Wesley Place Vision
Dec 17, 2015
Background
• Appointed by Church Council to make recommendations to:– Build on our strengths– Identify areas for improvement– Ensure we are set to meet
the challenges of the 21st
Century
Process
• Audit activities, demographics and priorities
• Provoke debate within Church using ‘Of Wood and Stone’ DVD
• Identify priorities• Present draft to Church Council• Consult with committee heads• Present to wider Church• Finalise report• Church Council to consider
and make firm decisions3 year outlook updated and reviewed each year
Methodist Church Priorities
• God-centred worship and prayer• Support community
development and action for justice• Develop confidence in evangelism
and the capacity to speak of God and faith
• Encourage fresh ways of being a Church
• Nurture a culture which is people-centred and flexible
Questions
• What are our core values?• What do they imply for
what we want to do and to be as a Church?
• Is our environment consistent with what we want to do and to be?
Wesley Place Mission
• To worship God and deepen our Christian lives
• To be an inviting, welcoming and witnessing fellowship
• To care for one another as a church family
• To serve the wider community
Vision
• To become the centre of the community alive 24 hours 7 days a week
• For each of us to say ‘I will’not ‘We should’
• For each of us to give ofour time and talentsfor the Lord
Vision
• Partner with U3A• Build infrastructure to support• Change and grow• Increasingly move focus to
families and young people
Worship and Mission
• Revive worship committee– New expressions
• New house groups– Adult and YPF
• Implement ‘Bible Fresh’• Christian library• Increase focus on local
projects
Pastoral
• Develop formal structure with clear terms of reference
• Draw existing and potential strands together
• Welcome process and welcome pack
Family
Activities targeted at• Full-time employed• Young adults• Life groups• 025 and holiday club• Get to know the congregation
breakfasts
Communications
• Set up communications team• Use of different media• Welcome Pack• Other infrastructure?
Wesley Place Mission
• To worship God and deepen our Christian lives
• To be an inviting, welcoming and witnessing fellowship
• To care for one another as a church family
• To serve the wider community