On a personal note ...

Do you ever wonder what sort of things go on in church life? 

Well, earlier this year myself, along with seven other people, were asked by Saju to be part of the Mission Action Planning team looking at what it is that God is saying to us as a church.  In May we held a Listening Week during which, through a variety of activities, people were encouraged to listen to God and ask that same question.

After much prayer and discussion and wrestling with all the feedback we received, we finally settled on the following statement of purpose ...

Living for Jesus, Loving Gillingham,

Learning together.

My lovely friend, Jenny, made this banner for the church, and it was unveiled today. It's so beautiful.





In addition to the Purpose Statement itself we set several values that are vital to who we are as a church.

Over the coming months we're going to explore those values in greater detail and we are also currently looking at some very practical goals we would like to achieve.  Church doesn't just exist for its members; it's for its non-members too!!