Parish Mission Statement

We value, encourage and actively work to serve God and each other through discipleship, fellowship and worship. We seek to become a vibrant Church, with Christ at its centre, offering prayer, fellowship and worship to all who seek Him.

LIFE VERSE
“’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ Matt. 22: 37-39

MISSION STATEMENT

Welcome

  • Update Welcome Pack.
  • Pew Cards.
  • One-to-one invites from Parish Organisations to new Parishioners.

Prayer

  • Parish Matters Magazine.
  • Prayer-board in Church.
  • Prayer Cards in Pews.
  • Prayer-board/ box in Parish Centre.
  • Setting up of Prayer Circles.
  • Web Prayers.

Outreach

  • Open Hands Project.
  • Charitable Giving.
  • Website.
  • Parish Centre
  • Greenlanes NS
  • Alpha
  • Fitting out of Parish Centre Meeting Room for worship.

Disciple-Making

  • YCP/ LPA – Focussing on Ministry to our Young People.
  • Discipling of Parishioners, new and existing, through:
  • Parish Study Group.
  • Lent and Advent Study Series.
  • Quarterly Bible Reading Notes (BRF).

Worship

  • Continual Assessment of the Worship Pattern.
  • Wednesday Service with tea and coffee.
  • Occasional Liturgies:
  • Annual Healing Service.
  • Outdoor Summer Service.
  • Youth Services.
  • Songs of Praise Service.

Fellowship

  • Tea/ Coffee on Sundays.
  • Seasonal Refreshments on Special Sundays.
  • Weekly Drop-In Coffee Morning.
  • Clontarf Women’s Group.
  • Mothers’ Union.
  • Clontarf Men’s Group.
  • Harvest Homecoming Lunch.
  • Fundraising Events:
  • Race Nights, Fashion Shows, Ethnic Nights.
  • Social Events tri-annually:
  • Cheese and Wine (Autumn).
  • Parish Social (Spring).
  • Parish Fete (Summer).

Support

  • Parish Visitors:
  • Finance in terms of Christian Stewardship.
  • Pastoral Care.
  • Sick-Visiting.
  • Prayer Circle.
  • Parish Organisations.

Select Vestry

  • Responsible for:
  • Finance of Parish.
  • Church and Parish Centre Fabric.
  • Overall Administration of Parish Structures.
  • Safeguarding Trust Programme
  • Management of Youth Ministry.
  • Appointment of three SV Groups.

FACILITATED BY SELECT VESTRY GROUPS

Fabric Group
In order to facilitate the vision of our Parish Family, the church building needs to be a place where people are enabled to enter into a relationship with God and with each other. We need to facilitate that through a program of works that optimises our use of the building.

Finance Group
Our own needs, and the needs of those around us, impact on all our financial decisions. The Group is supported by the efforts of the Fundraising Group who enable our ministries to continue and grow. We support charitable works at home and abroad.

Needs Group
As Jesus went about caring for others and continually offered himself to them, the Needs Group assesses our needs as a Church. This group continues to discern where God is leading us.