{"id":51,"date":"2019-07-25T09:48:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2020-10-01T18:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:44:31","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=51","title":{"rendered":"Mission statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mission-statement_20190613_0001-e1560453889509-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of mission statement\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mission-statement_20190613_0001-e1560453889509-1024x724.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mission-statement_20190613_0001-e1560453889509-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mission-statement_20190613_0001-e1560453889509-768x543.jpg 768w, http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mission-statement_20190613_0001-e1560453889509-1200x849.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">We seek to put this mission statement into practice in the following ways:\n \u00a0\n 1.\u00a0 By holding Sunday morning worship which is varied, led by ministers and local preachers from the Leicester Trinity Methodist Circuit, worship leaders, and the local worship team. Worship reflects Methodist character and principles.\n \u00a0\n 2.\u00a0 By running regular and one-off activities which embody the love of God, such as: the Saturday coffee morning; Girls\u2019 Brigade; Ladies Circle; Knit and Natter. \n \u00a0\n 3.\u00a0 By deepening our understandings of being Christian, through preaching, prayer, Lent study group, Bible breakfast, membership classes, and our participation in services held jointly through Churches Together in South Wigston.\n \u00a0\n 4.\u00a0 By following the Safeguarding policies and practices of the Methodist Church.\n \u00a0\n 5.\u00a0 By a strong commitment to children\u2019s Christian education through Junior Church and The Bang; Girls\u2019 Brigade, baby &amp; toddler group,and assemblies at Parkland and Fairfield Primary Schools. \n \u00a0\n 6.\u00a0 By living as an inclusive community, expressed through its ethnic diversity; its willingness to offer marriage for those who\u2019ve been divorced; prayers of thanksgiving for same-sex couples; welcome of people with special needs.\n \u00a0\n 7.\u00a0 By seeking advice from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jointpublicissues.org.uk\/\">Joint Public Issues Team<\/a> of the Methodist Church and its ecumenical partners, and by endeavouring to support individuals and families going through hard times.\n \u00a0\n 8.\u00a0 By fundraising and donating to organisations that support others, such as Age UK, Helping Hands, Link to Hope shoebox appeal, Methodist Women in Britain, the Lions\u2019 Foodbank, Kennedy House for those seeking asylum, Compassion International Child Sponsorship. \n \u00a0\n 9.\u00a0 By hosting other groups on the premises which serve the community, such as Busy Bugs Pre-School; the Wigston and District Male Voice Choir; Let\u2019s Walk South Wigston; Weightloss Support Group; ShapeFitness.\n\n10. By communicating through the Church website, the monthly \u201cOracle\u201d magazine, and weekly notices. \u00a0 <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>October 2020 Unfortunately most activities have been suspended due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We seek to put this mission statement into practice in the following ways: \u00a0 1.\u00a0 By holding Sunday morning worship which is varied, led by ministers and local preachers from the Leicester Trinity Methodist Circuit, worship leaders, and the local worship team. Worship reflects Methodist character and principles. \u00a0 2.\u00a0 By running regular and one-off &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=51\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mission statement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}