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Rev. Polly Butterworth discusses her role in enhancing partnerships between churches and schools for better ministry support.

Rev. Polly Butterworth, a Sydney high school chaplain, shares about her new role as Schools Ministry Development Officer for the Sydney Anglican Diocese, created to better support Anglican school ministry workers. She outlines five aims: pastoral support and mentoring networks for chaplains, strengthening partnerships between schools and churches, improving training and recruitment pathways for chaplains and Christian studies teachers, sharing resources across schools, and supporting professional development through the Sydney Anglican Schools Ministry Association. Polly explains why school–church partnership matters for long-term discipleship beyond school and discusses key barriers (especially time, mismatched schedules, and lack of ideas). She offers practical partnership ideas such as sharing speakers, prayer support and prayer points, church involvement in lunchtime groups and Bible studies, shared events, and cross-promotion, encouraging perseverance and patient, prayerful support. 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 02:05 Polly’s New Diocese Role 02:52 Five Goals for Chaplain Support 04:32 Sharing Resources and PD Network 08:27 How the Role Came About 13:26 Polly’s Path into…

People in this episode

Guest: Rev. Polly Butterworth

Topics covered

• church-school partnerships
• chaplaincy
• Anglican education
• professional development
• discipleship

Keywords

• chaplain support
• Anglican schools
• partnership ideas
• discipleship
• professional development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sydney Anglican Diocese, Sydney Anglican Schools Ministry Association

Places: Sydney

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