Vision Statement 2008
“growing to love God and serve our neighbours”
Vision Statement:
We want to be a growing community of Christ’s followers, through evangelism and discipleship. We have Jesus as our Head and we want to be a “Spirit and Word” church, experiencing the supernatural power of God and utilising the spiritual gifts He gives to us. We believe that everybody who wants to belong has a part to play in the life of HCC and we want to value everyone’s contribution. We feel it is important to share honestly about our lives as we believe that following Jesus is more about relationship and a journey, rather than signing up to a set of rules. Our aim is to be genuine family and community to one another, meeting regularly and pressing onwards. Everyone is welcome and no-one is perfect!
Our Values:
· Jesus at the Centre - we are followers of Jesus.
· Every member ministry - participation is expected and encouraged.
· The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are encouraged.
· We seek to live our lives in conformity to God's Word as it is revealed.
· As Church we are the body of Christ - we all have a role.
· We worship God 24/7 as we offer our lives to Him.
· We are committed to serving the community of Pinehurst.
· We are open to God’s call to ‘go’ and serve wherever He may lead us – there are no ‘no-go’ areas.
· As part of the Pioneer church movement we will seek to be open to new ideas, expressions of church etc and are prepared to experiment.
Objectives for 2008:
Gathered church & worship:
· To root the theme and focus of gathered meetings into what HCC as a whole is doing and working towards.
· To see an increase in our gathered meetings of people sharing and contributing through testimony, the prophetic, words, readings etc – so that we hear from a variety of voices.
· To see an increase in regular corporate prayer, utilizing a range of prayer styles and topics and be public and deliberate about sharing answers to prayer.
· To work towards a more cohesive and collaborative musical worship team and cultivate relationships with other potential worship musicians.
· To meet together as a musical worship team to inspire one another, pray, strengthen relationships and share vision.
Wider Church:
· To continue to develop good links and relationships with Hertford Churches Together and be involved with town-wide projects wherever possible.
· To support and encourage the work of para-church organizations with a local remit such as Young Life and FutureHope.
· To support missionaries and mission organizations with whom we have established or are developing relationships with through regular prayer, profile and financial giving.
· To continue developing relationships with the Pioneer network of churches, particularly within the ‘Inspire’ network.
Outreach & evangelism:
· To run an Alpha / Y Course in autumn 08 to make the most of the town-wide outreach which will have occurred during summer 2008.
· To be involved in Hope 08 events, RE:ACT, etc and be committed in our support and service of these events.
· To plan and run some HCC summer events in order to build relationships and promote the autumn outreach course.
Cells:
- To allocate missionaries to each cell who will support in any way possible, and particularly with prayer support.
- To work on the 4th W (witness) in order to make this real and practical.
- To provide and encourage training for cell leaders.
- To hold regular cell leaders meetings.
- To ensure the cell coordinators visit and encourage cells regularly.
Individual Cell Leader’s Objectives:
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Mark / Liz
§ To grow in maturity and numbers
§ To appoint an intern
§ To all do the same bible study
notes and share our insights and
responses in the word
§ To pray in pairs/groups to
encourage further depth and
honesty
§ To continue to have a social event
(to invite people to) every month
§ To support each other more in our
relationships and outreach
|
Sara / Ross
§ To learn what the cell model is
beyond the 4W’s
§ To work together with Ross, figuring what our roles are.
|
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Ali / Frances
Love God
§ To study and talk together about
God
§ To understand and seek to
discover God's plan for our lives
§ To encourage spiritual growth
To love one another
§ To encourage, support and pray
for each other
§ To “be there for each other”
Love our neighbour
§ To spur each other on to share our
faith with others
§ To witness together as a cell
§ To socialise together as a cell and
to invite friends and family to
events we plan
§ To continue to “do the 4w’s”
|
Jacqui
§ As a group inspire and revitalise
our passion and energy
§ To watch inspiring DVDs together to
provoke discussion and how to
outwork that in our lives
§ To encourage everyone to be willing
to share a bit deeper with where we
are at
§ To encourage those on the fringe of
the cell to join in
§ To have regular socials with the
children at weekends and half terms
§ To encourage everyone to get
involved in leading parts of the cell
|
Children’s Work:
· To build relationships with children on the Pinehurst estate and share the Gospel with them.
· To develop relationships with the local schools to build a link between school, community and church.
· To establish relationships with families on Pinehurst and integrate families into the church.
· To encourage and help develop the spiritual lives of the children attending church meetings on Sundays.
· To encourage the body of the church to support and pray for the children’s ministry.
Pre-school:
· To continue to consolidate, and build on the successes or 2007 – an Outstanding Ofsted report, financial stability, overflowing waiting lists, and clearly a very good reputation among the parents of that area.
· To reach out to more families in need of support – financial, emotional and practical.
· To support and encourage our 3rd member of staff to become fully qualified through the NVQ level 3 Early Years play, development and childcare course.
· To provide a top quality pre-school education at affordable prices (and obtain grants for all who need them) to the children and parents in the community we serve. We want our values and ethos as a church to be clearly visible in all we do.
Wednesday Club:
· To continue to provide friendship, companionship, support and fun to all who attend the club, and to encourage the values of love, care, service and mutual support amongst the group.
· To provide Christian input through conversation, example and prayer within the group
· To help individuals with practical, emotional and age-related issues and to encourage new members.
· To continue to pray for and encourage the members to explore the Christian faith for themselves and to draw them in to the various aspects of the wider church in the town.
Finance & Admin:
· To keep the website up to date and current and to review the content, especially the front page to make the content more appropriate to non church attendees.
- To make sure we remain within the rules of the charities commission.
- To ensure we remain financially viable and produce accurate and timely accounts.
- To have weekly newsletters available on Sundays and accessible to all to keep up-to-date with news, prayer requests etc.
2008
“growing to love God and serve our neighbours”
Vision Statement:
We want to be a growing community of Christ’s followers, through evangelism and discipleship. We have Jesus as our Head and we want to be a “Spirit and Word” church, experiencing the supernatural power of God and utilising the spiritual gifts He gives to us. We believe that everybody who wants to belong has a part to play in the life of HCC and we want to value everyone’s contribution. We feel it is important to share honestly about our lives as we believe that following Jesus is more about relationship and a journey, rather than signing up to a set of rules. Our aim is to be genuine family and community to one another, meeting regularly and pressing onwards. Everyone is welcome and no-one is perfect!
Our Values:
· Jesus at the Centre - we are followers of Jesus.
· Every member ministry - participation is expected and encouraged.
· The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are encouraged.
· We seek to live our lives in conformity to God's Word as it is revealed.
· As Church we are the body of Christ - we all have a role.
· We worship God 24/7 as we offer our lives to Him.
· We are committed to serving the community of Pinehurst.
· We are open to God’s call to ‘go’ and serve wherever He may lead us – there are no ‘no-go’ areas.
· As part of the Pioneer church movement we will seek to be open to new ideas, expressions of church etc and are prepared to experiment.
Objectives for 2008:
Gathered church & worship:
· To root the theme and focus of gathered meetings into what HCC as a whole is doing and working towards.
· To see an increase in our gathered meetings of people sharing and contributing through testimony, the prophetic, words, readings etc – so that we hear from a variety of voices.
· To see an increase in regular corporate prayer, utilizing a range of prayer styles and topics and be public and deliberate about sharing answers to prayer.
· To work towards a more cohesive and collaborative musical worship team and cultivate relationships with other potential worship musicians.
· To meet together as a musical worship team to inspire one another, pray, strengthen relationships and share vision.
Wider Church:
· To continue to develop good links and relationships with Hertford Churches Together and be involved with town-wide projects wherever possible.
· To support and encourage the work of para-church organizations with a local remit such as Young Life and FutureHope.
· To support missionaries and mission organizations with whom we have established or are developing relationships with through regular prayer, profile and financial giving.
· To continue developing relationships with the Pioneer network of churches, particularly within the ‘Inspire’ network.
Outreach & evangelism:
· To run an Alpha / Y Course in autumn 08 to make the most of the town-wide outreach which will have occurred during summer 2008.
· To be involved in Hope 08 events, RE:ACT, etc and be committed in our support and service of these events.
· To plan and run some HCC summer events in order to build relationships and promote the autumn outreach course.
Cells:
- To allocate missionaries to each cell who will support in any way possible, and particularly with prayer support.
- To work on the 4th W (witness) in order to make this real and practical.
- To provide and encourage training for cell leaders.
- To hold regular cell leaders meetings.
- To ensure the cell coordinators visit and encourage cells regularly.
Individual Cell Leader’s Objectives:
|
Mark / Liz
§ To grow in maturity and numbers
§ To appoint an intern
§ To all do the same bible study
notes and share our insights and
responses in the word
§ To pray in pairs/groups to
encourage further depth and
honesty
§ To continue to have a social event
(to invite people to) every month
§ To support each other more in our
relationships and outreach
|
Sara / Ross
§ To learn what the cell model is
beyond the 4W’s
§ To work together with Ross, figuring what our roles are.
|
|
Ali / Frances
Love God
§ To study and talk together about
God
§ To understand and seek to
discover God's plan for our lives
§ To encourage spiritual growth
To love one another
§ To encourage, support and pray
for each other
§ To “be there for each other”
Love our neighbour
§ To spur each other on to share our
faith with others
§ To witness together as a cell
§ To socialise together as a cell and
to invite friends and family to
events we plan
§ To continue to “do the 4w’s”
|
Jacqui
§ As a group inspire and revitalise
our passion and energy
§ To watch inspiring DVDs together to
provoke discussion and how to
outwork that in our lives
§ To encourage everyone to be willing
to share a bit deeper with where we
are at
§ To encourage those on the fringe of
the cell to join in
§ To have regular socials with the
children at weekends and half terms
§ To encourage everyone to get
involved in leading parts of the cell
|
Children’s Work:
· To build relationships with children on the Pinehurst estate and share the Gospel with them.
· To develop relationships with the local schools to build a link between school, community and church.
· To establish relationships with families on Pinehurst and integrate families into the church.
· To encourage and help develop the spiritual lives of the children attending church meetings on Sundays.
· To encourage the body of the church to support and pray for the children’s ministry.
Pre-school:
· To continue to consolidate, and build on the successes or 2007 – an Outstanding Ofsted report, financial stability, overflowing waiting lists, and clearly a very good reputation among the parents of that area.
· To reach out to more families in need of support – financial, emotional and practical.
· To support and encourage our 3rd member of staff to become fully qualified through the NVQ level 3 Early Years play, development and childcare course.
· To provide a top quality pre-school education at affordable prices (and obtain grants for all who need them) to the children and parents in the community we serve. We want our values and ethos as a church to be clearly visible in all we do.
Wednesday Club:
· To continue to provide friendship, companionship, support and fun to all who attend the club, and to encourage the values of love, care, service and mutual support amongst the group.
· To provide Christian input through conversation, example and prayer within the group
· To help individuals with practical, emotional and age-related issues and to encourage new members.
· To continue to pray for and encourage the members to explore the Christian faith for themselves and to draw them in to the various aspects of the wider church in the town.
Finance & Admin:
· To keep the website up to date and current and to review the content, especially the front page to make the content more appropriate to non church attendees.
- To make sure we remain within the rules of the charities commission.
- To ensure we remain financially viable and produce accurate and timely accounts.
- To have weekly newsletters available on Sundays and accessible to all to keep up-to-date with news, prayer requests etc.
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