Mission Action Plan 2009/2010

Mission Action Plan 2009/2010
Christ’s Church in action – working together for God’s kingdom

 

 During 2008 and 2009, Christ Church Parochial Church Council have begun a process of seeking God’s Guidance for Christ Church for the short and medium term.

We believe that God has called us as His people, to proclaim his kingdom in this place at this time.
 
Further, we believe that our mission to
 
Children and Families
 
should be our primary focus for the next 2-3 years.
 
In addition, we want to build on our existing work with those isolated by age or infirmity, and with people with learning or other disabilities in our community.
 
Our specific medium-term objectives are listed below:

 

By the end of December 2010 we will:
 
Buildings and Finance
  • Ensure the Annual Accounts show a surplus for the year; and begin to build up adequate reserves for the future.
  • Extend the Garden of Remembrance to accommodate demand for the next 10 years.
  • Refurbish the hall kitchen to a high standard for all hall users.
 
Children and Youth
  • Hold a pizza party for our young people in order to listen to their views and begin to integrate them into the life of the church family.
  • With the Bishop’s permission, prepare and admit children of appropriate age to Holy Communion.
 
Pastoral and Social Concern
  • Develop a Welcome Pack to be given to newcomers to the church.
  • Conduct a review of Social Care at Christ Church and implement review recommendations
  • Plan and hold an Open and/or Gift Day.
 
Worship and Discipleship
  • Adapt our existing ‘2nd Sunday’ service to meet the needs of young families, and research and launch an all-age, all-ability non-Eucharistic service to be held at least once a month
  • Develop and launch a Christian Basics Course for those new to faith.
 
Mission and Social Events
  • Improve the siting and condition of the church notice-boards, internal and external.
  • Develop new shared social events of various kinds for the whole church family.
 
 
 We recognise that this will be a challenge; we will only meet it with God’s help and the support and commitment of all at Christ Church. Members of the PCC and its various committees will be glad to answer your questions, or to give you details of timescale and estimated budgets for these changes.
 
We will also need your suggestions and your practical help. If you have comments to make, or if you think that you might like to be involved in one of these projects, please fill in one of the forms provided or chat to a member of the PCC.
 


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