We were advised that progress is being made slowly in our Mission Partnership and we hope the next meeting will bring together the church profiles from each church. We feel that it is up to ourselves to set up and implement a programme to develop our mission and to increase our membership and the use of our premises by the community. We are meeting for a morning in September to develop these ideas and prepare practical ways for outreach to bring the story of the Bible to the community.
We are very thankful that Shona and Kay are willing to begin a new junior church class for the very young in September, but recognise that the Elders will continue to have responsibility for older children. We will organise a meeting with Hannah Middleton, the Synod Children’s Officer to discuss the way forward for our children and youngsters.
We agreed the new date for the Church Open Day: Saturday 6th September and will be making revised arrangements and contacting the various groups and organisations again. The article in the June edition of “SOURCE” remains relevant. We were pleased with success of “Party in the Park” and thank the organisers and our representatives for their hard work. The elders still need a second representative at “Ponteland Churches Together”.
We received a note from the Finance Group and noted with concern that this year our expenditure is higher than our income. We need to address both aspects of our finances and will be raising the matter at the Church Meeting on Sunday 13th July.
Fred Milligan, Secretary, Elders Meeting
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