{"id":22038,"date":"2022-04-10T19:21:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=22038"},"modified":"2022-04-10T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:57:22","slug":"st-bartholomews-vision-and-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=22038","title":{"rendered":"St Bartholomew\u2019s Vision and Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our vision and mission statement is an attempt to answer the question,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwhy is the&nbsp;church here and why does it matter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Diocese of Oxford has set the tone:&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u201cWe believe that a church is the community of God\u2019s people, not the building. We&nbsp;believe that becoming more Christ-like is about who we are called to be, not what&nbsp;we\u2019re called to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The characteristics of a Christ-like church are described as&nbsp;contemplative, compassionate, and courageous. As we translate this ambitious&nbsp;vision into our life and ministry in this parish we seek to be:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Contemplative&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>deepening our presence in this parish, serving as the spiritual heart of the community, providing space for prayer, and cultivating the gifts of faith, hope and love,&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>coming together in worship that inspires and challenges us in our daily lives,<\/li>\n<li>nurturing the spiritual life of our congregation both individually and collectively, through prayer, formation (personal and communal), worship and witness.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Compassionate<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>providing a safe space for all,<\/li>\n<li>continuing to be a place of openness, warmth and generosity that reflects the love and joy of our faith, welcoming and respecting people of all backgrounds at any stage of their faith journey,<\/li>\n<li>offering comfort and support in response to the needs of individuals and families in our community in their time of need.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Courageous<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>building on the excellent relationship we have with the school,<\/li>\n<li>encouraging and equipping our members in their influence in the workplace and community life,<\/li>\n<li>exploring the creative use of our building for the whole community,<\/li>\n<li>engaging with those on the fringe of church life and exploring, with them, ways in which we can be more responsive to their interests and aspirations,<\/li>\n<li>playing our part in the wider deanery and ecumenical community of faith in West Oxfordshire, seeking new opportunities for us to learn from one another in our ministry and witness,<\/li>\n<li>helping our members understand the times in which we live and respond to the needs of our world in the love of Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our vision and mission statement is an attempt to answer the question, \u201cwhy is the&nbsp;church here and why does it matter?\u201d The Diocese of Oxford has set the tone:&nbsp; \u201cWe believe that a church is the community of God\u2019s people, not the building. We&nbsp;believe that becoming more Christ-like is about who we are called to be, not what&nbsp;we\u2019re called to do.\u201d The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/child-pages.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22038","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22051,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22038\/revisions\/22051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}