Mission Action Plan

St Dunstan’s 2012

A Mission Action Plan for our Church Community agreed in Autumn 2006 and to implemented over the coming years. We hope it gives a flavour of our life and ministry currently.

Refreshing our worship

Undertaking a liturgical review

Programme of training for all who share in liturgy

New Liturgical opportunities for Children/ Young people

Developing liturgy in the week

Explore ideas of pilgrimage e.g. Walsingham / St Albans

Renewing our resources

Outlining a rolling/ resourced and realistic stewardship plan until 2012

Maintaining our buildings in line with quinquennial report

recommendations with a timed and budgeted action plan.

Maximising existing income opportunities and continue to develop

profiled budgeting and monitoring.

Develop the new Parish Room facilities and raise the related funding

Aim to pay 100% of Parish Standard Costs

Regenerating our belief

Implement a regular series of nurture groups each term

Start a nurture group in the Autumn

Develop lay pastoral care and ministry

Have a series of teaching days

Participate fully in diocese and area training.

Having an integrated children and youth programme

Remembering our past

Produce good quality brief guides in English and Bengali

To explore new ways of being able to allow access to the Church for concerts and events

Relating our faith

Explore the idea of a Parish Mission

Continue involvement and relationships with other faith communities

Integrate more fully into parish life our connections with schools

and the Arbour Youth Centre

Plan how we contact those who will be new and moving into the area