Corps Review

Every three years within The Salvation Army, Corps are 'reviewed'. For our Corps this has recently occured in 2006, 2009 and last week!

The review is both an administrative and a missional review. The administrative component is usually pretty quick and painless. The Divisional Commander and the Divisional Corps Program Secretary will check to see that all of our administrative and pastoral process are in place. Thanks to the great team that we have at Marion, we had a 100% compliance! (Phew!)

The missional review is the good bit. This takes up most of the time allocated to the review. The DC and DCPS will sit down with the Corps Officers to discuss points for celebration and points for concern. Following this, they do the same thing with the senior leadership team.

So, last Wednesday evening, Wendy, Lynette, Iris, Greg and Catherine (Judith, Ross & Doris were apologies) spent time speaking about the Corps' vision, mission and opportunities, and also some concerns that we face. Some time was also spent celebrating the progress in some of our ministries, e.g. seniors, youth, children, men, women... well most things. We realised freshly that we have so much to celebrate.

Some key action points to come out of the review were:

Continuing to work on engaging with our community, remembering that we exist for those that are yet to belong.
Continuing to enhance the mission centre approach at our new Glenelg and Ascot Park developments.
Continuing to focus on our discipleship process: Know God, Grow in God, Show God and Go in God.
Continuing to provide means and opportunities for leadership development across our church.
Secure ongoing financial sustainability for each of our centres.