Things have been changing over the last little while with communication in church with both our members and the wider community. You may have seen our posts on Facebook and Instagram. You may have noticed the changes to the newsletter. You may be wondering why.

We want our communication to be intentional and with purpose. We want it to reach the people it needs to and we want to engage those people. Things will continue to change as we work through this.

The purpose and intent of our weekly newsletter is to engage both those people at our church and the wider community with what is happening in our church. It often, but not always, includes a few paragraphs at the start about our purpose or vision in an area of our church. It also includes notices, they are usually events, but also includes relevant information, such as the recent survey about funding for palliative care. Lastly, there are resources listed at the end, either for our church or those that we partner with.

We have also included prayer points, but this is now changing. As we seek for our church newsletter to be something to share with our wider community, we want to keep our prayer points for our church family.

Moving forward, as a community member, you can receive the church newsletter. If you are a regular member of our church at Wilberforce, you will receive prayer points as a separate email.

As we seek to be a growing church for the Hawkesbury, I encourage you to follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram. You will see things that are happening in our church that you can like and share with others on social media. This engagement helps others to see what is happening at St John’s Wilberforce.

Yours in Christ, Alicia