Our mission

Glen Waverley Uniting Church is a faithful, Christ-centred community that meets God and shares that unconditional love.

Our Vision

Connectedness: Fostering relationships, Small Groups, Pastoral care, Gatherings and events, Intergenerational connections

Faith: Providing specified study groups, Diverse worship services & styles & times, Conferences, seminars & guest speakers, A culture of asking questions, exploring & sharing faith

Kingsway: Intentional listening to & learning from other multicultural or ethnic specific church communities, Building relationships by pastoral care and prayer support to Kingsway businesses, Participating in Kingsway events

Profile: Partnering with schools, councils and clubs, talking to community and global organisations to identify needs, Empowering the disempowered, Advocacy of community and global topics.

Living the Vision

  1. Being Mindful - The CommunicationsCommittee prefaces its agendas and minutes with the four summary vision statements as a reminder that the deliberations of the Committee should be done in the context of this vision.

  2. Looking Forward - The CommunicationsCommittee uses the four vision areas as a guide for discussion and decisions.

  3. Reflecting - The CommunicationsCommittee uses the four vision areas to check whether or not anything has been missed in its consideration of its various agenda items.

Report

4 March 2019, 7:30pm – 9:00pm, Room 2

1. Sharing Time

John Snare - The Man who bears the Cross, John Fabre (2015) in the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium. This sculpture invites pilgrims and cathedral visitors to pause for reflection. The bronze sculpture encourages them to try to maintain a spiritual equilibrium, to keep the cross in balance and to experience first hand how this affects them. See https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jan-fabre-the-man-who-bears-the-cross.

2. Attendance and Apologies

Attendance: DavidFraser, KenCoutts, JohnSnare

Apologies: JanClear, JohnHurst

3. Confirmation of the agenda

The agenda was confirmed.

4. Matters arising from the report of the last meeting

A report of the previous meeting is at CommunicationsReport20181203

5. Update from Ken

  1. Update Notice board completed.
  2. Brochures re update and Office Manual.
  3. Position Description re Office Manager re inclusion of Social Media and Brochures.

6. External Signage

On the way into the meeting, all members to check the front street sign and door signs to ensure that they are current.This is a standing item for the agendas of all meetings of the Communications Committee.

7. The GWUC Web Site

Status update. Some Google Analytics from the WordPress dashboard WebsiteStatsMarch2019.jpg

8. Social Media Update

Our dream for 2019 is effective use of Social Media.

9. Strategic Plan update

Is it time to check the the currency of the CommunicationsStrategicPlan ?

10. Next meeting

11. Other Business

12. Closure

Meeting close no later than 9:30pm