For six months we have been seeking God in prayer and taking input for our VIP. This week we continue our mini-series looking at a summary of that as we look at our new Purpose and Vision. Purpose Serving the community of Bedhampton by sharing God’s love and friendship. Vision In Bedhampton Parish we seek: To be part of the whole community building relationships and seeing God’s Kingdom come. To be a place where the community gathers for celebration and commemoration from birth to grave. To enable all ages to grow in discipleship and faith in small groups whilst giving and receiving support, love and practical help. To be a place where all ages gather together to worship God in a range of expressions. Mark 4.1-29 Speaking Notes – Caveat These notes are my speaking notes and are provided as an accompaniment to the recording. Please accept that they are not intended to be a published grammatically correct essay. I do hope and pray however they help you move towards Jesus. Now onto the content… Introduction As I said last week, we have been praying now for six months for God to reveal is purpose and vision to us as a church here in Bedhampton. And last week I introduced the purpose statement for us as a church.   Serving the community of Bedhampton by sharing God’s love and friendship. The idea behind the purpose statement is that we have an understanding of why we exist as a church. That we are not here just because we have always been here, but that we are here to share the love and friendship of God within Bedhampton. We are not here just as a social group, but we are here to share the love and friendship of God with Bedhampton. Having... Read More The post Vision: Community appeared first on Bedhampton Church.