Mission
Priority THREE To make our care for God's creation an important part of our discipleship as individuals and a church: Juliet Boyd & The Green Group
GOAL ‘To achieve A Rocha Silver Award’ • This will entails taking a survey about how ‘green’ we are, and making appropriate changes, in five key areas of our church life:
Worship and teaching
Management of church buildings
Management of church land
Community and global engagement
Lifestyle!
Resources:
To live justly, to love kindness and to walk humbly with God in the service of Christ. • Glorifying God through welcoming and inspiring worship • Being a community growing in faith, hope and love • Caring for the lost, the lonely and the vulnerable • Seeking and serving God's purposes for transforming the world
Priorities and Goals Autumn 2022 Agreed at the DCC mtg 16th November 2022
Priority ONE To make St Mary's more visible in the local and wider community
GOAL 1 ‘To promote Choral Evensong’ Sheila Lenon
GOAL 2 ‘To rebuild the Church Website’ Sam Pedder
GOAL 3 ‘To change the format of the Annual Review to a Magazine format and distribute to the local area Sam Pedder
Priority TWO To deepen the prayer life of the congregation
GOAL 1 ‘To organise a church conference on prayer’ Laura Campbell
GOAL 2 ‘To start a prayer group and to put prayer resources on the parish website’ Eleanor Searley
GOAL 3 ‘To set up a pop up prayer station in the Baptistry’ Laura Campbell