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HOLY TRINITY MISSION ACTION PLAN 2018

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This Mission Action Plan builds on and refocuses Holy Trinity Williamstown’s Strategic Plan (2016-2020). In developing this we have also prepared a related Fundraising Plan (to facilitate resourcing of our mission and ministry activities over the next triennium) and a Communication Plan (to identify channels and key messages for communicating with our ‘Mission Focus Groups’).

Our Vision and Strategic Plan were built around the idea of growth: growing our Christian relationship with God and each other, by:
  • growing and deepening our faith
  • growing our community 
  • growing our church environment.

In November 2015 the newly formed Parish Council met to undertake strategic planning early in the cycle of the church year. In doing so, Parish Council members related their strategic planning efforts to the Diocesan focus on developing mission shaped structures. In that context, we agreed to link in with the Diocesan Parish Renewal Program and engage with a cohort of similar parishes to generate further ideas and swap notes about past experiences, blessings, steps and stages in growth as well as dealing with the impact of change.
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In our November strategic planning half day, the Holy Trinity Parish Council members thought through the development of our Mission Action Plan by focussing on where to target our mission efforts, who to target and what to do. We thought about the ‘whole mission’ of the parish church by considering the four dimensions of parish mission activity specified in the Parish Governance Act 2013:
  • Pastoral
  • Evangelistic
  • Social
  • Ecumenical.
In January 2017 the Parish Council met to review the Strategic Plan 2016-2020, and was pleased to note that all of the key actions identified in that plan had been completed or were ongoing: parishioners have been surveyed about their needs and how they can assist church growth; home groups and guided spirituality sessions have been established or continued; pastoral care regions have been established across the parish; the Parish Roll has been refreshed; the Parish Centre project has been completed; improvements have been made to HTW communications channels, including our website and Facebook page as well as Noticeboard and newsletter; we have entered upon the Parish Renewal Program; a safety buddy system has been introduced; a church maintenance schedule is providing a focus for doing priority maintenance works in a scheduled and affordable manner; security and safety issues have been addressed; and Christmas community engagement strategies have been enacted. We raised over$13,000, almost hitting our stretch target of $15,000 for fundraising.

So, we are now at a stage where we can refocus our efforts more squarely around mission. HTW’s Mission Action Plan provides the church with a living document (to be reviewed, revised and refreshed over the planning period) for this purpose. Together with the related Fundraising Plan and Communications Plan, it forms part of an integrated suite of framing documents with which HTW can guide, monitor, measure and report on its mission and ministry progress over the 2018-2022 period.

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    • About >
      • History of Holy Trinity
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      • Mission and MInistry >
        • Holy Trinity People
        • Holy Trinity Community Lunches
        • PARISH GOVERNANCE ACT 2013
        • HTW Strategy Plan 2018
      • Organ
      • Ada Cambridge
      • 2019 Annual Report
      • Holy Trinity for Hire...
      • Holy Trinity Property Development
    • Welcome
  • Services
    • Weddings at Holy Trinity
    • Baptisms and Confirmation
    • Weekly Services
    • Recent Sermons
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