{"id":2687,"date":"2018-07-01T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2018-08-29T20:11:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T18:11:59","slug":"2687","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/2687\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Vision and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Following our Church Strategic Review, our congregation and supporters were invited to suggest statements that encapsulate what we do at Christ Church.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mission.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-full wp-image-2689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mission.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mission.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27378%27%20height%3D%27133%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20378%20133%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27378%27%20height%3D%27133%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mission-210x74.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mission-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mission.jpg 378w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>A small group then met to examine the suggestions and has now made the proposals below, for our Vision and Mission statements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>These will be displayed in our written and electronic media to remind us of our common vision and help others to see what we seek to be.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Our proposed Vision Statement (what we strive to be)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To be Christ\u2019s Church in the community<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission Statements (how we achieve our mission)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">By proclaiming Christ through teaching and example<br \/>\nBy welcoming and serving all through hospitality<br \/>\nBy encouraging people to find God through worship, faith and prayer<br \/>\nBy providing a spiritual home and resources for the local community<br \/>\nBy transforming Swindon and beyond with God\u2019s hope and compassion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Values Statement (what qualities we will show)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We will do this with humility, grace and respect, listening prayerfully to God and our neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our Church Strategic Review, our congregation and supporters were invited to suggest statements that encapsulate what we do at Christ Church. A small group then met to examine the suggestions and has now made the proposals below, for our Vision and Mission statements. These will be displayed in our written and electronic media to remind us of our common vision and help others to see what we seek to be. Our proposed Vision Statement (what we strive to be) To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mission-evangelism","category-magazine","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2739,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2687\/revisions\/2739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}