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12 June 2003
THE CHURCH
TOMORROW
Summary
During the tenth
meeting in the CWW series each of 30 possibilities for change in the
church were considered and placed in an action order. To simplify
discussion and decision the 30 possibilities were placed into 6
sections and these were placed in an order of importance as the
order in the following table. The topic(s) considered to the most
important in each section are listed below.
| No |
Section |
Topic |
Rank |
| C |
Communication |
Improve communication (frank and
full communication)
Greater frequency of the Newsletter. Summaries of meetings of
the Session and the Board. Important decisions reported in
detail. This is essential but more resources needed.
Name badges for Elders Definitely
'worth a try'. Would be helpful to visitors.
"Meet your Elder" sessions. Would
be worthwhile occasionally.
Participation, and reporting, of
local and National Church Events and, maybe, secular events.
This should be supported. Be involved. Tell others about the
experience. |
1 |
| D |
People |
Using the Gifts of the people An
essential activity that is central to the development of the
Church |
1 |
| F |
Worship |
Review Worship Try to include more
young people and generally review mode of Worship - change
needed. |
1 |
| A |
Prayer |
Increase prayer opportunities
Encourage more members to come to the Sunday morning time for
prayer. Consider week day times for prayer |
1= |
| |
Prayer |
Practical Prayer Develop outreach
for Prayer requests, encourage the use of prayer diaries |
1= |
| B |
Bible |
Adopt one Gospel Focussing on one
Gospel for use by all organisations for 6 or 12 months.
Activities would become 'Christ-centred'. Other parts of the
Bible would be linked to the Gospel. Should be encouraged. |
1 |
| E |
Outreach and
Discipleship |
Visiting the "non-attenders"!
Develop the Pastoral Care group, make less use of the
Supplementary Roll, and keep in touch with everybody. |
1 |
The remaining 23
topics have been given priorities separately and these are given in
the main report, available from Eric Marchant. The content of those
pages are from the discussion document prepared for the 10th
meeting,
It is suggested
that the topics listed above are developed initially by 6 or 7 small
groups each led by an Elder. The other members of the group would be
selected from the whole membership by the lead Elder. Once the first
change has succeeded, wholly or partly, then, after a brief period
of review, the next topic could be developed.
The information
in the questionnaires that have been returned (issued in the May
2003 Newsletter) will be helpful to the lead Elders when considering
the membership of the new groups. Some of the topics listed above
are very wide in scope and will need to be subdivided.
On Tuesday 17
June 2003 the Kirk Session received this report on the suggested
changes at St Mungo's. As there are a large number of
recommendations in this report it was decided that at the Session
Meeting in September 2003 a date for a special meeting should be set
when the proper amount of time can be given to this report. In the
meantime any Elder wishing to be involved in a specific part of the
suggested changes was asked to mention their interest to the Session
Clerk.
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