THE EMERGING VISION ...
Recently two meetings were held at St. Perran’s, with the aim of
discerning God’s good plans for His Church in South Barrow. Over the last
year we, as a Church Family, have been prayerfully considering our hopes,
our values and our priorities through sermon series and small group
discussion. The time has now come for us to make clear decisions and
set specific aims which will shape the Church in South Barrow in the
future.
The vision meetings at St. Perran’s were led by Canon Tim Montgomery,
who helpfully encouraged us to consider our priorities as God’s people.
Tim asked us to consider who we are and responses included:
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a group of people who enjoy each other’s company and like to
worship God together
we belong to Jesus and have a message to share
we’re imperfect
we’re on a faith journey together
Tim also asked us what do we do? and responses included:
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change!
encourage
welcome
establish relationships as disciples of Jesus
invite
explore different ways of worship
make things accessible
hospitality and unblock the sink!
In groups, we then discussed the five marks of discipleship as presented
in the Carlisle Diocesan Vision; these include: