Can’t wait for Sunday! It’s going to be a blast. I’ve talked with a lot of people that are excited about the day. ONE Sunday is definitely going to be a unique, challenging, and inspiring Sunday. Be sure and make plans to stay for lunch. You don’t want to miss it at all. I’ve included a copy of the “placemat” for Sunday (you can click here to see it). As you preview the document, you will see how the proposed Mission, Vision, and Plan work. It’s a great graphic overview. Here are the proposed Ministry Goals:
Ministry Goals for 2010-2012
- Effective Evangelism and Discipleship – “To encourage, equip, and engage in the sharing of the gospel and the discipleship of believers.”
- Effective Ministry – “To create, implement, and maintain meaningful ministry for engaging the spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental well being of our community.”
- Effective Involvement – “To increase the overall ministry participation on both campuses.”
- Effective Structure – “To develop, implement, and maintain appropriate organizational structures for effective ministry.”
- Effective Facilities – “To develop and implement a strategy for best use and future development of campus physical plants.”
You will hear much about the word effective over the weekend due to a new evaluation strategy proposal. Our goal is to establish expectations by incorporating at least one of five evaluation tools for everything we do as a church family. It allows us an opportunity to honesty critique programs, ministry, and ongoing concerns. The implementation of an evaluation process will afford us the opportunity to move from good to great in our efforts and ministry.
On this graphic, you’ll notice a C, G, and S in the upper left hand corner. These icons represent the three components to our proposed Mission Statement. All of our activities, programs, ministry, and efforts will be labeled with an icon for either Connect, Grow, or Serve. This will help us to make sure that what we do as a church family falls within the focus of our Mission Statement. It will help us continually keep our mission before us. It will help us to make sure our ministry is balanced.
Why these five goals? These five goals represent doing the basics well. While we leave much room for creativity in ministry, we must do the basics well. We can always attract a crowd, but we must offer substance and value to keep the crowd. We must offer depth, relevance, and meaning.Can’t wait for Sunday!