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FY11 - FY13 Strategic Goals and Objectives

Goal 1 – Foster a culture of welcoming and inclusion

Objectives:

1.1Develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated “Welcoming Program,” lead by the Welcoming Committee that addresses the needs of new-comers as well as long-time parishioners
1.2Actively promote the acceptance of all people, of all ages, backgrounds, races, religions, etc. at St. David’s
1.3Create a culture of welcoming
1.4Recruit and train additional Welcoming Committee members
1.5Develop and implement a volunteer recognition program

Goal 2 – Enhance St. David’s identity as an outreach-focused community

Objectives:

2.1Enhance the impact of our Mission work by prioritizing and coordinating activities and focusing resources on the highest priority initiatives
2.2Support Mission work through
  • targeted and coordinated communications/publicity
  • targeted and coordinated fundraising and collection
2.3Support Mission Leadership development
2.4Recruit and train team members
2.5Establish an Outreach Ministry liaison process with the Diocese
2.6Communicate Mission opportunities and requirements, and celebrate openly and publicly the results of our Mission work

Goal 3 – Enhance Discipleship such that we may learn to intentionally love God, accept His love, and love one another…..together

Objectives:

3.1Develop and implement programs that help the St. David’s community to intentionally honor the 5 Root Values in our relationships with others – People Commitment, Autonomy, Truth, and Legacy
3.2Develop and implement programs that help the St. David’s community to intentionally live out and purposely support the 7 Spiritual Disciplines – Prayer, Bible Study, Sabbath Keeping, Tithing, Small Groups, Gifted Ministry, and Sharing the Story

Goal 4 – Create a Discernment-based culture where clergy, congregation, and small groups may learn to give prayerful consideration to decisions in their lives

Objectives:

4.1Develop a comprehensive program designed to teach our community to leverage the discernment process to enhance our ability to look for obvious manifestations of God’s active movement using scriptural premise and to better understand God’s dream for us.
4.2Design and implement a multi-media program promoting the concept of Discernment.

Goal 5 – Create a dynamic culture of worship that is increasingly relevant, spirit filled, engaging, transformational and participatory

Objectives:

5.1Increase our understanding of the needs of our community through research, polling, surveys, and/or other methods
5.2Add services and/or programs designed to reach all community demographics
5.3Increase instructional opportunities for our congregation
5.4Analyze our ability to hire clergy and develop a plan and/or mitigation strategy to address the results
5.5Focus on programs and activities that will increase our ability to build a Parish Hall in the future
5.6Implement a standard process for measuring, tracking, and analyzing attendance in services, study sessions, and small groups, and leverage the information collected to make adjustments, as necessary
 

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