Pastoral
The Pastoral TeamPastoral Care
Our Vision, Mission and Practices
The Pastoral Team
Pastoral Care
Our Vision -
"To have the entire church family linked to appropriate pastoral care and growing in their walk with God."
We desire to care for our church family, welcome visitors and provide ways to encourage everyone to become involved in the life of the church. Effective preaching, coupled with the development of Small Groups present opportunities to be able to achieve these aims.
An integral part of pastoral care is our practical response to people in their needs. We thus have a Fellowship Fund to assist financially where appropriate, along with Food Parcels and our Bread Ministry.
| Pastoral Care Team Leader: | Alastair Bain |
| Children (Primary School Age): | Pastor Craig Palmer |
| Youth (High School Age): | Pastor Craig Palmer |
| Young Adults (18yrs to 35yrs): | Colin & Barbara Meadows |
| Small Group Team Leader: | Mark and Roz Smart |
| Fellowship Fund Oversight: | Pastor Colin Meadows |
| Food Parcel Distribution: | Trevor Campbell-Young |
| Responsible Care Panel Leader: | Pastor Colin Meadows |
Equipping
Provide sequential learning opportunities for people to discover and develop their gifts and so be better prepared to love God and care for our community. For further details, see the article under Education.
Worship
Provide vital and relevant worship services.
Music makes a great contribution to life at Riverton Baptist Community Church.
Opportunities abound for people to contribute their talents in both vocal and instrumental areas.
Prayer
To encourage the ongoing growth of the personal and corporate prayer life of the church.
Regular Prayer Meetings: Sundays - 7.45am & 6pm, Thursday - 8am.
Privacy Statement
Our privacy statement is available on request. We strive to ensure that we comply with all privacy guidelines in the handling of people's personal details.
For contact information on any of the above, please see the contact information
Our Vision, Mission and Practices
OUR VISION
A growing family of believers passionately devoted to Jesus Christ.
A worshipping, praying, Bible believing and teaching church;
A family of God where people are welcomed and feel they belong;
Where people are encouraged to learn and grow in likeness to Christ;
Where people are equipped to identify and use their gifts and abilities;
Reaching out into the wider community and overseas;
Caring in practical ways and proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ.
OUR MISSION
know Jesus Christ and make Him known
by what we are, say, and do --
in our community and around the world.
THE CHIEF MEANS WE WILL EMPLOY
We commit ourselves to pray, proclaim Christ, promote personal spiritual growth and provide practical care.
OUR PRACTICES
- Provide vital and relevant worship services.
- Provide vital and relevant children's ministries.
- Provide vital and relevant youth and young adult ministries.
- Cater appropriately for young marrieds / parents with infants and toddlers
- Provide a vital and relevant seniors' ministry.
- Provide numerous meetings for prayer.
- Provide faithful Bible teaching.
- Welcome visitors in services.
- Provide small groups for the entire congregation (including teenagers/young Christians).
- Provide ways to encourage everyone to become involved (in the life of the Church).
- Provide ways to sustain and encourage growth in active believers.
- Provide intergenerational activities - small groups, social events.
- Provide small group and one to one nurturing of new believers.
- Provide courses and seminars that equip people to serve God.
- Encourage people to identify and use their spiritual gifts.
- Provide apprenticeship training for leadership.
- Provide mentoring for spiritual growth.
- Establish points of contact, and build bridges to the local community.
- Provide a welcome to newcomers to the local community.
- Provide pre-evangelism and evangelism events.
- Provide training in and encourage one on one evangelism.
- Actively support mission endeavors, highlighting our commitment to the Yao people.
- Continue development of effective communication channels for the entire church.
- Regularly evaluate our progress in attaining our vision.