In 2004 the church of england published its influential report, 'Mission Shaped Church' encouraging parishes to think differently about worship, buildings, mission and ministry. In 2006 the Diocese of Manchester underwent a diocesan wide assessment of parishes, buildings, boundaries, structures and mission in order to help Deanery Pastoral Committees prepare for future ministry patterns through the creation of a Deanery Strategy. Together these two initiatives have enabled St Agnes' PCC to record, assess, and review the life, ministry and mission of the Parish of St Agnes Longsight.
Working with the Deanery Development Officer to prepare for the future ministry and mission of St Agnes Longsight and what part the church building may take in this the PCC have identified three areas of focus for the future of our ministry.
Based on the Scripture text from the prophet Haggai which we walk under every time we enter our church porch our mission as a parish grows from the words:
in this place will I give peace
Please pray for our future that, in this place we will give peace.
Based on the text of scripture written above the main entrance to St Agnes, our three-point parish development plan grows from the words:
in this place will I give peace
Our development plans are now developing well and this page gives some background notes to the whole process along with links to the three areas we have identified as our parish plan.
The links on the right give more details of the plans.