Quick Contacts

Parish Office
01749 342163
admin@peterpaul.co.uk

The Parish Office
Peter Street Rooms
Peter Street
Shepton Mallet
BA4 5BL

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The parish office is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 09.00 until 13.00.

Revd David Williamson
07513 347807
david.williamson@peterpaul.co.uk

David's temporary contact address is via the Parish Office above

Your Church Needs You!

We are seeking people to take on the following roles: Concert Organiser, Charities Coordinator. Please let the Parish Office, the churchwardens or anyone on the PCC know if you're keen to find out more

Key Diary Dates

David Goode Recital

Internationally renowned organist and son of Shepton Mallet, David Goode will be giving a recital on Saturday 18th February at 7 pm in St Peter and St Paul's Parish Church, Shepton Mallet.

David GoodeDavid has a busy and varied concert career having performed worldwide, on BBC Radio 3 and at The Proms. David has also been Organist and Head of Keyboard at Eton College. He has made several recordings, some of which will be available on the evening.

This is a great opportunity to hear a musician of his calibre at your local church. Tickets £10 to include a glass of wine. Available from the Parish Office or on the door.

Chloe Baker's Singles' Lunch

The next lunch will be on Sunday 5th February at 13.00 in Peter Street Rooms. Please book up on the sheet at the back of the church.

The Gathering . . .

. . . is a meeting of Christians from the different Shepton Churches at the Salvation Army Citadel. We meet to help build a prayerful community and to respond to the needs of our town. We're also part of the 24/7 Prayer initiative and Shepton Mallet Prayer Room. The next gathering dates are: Sunday December 5th from 18.00 [read more about The Gathering]

Prayer for This Week

Praying Hands LogoGod of all mercy, Your Son proclaimed good news to the poor, replease to the captives . . . [continue]

Mission Development Process

The aim is to take forward the spiritual and mission development of St Peter and St Paul's Parish Church. In order to do this a structured process is required to guide and develop our aims and objectives. We also have a plan, against which to set resources and priorities, as well as some means of monitoring our progress and achievement.

A regular review takes place to consider the plan and its progress, and to amend the goals or set new ones. Members of the congregation are fully involved in this live and dynamic process and encouraged to participate by being part of a Focus Group.

Focus Groups

Focus Groups comprise PCC members, Readers and other members of the Church, in which they participate in discussion on a particular subject considered important to the life of the Church. Currently the list of Focus Groups is as follows:

The Focus Groups meet individually about every month and are asked to consider work for their Group as requested and guided by the Rector, as Chair of the Forward Group. Interaction between the Focus Groups occurs on a regular basis and a representative number of members from each Focus Group meet every two months at a PCC meeting, called principally to discuss Mission Development business. 

Mission Aims

Mission Aims are a number of statements indicating what we would like to do as a Church in support of a particular area of the Church's life. These are developed by the Focus Groups and presented to the full PCC for further discussion and debate.

Mission Objectives

Working from the Mission Aims, the Focus Groups develop Mission Objectives identifying actions required to achieve the Mission Aims.  These may be long- or short-term objectives, and should be achievable and measurable. Draft Mission Objectives are in turn presented to the full PCC for further discussion and debate.

Mission Plan

A Mission Plan is drawn up with inputs from the Focus Groups to identify and manage how the Mission Objectives are to be progressed against time, cost and performance.  The Focus Groups undertake the detailed planning in support of the Mission Plan, but others within the Church may execute the event on the Plan. Each Mission Objective is expected to have one or more tasks associated with it, which when completed will support the achievement of the Objective. The Mission Plan will initially be drawn up for discussion with the Focus Groups and agreement by the full PCC.

Review

The Focus Group review their progress against the Plan. They also consider any updates or revisions to the Aims, the Objectives and the Plan as thought necessary. Such reviews are presented to the PCC on a routine basis, and at intervals of not more than 6 months. The Mission Development Process is also be reviewed on a regular basis taking consultation from the Focus Groups and presented to the PCC for agreement.

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