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How we hope to achieve our targets |
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To advertise regular church activities (on a big banner outside the front of church) to passers-by
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Having a huge banner with eye-catching texts and photos in front of the church
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To let the wider community know what we are doing in our church
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Having a church website up and running and making regular updates of the site
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To invite friends and other family members to church worship activities on specific Sundays and other days for church-led social functions
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Making the last Sunday of every month as ‘Friends & Family Sunday worship’ and the invited guest/s may do the scripture reading/s
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| To initiate and/or champion community initiatives and work with other community stakeholders. |
The church being involved in a number of community initiatives. E.g. Sensitizing Silwood community about the dangers of the high street payday loans and sign posting them mutual credit unions. |
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To contribute regularly to the quarterly Silwood community newspaper known as the Triangle
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Church members writing articles/stories for the Triangle; more so church members that live and/or work in the community
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To distribute church, diocesan and para-church periodicals (e.g. church quarterly newsletter and the Diocesan Bridge) to community centres viz. Lewington Centre and Silverlock Community Centre.
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The periodicals reaching the community centres regularly
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To establish a practical partnership with Silwood Family Hub, the under 5s stay and play hub
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Regular meetings with the hub manager and regular visits to the hub by the Mission Action Team
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To have a Sunday Prayer Cycle for Residents: praying for one house/flat number in one particular road/street; on different Sundays; starting from no. 1 Eugenia Road (where the church is located); praying for the other house/flat number the other Sunday, and so on and so forth
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The whole congregation, every Sunday, ‘raising their voices in one accord’ interceding for resident/s in a particular house number
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To maintain regular contacts with the Centre Manager of the biggest community centre at Silwood i.e. Lewington Centre
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Attending regular joint community meetings of tenants/residents associations
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To establish a link with a nursing home in the community
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Periodic visits to the nursing home to support residents with pastoral care
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To strengthen the link with Rotherhithe Primary School
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Making periodic visits to the school to do school assemblies and participate in other school-community activities
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To strengthen the link with Peter’s Hill with St. Mary and St. Paul Church of England Primary School
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Regular attendance at school board meetings and school fete
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