OUR VISION: (2003-2008)

1. Activities
New Church facilities -
A not for profit café for use by the local community. Such a ministry could be the source of a great many leads into community outreach.
A Citizen’s Advice service. There is a great deal of expertise within the church; perhaps we could provide a service of this nature.
New kitchens facilities.
Facility to sell Christian books and fair-trade products.
A comfortable and welcoming reception area.

Links with community - we aim to develop our links with and profile in the local community. We will seek to work constructively in partnership with the local council, police and MPs. We would like to establish a team of volunteers to help with odd jobs in the local community. Recognising that Christmas is a vital time of year for the church we aim to develop our Christmas programme to include high profile community outreach. We particularly aim to work in and with the local schools.

2. Finance & Resources
Pay off outstanding loans - we aim to clear the remaining debt on the church building early in this five year period.

People - a number of possible appointments would be very beneficial to the church. These could take responsibility for developing work and organising volunteer help in the following areas of ministry:

Children’s/Youth work
Maintenance of the Church premises
Administration
Use of Information Technology
Community outreach
Counselling
Work among the elderly
We aim to appoint paid or unpaid people to work in at least some of these areas.

Information Technology - information technology is now widely used by churches. We aim to develop the use of IT in order to establish a modern and efficient environment. The creative use of IT offers many opportunities for ministry, particularly among children and young people – we will seek to begin exploiting these.

3. Buildings & Fabric
The church hall - it is clear that the hall is in need of some refurbishment. We aim to refurbish it such that it will be both presentable and practical for the various organisations that regularly use it.

A building project - plans are already in existence for the development of the site such as to join the two buildings. New facilities should be functional for groups of all ages and must be a resource for the local community.