HOLY TRINITY MISSION ACTION PLAN 2018
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Download the full 2018 Mission Action Plan here (or read it below)
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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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.