Membership Discount
  • Diocesan Counselling Service
  • Finding Spiritual Direction
  • Hereford Diocese Ministerial Development Review (MDR)
  • Hereford Diocese Clergy Handbook
  • Hereford Diocese Connect 4 support group for Clergy Spouses and Partners
• Church of England: Proposed Covenant for Clergy Wellbeing
• Church of England: a comprehensive list of national resources and charities supporting clergy and their families on a range of areas including relationships, finance, vocations and health (physical and mental)

The creation of the Clergy Wellbeing Group (membership: Archdeacon of Hereford (convener), Archdeacon of Ludlow, Diocesan Secretary, Chair of House of Clergy, Dean of Women’s Ministry and Revd Sean Semple. This group continues to monitor and make recommendations to help improve the wellbeing of our clergy