Slide 2 The SDBE - Supporting Christian Education Southwark
Diocesan Board of Education Mission at the Start of a New Academic
Year - a time to reflect Slide 3 The SDBE - Supporting Christian
Education Slide 4 Our School Mission Statement In groups of 3 or 4
take time to look at your school mission statement. The SDBE -
Supporting Christian Education How is this lived out on a daily
basis? What part do you play in this? What do pupils see happening
around them to make this real? Slide 5 Bishop Christophers Call to
Mission is my invitation, as leader in mission, to the people,
churches, schools, communities and deaneries of the diocese to
reflect on our mission priorities and to commit ourselves to
concrete action in our own contexts. The SDBE - Supporting
Christian Education Slide 6 Slide 7 We witness to our faith in
Jesus Christ, crucified and risen from the dead, and we confess him
as Lord and God. When many are confused or unsure, we try to help
people articulate the faith for which they seek. The SDBE -
Supporting Christian Education How does our school articulate
faith? Slide 8 We look to an imperishable hope, which will not
disappoint us. Whilst many voices speak of anxiety and despair, we
try to point people to signs of real and transforming hope in their
lives. The SDBE - Supporting Christian Education How does the work
of our school community transform lives? Slide 9 We love because He
first loved us, and the love of God has been poured out into our
hearts by the Spirit he has given us. In a world of loneliness and
division, we try to give and to receive true love in our
relationships with people. The SDBE - Supporting Christian
Education How do we express love in our school? Slide 10 Linking
the two In your groups go back to your school Mission Statement.
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Slide 11 Prayer God of faith, deepen our faith so we may bear
witness to Christ in the world; God of hope, strengthen our hope so
we may be signposts to your transforming presence; God of love,
kindle our love so that, in a fragile and divided world, we may be
signs of the faith, hope, love which we share in Jesus Christ. Amen
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