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PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

Vicar Peter Lewis comments:

"We want to keep this as our intention in everything we do:  

That we might grow in following the Lord Jesus so that we can  lead others to Him.  In the Year 2004, and as God leads, we aim to follow our Mission Statement through these means:"

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·         To deepen our discipleship:  God calls us all to keep growing in faith and to discover more and more of his character and power in our lives through Sunday worship, Bible study and prayer groups, and Sunday School & our Youth Club.

 ·         To share in mission.  The Church is here to do more than just survive; Jesus has given us a command to bring good news to those around us and to welcome people into his kingdom. 

•       opportunities for people explore the Christian faith, especially through the Alpha course in Autumn

•       an Easter holiday club for school children,

•       a focus on helping our congregations feel they are able to share their faith in God with others through words and deeds.

•       developing our support for world mission by hosting students from the church overseas, continuing to be part of the work of the Church Mission Society, the south American Mission Society, Tearfund and pastoral workers from Rwanda.

•       we want to continue to develop links with other local church denominations and the Anglican parish of Cilybebyll some 20 minutes away to work together in shared projects.  

 ·         To extend our caring.  We are all engaged in pastoral ministry through caring for one another and those around us and this year we want to  --

•       continue the regular visits to residential homes in Glynneath, Cwmgwrach & Resolven.

•       to work towards setting up some sort of support system to help those going through bereavement

 ·         To rejoice in our worship.  In this parish we use a wide variety of worship services, but what matters is our meeting together to give ourselves to God in worship.  Within our congregations, God has given people good gifts and we will seek to develop these and hidden abilities.  This year we have been:

•        training worship leaders to lead Sunday services & now we are helping them preach

•        able to start up an evening singing group

•        using children to work with puppets at the all age service & now we're planning to       encourage more participation from our youth club.

·         To utilise our buildings.  At St Cadoc’s church, we have installed a disabled access toilet & kitchen area which now helps us use the building for social functions and makes it easy to have refreshments after services.   At St Mary’s, we've decided to convert the church into a community building for use for many local groups a well as still being used for worship.  Some £300,000 is required to change the interior of the church and we have made applications to large funding bodies in the UK.  Designed with renewable energy resources, we have a vision for the building to become a focus of transformation within the area.  In Resolven, we have a well-furnished church and the facility of the church hall in the centre of the village.  The hall is already a centre for various local community groups, but it would be good to make use of the building to start up some prayer and Bible study meetings.