Bishop's Conference at Probus Church on 12th June 2017
The Bishops Conference Report to Ladock PCC.
During the past twelve months Canon Reverend Andrew Wade has spent several weeks attending a course on Accompanied Ministry Development (AMD) Upon his return after each week he has fed back to individuals from each Parish. Each parish devised a questionnaire which was completed by church members looking at ‘church Life’, where we are at now and where we may go in the future as a church. With the help of this, Sue and I put together a presentation which was presented to AW and at a later date to the Arch Deacon. One Sunday we presented the presentation to the congregation and asked for their input and were very grateful for the positive feed back and also for those that helped us add something further to the presentation. The presentation is really a brief snapshot of where we are now and where we may go in the future. On June 12th at Probus church Sue and I presented our presentation of Ladock Parish to Bishop Tim.
Our Vision For Growth
Nurture and Discipleship
Worship
Outreach Activities
Strengthen the links with our two church schools
To look after our church
This is a very brief snapshot. Our presentation was well received by Bishop Tim who felt very encouraged by what he had seen and heard that morning. He was particularly pleased with the excellent pictures that he had seen of church life and felt that they would be very useful when putting together the parish profile when tempting clergy to apply for AW post once he retires. The pictures show what our church actually does. We were advised not to be afraid of stopping activities in the parish especially when introducing something new to the agenda. The Bishop was pleased that we were working towards a Flower Festival that reflected upon WW1 next year and he felt that much would be happening as the centenary drew to a close next year. We discussed better communication between our parishes within the team. This is moving forward already with a Facebook page. We and our Pcc’s and congregation were thanked for all the hard work we do within our parishes.
If anyone would like to see the Power Point presentation please contact Sue (suzanne.smith321@gmail.com) for the most up to date version.
Thank you
Shirley A Soper
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