Mission and Vision Workshops will be held on the 1st May from 9.00 am-2.00 pm, to explore:

• What do we value?
• What are our priorities?
• What is our mission?
• What sort of church do we want to be?

These workshops will be facilitated by Rev Elizabeth Raine on behalf of Presbytery. This workshop will define who we want to be; the workshop on 1 May the practical implementation.

These workshops are very important. They will be a positive forum. They will set the direction of GUC – our worship, activities, outreach and culture. These workshops will only be successful, however, if they are well attended across the congregation. We need to hear from the whole of the congregation. We need to hear from you.

RSVP

To help us manage numbers, please RSVP by clicking the dates below:
1 May 2021

Morning tea, lunch and childcare will be provided.

When you arrive, please sign in with the Check In CBR App

If you do not have the Check In CBR App, we will ask for your name and a contact phone number to sign you in electronically using the App. The ACT Government now requires everyone older than 16 to check in with the App.

Be Prepared

Get yourself in the mood by spending time time with some of these resources

Essential Reading:

These articles are great introductions to some of what we’ll be exploring together on the 1st.

• Times of Change And Transition (pdf). A helpful introduction to the lifecycle of a church using material from the book “Can our church live?” by Alice Mann, a book that the Church Council is currently exploring together.
• Paradigms For Mission Renewal – Tim Snyder & Paul Erickson (pdf) A helpful one page document exploring some paradigm shifts the church is experiencing.
• 50 Ways To Take Church To The Community (pdf) – A great list of ideas to help us think about how we might come into contact with and learn more about our community.

Further Reading

If you’d like some more material to get into this week in preparation for the workshop on May 1 here are some other resources.

Know Your Community

• Get to know the Gungahlin Area better by exploring the 2016 Census QuickStats, what do you think has changed since then, how much do you know about the community you live in? 
• The last National Church Life Survey was completed in 2016 also, you can look back on that information here (pdf), what do you think has changed, do you see yourself in it at all, what does it tell you about who we were and who we are today?
• GUC developed a mission plan in 2019, a lot has happened since then, if you read it now what still rings true, what has changed?

Dive Deeper

If you’d like to delve deeper into some articles on church growth and mission here is a collection of chapters from some helpful books to dive into.

• Can Our Church Live? by Alice Mann – Chapter 1 (pdf)
• Leading Change In The Congregation by Gilbert Rendle Chapter 1 (pdf)
• Leading Change In The Congregation by Gilbert Rendle Chapter 3 (pdf)
• Raising the Roof by Alice Mann – Chapters 1 & 2 (pdf)