PENWORTHAM CHURCHES TOGETHER

PARTICIPANTS

Penwortham Churches Together is a group of eight Churches. The group was formed in October 2005 so that local people from each of the Churches could gain a better, mutual understanding of one another and to develop links between all the Churches.

Penwortham Churches Together comprises :

CHURCH	ADDRESS	REVEREND	TELEPHONE
St Mary's	Church Avenue	Chris Nelson	01772 743143
(Church of England)	Penwortham	Angela Wynne	01257 791760
	PRESTON
	PR1 0AH
St Leonard's	Marshall's Brow	Nick Mansfield	01772 742367
(Church of England)	Penwortham	Sharon Baines	01772 641521
	PRESTON
	PR1 9HY
Penwortham	Leyland Road	Paul Davis	01772 745252
Methodist Church	Penwortham
	PRESTON
	PR1 0XU
Kingsfold	Hawksbury Drive	Paul Davis	01772 745252
Methodist Church	Penwortham
	PRESTON
	PR1 0XU
Kings Church	42 Moorhey Drive	Geoff Williams	01772 752205
(Free Methodist)	Penwortham
	PRESTON
	PR1 0SS
United Reformed Church	Liverpool Road	David Coaker	01772 462229
	Penwortham
	PRESTON
	PR
St Teresa's	Queensway	Fr Austin Griffin	01772 743337
Catholic Church	Penwortham
	PRESTON
	PR1 0DS
St Mary Magdalen's	Buller Avenue,	Fr Austin Griffin	01772 743337
Catholic Church	Penwortham
	PRESTON
	PR

CONSTITUTION

BASIS

Churches Together in Penwortham unites in pilgrimage those churches in Penwortham which, acknowledging God's revelation in Christ, confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures and, in obedience to God's will and in the power of the Holy Spirit, commit themselves :

• to seek a deepening of their communion with Christ and with one another in the Church, which is His body; and

• to fulfil their mission to proclaim the Gospel by common witness and service in the world to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

AIMS

The aims of Churches Together in Penwortham shall be :

• to enable the churches, as pilgrims together, to explore the Christian faith together, to develop mutual relationships, to seek a common mind and to make decisions together;

• to encourage churches to worship, pray and reflect together on the nature and purpose of the church in the light of its mission - each church sharing with others the treasures of its tradition;

• to enable the churches to live and share the Gospel, to evangelise together and to encourage further steps towards fuller unity;

• to enable the churches to respond to the needs of society and to witness to the Gospel together.

AREA

Churches Together in Penwortham aims to serve the neighbourhood of Penwortham.

RELATIONSHIPS

Churches Together in Penwortham is in association with Churches Together in Lancashire.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of Churches Together in Penwortham shall be open to :

• any local church in the area which is affiliated to a church or association of churches which is a full member of Churches Together in England and

• any other local church in the area which affirms the Basis and commits itself to promote the aims of Churches Together in Penwortham and

• any local church which, on principle, has no creedal statements in its tradition and therefore cannot formally subscribe to the statement of faith in the Basis, provided that it satisfies 75% in number of those full member churches which subscribe to the Basis, hat it manifests faith in Christ as witnessed to in the Scriptures and it is committed to the aims and purposes of Churches Together in Penwortham and that it will work in the spirit of the Basis.

OFFICERS

The officers of Churches Together in Penwortham shall be a Moderator and a Deputy Moderator (one of whom shall normally be a lay person), an Honorary Treasurer and an Honorary Secretary (plus a Minute Secretary, if desired) to be elected at the annual Meeting of the Forum. Officers shall serve for an initial period of three (3) years and may be re-elected if willing to serve for one further period not exceeding three (3) years.

FORUM

• The Forum shall consist of the clergy and ministers and up to four others appointed from each participating church.

• The Forum may co-opt others; such co-options not exceeding 25% of the total number of representatives appointed by the participating churches.

• The Forum shall not meet less than four times annually. The October meeting shall be the Annual Meeting at which the audited accounts shall be presented, officers elected, annual reports submitted and policy and initiatives for the year decided. Other meetings of the Forum shall be held as deemed desirable by the officers or at the written request of of any three of the participating churches. At least two weeks' notice in writing of any meeting of the Forum shall be given. The attendance by at least one representative of at least half of the Member Churches shall constitute a quorum

ENABLING GROUP

• When there are more than six churches in membership of the Forum, the churches may appoint an Enabling Group whose functions shall be to enable the member churches to make decisions in common and to serve as a reference point for the Forum

• Where there is no Enabling Group, the officers of the Forum shall fulfil this function.

• The Enabling Group shall comprise the officers of the Forum, up to four lay people and up to four clergy or ministers appointed by the member churches with regard to an appropriate representation of the various Christian traditions and denominations in membership. Attendance by at least half of those eligible to be present shall constitute a quorum.

 

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