Using the four big themes of The Jouney, the family, the community and the mission, we agreed these principles.
The Journey—We aim to:
Establish activities to connect with people at different stages of their journey.
Encourage everyone to help 3 people, not connected to church, take their next step.
The Community—We aim to:
Encourage more of our people to exercise influence for good in the community
Find ways to play our part in caring for the environment.
The Family—We aim to:
Establish a Pastoral Care Team.
We will encourage all to take part in house groups.
Help each person take One Step Forward in their spiritual journey.
The Mission—We aim to:
Develop a “whole church approach” to Spiritual Development and Discipleship.
Learn how to reach people in more ways, including Servant Evangelism.
Encourage everyone to be engaged in both Ministry and Mission
Build the new Porch at the front of the church building.
Spend proportionally more on Outreach in 2008 than in 2007
Explore employing additional staff.
Organising ourselves
In order to Bear Much Fruit we need to organise ourselves in new ways:
Through effective leadership.
We will organise all our activity within Ministries and Support Ministries for 2007/2008.
We will appoint a “Ministry Leader” to be responsible for each Ministry.
A Deacon or The Minister will be appointed to support each “Ministry Leader”.
Through clear structures and good planning.
Plan all our activities on the three school terms per year. (With regular holidays for all who work for the church.)
Establish written plans for all activities at least 1 term in advance
Combine planning and structure with creativity and dynamism.
Communicate our plans clearly, including renewing our website.
Through excellent communication.
We will clearly communicate what our structures are and who is responsible for what.
We will report summary financial information monthly.
We will coordinate all our communications (notices, magazine, posters, postcards and website).
Each term a Members Meeting will review how we actually performed against Plan, and review plans for the following term.
