Strategic Planning Postponed

The meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 23rd has been postponed until Tuesday, September 30th.  The meeting has been postponed to allow those who would like to attend the wake for Bob Bradshaw’s mother to do so.
Pastor Chris

What do I wish my church valued?

Here are values we said we wished our church valued.  In the last meeting we said that we were limiting ourselves to those things we are currently valued as individuals but we suspected were not shared by the larger congregation.  The only exception is George’s point about joy in evangelism — we’re not sure any of us [...]

What do we value most in our church?

Here’s the list that we made, taken verbatim (not the right word, I know) from the list we made.  This is a pretty raw & unrefined list — but these are the core values as we identified them.  We’ll work on the language latter. 
Please identify the top six values of the church — (add something if you [...]

Comments from Nathan

Here is a very interesting post from Nathan.  I didn’t want it to get lost in the archives of the blog because I am really challenged by what he says.  He brings up some things we should discuss.  Here it is:
 

Nathan, on September 10th, 2008 at 5:27 am Said: Edit Comment
We ran out of time Tuesday [...]

Reminder: Strategic Planning Meeting Tuesday Night!

Thanks for all the comments.  Come ready to talk about them in person Tuesday.  Also, please read over the materials in your folder in preparation for the meeting!
See you at 7:00!

Values Question #3

Now, let’s dig a little deeper.
We’ve been talking about the values of our church.  So far we’ve been talking about values our church does have.  Now let’s talk about some values that it doesn’t have.
There is probably something that you value that isn’t valued by the church.  That’s a guess, a safe guess, I think.  The values [...]

Values Question #2

As individuals we value many things.  Churches are the same. Some of the things we value as individuals fit together nicely, others live in tension.  For example, I value my family and my work — I need them both, but sometimes I feel myself pulled in different directions by them.
Here’s another exercise.  Try to identify [...]