Our Emphases

In the process of determining the strategy, several specific challenges emerged which have resulted in us adopting 4 emphases that will be like threads running through all of our work.

Prioritising the disadvantaged

We believe God calls us to give special attention to those who are disadvantaged and marginalised, who might otherwise be overlooked.  We will examine every area of our ministry to determine how we can most effectively serve disadvantaged children and young people.  This includes developing work we are already doing with those with Special Educational Needs.

Working with the churches

We will re-assess the meaning of partnership with the church in Scotland and build on consultations with church leaders to determine how we can most effectively serve the church in Scotland.

Considering the family context

We will explore how every area of our ministry can take account of the family context of the children and young people with whom we work.  A group has already started work in this area and their proposals will be integrated into the ongoing strategy development.

Evaluating the quality and effectiveness of our ministry

We will build evaluation into everything that we do, ensuring that evaluation process are part of project planning.  As part of the evaluation process we will be open to recognising where new areas of ministry emerge that need to supersede plans in the strategy but equally where areas of minstry have run their course and need to cease.

Quality and effectiveness are both to be evaluated.  Our aim is to see increased numbers of children and young people exploring the Bible and responding to the significance of Jesus, but alongside that we aim to see greater depth in our work.  We feel the 2006-2010 strategy did not place enough emphasis on quality and we want to redress that balance.

We will put particular emphasis on assessing whether we are living up to our vision and values.

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