CAN goals/issues: which of these should be our top PRIORITIES
Prioritizing CAN Goals: Your Voice Matters!
Join us in shaping the future of the CAN community by sharing your thoughts on our goals and priorities. Your insights are vital to ensuring that we focus on the issues that matter most to our members.
Please take a moment to rate each potential goal or issue and select activities you would like to commit to. Together, we can create a more inclusive and engaging community.
- Evaluate CAN's priorities
- Commit to community engagement activities
- Shape the future of our programs
The first question asks you to rate EACH potential goal or issue. Please select one response for each goal or issue, based on whether you think it should be a priority for CAN at this time.
Note: "Don't support" does NOT mean you don't support the goal/issue, only that you don't support it being a priority for CAN at this time. Similarly for "Oppose" - this means you oppose making it a priority for CAN.
The first question asks you to rate EACH potential goal or issue. Please select one response for each goal or issue, based on whether you think it should be a priority for CAN at this time.
Note: "Don't support" does NOT mean you don't support the goal/issue, only that you don't support it being a priority for CAN at this time. Similarly for "Oppose" - this means you oppose making it a priority for CAN.
Goals and Issues - what should be CAN's priorities?
Top priority | Support | Don't support | Opposed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CAN Community Support / Ministry: existing programs with residents on high rise estate and others marginalised | ||||
CAN Community Support: Develop programs to better suit the needs of the community | ||||
Climate change and sustainability | ||||
Relate more strongly to University of Melbourne, Uni of Divinity and other nearby Unis | ||||
International students / cultural diversity / live up to our name “Church of All Nations” | ||||
Creating closer links/integration between congregation and Community Support | ||||
Develop pastoral care for congregation, staff and clients of Community support | ||||
Develop the concept of CAN as a “Learning Community” | ||||
Expand potential missional use of our property resources | ||||
Grappling with the challenges and opportunities of the outreach building | ||||
Further developing ecumenical relations and projects | ||||
Further developing interfaith relations and projects | ||||
Further developing links with other inner city UCA congregations (eg Fairfield, Wesley, St Michael’s, Mark the Evangelist (Hotham Mission), Richmond | ||||
Furthering links with the Arts community | ||||
Homelessness | ||||
Keeping worship engaging | ||||
Ministry with families and children at CAN | ||||
Nurture faith of members of congregation | ||||
Reconciliation and developing just relationships with First Nations people. | ||||
Refugees |
The next question asks what activities/projects YOU could commit time and energy to. Please choose up to 5 of them.
If you are already involved in some of these, and wish to continue, please include them in your 1-5 selections.
If you are actively involved in other congregational tasks (e.g. Church Council, committees, worship tasks) that are not listed here, please take these commitments into account when nominating up to 5 of the activities on the list.
The next question asks what activities/projects YOU could commit time and energy to. Please choose up to 5 of them.
If you are already involved in some of these, and wish to continue, please include them in your 1-5 selections.
If you are actively involved in other congregational tasks (e.g. Church Council, committees, worship tasks) that are not listed here, please take these commitments into account when nominating up to 5 of the activities on the list.
I could commit time to the following activities/projects (choose up to 5)
Providing community and a place to ‘belong‘ for residents of the housing estate, and other vulnerable members of the community (eg Drop-in, Community meals)
Providing meals, food and immediate material aid (eg ER, community meals)
Connecting people to broader welfare and community services (eg case management, referral to housing, financial counselling)
Developing programs focused on inclusion, learning and personal development, particularly for vulnerable and isolated people (eg Family Learning Program; Women’s Programs; Ageing and Inclusion program)
Community Support Committee currently undertaking review with view to setting some future directions
Solar panels on roof
Other activities to demonstrate CAN’s / church’s commitment to climate action
? Projects re climate change - OTHER
Reconnect with University through Chaplaincy, Queens College, U Div
(Re)build membership of individual students
Meals, conversational English, learning about Christianity and Australia in general.
Community Support Committee
? Activities by CAN members to promote closer links/integration between congregation and Community Support
Minister to develop individual relationships
Review & develop pastoral care system (expectations, roles and processes) for congregation
Review & develop pastoral care system (expectations, roles and processes) for staff
Review & develop pastoral care system (expectations, roles and processes) for clients
Learning Community” development proposal (as presented)
Specific elements of that “Learning Community” proposal, e.g. student Christian residential community
? Specific elements of that “Learning Community” proposal, e.g OTHER
Consider the potential for all buildings, beyond compliance/maintenance of the Palmerston St mission building
At a minimum, ensure compliance and address urgent maintenance issues in ways that don’t cut off future potential.
? Activities to further develop ecumenical relations and projects
Continue participation in Jewish Christian Muslim Association (JCMA) Friendship Walk
Connections with Albanian Mosque??
Expand/build on existing conversations (e.g. with Fairfield UC) & networks (e.g. UCA social justice group)
Promote use of the church as a performance venue
? Activities re Furthering links with the Arts community - OTHER
? Activities re Homelessness
? Activities re Keeping worship engaging
(Re)build membership of families with children
? Activities re Nurture faith of members of congregation - OTHER
Indigenous Hospitality House
Develop CAN’s commitment to Covenant and wider reconciliation/justice actions
Strengthen links with support group for Children in Detention (operated in building pre-lockdown)
? Activities re Refugees - OTHER
Connect with visiting faculty/scholars
Offer a prize/sponsorship for research, collaborative papers on themes we choose
All-age worship (monthly)
Wednesday morning communion via Zoom (includes people from other local churches and beyond)
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