Talking about growing in mission as a church

Clergy , lay leaders and other members of All Saints Church met this morning to talk about increasing the church's capacity to make a difference in the community and people's lives.

The meeting welcomed The Rev'd Rachel Ross Smith, who is the Bishop of Reading's Co-ordinator for a process known as Partnership for Missional Church. This is a scheme to be piloted in Berkshire which aims to equip churches to develop and grow spiritually, building capacity for mission.

Rachel outlined the key features of the scheme in practice and discussed the questions that members present had about its application to All Saints at this time.

One of the main questions addressed was whether this will complement or conflict with the Mission Action Plan the parish has put in place. It was Rachel's message that she believed that use of the PMC process will  support and increase engagement of both the congregation and the community with our Mission Action Plan objectives

The Parochial Church Council will make a final decision as to whether to join the PMC scheme in early June.