Community Vacation Bible School
"The whole fellowship of disciples without distinction of sex or of official position are called to be priests, and to each one may be given some work of ministry. Our common worship must give opportunities for this......." T. Edmund Harvey, 1937
WINCHESTER FRIENDS
GROWING EDGES STATEMENTS
(adopted 2000, renewed 2003)
1) We seek to identify and prepare adults for youth ministry, and to
give more attention to providing interesting and effective
activities for the youth of our Meeting and community.
2) We seek to increase Friends' understanding of the importance of
their
individual ministries in the home and workplace, beyond the usual
understanding of "church;" and we seek to provide resources for
equipping Friends for those ministries.
3) We seek to give better energy and commitment to nurturing deeper
spiritual community and fellowship in our Meeting, beyond the usual
Sunday worship gatherings, through the establishment of home Bible
studies, home fellowship groups, and
other small group activities that take place outside the church
building.
4) We seek to display more faithful
financial stewardship for ministry, both by helping Friends to
contribute enough to actually meet the church's annual operating budget
(without depending on investment income to cover shortfalls), and by
encouraging continued strong giving for missions.
5) In all the ministries of our Meeting and its participants, we seek
to teach and live in
consistent agreement with the historic Friends testimonies of
honesty and integrity, simplicity, equality of persons, and peace and
nonviolence.