Bryant Street

Methodist Church

The Mission Statement of the Stratford Methodist Church as a whole can be summed up in the document 'Our Calling'. 'The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God in Christ and to live its discipleship in worship and mission".

Our Church Mission consists of:

• Telling the good news of Jesus.
• Helping people recognise the calling of God in their lives
• Living our discipleship in our world
• Caring for individual people and community
• Sharing the task of education, social and spiritual development
• Struggling for a just world and in the meantime being alongside `the poor'
• Becoming friends with people of different cultures and faiths
• Caring for the earth
• Building partnerships with other churches and groups who share our mission aims

Specific aspects of mission at Stratford Methodist Church

• To offer support and friendship to the staff and volunteers.
• To provide a benevolent fund for people who are in particular need
• To be aware of world and local issues and respond with god's love
• To build up our links with other churches in the neighbourhood
• To encourage people to experience Methodist worship
• To encourage church attendance and membership by example
• To support and become involved in the work of TELCO, who work towards justice in East London
• To enable our values to be realized through our community work, the provision of services, i.e. for the elderly, parents and toddlers, the letting of rooms for community and nursery use, providing volunteering opportunities and pastoral care for local people providing space for other church groups to worship.

Worship is about:

• Recognising God's sovereignty all over things and responding in praise, song and prayer,
• Becoming open to God's transforming love through the Holy Spirit,
• Receiving and reflecting on the Gospel of Christ in our world today
• Offering ourselves to share in God's costly action in the world