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THE GROVE UNITING CHURCH, BOX HILL NORTH

The small congregation at The Grove Uniting Church, Box Hill North had been without a Minister since 1st September 2002. Some of our leaders met with representatives from The UCA Presbytery of Bourke on Friday 14th February 2003 to assist in strategic thinking about the shape of their future. After careful consideration by both Church Councils and Congregational Meetings, this led very happily, to:

AN AGREEMENT TO FORM A LINKED CONGREGATION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GROVE UNITING CHURCH, BOX HILL NORTH AND PILGRIM UNITING CHURCH, DONCASTER - EFFECTIVE 1st MAY 2003

We agreed:

	to enter a 'Linked Congregation Relationship' (cf Reg 3.1.3a) to support ministry at The Grove effective from 1st May 2003
	to assist in the resourcing of a six monthly preaching plan offering a worship leader/preacher for up to three Sundays per month
	that each Church Council establish a seat on our respective councils for one representative from the partner church
	that the existing Pastoral team at The Grove will continue its ongoing pastoral ministry and Pilgrim will cover pastoral emergencies and funerals as requested
	that Pilgrim members will welcome appropriate remuneration for their ministry at the rates recommended by Synod for Occasional Supply by Ministers.
	that a Linked Congregation Steering Committee be set up (3 representatives from each church) to give oversight to the development of the partnership for ministry

After each congregation formally endorsed the Agreement, it was approved by both the Presbytery Pastoral Relations Committee and the Synod Placements Committee.

The Linked Congregation Steering Committee meets as needed on the first Wednesdays of the month at 4pm. The Pilgrim representatives are Megan Coote and Patsy Haywood.

A review, conducted after the first six months of partnership, has found this arrangement to be working very satisfactorily for all concerned. The current Pilgrim team assisting with worship leading/preaching includes Megan Coote, David Small and Meredith Small. All of us are glad to be serving God in this particular ministry as we support a neighbouring congregation through this partnership.

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