... For Future opportunity
We have a present need for better facilities,
but this also gives us an opportunity for our future development. We want
to see our church expand, but not for its own sake. We want to develop our
work, better to serve our community; we want by our service to present an
alternative vision to our world of the exciting possibilities that living
by faith brings; we want to touch people’s lives so that they themselves
should be re-inspired to serve others.
Ours is a vision of a church which serves every aspect of our community,
at home and at work. Here are some examples of opportunities we would
have:
serving our church school, which is in constant need of extra meeting
space. We would be able to provide better educational facilities for
visits by other schools as well as our own. South Weald is an ideal visit
for the National Curriculum;
serving
those who would appreciate meeting others by providing lunches;
serving the
business community, by providing the local, small-scale meeting facilities
it tells us it lacks, especially for its training needs;
serving other
parishes and groups needing a day away together for whatever reason: we
have the quiet of the country park, local pub catering, easy road links.