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StGwladys Church
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This document outlines a vision for growth at the Parish of Bargoed and Deri with Brithdir in Wales. It summarizes declining attendance trends over recent decades and a desire to reverse this. Plans are described to focus on mission and evangelism through initiatives like CAP, a youth project, publicity, and growing volunteer involvement. The goal is to make opportunities for all in the parish to experience God's love. St Gwladys' Church is prioritized as a mission hub. A 5-year vision is presented of a thriving, growing church community across the parish locations. People are invited to join in working towards this vision.

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THE VISION FOR GROWTH PARISH OF BARGOED AND DERI WITH BRITHDIR
WHERE WERE WE A YEAR AGO?
General Background of Decline in the Churches and Chapels Falling attendances Ageing congregations Leads churches to become increasingly inward facing Culture changed - church didn’t. We are not immune from the trends and the problems that have claimed so many other chapels around us.
OUR ATTENDANCES HAVE BEEN DECLINING TOO
Adult Sunday Attendance 0.0 32.5 65.0 97.5 130.0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Adults
U18 Sunday Attendance 0.0 12.5 25.0 37.5 50.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 U18s
2001-2012 A better picture Decline slowed but not reversed 71 73 75 77 79 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
How? Healing on the streets Lay workers Gigabites Church Hall Youth work Lots of hard work & ministry resources Weddings/Funerals/ Baptisms Alpha Courses etc. Church magazine Spiritual growth
DOES THIS MATTER?
Why this matters.... Bargoed one of the least Christian places in the UK Communities First Area - lots of deprivation People desperately looking for meaning and hope in all the wrong places - spiritualism, alcohol, drugs I love this area and want Gods absolute best for it I love you and want God's absolute best for you
Left unchanged… If the trends of the last 22 years continue, average Sunday attendance could be 0 (Zero) in as little as 10 years time. In practice, the strain of keeping things going with ageing congregations would probably force us to close one or more of our churches even sooner. (i.e. Demography means that unaddressed the decline will accelerate.)
OTHER FACTORS DRIVING THE NEED FOR CHANGE
New challenges Culture has changed and the church hadn’t kept up. Collaborative rather than deferential. Church in Wales Review calls for much more collaboration and for us to develop lay leadership and lay ministries in the church as we cope with the fact that in the future across the diocese there will be fewer and fewer ordained clergy.
Unrealistic Expectations Less ministry resources. Just me now compared to seven or so in recent past. Keith, Val and John a great help - but only able to offer limited Sunday services only and occasional help on Wednesdays.
Therefore There is no silver bullet. If Andy with more ministers, more experience, and more local knowledge tried all those things and we still didn’t grow then there are no easy answers and more fundamental change is necessary. My role is necessarily different from Andy’s. Not to mention I have different gifts, experiences and a different vision for the church and ministry. Pretending things could have stayed the same is not being realistic.
BIOLOGY TEACHES US THAT LIVING THINGS GROW!
THIS IS JESUS PICTURE OF THE CHURCH... “I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU, YOU WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT”
The plan for growth Focus on Mission & Evangelism Remove barriers to people finding out about Jesus Great welcomers welcoming people really well Develop a church culture where we are equipped and empowered as disciples of Jesus and released into mission and ministry Not just numbers!
Growth comes from God Hard work Prayerful obedience to the Holy Spirit Strategic planning Faithful, biblical preaching of the Gospel Creating healthy environment for growth Encouraging local lay leadership and ministries "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth." 1 Corinthians 3:6 BUT WE NEED TO PLANT AND WATER
This is what we're trying to do! In line with Church in Wales review and the Archbishop's diocesan strategy and Jesus' Great Commission!
It's early days but it's starting to bear fruit! Atmosphere & great feedback particularly over Easter Sunday School growing Testimonies & signs of people growing in relationship with God Growing fringe of people seeking Jesus New people regularly turning up People starting to invite others again Outreach events well supported (Good Friday & Bargoed Christmas Fayre)
PLANS FOR MISSION
Our Aim SHARING THE GOSPEL SO THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR PARISH HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S LOVE AND RESPOND TO JESUS INVITATION TO FOLLOW HIM Mission to every person who lives or works within our Parish Boundaries No matter how young or old, rich or poor
Our Focus For Now - St Gwladys' Our resources are limited. Can't do everything on our own or all at once. St David's & St Peter's don't currently have the resources to start weekday groups to build up a fringe. Therefore St Gwladys' is our mission priority. Need a lively, spirit filled morning service that's accessible to newcomers but deep enough to feed and form us into missional disciples. In time the vision is to send mission teams from St G's to help kickstart outreach in Deri and Brithdir. Need to get our churches there ready and plan to grow in the meantime.
What about St Peter's & St David's? Are we running them down? Absolutely not! Regular services. Gospel preaching. Communion. Local ministry opportunities - Deri Primary School, Ashville Nursing Home CAP Opportunities to gather as part of bigger parish Parish wardens to visit to improve communications and sense of involvement Need to take whole parish view Open to mission ideas from anywhere!
Our Plans Church Hall Project CAP The River Project formerly known as Gigabites Publicity And much more
Growing community of volunteers and users Bursting at the seams Revenue for 2014 should be nearly double 2012 Nearly Full time community worker £250K lottery bid for salaries for a project manager, volunteer coordinator and administrator - we find out in May/June
Christians Against Poverty CAP DEBT CENTRE Launching May 2014 Providing world class debt counselling for people in unsustainable debt CAP MONEY COURSE Launching May 2014 Providing financial education to help people avoid debt in the first place Come and find out more at the Launch Event on Monday 19th May at 7pm Covering Rhymney Valley by partnering with other churches
Afternoon congregation Informal worship Training and practicing the charismatic gifts Monthly Cafe service In Church Hall - low barriers Learning to be church for people who don't normally like church.
Music and Arts Youth Project Formerly known as Gigabites Now based downstairs in Church Hall Part time Youth Worker Encouraging start made Revive Team from Cardiff to build on links with more explicitly Christian content
Publicity We have new logos for the three churches We need new noticeboards in Deri and Bargoed and a new “shop front for St David’s” Idea: Large, town-facing Noticeboard for church hall
Other plans Alpha courses Back to Church Sunday? Messy Church Continued outreach and healing on the streets PCC away day - Audit with PCC of every aspect of church life to assess contribution to our mission and plan necessary changes
WHERE I'D LIKE US TO BE IN 5 YEARS TIME
My 5 year dream... St Gwladys’ a thriving, lively, growing church made up of all ages. Full of joy and the power of the Spirit. A really safe, welcoming and family friendly atmosphere where children are allowed to be children and each one is accepted and appreciated for who they are and challenged to grow as disciples of Jesus. Passionate worship and relevant, challenging Bible teaching. Recognisably Anglican in feel. Deep Christian relationships of prayer and accountability with each other. People living out lives of intentional mission in Bargoed. New people every week. Lives changed. Marriages/relationships transformed. Poverty being overcome. A caring and healing community. Lay gifts prominently used in every aspect of church life.
My 5 year dream cont... Mission teams from St G’s reinforcing churches in Deri and Brithdir and equipping/releasing them into mission.
AN INVITATION
An invitation... This is where a growing number of us feel God is leading us to go & so this is where we're going We hope you'll feel excited enough to want to join us on this journey and help us to get there! This is a big vision. We need everyone's gifts. Your parish needs you!

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Bargoed the vision for growth

  • 1. THE VISION FOR GROWTH PARISH OF BARGOED AND DERI WITH BRITHDIR
  • 2. WHERE WERE WE A YEAR AGO?
  • 3. General Background of Decline in the Churches and Chapels Falling attendances Ageing congregations Leads churches to become increasingly inward facing Culture changed - church didn’t. We are not immune from the trends and the problems that have claimed so many other chapels around us.
  • 5. Adult Sunday Attendance 0.0 32.5 65.0 97.5 130.0 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 Adults
  • 6. U18 Sunday Attendance 0.0 12.5 25.0 37.5 50.0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 U18s
  • 7. 2001-2012 A better picture Decline slowed but not reversed 71 73 75 77 79 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
  • 8. How? Healing on the streets Lay workers Gigabites Church Hall Youth work Lots of hard work & ministry resources Weddings/Funerals/ Baptisms Alpha Courses etc. Church magazine Spiritual growth
  • 10. Why this matters.... Bargoed one of the least Christian places in the UK Communities First Area - lots of deprivation People desperately looking for meaning and hope in all the wrong places - spiritualism, alcohol, drugs I love this area and want Gods absolute best for it I love you and want God's absolute best for you
  • 11. Left unchanged… If the trends of the last 22 years continue, average Sunday attendance could be 0 (Zero) in as little as 10 years time. In practice, the strain of keeping things going with ageing congregations would probably force us to close one or more of our churches even sooner. (i.e. Demography means that unaddressed the decline will accelerate.)
  • 12. OTHER FACTORS DRIVING THE NEED FOR CHANGE
  • 13. New challenges Culture has changed and the church hadn’t kept up. Collaborative rather than deferential. Church in Wales Review calls for much more collaboration and for us to develop lay leadership and lay ministries in the church as we cope with the fact that in the future across the diocese there will be fewer and fewer ordained clergy.
  • 14. Unrealistic Expectations Less ministry resources. Just me now compared to seven or so in recent past. Keith, Val and John a great help - but only able to offer limited Sunday services only and occasional help on Wednesdays.
  • 15. Therefore There is no silver bullet. If Andy with more ministers, more experience, and more local knowledge tried all those things and we still didn’t grow then there are no easy answers and more fundamental change is necessary. My role is necessarily different from Andy’s. Not to mention I have different gifts, experiences and a different vision for the church and ministry. Pretending things could have stayed the same is not being realistic.
  • 16. BIOLOGY TEACHES US THAT LIVING THINGS GROW!
  • 17. THIS IS JESUS PICTURE OF THE CHURCH... “I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF YOU ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU, YOU WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT”
  • 18. The plan for growth Focus on Mission & Evangelism Remove barriers to people finding out about Jesus Great welcomers welcoming people really well Develop a church culture where we are equipped and empowered as disciples of Jesus and released into mission and ministry Not just numbers!
  • 19. Growth comes from God Hard work Prayerful obedience to the Holy Spirit Strategic planning Faithful, biblical preaching of the Gospel Creating healthy environment for growth Encouraging local lay leadership and ministries "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth." 1 Corinthians 3:6 BUT WE NEED TO PLANT AND WATER
  • 20. This is what we're trying to do! In line with Church in Wales review and the Archbishop's diocesan strategy and Jesus' Great Commission!
  • 21. It's early days but it's starting to bear fruit! Atmosphere & great feedback particularly over Easter Sunday School growing Testimonies & signs of people growing in relationship with God Growing fringe of people seeking Jesus New people regularly turning up People starting to invite others again Outreach events well supported (Good Friday & Bargoed Christmas Fayre)
  • 23. Our Aim SHARING THE GOSPEL SO THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR PARISH HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE GOD'S LOVE AND RESPOND TO JESUS INVITATION TO FOLLOW HIM Mission to every person who lives or works within our Parish Boundaries No matter how young or old, rich or poor
  • 24. Our Focus For Now - St Gwladys' Our resources are limited. Can't do everything on our own or all at once. St David's & St Peter's don't currently have the resources to start weekday groups to build up a fringe. Therefore St Gwladys' is our mission priority. Need a lively, spirit filled morning service that's accessible to newcomers but deep enough to feed and form us into missional disciples. In time the vision is to send mission teams from St G's to help kickstart outreach in Deri and Brithdir. Need to get our churches there ready and plan to grow in the meantime.
  • 25. What about St Peter's & St David's? Are we running them down? Absolutely not! Regular services. Gospel preaching. Communion. Local ministry opportunities - Deri Primary School, Ashville Nursing Home CAP Opportunities to gather as part of bigger parish Parish wardens to visit to improve communications and sense of involvement Need to take whole parish view Open to mission ideas from anywhere!
  • 26. Our Plans Church Hall Project CAP The River Project formerly known as Gigabites Publicity And much more
  • 27. Growing community of volunteers and users Bursting at the seams Revenue for 2014 should be nearly double 2012 Nearly Full time community worker £250K lottery bid for salaries for a project manager, volunteer coordinator and administrator - we find out in May/June
  • 28. Christians Against Poverty CAP DEBT CENTRE Launching May 2014 Providing world class debt counselling for people in unsustainable debt CAP MONEY COURSE Launching May 2014 Providing financial education to help people avoid debt in the first place Come and find out more at the Launch Event on Monday 19th May at 7pm Covering Rhymney Valley by partnering with other churches
  • 29. Afternoon congregation Informal worship Training and practicing the charismatic gifts Monthly Cafe service In Church Hall - low barriers Learning to be church for people who don't normally like church.
  • 30. Music and Arts Youth Project Formerly known as Gigabites Now based downstairs in Church Hall Part time Youth Worker Encouraging start made Revive Team from Cardiff to build on links with more explicitly Christian content
  • 31. Publicity We have new logos for the three churches We need new noticeboards in Deri and Bargoed and a new “shop front for St David’s” Idea: Large, town-facing Noticeboard for church hall
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  • 35. Other plans Alpha courses Back to Church Sunday? Messy Church Continued outreach and healing on the streets PCC away day - Audit with PCC of every aspect of church life to assess contribution to our mission and plan necessary changes
  • 36. WHERE I'D LIKE US TO BE IN 5 YEARS TIME
  • 37. My 5 year dream... St Gwladys’ a thriving, lively, growing church made up of all ages. Full of joy and the power of the Spirit. A really safe, welcoming and family friendly atmosphere where children are allowed to be children and each one is accepted and appreciated for who they are and challenged to grow as disciples of Jesus. Passionate worship and relevant, challenging Bible teaching. Recognisably Anglican in feel. Deep Christian relationships of prayer and accountability with each other. People living out lives of intentional mission in Bargoed. New people every week. Lives changed. Marriages/relationships transformed. Poverty being overcome. A caring and healing community. Lay gifts prominently used in every aspect of church life.
  • 38. My 5 year dream cont... Mission teams from St G’s reinforcing churches in Deri and Brithdir and equipping/releasing them into mission.
  • 40. An invitation... This is where a growing number of us feel God is leading us to go & so this is where we're going We hope you'll feel excited enough to want to join us on this journey and help us to get there! This is a big vision. We need everyone's gifts. Your parish needs you!
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