1. The Brickhills Benefice Mission Action Plan 2012

2. Outreach Benefice Youth Cafe / Youth Alpha Set up welcome group for church and parishes Build on social events Develop further links with schools Great Brickhill Coffee morning for volunteers Marriage & parenting course Set up Mums & Toddlers group Stoke Hammond Offer services in secular venues Investigate church youth group Pilot ‘back to church’ Nativity tableau Little Brickhill Ask residents what would attract them to church Investigate forming ‘friends of the church’ group Bow Brickhill ‘Get involved’ campaign Start a Sunday School

3. Nourishment Worship and Spiritual Growth Benefice Plan more informal services for children, families and youth – possibly café style Arrange Benefice quiet day Review service patterns Great Brickhill Start a church band Make services easier to follow Continue and increase bible study groups Stoke Hammond Arrange a parish quiet day Continue and increase bible study groups

4. Prayer Benefice Open church for prayer / quiet days Deanery Investigate prayer visitor training Investigate training for parish visiting Great Brickhill Set up a prayer room Make space for meditation and prayer within services Stoke Hammond Prayer walking

5. Planning and Communications Benefice Advertise services more widely and forward plan festivals and special services Update Benefice website Stoke Hammond Install noticeboard Prepare church leaflets and headed paper Reinforce communications within Benefice Little Brickhill Advertise services by developing email, benefice website, more posters Bow Brickhill Use technology to improve communications – eChurch, village egroup, website Appoint someone to take on communication role

6. Church Buildings Benefice Make building more user- friendly, install toilets, kitchen Continue fundraising and look into grants for improvements Great Brickhill Make more space – remove some pews Stoke Hammond Replace heating Keep church open more Little Brickhill Address physical accessibility issues and draw up action plan Explore increasing the use of the building for other purposes than worship Bow Brickhill ‘Look into using building for other purposes than worship Improve accessibility by installing path

7. The Brickhills Benefice Mission Action Plan 2012