All Saints' and Salutation Church - About Us
A Welcome from the Vicar
If you have just moved into our area from another part of Darlington, or from further afield, Welcome! Or, if you have lived in our community for some time, and have come along to All Saints' Church, Welcome!
This is a wonderful community in which to live. As a Church we try to offer a whole host of opportunities for the building up of community life, and for serving the spiritual needs of people within it. I hope that we can be of help to you, and that you find some of the information in this web site of encouragement and interest.
The Worship of the Church is central to our life as a parish community. We are very much a "middle of the road" Anglican church which offers a variety of services appealing to people of all ages. This is supported and strengthened by a host of prayer groups, study opportunities and social events for those who are looking for more than just worship on a Sunday. As with all that we offer, these things are there for those who want them, and not forced on to those who do not.
Much of our community involvement as a parish actually takes place in our own buildings. Both the All Saints' Millennium Centre, which adjoins the Church in Ravensdale Road, and the Salutation Hall in Salutation Road are home to many parish and community groups.
If I can be of any more help to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
With every good wish.
John R. Dobson, Parish Priest
The Parish Vision
1: Worship, Prayer and Learning
We seek to encourage commitment to regular worship, prayer and learning within this all-age community of faith, centred on the Eucharist.
2: Communication and Fellowship
As well as helping people to be at one with God, we seek to encourage communication and fellowship between
- members of our worshipping community
- the church and the wider parish and world.
3: Being Welcoming and Inclusive
Valuing our identity and blessings as a parish church within the central tradition of the Church of England, we seek to be welcoming and inclusive to people of all ages.
4: Serving the Whole Community
We seek to use the oportunities provided through being the Parish Church to serve God's purpose for the whole community.
5: Partnership
We seek to work in partnership with others, including our Locality churches and ecumenical partners, where this can strengthen the Church's mission.
6: Vocation
We seek to encourage each person to realise that he or she has a part to play in the Church's mission of building up God's kingdom.
Supported Charities
The Parish supports the following charities (both have excellent web sites):
USPG, an Anglican mission agency with a successful 300-year track record of enabling people to grow spiritually, to thrive physically and to have a voice in an unjust world. This is done in partnership with churches around the world, providing the resources - people, money and ideas - that they define as necessary to meet local needs. A particular project is supported and followed by the Parish - the Chilean house-building project.
CMS - Church Mission Society. A voluntary association of people rooted in the Anglican Communion who are united in obedience to Christ's command to fulfill his Great Commission. CMS has about 150 mission partners in 26 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
