St Johns with St Barnabas

Prayer

• Renew our Benefice-wide 'Prayer Night'

• Offer opportunities to pray in churches through the week

• Enable individuals and groups to pray regularly

 

Worship

• Recognise and encourage a variety of styles within the Benefice

• Create patterns relevent to local churches and congregations

• Offer worship where people expect to meet with God

 

Outreach

• Develop a stratagy for outreach to children and young people

• Encourage the development in faith of adults

• Support outreach to particular communities, especially Townsend

• Enlarge our vision to include making disiples 'of all nations'

 

Teaching

• Ensure a pattern of biblical teaching within the churches

• Develop discipleship of individuals through homegroups

 

Ministry

• Recognise and develop the use of gifts within the church

• Develop opportunities for practical service in the wider community

• Support and encourage 'giftings' though training

 

Pastoral Care

• Encourage fellowship within and between our churches

• Ensure a stratagy for support and care of church members

• Develop opportunities presented though 'occasional offices'

 

Resourcing

• Teach and practice Christian principles of generosity in giving

• Use our buildings and physical resources towards achieving our vision