Strategic Planning Update from Vestry Member Randy Marks
More than 70 people gathered at the Rector’s Forum to discuss the planning survey, with a clear theme: a desire for deeper community and connection—through greater involvement, shared events like potlucks, more small groups, and engagement with youth (including a need for Sunday School teachers). If you couldn’t attend, please share your thoughts on the three questions at the end of the presentation.
This strategic planning process is itself about strengthening connections. The Vestry is discerning our path through conversations with leaders and members, and the forum’s small-group discussions and shared energy reflected that goal. Upcoming Rector’s Forums will be held on May 17 and June 21, with the near-final plan hopefully discussed at the Parish Retreat. Meetings with program leaders will continue through May, June, and July.
We are seeking to create a plan to which all of us can connect (not a pretty paperweight). Our model is our Diocese’s plan, which has broad goals and objectives for its seven-year plan and annual priorities, the discernment of which will connect us with the plan. – Reach out to Randy