About Project Plenty
The Synod Standing Committee has approved the roll out of a new whole-of-Synod strategic planning exercise that will shape the Synod for the years to come.
With the title of Project Plenty, this will be an 18-month process underpinned by the intent for the Uniting Church to be “for the world”—contributing to a stronger, healthier, more vibrant Queensland community as part of our understanding of God’s mission in the world.
The project is a positive and collaborative platform for embracing the future and enabling our next generation of leaders.
This project is about more than just the Synod office, rather it is about the entire Synod. Project Plenty will involve consultation with presbyteries and congregations and collaboration and alignment with agencies, schools and all other activities of the church in Queensland.
Lessons learned from the Together on the Way: Enriching Community process will be applied to develop a simplified process and framework to enable the best engagement and contribution from across all parts of the church.
This process will seek to draw in all people connected with the church to obtain a holistic view. A range of events will be held during 2019, including seminars throughout the state and at the 34th Synod in May. A survey will be released in 2019 where people will be asked a number of compelling questions, including how we as one church can walk most effectively with God in the discernment of our mission in Queensland and the world.
To find out more, read the Project Plenty Fast Facts document. You can also listen to the first episode of the Project Plenty podcast.
Join the conversation
There will be a range of engagement activities planned over the coming six months.
Upcoming engagements
31 August, Buderim Uniting Church, King Street, Buderim, 10am-12:30pm
3 September, Chermside Kedron Community Church , 7pm-9pm
5 September, Broadwater Road Uniting Church, 7-9pm
6 September, Rooftop at Wesley House, 11:30am-1:30pm
9 September, Bremer Brisbane Presbytery Office, 7-9pm
11 September, Ashmore Uniting Church, 7-9pm
14 September, Bargara Uniting Church, Bargara, 10:00am-12:30pm.
11 October, Lifeworks Uniting Church, Toowoomba, 6.30pm-8.30pm
12 October, Dalby Uniting Church, 10.30am-12.30pm
If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please complete the RSVP form here.
Past engagements
Central Queensland Presbytery in Yeppoon
Darling Downs Presbytery in Roma
Scots PGC College
Schools and Residential Colleges Commission
Multi-Cross Cultural Reference Group
Synod young adult members
Synod Standing Committee
Unite Young Adults
The Lakes College
Calvary Christian College
Synod office Senior Leadership Team
To find out more, contact projectplenty@ucaqld.com.au, read Uniting News and Journey magazine, read the frequently asked question document or visit Strategic Mission at the Synod office. Alternatively, fill out the form at the bottom of this page. You can also join the Project Plenty Facebook page.
Resources
You have decided to join the Project Plenty conversation. That’s great, below are some resources that might help guide you through this process. To make this process easy, resources have been separated by different group. So if you are a church council member participating in a session with your church council, click on that group. Alternatively, if you attend church every now and then and would like to have your say on the future direction of the church, click individual.
Have you got some quick thoughts that you would like to share with the Project Plenty team? Tell us what you think by filling out the below.