West Angus Area Ministry

The Congregation plays a very full and active part in the West Angus Area Ministry and we are fully committed to working more and more closely with our colleagues.  We believe that the days of “one man/woman band ministries” belong in the past and we would highlight the depth and quality of the work that we have done within the West Angus Area Ministry.  We deeply regret that our neighbours in the town are not part of our team ministry.

Real Examples of Team Work include …

1. Appointment of a Team Minister
2. The Ministers meet weekly for a “Team Meeting”
3. Running a Multi media workshop and  subsequent development of multi media worship
4. Running music workshops
5. Joint Newsletters has been circulated to members of all three Congregations
6. The Ministers have done a sponsored walk to raise administration funds
7. The offering  of   the Kerygma Bible Study Course
8. The Ministers offer Pastoral Support to one another
9. A joint Pastoral Training Programme is planned  for lay members
10. Team Training Days have been run on Vision, Leadership, Team Work and Spirituality
11. Family Barbeque
12. Plans are afoot to form a Charitable Trust which would underpin the development of all aspects of pastoral care in the three Congregations
13. The three Congregations wish to form a Parish Grouping
14. Holiday and illness Cover is provided within the group
15. There is regular, open discussion of Professional Practice issues like Baptism and Holy Communion
16. There is one central printing resource
17. There is Theological balance in the Group which has evangelical and liberal ministers
18. There are plans for a joint  Stewardship Campaign
19. Personal areas of strength are being shared across three Congregations
20. The three Congregations have secured the services of an additional minister
21. The three Congregations are reviewing what it means to be a 21^st Century Christian
22. There is to be one new members course with one service of joining, but to each of the three Congregations
23. The identification of a family database across the three congregations
24. Family services
25. Members have greater choice of places to worship
26. Members can move more freely between congregations
27. Relationships are building between congregation members
28. There are plans for a West Angus Area Ministry Web Site
29. The visiting of members across traditional parish boundaries
30. Sharing of school chaplaincy

Outwith the West Angus Ministry we co-operate ecumenically with our neighbours in the community to provide Community Worship, to participate in Kirriemuir Churches Together and to participate in various Charity events.