Mission Action Teams
The mission & ministry of St. Mary’s are coordinated by the Church Council through 9 Mission Action Teams, with responsibilities as follows. We are currently in the process of re-forming the teams, and so while some of them continue to meet, others are on pause for the moment.
| Worshipping and Praying (Rev’d Canon Lisa Barnett) | ||
| Ministry Team
Sidespeople Servers & lay ministers |
Choir & Musicians
Readers, intercessors, prayer ministry Bell-ringers & flower team |
24/7 prayer
Daily Prayer Prayer list |
| Deepening (Linda Emery) | ||
| Home Groups
Living Faith & ALMs |
Lent Courses
Seasonal Courses |
Confirmation
1st HC |
| Growing (Cath Hatton) | ||||
| Nursery | Children | Teenagers | Schools Team | Baptisms |
| Services & church visits
Committee |
Lighthouse Groups
Kairos Holiday Club Toddlers |
TGI
The Core Youth Alpha Café Connect Cell Groups |
Assemblies
Class Visits Christmas services Governors |
Baptism visitors
Baptism preparation |
| Caring (Morag Davies ) | ||
| Pastoral Team
Hospital visits Home HC |
Nursing homes
Healing Services Informal care for elderly and sick |
Bereavement ministries
All Souls Service SANDS service |
| Serving (Nigel Stalley) | ||
| Local giving and links | International giving and links | Hospitality |
| HCT: foodbank, night shelter.
FSW, Turning Tides, Hope In, Mother’s Union |
Stephen’s Children, Tear Fund, Impact, The Loiyangalani Trust | Sunday lunches
Thursday coffee mornings Coffee team Social Committee |
| Buildings (Nick O’Riordan) | Welcoming (TBC) |
| Church Cleaning and caretaker
Church Centre Building Development Projects |
Church Welcomers
Flower Festival Seasonal Publicity Noticeboards |
| Finance (Greg Andrews) | Administration (Laura Fletcher) |
| PCC Treasurer & DCC Treasurer
Stewardship Officer & Gift Aid Officer Money counting team |
Church Administrator
Administrative Volunteers |
How the Mission Action Teams work at St. Mary’s
Each team carries out its annual objectives (as adopted in our Mission Action Plan or “MAP”) & reports back to the Church Council through representatives on the Council. It in turn has oversight of all the appropriate ministries (including any other groups, teams & councils) that are designated to it – thereby covering every facet of the ministry & mission of St. Mary’s.