What is the purpose?
With the Lord’s help, we are committed to honouring the suggestions put forth by the congregation, to develop objectives to revitalize and enrich our church.
Summary
All congregational suggestions have been reviewed by the steering committee and objectives have been thoughtfully drafted.
There has been good progress made this year on some of the objectives, namely the Faithful Witnesses course and the monthly youth events. But we acknowledge a lot of work is still required to bring these ministries to maturity.
We believe that the steering committee has satisfied the mandate placed on us by the leader’s meeting. That is, to develop enriching and revitalising objectives for the church, through the suggestions pertaining to the focus areas identified at the congregational diagnosis weekend.
On 26 October the Steering Committee met and drafted a plan to take these objectives forward. Interim ministry leaders have been assigned as per the table below.
We request the leader’s meeting review and approve these individuals for these positions, with the intention of starting these ministries off and finding the best individuals or teams for these areas.
All Current Objectives
| MINISTRY | OBJECTIVE | ASSIGNEE |
| Mission | 1.1 Train 20 willing motivated members, every year, in faith sharing and service in our community. | Sean / Karen / Elaine / Karel |
| Mission | 1.2 Identify a member with the necessary calling and gifts, under whose leadership the help-giving ministry of this family (acknowledging all existing current efforts, like Social Concerns, etc), will be coordinated and developed. | Elaine |
| Mission | 1.3 Identify a member with the necessary calling and gifts, under whose leadership the existing media and communication ministry of the congregation will be coordinated, expanded and developed. | Karen / Lauren |
| Mission | 1.4 Establish a task team to look at outside projects, evaluate them, and bring recommendations back to the leadership. | TBD |
| Pastoral Care | 2.1 Identify a member, with the necessary calling and gifts, to coordinate and develop the newcomer ministry, which seeks to welcome newcomers and help them to connect to the life of the church. | Elaine |
| Pastoral Care | 2.2 Identify a member, with the necessary calling and gifts, to coordinate and develop a pastoral visitation ministry to care for our family. | Elaine |
| Pastoral Care | 2.3 Regularly provide fellowship opportunities for the church community and small groups by the Program Leader as detailed in objective 3.3. | Elaine / Karen / Program Leader (3.3) |
| Youth & Faith Development | 3.1 Teaching, equipping and enriching, in the aspects of parenting and child care, keeping in mind “family centered, church supported”. | Family Pastor / Morag (for the Youth element) |
| Youth & Faith Development | 3.2 Pastoral staff to meet regularly with church leaders including youth leaders, Sunday School teachers, i.e., for revitalization and renewal. e.g. Family retreat, courses. | Exec / Morag |
| Youth & Faith Development | 3.3 Identify a suitably gifted and motivated individual as a program Leader for Family Ministry, to develop “family centered, church supported” programming. | Exec |
| Youth & Faith Development | 3.4 Identify a suitably gifted and motivated individual as a Youth / Family pastor. Working closely with Family Ministry coordinator. | Exec / Family Pastor / Morag |
| Youth & Faith Development | 3.5 Undertake an assessment of, and a needs assessment for, different kinds of teaching required. | [Completed] |
| Small Groups | 4.1 Undertake an assessment of, and a needs assessment for, small groups in the church. | [Completed] |
| Small Groups | 4.2 Identify 5 members with the necessary calling and gifts to be trained as small group leaders, for 5 new small groups. | Sean |
| Small Groups | 4.3 Identify a suitably gifted and motivated individual as a small group coordinator, under whose leadership the ministry will be developed and coordinated. | Sean |
| Small Groups | 4.4 Identify a suitably gifted and motivated individual as a mentorship coordinator, under whose leadership the ministry will be developed and coordinated. | Same as 4.3 |
| Decision Making | 5.1 Steering Committee Members responsible for Decision Making to meet with the ministers and heads of ministries to discuss what it will take to implement a missional structure, and the necessary restructuring changes that may be required. | Exec / New Appointments to be filled |