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 The Deanery
of Barnet
in
the Diocese of St Albans
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The Deanery
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Member Churches
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Deanery Synod
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Deanery Officers
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Church Schools in
the Deanery
The Deanery
In the Church of England (and Roman Catholic
Church), a 'deanery' is a
grouping of parishes within an archdeaconry.
The deanery is presided
over by the Rural Dean, usually one of the
incumbents of the deanery's
parishes, but in more urban areas
this has often been replaced by the title
area dean or regional dean.
Such a dean chairs the meeting of the
deanery's clergy (which, like a cathedral, is
called a chapter), and may also
The Bishop of St Albans and Deanery Chapter at the
Commissioning of the Area Dean and Assistant Area Dean:
St Mary's East Barnet, February 2005
chair a deanery synod. Area/Rural Deans
rank as 'primi inter pares'
(first among equals)
of their chapters, and do not have the
seniority of
cathedral deans.
Barnet Deanery is
a grouping of thirteen churches around the main suburban
areas
of Barnet and Potters Bar, in the southern-most part of the Church
of
England Diocese of St Albans.
The Deaneries of
Central Barnet, and West Barnet are part of the
Church
of England
Diocese of London.
Member Churches
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Chipping Barnet
Team Ministry: ►
Holy Trinity, Lyonsdown, New Barnet
- St John the Baptist, High Barnet
- St Stephen, Bell's Hill ►
St James, New
Barnet
- St Peter, Arkley
- St Mark, Barnet Vale ►
King Charles the
Martyr, Potters Bar
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St Mary the
Virgin, East Barnet ►
St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Potters Bar
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Christ Church, Little
Heath
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St
Andrew, Totteridge
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St Giles, South
Mymms and St Margaret, Ridge
Deanery
Synod
The deanery synod is part of the synodical government of the Church of England,
and has a membership of all clergy who are licensed to a parish within the
deanery, plus elected lay members from every parish. The word 'synod'
comes from the Greek συνοδος meaning "assembly" or "meeting", and it is
synonymous with the Latin word concilium — "council". Originally
synods were meetings of bishops, and the word is still used in that sense in
Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
Barnet Deanery Synod meets three times a year, and each meeting includes a
presentation on a subject relevant to the life of the churches. The
business of synod is transacted - and from time to time major issues are
debated, and resolutions passed to the General Synod of the Church of England.
Deanery Officers
Area Dean The Revd Richard Watson
St Mary’s Rectory
136 Church Hill Road
EAST BARNET
Herts EN4
8XD 020 8368 3840
rf.watson@btopenworld.com
Asst. Area Dean
The Revd Michael Burns
The Vicarage, 8 Dugdale
Hill Lane,
Potters Bar,
Herts, EN6 2DW
01707 661266
mike.burns@tiscali.co.uk
Lay Co-Chairman Geoff Fletcher
12 The Hook,
Barnet, EN5 1LG
020 8449 3564
geoff@fletcher1001.freeserve.co.uk
Deanery Mrs Pat Hills
Administrator East Barnet Parish Office
54 Church Hill Road
East Barnet
Herts EN4
8TA 020 8361 7524 (Mon-Fri 10-12)
parishoffice.smeb@surefish.co.uk
Minute Secretary Richard Osborn
41 Tiverton Road,
Potters Bar, EN6 5HX
01707 657491
rmosborn@hotmail.com
Deanery Treasurer
Roger Melling
43 Holyrood Road
New Barnet, EN5 1DQ 020 8449
2283
melling@globalspirit.net
Clergy Chapter Clerk The Revd. Mark
Williams
St. Peter’s Vicarage,
Arkley, Barnet. EN5
3JF 020 8440 5797
mark.john.williams@lineone.net
Church
Schools in the Deanery
There
are 3 Church Schools in the Deanery of Barnet, working closely with their
parish
church and clergy under the direction of the St
Albans Diocesan Board
of Education.
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St Andrew's School, Totteridge
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St Giles School, South Mymms
►St
Mary's School, East Barnet
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