The New Testament identifies five key reasons for the existence of the church. These are: worship of God, proclamation of the gospel, education of the faithful, strengthening of fellowship and service to the world. All other activities are peripheral or are subservient to these main tasks.
Currently we are taking a careful look at the last of these. We are a community church our vision statement has a clause that reads "we ... respond in care to community need" Our church constitution and rules set up a team structure wherein one team takes a lead in community ministries. Known as team 3 it was intended that this team give oversight to all of our community ministries. As various people have migrated north over the last few years our team structure has withered somewhat. I am now keen that team 3 be raised from the dead and reinvigorated to give new life and a good lead to our community ministries. Community ministries is a vital part of our work one which gets us out into the community caring for people as Jesus would.
Our community ministries include The Naphtali Day Care Centre, OSCAR, Play group and our community lunch. We need volunteers in each of these ministries to ensure their success. Chiefly we need people who can help with liaison and governance. Although more practical assistance especially with community lunch as that gets established is also needed. There are other ways that we can respond in care to community need and to ensure that the church is doing its best in this area I'd like to see team 3 reformed and I encourage you to think prayerfully about your ability to commit to this team. A minimum commitment would be 4 meetings per year but their are a variety of ways that people could serve. So please pray about it and don't hesitate to have a chat to me about ways that you could be involved. Steve
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