Mission Plan for Whitchurch Methodist Church - WHITCHURCH METHODIST CHURCH CARDIFF

Mission Plan for
Whitchurch Methodist Church
The Calling of the Methodist Church is to:
1. Worship   to increase awareness of God’s presence and to celebrate God’s love
2. Learning & Caring  to help people to learn & grow as Christians through mutual support & care
3.Service to be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice
4. Evangelism to make more followers of Jesus Christ
Reflecting on ‘Our Calling’ and our involvement in the Circuit Review ‘Forward in Hope’ , we at Whitchurch Methodist Church seek to engage with these aspects of our Calling as follows:
Worship           We seek to hold meaningful services which speak to our congregation and build on the Church’s strong musical tradition, with choir led services at Christmas and Easter. We also hold a monthly mid-week service which attracts worshippers from other churches
We also host the Welsh congregation Ebeneser who hold a regular Sunday afternoon service and use our premises for other mid-week fellowships, and we share with them in bi-lingual services at special times (eg. Carol service)
Learning & Caring    We host an active Church led Mums & Toddler’s group on Wednesday mornings which the minister regularly attends and leads special services (for Christmas etc.) There is a regular study group which meets on a Monday led by the Superintendent and since Covid we have run an active Prayer Chain by email. (There are also Rainbow & Brownies groups but they are not connected to the Church.)
Service The Roundabout Café is now the principle point of outreach into the community and is open Tues-Thursdays 10-3pm with a range of volunteers supporting the paid staff. This provides a point of contact both for regular members of the Church as well as for people new to the Church, a number of whom have since become regular worshippers. We also host a range of concerts linked with local schools and community groups.
Evangelism     We acknowledge that this is an area which we need to work on going forward. However, we recognise that the links made through the Café have led new people to come into the Church whether to spend time in prayer (there is a Prayer Box and Prayer Room available for those visiting the Café) or to attend worship on Sundays.
Looking forward we seek
i) to build on and develop our ecumenical links with Ebeneser and
  ii) to develop further our outreach and community care through the Roundabout Café,
iii) in particular with the production of attractive and clearer publicity to let customers there
know what happens in the Church and assure them of a warm welcome there.
(SDW – rev Sept 24)