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"

"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."