Mission Action Planning

Faith in action. We live out the Gospel through community service, justice initiatives, and partnerships that transform lives.

Introduction

Our future as a diocese relies on both strengthening existing parishes and developing new, contextual missions and missional initiatives that emerge from the gifts, needs, dreams, and desires of the wider community. Our MAP focuses on supporting our current parishes to be missionally engaged with their neighbours while also building new contextual missions that partner with and serve those who have left church or have never belonged to a church.Introduction

About

Missional planning is at the heart of who we are as a diocese. It’s an ongoing, dynamic process that we undertake together as a diocese and in our local parish and mission contexts. It is a collaborative journey, rooted in the belief that discerning God’s will is a shared endeavor. Together, we seek not only to discern what God is calling us to do but also who we are becoming as a diocese as we follow God’s lead into the future.

About

Hope Filled

We are committed to making the diocese a place where hope is embodied, cultivated, and shared. In these challenging times, marked by disillusionment and hopelessness, our MAP reflects our deep commitment to being a place where the hope we have in Christ and the inbreaking of God’s kingdom are woven into the fabric of our identity.

Have Questions?

If you have any questions about the diocesan Mission Action Plan or would like support in leading a MAP process in your parish or mission, please contact our Parish Development Missioner, Dr. Emily Hill.

Christ-Centered

Our top priority is to keep our eyes firmly fixed on Christ. By maintaining our focus on Jesus and his irresistible love for us, we can be confident that we are following God’s path and fulfilling God’s mission. This Christ-centered approach will guide us in all we do, helping us to bring hope, healing, and transformation to our communities.

Missionally-Focused

Our future as a diocese relies on both strengthening existing parishes and developing new, contextual missions and missional initiatives that emerge from the gifts, needs, dreams, and desires of the wider community. Our MAP focuses on supporting our current parishes to be missionally engaged with their neighbours while also building new contextual missions that partner with and serve those who have left church or have never belonged to a church.

Mission Action Plan Prayer

Beloved God, we are your people

called to walk a renewed path with Jesus.

Be with us, your whole church,

as we seek to rekindle and enliven our faith.

Keep us firm in our commitment

to reshape our culture and structures for mission

and invigorate our social justice engagement,

most especially the nurture and protection of your creation.

Let the whole world see us living

and lifting up the fullness of your love.

Make new those things that have grown old;

and bring wholeness to that which cries out for restoration.

All this we ask through the Spirit of the Living God

and in the name of the Christ who came among us,

is among us and will come among us.

Amen.

Mission Action Plan Resources

Mission Action Plan Process for Parishes Facilitator’s Guide

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