A Vision for the Axe Valley Mission Community
Tell God your needs and don’t forget to thank Him for His answers.
If you do this you will find God’s peace within your human mind’
Philippians 4 : 6 -7
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail"
Benjamin Franklin
We have considered the priority needs of our churches and Mission Community Team, and following an initial process we share our Mission Action Plan.
Please pray for our Mission Community as we seek to share God’s message and love.
We seek to serve God through service to our neighbours.
The MAP will continually change and develop as our mission and Ministry grow.
Please hold us in your prayers as we seek to grow the Kingdom.
Our Vision is : To encourage growth in personal faith and to promote the knowledge and love of God in the Axe Valley
1. To build a greater sense of belonging to the Mission Community and to improve communication across the churches
2. To further develop our involvement in, and engagement with, all in our communities
3. Whilst respecting tradition, developing the diversity and relevance of worship across the Mission Community
For details of the actions for each of the priorities, click on each below.
Action |
Lead People |
Timing |
Resourcing |
Success Criteria |
3 Mission Statements |
Introduce AVMC wide weekly news sheet and develop its
effectiveness |
Rector/ Peter Parshall |
From Feb 2018 weekly |
Printing £1.25/week |
Response and evaluation positive |
Praying Serving |
To increase publicity for services and events |
Nominated publicity officer |
As soon as available |
Admin costs Social media costs |
Greater response to events, services and activities |
Service Praying |
Continue to develop AVMC website And encourage its use |
Rector/Colin Frier |
From January 2018 |
Website costs £75/year |
Site is up to date. Number of hits grows. User feedback positive. |
Praying Serving Discipling |
Developing a quality and effective Mission Community
monthly magazine |
Rector And appointed team |
Ongoing |
To be considered and assessed |
Positive response and more effective communication
across the Mission Community |
Praying Serving |
Action |
Lead People |
Timing |
Resourcing |
Success |
3 Mission Statements |
Work with civil Parish and Town Councils and formally
contribute to Community Plans |
Rector PCC members |
Ongoing |
No specific resource requirements beyond time and
individual commitment |
Churches & AVMC recognised as contributing to
community welfare |
Serving |
Improve reporting and engagement with ACT and their
work in general |
Rector ACT Reps |
Ongoing |
No additional resource requirements |
Increased engagement with ACT events and planning |
Praying Serving |
Share the work & achievements of Pippins through
raising the profile of Axminster Christians Together (ACT) |
Rector Staff Team ACT Reps |
Ongoing 6 monthly Report to PCCs and congregations |
Full membership of ACT |
All Churches recognise that they are part of ACT. Reports well shared with all |
Serving Discipling |
Engage effectively and visibly with local and national
events : |
Staff Team PCC reps |
Ongoing |
Time Individual commitments |
Profile of Churches and AVMC raised and positive |
Serving Praying Discipling |
Maximising the benefits and engagement of all our
churches to the whole community |
Churchwardens Group PCCs |
Ongoing |
To be assessed and addressed to specific needs |
Churches and their grounds are used as a more diverse
resource for activities and community engagement |
Serving Praying Discipling |
Action |
Lead People |
Timing |
Resourcing |
Success |
3 Mission Statements |
Continue to raise the profile of 5th Sunday ‘Team Services’ and make attractive |
Su Clark and Team |
Ongoing |
Admin & Printing costs Approx £200/year |
Numbers increase and all churches are well represented at events
|
Praying Discipling |
Introduce monthly non Eucharistic Family friendly services in churches – focussing on children and family welcome
|
Team |
Look to develop what is already occurring across all of our churches as appropriate to their resources |
Planning and advertising time and inputs
Some resourcing for individual events
Engage with professional guidance – eg ‘Growing the Rural Church’ Team |
Numbers of children & families involved with worship and church based activities increases across AVMC |
Praying Discipling Service |
Annual courses/workshops eg Lent/Advent/other
|
Staff Team |
November 2018 |
Travel costs and speaker expenses |
Well supported events take place |
Praying Discipling |
Develop lay leadership skills, confidence and opportunities
|
Staff Team |
Ongoing |
Cost of appropriate materials and resources Time and consistent energy |
Additional, frequent and well supported lay led activities are occurring across the Mission Community and more individuals are supported into leading activities |
Discipling Serving Praying |
Establish pattern of schools/education services – attractive to children and families |
Staff Team PCC reps |
Sept 2018 |
Some service materials
|
Children and schools engage with the church family
|
Praying Discipling Serving |
Following the event in October when members of the Mission Community meet to discuss and pray about the Vision for the Community we would like feedback to help us in the next steps.
A response form (in Word format) can be download here.
October 2017
On Saturday 21st October, fifty members of the churches from across the Mission Community came together for the day to talk, discuss and pray about the future of the Community. All accompanied by a plentiful supply of food, tea and coffee.
This is a first step in a journey of faith together.