Our Mission
All Saints' Mission
Our mission is to:
enable, empower, encourage, engage.
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Envisioning is describing what needs to be done now. What is the most important thing in life? Jesus said to Martha, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one." (Luke 10).
What do you need to pursue in life?
Our vision is to enable, empower, encourage and engage in what is that most important in life.
Enable: Enabling is all about creating capability and confidence. We value teaching and mutual support as ways of doing this, and giving opportunities to everyone to take part to enable us to fulfil the purpose that God intended us for.
Empowering: Encounter with the living God makes us energized, motivated, and committed. The Holy Spirit in us gives us a passion that is contagious. Prayer and worship are the main channels for this, so we place a high priority on them.
Encourage: At root we are simply a bunch of redeemed sinners on our way to heaven. We need each other to remind ourselves of this, to pick us up when we fail, and help us through the trials of life which build our character.
Engage: Engaging takes courage. But there is a world around us without direction, which the Bible describes as lost. We seek to show them the love of God by serving our community in practical and transforming ways.
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This is reflected in our prayer for growth, which is below:
Our Prayer For Growth
God of Mission,
who alone brings growth to your Church,
send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning,
wisdom to our actions, and power to our witness.
Help our church to grow in numbers,
in spiritual commitment to you,
and in service to our local community,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Our Mission
Worldwide Mission
As a church we are committed to the support of mission both in the UK and overseas both in terms of finance and prayer. We set aside 10% of our total income to support them financially.
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We support a number of agencies on a regular monthly basis and also emergency situations as they arise, tsunami and earthquake appeals. In addition we make appeals for particular organisations throughout the year.
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Speakers from the organisations occasionally come to share their experience with us to help us to get a flavour of what their life is like and what their needs are. Newsletters that we receive from individuals that we support are shared with all the congregation to help us to be specific in our prayer.
Organisations We Support include:
The Well Project is a community centred charity based in Normanton, West Yorkshire. It was founded by All Saints Church.. We work across the whole community providing positive activities for all to engage with. We also run the Foodbank, Meet n' Eats Cafe and Youth Clubs for various ages.
Based in Haw Hill Park, just off Castleford Road, our Community Centre runs a varied, weekly programme of activities.
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Open Doors helps persecuted Christians continue to courageously follow Jesus. Together, we can reach those where persecution hits hardest. We have a formal partnership with Open Doors.
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Visit their website for more details, or contact the Church Office about joining the monthly prayer meeting for Open Doors.
Wycliffe Bible Translators is creating a world where everyone can know Jesus through the Bible - in their own language. 1 in 5 people are still waiting for the bible to be in their language. Wyclicliffe also run the Primary School in Kenya that All Saints built.
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The parish link has grown from a personal link an individual member of the church had, when they acted as host for a person from Mara who was training to become a member of the clergy, who went on to become the Bishop of Mara!
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Sponsoring a child's education is life-changing​. Child sponsorship with Compassion is an opportunity to come alongside a local church, and together, bring hope and lasting change to a child in poverty.
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Visit their website for more details about child sponsorship.
All Saints Church Normanton acts as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child. A simple shoebox gift packed with love and fuelled by prayer can have a huge impact! Operation Christmas Child brings great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children around the world.
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