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Warfield Church: Dreaming for the Future

1.Please share your name or group name.
2.Which congregation(s) do you usually worship at?
3.THE ONE BIG DREAM:

What is your 'One Big Dream' for Warfield Church? Please write a future-based sentence starting with 'To...' and a verb (e.g. 'To see/be/tell/show/walk etc.) or 'This is who we are becoming...'.

(You might find these questions helpful to think about or discuss before you write:
What difference do you long to see Warfield Church making?
What issues do you most care about in the world or our community?
What could be more compelling about us in the future in terms of who we are and what we focus on?
What do people notice happening, which wouldn’t happen if we weren’t there?)
4.THE THINGS WE FOCUS ON WHICH MAKE THIS DREAM MORE LIKELY:

Having thought about the big dream, please write up to six things you think we can focus on in the coming years, which will help turn this into more of a reality. One sentence for each is great! (If you have more, and want to chew them over, please get in touch with Guy and/or Ruth.)

They need to be present-based sentences, maybe beginning with the word “By…” and a verb (e.g. By praying/proclaiming/leading etc.) If you can number them that would be really helpful.

(You might find these questions helpful to think about or discuss before you write:
What are the main things we can focus on in order to get to the dream?
We can’t do everything. But what are the things we must do, who are the people we serve, who do we work with to pursue the dream?
Most importantly, are these things we need to depend on God for? Or are they too safe?)
5.THE THINGS WHICH RUN THROUGH EVERYTHING WE DO.

Choose up to six of the words below which you consider as absolutely essential to the way we are as a church whatever we are doing. What must run through everything we do? Put a tick by your top six. If there are other words you would think are essential, but which are not here, there is space to add them.

(You might find these questions helpful to think about or discuss:
What are the things which matter about the way God’s dream for us is pursued?
What are the things we will not compromise on, or sacrifice, in order to get to the dream? What might be the things which are important but we can be in danger of forgetting?)

In everything we do, we....
6.SUNDAYS

What do you value most about your Sunday congregation?
7.What changes or improvements would you love to see in your Sunday congregation?
8.FINALLY...

Please share any additional thoughts, words, pictures, or prophetic insights you think could be helpful.
Thank you so much for taking part!