Oversight Ministry

 

Moseley Parish is part of an Oversight Area. This means that Revd Angela Hannafin, as Incumbent here, is also Oversight Minister, or the person who has pastoral responsibility for a group of churches.  

 

Birmingham Diocese has a strategy of Oversight Areas for growth across our city.  In our Oversight Area there are three parishes which are our own, the United Church of St Paul's and Rea Church. There is information about all of these below. Also, part of our area is a missional community associated with ReachAcross Canada. Members of the community work in different capacities within the local area and are from different parts of the world. Some of the members also attend our churches and contribute to their ministry. 

 

As culture changes, there is a great richness to be found in moving beyond parish boundaries to share resources and to create relationships. As each church holds different strengths, we can support each other. We see this as a movement of God's Holy Spirit as we think and pray about what we share and what we can do together even though we might understand the message of Jesus with different emphases and have some differences in theological outlook.

 

The leaders of the church communities are now meeting together to have breakfast and to pray. This year there have been several joint ventures, mostly focused around social events and discipleship. For example:

 

  • Eat Pray Love are regular evenings where anyone from our Oversight Area can come to share food and worship and get to know others. The dates for 2026 are 9th February, 8th June and 12th October. 
  • Moseley Parish and the United Church of St Paul's held a very enriching Lent course and will be sharing three Advent evenings (on 3rd, 10th and 17th December 2025) and a Quiet Morning on 13th December 2025. Please see our website www.moseleychurch.org.uk for more details.
  • We joined together to sing Christmas carols at Wetherspoons last December and will do so again at 6pm on Thursday 18th December 2025.
  • Moseley Parish Clergy regularly support St Paul's by leading Sunday services.
  • On Sunday 14th December, the Parish of Moseley and St Paul’s will come together for a Community Carol Service at St Anne’s Church (Park Hill, B13 8DU), starting at 5pm – all are welcome! 

To find out more about our churches, please take a look at our websites:

  • Parish of Moseley – www.moseleychurch.org.uk
  • United Church of St Paul's - https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/7205/
  • Rea Church - https://www.rea.church/