OUR MISSION
To be a Transforming Community Committed to Jesus Christ
Our mission statement is a short statement that sums up what we are about.
The vision is how this mission statement is being worked out in the present season of our church life.
OUR VALUES
We recognise that it is only as we are empowered by the Holy Spirit that we can live out these values.
Biblical Truth:
We will teach, make decisions and live on the basis of the truth as revealed in the whole of Scripture.
Mission:
We will be intentional in seeking to bring transformation to lost people and a fallen world.
Spiritual Development:
We will promote personal growth towards maturity in Christ and a lifestyle of service.
Community:
We will be a place where relationships are based on love, acceptance, honesty, accountability and forgiveness.
Corporate Worship:
We together will worship and pray in creative and relevant ways.
DETERMINING MISSION
In 2015 we conducted a church wide process to renew and clarify our vision as a church.
We first spent a week in prayer, seeking to hear what God was saying through his people.
From this we saw a number of themes emerge.
We reflected these back to the church for comment. We then had a retreat for ministry leaders and elders, to further clarify and refine the key points.
TURNING VISION INTO ACTION
Over the next five years, this vision will become the key grid by which we determine what we do. Strategic plans will be drawn up for each of the areas, and ministry plans will reflect this vision. Bringing change involves taking small steps across a wide range of areas, and doing those actions consistently over years.
We overestimate what can be done in 1 year, and underestimate what can be done in 5 years.
OUR VISION 2016 -2020
As we grow in this, we will see our Sunday services have:
•an atmosphere of reverence along with celebration.
•times of corporate and individual confession, repentance, silence and space.
•stories of God’s deep work in people’s lives.
•a sense of spiritual hunger and expectation of God speaking.
And in people’s lives there will be :
•An increase in prayer.
•A hearing from God.
•A willingness to serve, and take steps of costly obedience.
•A growing awareness of the presence of God.
•Use of spiritual gifts.
As we grow in this we will see:
•Increasing number of new Christians being baptized.
•Every person equipped to share their faith.
•An Increase in the number of conversations about spiritual matters.
•Fresh expressions of church evolve for new believers.
•Increased prayer for the empowering of the Holy Spirit.
empowering parents, and reinforcing this by helping young people encounter God in church programmes. We want church to be a strongly intergenerational community, so that there are not young people isolated but
involved in all church activities.
As we grow in this, we will see:
•Adults knowing the children’s names
•Interaction after Sunday service between generations
•A sense of family in the church
•Service and ministry between generations
As we grow in this we will see
•New ministries targeted to needs.
•Strong support for existing ministries.
•Inclusion and belonging of the marginalized within church services and groups.
To be a Transforming Community Committed to Jesus Christ
Our mission statement is a short statement that sums up what we are about.
The vision is how this mission statement is being worked out in the present season of our church life.
OUR VALUES
We recognise that it is only as we are empowered by the Holy Spirit that we can live out these values.
Biblical Truth:
We will teach, make decisions and live on the basis of the truth as revealed in the whole of Scripture.
Mission:
We will be intentional in seeking to bring transformation to lost people and a fallen world.
Spiritual Development:
We will promote personal growth towards maturity in Christ and a lifestyle of service.
Community:
We will be a place where relationships are based on love, acceptance, honesty, accountability and forgiveness.
Corporate Worship:
We together will worship and pray in creative and relevant ways.
DETERMINING MISSION
In 2015 we conducted a church wide process to renew and clarify our vision as a church.
We first spent a week in prayer, seeking to hear what God was saying through his people.
From this we saw a number of themes emerge.
We reflected these back to the church for comment. We then had a retreat for ministry leaders and elders, to further clarify and refine the key points.
TURNING VISION INTO ACTION
Over the next five years, this vision will become the key grid by which we determine what we do. Strategic plans will be drawn up for each of the areas, and ministry plans will reflect this vision. Bringing change involves taking small steps across a wide range of areas, and doing those actions consistently over years.
We overestimate what can be done in 1 year, and underestimate what can be done in 5 years.
OUR VISION 2016 -2020
- To Seek a Deeper Relationship of Intimacy and Reverence with God
As we grow in this, we will see our Sunday services have:
•an atmosphere of reverence along with celebration.
•times of corporate and individual confession, repentance, silence and space.
•stories of God’s deep work in people’s lives.
•a sense of spiritual hunger and expectation of God speaking.
And in people’s lives there will be :
•An increase in prayer.
•A hearing from God.
•A willingness to serve, and take steps of costly obedience.
•A growing awareness of the presence of God.
•Use of spiritual gifts.
- To be talking about Jesus
As we grow in this we will see:
•Increasing number of new Christians being baptized.
•Every person equipped to share their faith.
•An Increase in the number of conversations about spiritual matters.
•Fresh expressions of church evolve for new believers.
•Increased prayer for the empowering of the Holy Spirit.
- To Intentionally Disciple our Children and Youth within an Intergenerational Community
empowering parents, and reinforcing this by helping young people encounter God in church programmes. We want church to be a strongly intergenerational community, so that there are not young people isolated but
involved in all church activities.
As we grow in this, we will see:
•Adults knowing the children’s names
•Interaction after Sunday service between generations
•A sense of family in the church
•Service and ministry between generations
- To Minister to those who are Struggling
As we grow in this we will see
•New ministries targeted to needs.
•Strong support for existing ministries.
•Inclusion and belonging of the marginalized within church services and groups.
