Missions

We directly support three missions as a church:

The Church Army Marylebone Project

St James' School, Masiaka, Sierra Leone - Pictures

Worthing Churches Homeless Projects

On the first Sunday of each month our young people hold a bring and buy stall after church in the hall where we meet for coffee. All the money raised goes to support our chosen mission projects.

During the year we have special collections / events to raise funds in support of:

The Children's Society

The Mission to Seafarers

Christian Aid

The Royal British Legion

The Women's World Day of Prayer

Each year the All Saint's Women's Fellowship adopt a charity to support.


Mission Action Plan

The parish have identified as a community together areas on which to focus under the headings of Attending to God, Building Christian community and Commending God's love to the world.

A  Attending to God

 

1.   Develop additional worship services using both All Saints and St Peter’s:
Sunday afternoon or evening or mid-week.

· Candlelight meditation during Advent or Lent

2011

2012

2013

· Healing service

· Taize

· Youth service

· Non-Eucharistic all age worship

· Songs of praise

· Book of common prayer services

· Outdoor service – on the Ring/Gallops

2.   Develop music within worship.

· Introduce new worship songs in to our regular services

2011

2012

2013

· More praise music

· Use drama-based music e.g Joseph

· Introduce new musical settings into the liturgy

· Occasional sung Evensong or Mattins

· Build up the choir and Benvenuti music group

3. Develop opportunities for new Christians to grow in faith and understanding

· Advertise and promote diocesan courses

2011

2012

2013

· Offer post-confirmation group sessions

· Encourage reading of Bible Reading Fellowship notes

· Foster house groups – daytime and evening:

o For Lent or Advent

o Based on a theme

o Informal fellowship – group to decide topic

· Develop library – for adults and children

· Short 4 week course about the basics and the big questions of today

B  Building Christian Community

 

1.   Have regular social activities.

· Coffee morning or lunch club

2011

2012

2013

· Annual parish event for the whole community

· Annual parish outing

· Hobby club – sewing, tap-dancing, walking

· Men’s breakfasts and everyone breakfasts

· Women’s fellowship – afternoon and evening

· BBQ at St Peter’s garden

· ‘Purpose driven life’ campaign for 40 days

2.   Integrate St Peter’s congregation into the parish and extend Welcome to High Salvington area.

· Welcome tea and ‘tour’

2011

2012

2013

· Leaflet drop with Christmas/Easter services

· Parish lunch / BBQ / Musical evening

· Develop pattern of regular Sunday morning Eucharist services

· Use magazine to have articles about whole parish and distribute via all shops

· Add information to website

3.   Develop links with the school and families.

· Host school occasions - e.g. leavers service

2011

2012

2013

· Invite school to participate in events e.g. flower festival / fete

· Have stall at school fetes and functions

· Participate in Children’s Centre activities

· Volunteers to help at school e.g. hear reading: help with assemblies

· Share with the school about our link with St. James’ school, Maisaka

C  Commending God’s Love to the World

 

1.   Develop communication tools.

· Replace notice boards at All Saints and St Peter’s to reflect up to date information

2011

2012

2013

· Train key people to edit website to keep it up to date

· Increase magazine circulation to include High Salvington

· Monitor paper waste in production of pew sheets and leaflets

· Use posters in shops to advertise events

· Develop data base of e-mail contacts for members of electoral role

· Use e-mail for PCC business, rotas, synod reps….

· Add church website to ‘a church near you’

2.   Develop support to missions

· Continue to support St James’s School, Maisaka; Marylebone Centre; WCHP

2011

2012

2013

· Investigate a visit to Maisaka by a parish rep

· Link Breakfast Club with St James’s school

· Raise money for our missions through specific events

· Choose a local mission to support via JUMP

· Create displays in church about the missions

3.   Use the church buildings for outreach into the local community

· Paint the hall and tidy up the curtains and the stage area

2011

2012

2013

· Use the hall for social events –

o barn dance: quiz:
o concerts / pantomime

· Lunch club for those who live alone

· Develop reach of Women’s fellowship

· Explore use of St Peter’s for community and church use for the deanery

o Quiet days
o Coffee mornings
o Ramblers?
o Windmill open days

· Develop links with pre-school and uniform organisations

Other matters raised at the consultations but not covered within the A,B,C

 

Environmental Targets

2011

2012

2013

· Investigate the installation of solar panels onto the church roof to generate electricity

· Reduce waste in our use of paper

o Use e-mail where possible
o Share pew sheets and cut number of copies
o Re-use paper that has been used on one side only

· Adopt a green policy for church activities

· Promote fair trade and ethical trading

· Support local business where possible

· Recycle more of our waste

· Assess and then reduce our carbon footprint

Finance targets

2011

2012

2013

· Recruitment drive for a new parish treasurer

· Stewardship campaign

· Review hall hire policy and charges

· Invest in updated Cash Call programme for parish accounts

· Explore training opportunities for parish account keeping

· Establish a specific finance sub-committee to support finance planning