CHURCH Leadership Every Member Ministry Worship Prayer Healing Ministry Discipleship Occasional Offices – Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals Welcome Pastoral Care Stewardship Children and Young People Social COMMUNITY Schools Safeguarding Messy Church The Elderly Communication Civic Responsibilities Ecumenical MISSION AND OUTREACH Evangelism Community World Mission The Environment Annual Review of Plans and Progress 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 vision and mission VISION STATEMENT Our aim is to follow Jesus, as Christian communities, families and individuals. We desire to grow in love for God, one another and the towns and villages we serve. Committed to being people of prayer we will wait on and listen to God and study His Word while serving Him and those around us. As we work together to recognize, encourage and develop the gifts God has given, we want to enable every member of the Bridgnorth Team to be involved in mission and ministry; making disciples and enabling the building up and extending of His church and Kingdom among and around us.
Develop annual programme of seasonal/agricultural/outdoor services. Visit Fresh Expressions. PRAYER Daily Prayer is centred on the Morning Office at St. Mary’s There is a prayer request box available at St. Mary’s (prayed for in Morning Office) alongside prayer aids in St Mary’s Lady Chapel. Prayer prompts appear in the weekly notices sheet from Jane Peeler. FOR DEVELOPMENT Christians at Work needs a notice board and triplets need re-invigorating. Team Prayer meeting monthly – day/time to be reviewed, more creative sessions being developed. Opportunities for congregational prayer to be encouraged including existing prayer book at St Mary’s and including in intercessions at all churches and Anniversary Book at St Mary’s. The work of the Prayer Circle needs to be restarted. HEALING MINISTRY FOR DEVELOPMENT To be maintained and developed at St Mary’s and expanded across the Team. Open ministry to the public needs to be explored further with publicity. Testimony of God’s grace and answers to prayer to be encouraged in services and via Cross+Link. Weekly laying on of Hands in Bridgnorth and Healing services. DISCIPLESHIP Discipleship is key to everything we are and do A programme for small groups was established in autumn 2012 with mixed results, some will continue others are to be reviewed. During Lent 2013 people
Teaching and preaching Annual focus on financial giving. Charitable giving by churches. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE A junior church exists at St Mary’s. The Town’s Christian youth worker, John Proctor works at The Bridge, across the churches in the deanery and in the schools. Nic Hirsch and Reverend Laura Hill run a young people’s group at Laura’s house each Thursday prior to choir practice. Messy Church is run by the Team on the fourth Wednesday of the month in term time at St James’ Hall Church. Family services take place at St Mary’s on the fourth Sunday and at Tasley and Astley Abbotts on the 2nd Sunday of the month. A register of all involved in children’s ministry and with vulnerable adults and working in the team is maintained by Shona Holland. CRBs were updated as required in 2012/3. FOR DEVELOPMENT Needs for CRB renewals to be monitored. A register for those visiting vulnerable adults to be created. Annual reviews of disability needs to be undertaken by each church. CRBs – review every year. Complete update due in 2017. Admission of children to communion to be encouraged and instruction given. At present this only happens at St Mary’s. Review Baptism policy, preparation and follow-up, helpers. Maintain and refine on-going preparation and support for Baptism families. Increase membership of Baptism visiting teams. Review Preparation - possibly to include an evening prep meeting for godparents as well. Confirmation - Annual Confirmation preparation sessions. Junior Church at St Mary’s John Prockter Young Family Praise/Little Stars – Research in order to establish viability of restarting. Research with schools, local agencies, other churches re need for parenting courses. Mothers Union SOCIAL