Looking to the future
The Ministers and Office Bearers are acutely aware of the need for the modern Church to respond to the needs and demands of modern life, for example by providing more non Sunday times of worship and by recognising that you can feel you belong to the Church without attending Worship.
We also want to encourage all our members to take an active part in Church life.
We are keen to tackle the needs and opportunities of the electronic age.
We recognise that we have just begun to reach out to WAAM families through Linda’s work. This is at a very early stage but has already made a huge impact on GKOPC and WAAM.
There is a need for an analysis and development of relationships with local Schools.
We need to consolidate our views on what it means to be a Christian in the 21st Century and continue to build our Church and Congregation around these principles
Perhaps an overriding need of the next ten years will be for all Congregations to address the issue of climate change. We hope to make this a very important part of the agenda in the life of our congregation.
Footnote from an Elder …
We have a strong yet democratic leadership within the church who listen and we feel heard. Open to new ideas and innovation but mindful of the wide spectrum of views and preferences of its fellowship. I believe we have number of areas of good practice that can be shared with other churches and would welcome others sharing their areas of good practice with us.
October 2006