The Anglican Parish of Heathcote and Mt Pleasant

Parish Mission Action Plan
“PMAP-2030”

 

Parish Mission Action Plan

(P-MAP 2030)

Trust God First

Whakawhirinaki ki te Atua Tuatahi

Mission Statement

To Promote the faith of Jesus Christ by living our lives in a manner which exemplifies Christian teaching and example within a sound Parish

Mission Objectives

Worship – Caring - Mission

What is PMAP-2030?

Introduction

PMAP2030 is the Parish Mission Action Plan. Should the mission objectives, both financial and pastoral be achieved, there is every reason to expect that the future of the parish is maintained for the foreseeable future. Originally named “Mission 2030”, its name was changed to dovetail into the nomenclature and form of the Diocesan Mission Acton Plan. The timeframe to achieve the indicated goals will take the parish through to the year 2030. This is also the period that our Diocesan Bishop has indicated (God willing) will be the term of his episcopacy.

It is unlikely that the current Vicar and Wardens will be in office to see this project through to its completion. However, by setting a Mission Action Plan, we begin a process of honouring the ministries of those previous caretakers of the parish.

The best gift we can provide for the future is a parish both spiritually and financially secure. We honour those who have preceded us since those early beginnings prior to 1860, by ensuring that their generosity and mission is sustained. Thus, achievement of PMAP2030 should see the parish in a healthy state as it moves into its third century.

Parish Organisation

Effective operation of a parish requires the input of the worshipping community. This means sharing the responsibilities of ministry as widely as possible. The parish “belongs” to the parishioners and as such effective management requires the input and support of the available parishioner resource. Effective parochial management requires that the skills and experiences of members of the Community of Faith are utilized as efficiently as possible.

Spiritual Maturity

The first responsibility of a Vicar is to encourage, enable and support the spiritual maturation of both the individual and the Parish as a whole. Ministry belongs to Christ and it is our corporate responsibility to ensure the ongoing Mission of God (Missio Deo) is maintained. Faith in God must be the main objective in all our hearts. Only with this grounding and understanding can one adequately proclaim the Good News of Christ’s Kingdom in our lives. This is Mission.

Financial Security

The Vicar’s report of 2019, raised the issue of the financial position of the parish. Effectively, the parish is asset rich and cash poor. While incorporating some significant financial investments, these have been set aside for specific ministry initiatives and as such there are quite strict guidelines as to how the funds can be not only spent, but accessed.

Operating a parish based upon investment income is unrealistic and short sighted. Every cent of the interest that is spent diminishes the capital. It is the responsibility of a parish to operate within its own income. Principally the parish income is derived through:

• alms giving (Regular and generous gifting of money)

• hall hire

• bequests and donations

• Christmas tree sales

Property Rationalisation

The future of the parish relies upon us effectively managing our resources to ensure the ongoing Mission of the Church. The Parish needs to focus upon full utilization of our premises to ensure the best income return to achieve necessary maintenance is completed. Currently our buildings are in an extremely good condition.

Effective management of parish resources and the ongoing commitment to Mission 2030 will see the parish well served for the foreseeable future.

PMAP 2030 Plans and Goals

(what do we want to achieve?)

Worship

1 To provide modern, relevant, spontaneous and contemplative worship services that exemplify faith in God in a modern world.

2 To appoint, train and support lay leaders to facilitate and enable vibrant Christian worship leadership

3 To make worship an event of the Community of Faith where all are encouraged to take part

Caring

1 To represent Jesus Christ in all that we say and do

2 To care and nurture - Our faith

Ourselves

Our neighbours

Our world

3 To care for the world, the environment and its resources as provided by God and loaned to us by our children

4 To identify the values of the people within the Parish and merge them with faith values that are stable and centred upon Jesus Christ

5 Institute suggerstions form tne 2024 Parish Questionnaire to parishioners

Mission

1 To proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ in the Heathcote-Mt Pleasant area

2 To plan to provide a spiritually stable Anglican environment

3 To increase the visibility of the parish in the community through active participation in the wider community

4 To effectively engage with local education facilities, businesses and commercial establishments

5 To respond to the needs of the community with Christ-like compassion

6 To rationalize resources and funds to ensure financial independence is maintained until at least 2080

 

PMAP2030 Strategies

(who and when?)

1. The Vicar will achieve the adoption and agreement of this PMAP by the Vestry and Parish by 1 June 2025

2. The Vicar, with the Wardens will establish Parish Committees and their functions by 1 June 2025 to deal with:

• Completion of Mission 2030 and Business Plan 2025 for the Future

• Property

• Finance

• Parish Life

• Worship

• Sanctuary Guild

• History

• Pastoral Care

• Office Management

• Christmas Trees

3. The Vicar, with the Vestry will agree strategies to achieve the planned future growth of the Parish by 1 June 2025

4. The Vicar, with the Vestry will determine year on year financial result targets by 1 June each year.

 

Business Plan 2024/2025

Tasks:

• Organise a range of Parish Committees to assist in the day to day operation of the parish and task them to respond with activities and timelines they will undertake to achieve the Future Plan’s Objectives and Goals and record in the Business Plan.

 Swim group: Viki Brinkman

 Weekly Café Crawl: Clive and Jill Straker

 Weekly pub dinner: Alistair McKerchar

 Cell Group: Vanda McKerchar

 Smiling Cyclists: Janet Christie-Anderson

• Provide guidance to each of the Committees to ensure the outcomes are aligned with the Future Plan’s Objectives and Goals.

• Improve the protocols of Vestry meetings so that significant issues to be discussed are well described and circulated before the meetings and when a decision is taken by the Vestry then the issue is closed and acted upon.

• The proposed budget showed a shortfall in the Vicar’s stipend. This shortfall was offset by a generous donation. The Vestry is to work to ensure the shortfall for the 2025 financial year is adequately provided

• Have the Property Committee address the property issues in the Business Plan in a sequence of priority.

 Sell land at Heathcote (Completed)

 Purchase 2 properties (Completed)

 Sell Mt Pleasant property (Completed)

 Purchase a Vicarage (Progressing)

 Purchase rental property (Progressing)

• Have the Finance Committee produce a 5-year Budget spread sheet applying the improved performance.

• Plan and organise the planting, maintenance, sale and disposal of Christmas trees.

• Continue to train and equip Lay leaders in liturgy

 License Lay officiants

• Weekly Bible Study to be held with specifically focused studies in Advent and Lent

• Organise an annual mid-winter parish function/dinner

• Achieve a parish growth of 5%

• Maintain a full and regular parish visiting schedule by both ordained and lay leaders

• Introduce winter Midweek Services and share the leading of these with lay leaders

• Organise challenging and varied Sunday worship schedule where biblical preaching, prayer and renewal of Covenant relationship in Christ is maintained

• Encourage individual prayerfulness and spirituality by organising a Cell Group

• Organise 4 evening all age worship services

 

Parochial responsibilities to be achieved

Worship

1 Spiritual care and support

• Planning, organising and delivery of a seasonal Bible Study’s

• Winter mid-week service to be organised and led by both lay and clergy

• Formulation of a prayer chain

• Support and facilitate Cell group organisation

• Organise quarterly All-Age services

• Set up a Children’s Liturgy Group

2 Worship

• Organisation, planning and support of worship

• Regular rosters of worship assistants to be formulated

• The organisation of good music, the selection of music for services

• Maintenance of the instruments

• The appointment, upskilling and encouragement of lay worship leadership

3 Sanctuary Guild.

• Ensure the prepare of the church for worship

• Cleanliness and care of the Eucharistic vessels and sanctuary appointments

• Ablutions of Eucharistic vessels and sanctuary linen

• Care and stowage of vestments

• Supply of Eucharistic elements

• That the churches are clean and tidy in preparation for divine worship

Caring

1 Parish Life

• Organisation of social events as part of parish life

Men’s activity

Mid-Winter parish dinner

Annual parish summer picnic

• Maintain and support currently organised parish activities

• Create a BBQ area in the church grounds

2 Pastoral Care

• Organisation a parish pastoral care team

• Provision of support parishioners through illnesses, stresses and celebrations

• Organising a care network for parishioners

• Responding to the pastoral needs of parishioners and the wider community

• Maintain parishioner name tags

3 Stewardship

• Organise and operate a comprehensive Stewardship Campaign

• Increase parish income by 5%

• Have parishioners transfer almsgiving via direct credit banking

• Organise an annual Stewardship campaign

• Upgrade Memorial Garden

4 Office

• Operating a visible and “attended” office in the Community

• Organisation of the day to day management of the parish office

• The provision of the pew sheet and service sheets to support worship

• Open and support a face book page

• Upgrade and maintain the parish web page

o Daily worship at home

o Weekly parish information

o Monthly calendar of events

o Information about major Feasts

Mission

1 Visibility

• Maintain a visible presence in the community.

• Assist in the organisation of the Village/Community ANZAC service

• Maintain a visible presence in community facilities and organisations, local hotels, café’s, shopping precincts, community groups and organisations, Ferrymead Historic park

• Meet regularly with the residents organisations to support community functions and activities

• Make a regular contribution to the quarterly community newspaper

• Visit schools in the parish each quarter

• Organise an annual gathering of business leaders

• Meet with Local Authority and parliamentary leaders twice each year

• Participate in Community activities, celebrations and initiatives

• Organise a community facing Easter and Christmas event

• Update Signage regularly

• Install a flag pole and purchase appropriate flags

2 Christmas tree Project

• Organisation of the sale of the Christmas trees

• Organisation of the maintenance of the Christmas tree area

• Ensure the Christmas Trees are kept in a good condition

• Organisation of working bees and maintenance

• Ensure the ongoing provision of new trees

• Management of the annual sale project

Parish Management

1 Property

• Effective management of the parish’s properties with respect to maintenance, repairs, cleaning, tenancy

• General maintenance of the lawns and gardens and rosters

• Appointment and support of a facilities manager for the church and hall premises

• Appointment and support for a tenancy manager

• Organise the bookings

• Set charges for the facilities

• Provision of recommendations to the Vestry regarding purchase of property

• Management of purchase of land and property

• Fundraising to provide a financial support for the Village Hall

• Oversight of alterations and upgrades to hall and the Church of St Mary

2 Finance

• Manage the parish’s finances

• Responding to monthly needs and outgoings

• Formulation the parish budget

• Monitoring of monthly expenses and trends

• Organise a Stewardship Campaign

3 History

• Parish records are to be appropriately stored, maintained and protected

• All parish events and significant occasions to be recorded

4 Strategy

• The formulation, updating and writing of the PMAP2030 strategy

• Collate, organise and progress the PMAP

• The daily institution of the PMAP into the life of the Parish

Mission Objectives 2025/2026

This plan covers a wide range of activities and initiatives, many of these are currently being undertaken. This plan formalizes the work ahead of us to 2026

It is the intention of this plan to spread many of these responsibilities to not only ensure the work is completed, but to share the ministry load, which is the responsibilities amongst us all.

This information will be incorporated into the Strategic Plan (as approved by the AGM and updated by the Vestry.

Parish growth and maintenance

• Visit parishioners 2 x each year

• Visit schools 2 quarterly for morning tea

• Visit businesses regularly and set up Business Assn

• Maintain relationship with Ferrymead Historic Park

• Attend monthly coffee at Heathcote Community Centre (set up similar one at Mt Pleasant)

• Contribute to Heathcote and Mt Pleasant Community newsletters

• Vicar to join at least 2 community Groups

• Set up and organise a monthly Home Group from January 2024

• Meet with community MP and local Councilors quarterly

• Open church daily

• Arrange local ministers meeting quarterly

• Annual Organ recital

• Organise an annual Parish mid-winter dinner

• Meet quarterly with premises users

• Story Telling once each week (perhaps as an after school program)

• Advent and Lenten Studies programs

• Up-skilling and supporting of new leaders amongst us

• License our lay leaders involved in specific ministries.

Community Events

• ANZAC Day Service

• Community Carols (Mt Pleasant and Heathcote Community Centres)

Church

• Keep worship space simple and functional (no clutter)

• Vestry to store ministry items only

• Fit locks on the vestry doors for security

• Keep communion vessels in the safe

• Erect a small porch off the vestry exterior door

• Church opened daily between 9am and 3pm

• Management of the church space to be controlled by the Vicar

• Complete the upgrades as agreed through the refurbishment plan

Electronic

• Maintain web site weekly

• Maintain a Facebook presence

Regular activities

• Smiling Cyclists

• 3 times swimming sessions at Aquagym

• Pub dinner on Thursdays

• Café Crawl on Tuesday mornings

• Quarterly Theatre attendance

• Support Walking Group

• Winter dessert challenge

• Monthly Card night

Initiatives

• Annual Antiques roadshow in the Church

• Annual bike trip (wilderness Trail in March 2025?)

• Parish History review

• Start up a Ferrymead Business Assn (if there isn’t one)

• Annual Organ Recital

• Cathedral Grammar Girl’s Choir to join us for Evensong

• Parish Choir

Premises (Vision)

• Paint Church and hall

• Build deck off Village Hall along the path and install doors off the hall.

• Rename Village Hall the “Ascension Centre”

• Main entrance to Hall from Truscotts Rd (enter from the main doors onto the internal stairs. Immobilise the outside door lock from the walkway bridge

• New toilet suites for Hall, paper towel dispensers

• New doors for toilet area (kitchen, and foyer)

• Make main entrance off Truscotts Rd and discourage use of the Bridge

• Make changes to the Centennial Hall to act as the parish office

• Repaint the Centennial Hall interior (white) and fit wall protectors for chairs

• Coffee machine for the kitchen

• Fit satellite dish for free to air TV

• Internet installation

• Begin process to re-roof the church. (Corrugated iron)

Centennial Hall

• 2 x 2-seater couch

• coffee table

• Coffee machine

• Allow office for the Community worker

• TV fitted to the wall (against the cupboard)

• Clear everything from the cupboards and the upper cupboard in the stairs

Gardens

• Landscape Plan for the Martindales Rd frontage

• Memorial Garden Paint storage shed

Remodel the memorial garden

Add font to the Memorial Garden

• Create a BBQ area

The environment

• Make us Carbon Neutral

• Solar Cells

Signage

• New inserts for signs advertising Easter, Christmas, special services

• Light sign

• Relocate the community sign to beside the walkway bridge

• Install a flag

Worship

• Sunday 10am

• Is there room for an 8am or Saturday Vigil service?

• Winter mid week service

• Quarterly ecumenical “Traveling on Faith” service held quarterly on Sunday evenings involving all local denominations.

• Monthly Sunday School

• Quarterly parishioner sermon

Vestry

• Change Church administration year to calendar.

o This means the Vestry to do March 2025 to December 2026 with the AGM held in November to elect the Vestry for the following year