In January, we embarked on a visioning journey at Lord of Life with help from Luke Bouman. Our time with him and our following leadership conversations have been exciting, fun, and much needed as we continue to grow and look to the future. As part of our initial session, we gathered as a congregation and recognized our strengths, developed our short and long term vision, and drafted our five key goals.
As we identified our strengths, we listed Outreach, Music, Leadership, Youth, Being a Welcoming Community, and Worship. Luke shared with us that these strength areas are something every church strives for and, indeed, we are very blessed here.
As we continue to grow, it is important to transition to the next phase where we can further develop these strengths and ensure we are building the foundation for where God is leading us in the future. With this in mind, we identified these five key goals:
- Cultural shift toward mission mindedness
- Develop and implement a staffing plan
- Develop and implement a building plan
- Develop and implement a financial plan
- Council shift toward focusing on strategy
In the past few months, Council has been praying and working together to take the visioning journey to the next level.
One of our first steps has been to shift our Council meeting times to being more strategic. This emphasis was important so we can spend more time developing plans for how we step into these five key goals and execute them with your help.
We are happy to share that we have developed areas of focus by year 1, 2 and 5 for the five key goals along with prioritization and quick wins. One such area is helping to support and staff the Ministry Area Coordinators (MACs) and increase collaboration where it makes sense. You will hear more about this soon!
We are just getting started and still have much to do. We give thanks for your partnership and continue to rely on your gifts and talents to help us build a strong foundation for growth. Look for more updates throughout the summer and contact President Ken Moore, or any council member or pastor, if you are interested in leading or helping with the ongoing visioning work.
Contact: Ken Moore