Planning for Growth and Vitality for Midsize Congregations
This opportunity for a team of people from midsize congregations focuses on
specific issues of middle sized churches. In particular, your congregational
team learns:
- To identify some of the current strengths and future opportunities for growth,
development, and vitality in your congregation.
- Some of the specific strategies moving from a "pastoral" to "program" style
congregation.
- How to focus on ways that a vision, a sense of purpose and a responsiveness
to your surrounding community can direct your efforts for expressing these
in the program ministry of the congregation.
- The importance of congregational culture in middle sized congregations and
ways hat this informs your specific growth, vitality and change strategies.
- To put some of the concerns that you have about "volunteerism" and "fundraising"
into the broader context of personal ministry and giving development within
the congregation.
- A planning method that guides your work with your congregation following
the workshop.
This workshop typically takes place on a Friday evening, all day Saturday and
Sunday until 2:00 p.m.
- For Workshop Participants: Pre-Workshop
Assignments
- For Individuals Wishing to Attend a Workshop: Members
of congregations, ministers, church staff, and district volunteers
can contact their district offices to indicate
interest in arranging a workshop.
- For District Planning
- For Host Congregation/Local Workshop Site Planning:
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