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MISSION PROGRAMME
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BRIDGING WITH THE COMMUNITY
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• Math. 2819-20

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CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION

• A common humanity

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IS THERE ACCEPTANCE?

• Jesus
• wise
• compassionate
• generous
• gracious
• forgiving
• liberating

• The Church
• judgemental
• bigoted
• self-righteous
• censorious
• finger-wagging
• excluding

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SPIRITUALITY ON THE UP, AND A DOWNTURN IN
RELIGION

• Ive a definite sense of spirituality. I want
  Brooklyn to be christened, but I dont know into
  what religion yet.
• David Beckham 1999

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A positive message and experience

• Im not a bad guy. I work hard and I love my
  kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday
  hearing about how Im going to hell?

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THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE

• they should like going there because of the
  atmosphere,
• the warm welcome, the friendship and
• the company Angharad Tomos

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FELLOWSHIP
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• they should feel welcomed, have a chance to
  relax and get to know others.
• Angharad Thomas

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Make a good impression

• You dont build a house by starting with the
  roof and working down. You start with the
  foundationThe foundation is our neighbour whom
  we must win. The neighbour is where we stand.
  Every commandment of Christ depends on this.
• St John the Dwarf,4C

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT
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A FAMILY AFFAIR

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PUBLICISING THE CHURCH
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ENCOURAGE USE OF THE BUILDING
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BRIDGING THE GAP
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CHURCH ACTIVITIES
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NETWORKING
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

• A childless church is like a toothless smile!
• Children are the greatest missionaries of all.
• Becoming a parent can rekindle faith.

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THANKSGIVING, EASTER CHRISTMAS
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LISTENING

• Friendship
• Comfort
• A listening ear

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A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE

• Street Pastors in
• Wrexham
• Operation
• Christmas Child

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MEETING LOCAL NEEDS
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A HEALTHY AND VARIED CHURCH

• A healthy church is one where there is evident
  diversity, with plenty of bizarre characters...
  an unhealthy one is a group in which the unity of
  the church has been reduced to a homogeneity of
  opinions and habits.
• Rowan Williams

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BE YOURSELF

• At the Day of Judgement, the question will not
  be about why we failed to be someone else I will
  not be asked why I was not Martin Luther King or
  Mother Teresa, but why I wasnt wasnt.
• Rowan Williams

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