Wesley Place Vision

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 21 st 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 decisions 3 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 of our time and talents for 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

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 of our time and talents for the Lord