Vision Aim 1 - To resource church members, the local community and the wider church

t To offer regular opportunity of praying for and with the local community

t To help people identify, develop, and use their God-given gifts for wherever He sends them

t To develop friendships within the community

t To support people in, for example, parenting, money management and marriage; or other need as God may reveal

We will do this by: 

t Employing a part time community worker 

t Promoting social events 

t Working in partnership with other youth organisations and other churches locally, nationally and globally 

Vision Aim 2 - To learn intentionally how to be followers of Christ

t To learn what it means to be evangelical Anglicans in our teaching and practice

t To help every member identify, develop and fulfil God’s call

t To ensure that members are discipled in small groups and are in accountable relationships

t To be good stewards of God’s creation and provision

t To support a growing children’s and youth ministry

We will do this by: 

t Sharing testimony to God’s activity 

t Resourcing a large team of adult children and youth leaders and developing youth discipleship groups 

t Providing consistency between Sunday and  other teaching 

Vision Aim 3 - To be united for mission around a variety of expressions of church

t Develop the formal 11:10 service with a focus on Biblical equipping for Christian discipleship

t Offer a complementary Common Worship Eucharist at St Edmunds

t Develop all aspects of the 9:30 gathering, to be accessible to all, with a Biblical teaching focus on issues of     contemporary interest

t Develop the 6:30 service with an informal focus on the opportunity for God to speak to our hearts and minds

t Start an after school church for families with younger children. (Messy Church)

t Ensure that all services are welcoming to newcomers

t Encourage other new congregations and expressions of church to emerge

To achieve all the above we will need: 

t Good communications including a dynamic and inspiring website 

t A corporate image to enhance our visibility 

t Targeted, strong, clear information 

t Improved facilities that are more welcoming, with greater capacity, and more flexibility

t To integrate the history of St Edmunds with its role as a living church for today 

t To do all of this in a way that demonstrates generosity within the community