Vision, Mission and Values 2023

Mission Plan Review 2022

Church Council led a congregational review of our Mission Plan (incl. Vision, Mission and Values) which started in September 2022. A first draft document was adopted by Church Council on 20/11 - and circulated to the congregation. The Vision Mission Values statement below was discussed by the congregation on 15 January and unanimously adopted. Church Council established working groups of the new full Mission Plan at its March meeting and these are now working.

 

Current planning NSW/ACT https://www.nswact.uca.org.au/about-us/mission-strategy/

2022 Synod statement

As a people journeying together we affirm our calling under God:

  • to preach Christ the crucified and risen one and confess him as Lord;
  • to bear witness to the unity of faith and life in Christ, rising above cultural, economic, national and racial boundaries;
  • to engage in fearless prophetic ministry in relation to social evils which deny God’s active will for justice and peace;
  • to act with God alongside the oppressed, the hurt and the poor;
  • to accept responsibility for the wise use and conservation of the finite resources of this earth for the benefit of all;
  • to recognise, treasure and use the gifts of the Spirit given to all God’s people for ministering; and
  • to live a creative, adventurous life of faith, characterised by openness, flexibility, hope and joy (based on a statement from the inaugural worship service of the Uniting Church in Australia, June 1977)
UUFIT - An extract our Sawtell congregations 2015 Mission Plan explains this aspect of our Mission, and which continues being built on through our 2023 plan.

 Our congregation in April, 2015 adopted our UUFITT program which is our outreach program. We aim to unite ourselves and others through friendship, fitness, fun, interests, information, insight, teaching, theology.

Following NSW/ACT Synod 2021
'Act2' is the biggest conversation in the Uniting Church right now - but why are we having it?
👉 To be a church of vibrant and life-giving local communities of faith.
👉 To be always attentive to where the Spirit is leading.
👉 To be honest about our strengths, challenges, and context.
👉 To make sure our ways of being Church truly reflect our identity.
In this story we take a look at the vision behind Act2, a process of imagination and discernment about how faithfully following Christ in our time and place shapes our own life and the presence of the Uniting Church in the world.