Vision, Mission and Commitment Statement

To be a welcoming church family that demonstrates the love of God to each other and to our community:

• We will worship and pray regularly and endeavour to make our worship and prayers acceptable to God and meaningful to our community.

• We will consider and try different forms of worship and encourage active participation.

• We will organise and provide opportunities to study the word of God and to deepen our fellowship.

• We resolve to bring a knowledge of God’s love to all in our community.

• We will strive to serve the whole of our community in Upton from the youngest to the oldest.

• We commit to continuing our work with the young through our Parent and Toddler club (Noah’s Ark), our Pre-school, BIG BUG Club and Daisy Chains.

• We will support our ministers in their work of bringing a knowledge of God’s love to our local schools.

• We commit to providing opportunities for outreach and service.

• We will continue to administer the Ballam Trust for the benefit of the needy in Upton and Lytchett Minster.

• We resolve to help those in need outside our local community by actively supporting such organisations as Poole Food Bank, Shelter, Water Aid, Link to Hope, Transform Trade, Action for Children (NCH), “All We Can” (MRDF).