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Working
Together!
Sunday 27th
January 2008
Declaration of Intent
St Margaret's Wattisfield (C of E) and Wattisfield united Reformed
Church
"One Body, One Mission"
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"Through the
life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has reconciled the
world to Himself, and in Jesus Christ he offers unity to all people.
By His word God calls us all into a new relationship with himself as our
father and with one another as His children - a relationship inaugurated
by baptism into Christ through the Holy Spirit, nurtured and deepened
through the ministry of word and sacrament , and expressed in a
confession of one faith and a common life of loving service.
In response
to God's call, we the above churches, hereby publish our intent to work
towards greater co-operation.
We commit
ourselves to sharing together in the ministry of Christ to the world,
and within this context to explore together the meaning and
possibilities of joint worship, mission and service.
We therefore
commit ourselves to assessing our separate resources in terms of people,
money and buildings, and to deploying them in the best possible way in
relation to the aspirations of our two congregations and the needs and
problems of local people.
We commit
ourselves to maintaining existing relationships with our parent bodies.
We pledge
ourselves to this agreement and to affirm it annually at a joint
service." |