West Epping Uniting Church
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Our outdoor service and picnic day was a wonderful all-age event in the life of West Epping Uniting Church. It was a time of fellowship and friendship as we praised God at Somerville Par More...
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Epping 2121
New South Wales  Australia
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On Track

“The past 12 months have been a very productive time for us,” says Church Council Chairman, Ian Maitland.     “We can all be very pleased with the progress we have made toward achieving the actions items of our strategic plan.”

Many might say that planning sessions and committees can be all talk, producing many great ideas and even a list of action items, but they often fall short on delivery.  This has definitely not been the case for the West Epping Uniting Church Community.  Since embarking on a God inspired Envisioning process in mid 2009 the West Epping community has already achieved many of its action items and is well on the way to achieving many more.

Envision

Envision

 

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Following Envision, the Church Council developed a comprehensive strategic plan which consisted of a number of action areas that would help us achieve our mission.  So how are we going?

   

To Do List

Become a Centre of Excellence in Faith Formation & Worship 

√ Employ a Children and Family Ministries Co-ordinator
 √ Plan an Advent Event
 √ Build up our music leadership and a core band for the 9.45am service


Become a community that cares for all people and helps connect people with God and each other 

√ Commission Lois Rees as a pastor with a special focus on Pastoral Care
√ Deepen our cross cultural engagement and grow a discipleship community through OneHeart (launched March 2009) 
√ Seek a Synod Mission Resource Fund Grant of $300,000 over the next 5 years that will allow us to more fully resource OneHeart
√ Encourage the holistic growth of our small groups and encourage them to live out our mission
√ Support the development of the Mens’ Shed – a community project - in collaboration with Carlingford Uniting Church


Be trusted as leader in the wider community and the wider Church 

√  Enter into conversations with a number of other Uniting Churches
 √  Meet with Parramatta Mission to explore how we might be able to work together more fully in a number of key areas of mission 
√  Engage with Eastwood Uniting Church and plan a number of joint initiatives
√  Meet with Wesley Mission to discuss how we might work together
√  Witness to thousands of local residents through involvement in the 2009 Granny Smith Festival
 √ Host a youth event - Life to the Max - as part of the “Jesus all about Life” celebrations


Be resourced and positioned to meet our mission 

√  Redefine the roles and responsibilities of our Ministry Team to be aligned with the mission and vision for our Church
   Expanded our Ministry Team by;
       √  Employing Ace Kim full time to focus on leading worship and ministering to young people from different cultural backgrounds   
     √  Employing Jo Dibben as our Children and Family Ministries Co-ordinator
√  Utilise Sarah White’s gifts and commitment to ministry as part of the OneHeart team
 √  Improve communications via a website upgrade, online newsletters and more electronic communications
√  Undertake a property review
√  Instigate an ongoing Generous Discipleship giving program

 

“Many of our achievements have been highly visible such as the launch of OneHeart in March 2009, the recent employment of Jo Dibben as our Children and Family Ministries Co-ordinator and our Life to the Max youth event,’ says Ian.  “While others, like our conversations with other Uniting Churches, the Parramatta Mission and Wesley Mission have been less obvious but no less essential to our desire to live out our mission.”

The next twelve months are bound to be as busy and productive as the last.  “We have much more to achieve,” says Ian.  “And the Church Council looks forward to working with the whole West Epping Community to achieve God’s plan for us.”


 

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