Vision4Church

- We all hope for a Church more at ease with the Bible and reading it more. - We all hope that Christ's people will discover a more satisfying and enriching prayer life. - We all hope to belong to a Church in which we are more confident about telling our faith stories and about telling the Gospel story. - We all hope our cities, suburbs and villages may be transformed by the Gospel. So says the United Reformed Church's Vision4Life programme, currently being launched. The plan is for a year focussed on the Bible starting Advent 2008, a year focussed on prayer starting Advent 2009, and a year focussed on evangelism (mission) starting Advent 2010. Vision4Life will offer lots of different materials so that congregations can 'pick and mix'. Any Church certainly needs vision. Programmes are only tools but, hopefully, this will be one that can be used to great effect. Certainly, just as the garden doesn't get dug if we don't get out the spade and do the digging, so we do need to find and use appropraiate tools in order to be appropriate - and effective - Church.