Knebworth, St Martin version: 2

What progress have you made with the Goals from your previous MAP, and what do you want to celebrate?

• Following the appointment of a children's/families outreach worker, we have seen a huge increase in the activities offered/outreach to parents/carers and babies/pre-school/children through Mustardseeds, Smarties and Messy Church
• We have a clearer idea of how we are viewed by the outside community, following the survey carried out at St. Martin's Centenary Celebrations/Exhibition
• We have embraced the opportunity for outreach and engagement with the community by offering the Church as a temporary home for the Library during redevelopment of the site

What Goals did you set where you saw less progress than you would have liked?

• An overall Pastoral Care plan has not been fully implemented.
• A regular time of corporate prayer has proved unsustainable. This is possibly because of a failure to find the right time/location, and possibly because of a lack of understanding of the significance of corporate prayer

Things seen about our local community

• People are leading busy lives and Church is not a priority for them.
• There is a lack of sense of community and integration.
• We don't know how the Church is perceived by the community.

How have you begun to engage with these concerns / needs / issues?

• Through children's activities (see above) at different times during the week. Through the use of the church building for other activities
• Through holding social and entertaining events for all
• Through surveying the wider community

Vision (for five years' time)

A Church at the heart of the community, with a heart for Jesus, the community and each other.

Current Situation

From our Parish Statistics for Mission, we see that we are / have...

We are seeing an encouraging increase in the number of children and the overall number of people worshipping, but there is a gap in the 11-18 age range.

Priorities (for the next five years)

• To go deeper into God.
• To transform our community.
• To make disciples of Jesus.

Goals (for the next year)

• Serve the community by welcoming and facilitating the library to use the Church
• Organise outreach to coincide with the opening of the library, e.g. tea and coffee, second-hand Christian books
• Continue to implement a pastoral care plan for young families, to include regularly reviewing attendance at events and following up with personal contact.
• Invite some Christian agencies to talk about their ministry; have a retiring collection for them
• Hold a review of the role of Housegroups in pastoral care