St Margaret’s, St Mary the Virgin version: 2
Our Details
Parish
Great Amwell with St Margaret's
Benefice
Great Amwell with St Margarets and Stanstead Abbots
Deanery
Hertford and Ware
Archdeaconry
Hertford
Dates
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Previous MAP adopted by PCC
31/05/2010 -
This MAP was adopted by PCC
21/05/2015 -
This MAP was uploaded to the website on
30/10/2015 -
Our MAP will be reviewed next
28/04/2016
Our Looking
Things seen about our local community
- Passers-by don't realise the church is here (end on to the road, so not seen).
- People's perceptions are that church and God are irrelevant and old fashioned.
- Need to help community see more of what we do, and see that faith is relevant.
Three things we have seen about our church
- Need to help younger people's faith.
- Need to increase knowledge and depth of faith.
Our Discerning
Vision (for five years' time)
Vibrant and relevant church, thought provoking, representative of community.
Priorities (for the next five years)
- To be more visible in the community, including improving communication.
- To seek to serve the community practically and spiritually.
- To challenge our perceptions of faith and to challenge and deepen our faith.
Goals (for the next year)
- Services to include visiting speakers, and themes more often.
- Make church more visible - banner, events, magazine distribution.
- Projects done together with the community (eg. gardens for children without any).
- To improve the opportunities for communication within and outside of the church community.
