VISION

To Be A Welcoming Church For All God’s People.

MISSION STATEMENT

Knowing Christ And Making Him Known.

 

Our Values

The Hurstville City Uniting Church is:

• Welcoming & Inclusive
• Tolerant & Respectful
• Compassionate & Encouraging
• Leadership & Empowering

Our Mission

Worship

• Experiencing and celebrating the saving love of God through: traditional, contemporary and creative styles of worship: music, arts, and crafts.

Teaching / Training

• Studying God’s word: Scripture
• Mentoring and discipleship training
• Holistically developing members in Christian faith, cultural understanding and social engagements: Socio-cultural fellowship and community celebrations, i.e. dinners / fetes.
• Developing (affirming) children and youth’s personal faith and encouraging their God-given gifts and talent.

Mission

• Welcoming and embracing all God’s people into the fellowship
• Extending the love of God through Christian witness, service to the wider community and generous giving (community outreach and social justice)
• Providing space for youths to explore their identity, celebrate and promote Christian values (through music, arts in traditional and contemporary cultures) in a safe environment.

Pastoral care

• Offering pastoral care to the sick (body and mind) and lonely, seniors, young couples, youths, children and families.
• Providing space for youths to explore their identity, celebrate and promote Christian values in a safe environment.

Our Strategies

We support God’s mission in Hurstville City through:

Worship

• Sunday Worship Services exploring traditional, contemporary and/or hybrid of creative styles using music, arts, crafts.
• Worship services using a variety of hymns from traditional and contemporary sources; live band and utilising multimedia technology

Teaching / Training

• Weekly / fortnightly Bible Studies at church or ‘home groups’ addressing pressing issues
• Discipleship Training for sacraments (Holy Communion, confirmation and baptism) for church families and the wider community
• Training and counselling on weddings, family celebrations.
• Teaching about pastoral care for pastoral occasions like funerals, mental health
• Weekly Sunday School, Youth fellowship and outreach

Pastoral care

• Intentional visitations and pastoral care to the sick and lonely, seniors, young couples, youths, children and families
• Mentoring and counselling service for youths on regular basis.

Mission

• Intentional outreach to extended families and all in the community
• The Asian families and Community
• Social Services to the local community like English Language Classes and Tongan Language / Cultural School
• Employing Information Technology and Social Media to make Christ known
• Reaching out to the youth community by providing space and programs to help them explore identity and personal issues.