St Peter's Church Leighton-cum-Minshull Vernon/Revd Philip Goggin

We recently submitted to our Bishop our Growth Action Plan, as all parishes in the diocese are required to do. We were required to project a vision for the future 5 years down the road, and to identify a few key priorities for the first year of the journey to that future. Bishop Robert (the Bishop of Stockport) has responded with some positive comments and suggestions which show that he thinks we mean business.

This is what we put as our vision for 5 years from now:

Our church activity will be meeting the spiritual needs of the parish, and our worship will be sustaining this. Our parish will have a high profile in the local community. We will have good links with our local school and with other community and employment enterprises. We will work co-operatively with other nearby parishes, with our ecumenical partners, and with the civil parish council. We will have a developed ministry to children, families, the bereaved, the elderly. Our Youth club will be flourishing. We will have ways to support people in various categories of need. We will communicate effectively and in a targeted way. Various delegated responsibilities will have been allocated, with teams using all available skills and talents. We will be financially secure and cheerful in our giving and fundraising. In all the above our new hall will have a pivotal role.

These are our 3 immediate priorities.

SET UP HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (tasked in the first instance with advertising/publicity/communication)
WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
DEVELOP OURSELVES AS A TEAM/TEAMS

We have said that the construction of our new Community Hall is central to our strategy. During February 2010 contractors will be tendering to build the new hall. Actual construction could begin any time after that. All the necessary funding is now in place.

As a church we want to work closely with the local community to make best use of the new hall. We already have important links with the Civil Parish Council, Cheshire East, and Mablins Lane School (not forgetting the new Mablins Lane Childrens Centre attached to the school). We believe that there is much common ground between our goals as a church community and the goals of all people of goodwill.

So, whether you are a member of St Peter’s Church, or simply someone who has an interest in the wellbeing of the local community, please watch this space, make your views known, get involved.

Philip

WE WELCOME VISITORS

This Church is open (10am – 4pm) on fund-raising days, such as our Car Boots, on the first Tuesday of each month.

It is also open on other occasions which cannot be specified in advance. If you wish to gain access on an occasion when the church is locked, please ask at the Church Hall or at the Vicarage (behind the Car Park).

Revd Dr Philip Goggin. Priest-in-charge.

Tel : 01270 522213

Email: gail.philip@virgin.net

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