Dear Friends,
You may have noticed that there are a number of “new” opportunities we are beginning in 2016. It’s certainly an exciting time as we pursue our vision to be a growing Christian community devoted to maturing in Jesus for the Glory of God.
In December we participated in a short version of the NCLS survey to take the temperature of our church and see where we were at in terms of ministry and mission. The results have been surprising and I will talk more about them at our AGMs in March and April. But for now, it was exciting to see that 77% of people agree or strongly agree that our church is always ready to try something new – and we are.
An interest meeting for the Blessed Assurance Ministry for persons with a dementia and their carers was held this week and a great crew of people assembled to hear more and consider being involved. The Jesus Club Ministry for adults with an intellectual disability will have its interest meeting in a few weeks time. Friday Kids has transformed into Junior Jivers a musical playgroup and 12 new people came last Friday. On Sunday Leanne will be launching a new Friendship Group that will run on Mondays monthly for over 55s. And finally, we have started taking expressions of interest for people willing to be involved in a new Healing Service that will run monthly on Sunday afternoons where people will have the opportunity to pray, hear the Word of God and receive support.
We’d dearly love you to pray for all these new opportunities but also, we would dearly love you to consider whether you would like to be involved. There are many in our church with gifts and passions for ministry who are yet to find their ideal place to serve. We do hope that laying these opportunities before you will prompt you to consider becoming involved. If you can talk, walk, pour listen, pray, cut, paste, run, catch or just be friendly, you can serve in one of these new ministries.
If you are not sure what your gifts are or whether you would be the right person to serve in one of these ministries, please ask. We are only too keen to work with you to equip you and mobilise you for service.
In Christ
Nigel