GOOD NEWS...

Finally we have been able to start on the work to upgrade the lighting and PA system in the church. It does mean we'll be meeting in the Community Centre for the next few weeks, but it'll be worth it!

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Our 5 year vision...

By 2023 our dream and focus is to see the following:

• Significant growth in numbers and spiritually with lives being changed as a result of people encountering God’s love.
  
• Regular and varied corporate prayer, together with teaching on prayer.
  
• Worship that changes us.
  
• All members committed to giving, meaning we are able to spend money on mission and give away at least 10% of income.
  
• Majority of members in small groups, caring for and supporting one another, growing in discipleship, inviting others and reaching into the local community.
  
• Even better links with the schools.
  
• St Giles a place of fun, friendship and support for the local community, a hub in Desborough.
  
• Youth work expanding.
  
• Phase 3 of reordering completed.
  
• Social media presence working well.
  
• Involvement by all, including young people.
  

Our Growth Action Plan for 2019-2020

The Church Council met in January 2019 and celebrated together the many good things going on at St Giles. We achieved nearly all our targets for 2018-19, with just a couple nearing completion, namely the lighting scheme!

For 2019 we want to focus on growing deeper in our relationships with Christ, each other, and our local community, whilst pruning some of what we do in order to ensure we have time to focus on that call. So our targets for this year are a little less specific, but we will be using them as a background to help inform all that we do this year. We aim to:

Grow deeper with Christ by...

• Continuing our monthly prayer meetings
• Continuing to encourage people to join discipleship groups
• Allowing space in our worship to listen and be open to the Holy Spirit
• Encouraging testimony in our worship
• Grow deeper with each other at St Giles by
• Finding ways to integrate the various groups and congregations
• Eating and celebrating together regularly
• Being an intentionally welcoming and inclusive community
  

Grow deeper with the world, particularly our local community by

• Looking for ways to constantly be invitational, ensuring what we invite people to is fun, meaningful and relevant
• Joining in with our community – being out there!
• Equipping ourselves so that we are confident to share the love of Christ