Our Mission 

The Trafford Circuit and its churches aims to be an inclusive, justice seeking and welcoming.

We will do this by the following means (taken from The Methodist Churches God for All Strategy and the criteria for New Places for New People)

Please visit our mission and ministry strategy - a frequently modified plan which reflects our openness to the move of God in ourselves, our churches and and the changing dynamics of our community engagement

Being a Church for Everyone 

• Meeting people where they are - Festivals, community gatherings, tea in the garden @ Partington, Lunches - The Village, Cornerstone and The vine
• Starting Christian Communities in new places - Makers Nook and Telugu Fellowship
• Welcoming new people to new places - Makers Nook and Telugu fellowship
• Working and speaking for social justice - The Vine and Altrincham, Sale  - People Seeking Asylum, Foodbanks, Cornerstone, Timperley
• New expressions of worship  - New Song Cafe - Altrincham, Lego Church - Altrincham, Story Church - The Avenue, Breakfast Church - Cornerstone, Altrincham, 

Improving our church buildings and circuit properties to be accessible (toilets, visual and sound displays, entrances) and fulfil energy audit in 2026.

Telling Our Story

• Equipping us to share our story - circuit weekend away September 2026
• Being online as well as in person - Online Worship - Zoom evening services, weekly recorded or live streamed video and streaming new song cafe
• Being present in the community eg at Festivals - attendance at pride Altrincham, Stretford, Partington Festival, Altrincham Festival, Marathon, Britfest 2026
• Opportunities for gentle faith conversations - through coffee mornings, weekly lunches and coffee and chat - mission enablers to be available. Monthly looking deeper and bible studies - Altrincham and Cornerstone. Increasing number of fellowship/house groups.  
• Schools and Uniformed organisations - GB and BB at Altrincham, Cornerstone and Sevenways, Youth Group Sunday Evening, Holiday Clubs - Altrincham, Timperley and Cornerstone, Messy Church, Timperley, The Village, Story Church - The Avenue
• 3 Generate - attended last 4 years and will continue to encourage our youth and enable active participation. New Generations youth meets weekly. Commencing 2026 youth Circuit meeting and monthly focused worship

Putting Mission First

• Learning to lead together - shared leadership with lay volunteers and employees and ordained colleagues.
• Prioritising outreach - mission focused on outward facing rather than inward dwelling
• Coaching - all employees will offered coaching
• Basing all decisions for finance/property on these missional aims - mission at the centre, in line with ensuring our property is fit purpose and environmentally sound we will ensure our mission aims re met and properties released to ensure our missional aims are realised. Strategic release of property for mission growth and development.

Living as Christians

• Studying the Methodist Way of Life
• Listening to ideas, especially from young people - Commencing 2026 Youth Circuit meeting
• Having prayer, worship and theological conversations as central to our being - Looking deeper, bible study groups, advent and lent sessions 
• Environment and Carbon neutral - church developments - carbon neutrality at the core, themed preaching on  hope in God's future, 
• Ecumenical witness - active engagement in churches together in Altrincham, Hale, Timperley, Sale and Stretford and Urmston

How do we listen to the needs of fragmented communities and communicate the gospel of Christ? We will plan sessions on a liberation theology for current times.