PARISH ACTION PLAN 2008 - 2013
Aims are in no order of priority.
Aim 1 To offer and explore a variety of worship in
order to encourage people to explore the meaning and value of the Christian
faith.
Actions: We intend to:
- continue and develop Sunday night devotional services, twice a month;
- offer a variety of non-Eucharistic worship at other festivals;
- develop a more regular pattern of Wholeness and Healing services;
- offer a minimum of 2 Quiet Days for prayer, reflection and discernment of
God's will.
Aim 2 To express our Christian care and concern with
people across the world in order to share God's love in a practical way abroad,
and to understand more about other people's lives in a global context.
Actions: We intend to:
- raise a further �2,000 to support a community in Armenia, through the
organisation 'World Vision';
- support the operation 'Samaritan's Purse: Operation Christmas Child' by
putting together shoeboxes and holding a gift service;
- support Fairtrade wherever possible.
Aim 3 To be agents of God’s love and generosity in
the local community in order that we may use the God-given resources we have for
the well-being of the people on our doorstep.
Actions: We intend to:
- Develop and open the garden of St. Teilo's Church for the use of local
people;
- Open our churches as often as we can for social events so that the public
may come in and find hospitality;
- Make the buildings available for local schools and arts communities to use
for their education and enjoyment.
Aim 4 To offer a sense of God’s healing and
wholeness to the people we meet who are in need of pastoral care in that we can
work effectively as agents of God’s unconditional love.
Actions: We intend to:
- seek to formalise our visiting, listening and caring through the
development of a pastoral care team which can work and pray together. Those with
particular gifts in this area will meet together to pray and discern motivation
for a pastoral care team;
- continue our training in Mission and Ministry through a group of five
people attending an ongoing course, on behalf of the Parish.
Aim 5 �To develop our ministry to children and young
people so that we can connect with and nurture the faith of those who are
developing their own understanding of the Christian faith and what it means in
their lives.
Actions: We intend to:
- encourage the Sundays at Six group to take part in leading services;
- offer confirmation classes on Saturday afternoons for children to explore
their faith, leading to confirmation, or simply out of interest;
- engage the children with our world-wide mission project and particularly
Samaritan's Purse: Operation Christmas Child;
- seek to join diocesan events aimed at young people;
- interact with the local schools as much as possible.