Your Images of St' Francis Church

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Your Images of St. Francis Church
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The Vision Team

• Barbara Byrum
• Ross Cox
• Robert Ehinger
• Mary Flinn
• Robert Koehler
• Tessa Leftwich
• Jennifer Mangrum
• Olivia Simmons
• Bill Sternbergh
• Virginia Summerell
• Michael Twilley
• James Weeks
• Michael Moulden, ex officio
• Mariana Newton, ex officio

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Inspirations and Celebrations

• Clergy
• Services
• Campus beauty
• Warm, welcoming, friendly congregation
• Music
• Youth
• Joyfulness

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Identifying Themes A Process

• Sharing and listening
• Transcription of notes taken at small group
  discussions
• Common language and ideas in what you said
• Naming core themes
• Related directions of the themes

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Core Themes

• Growth
• Spirituality
• Service/Outreach
• Church Community

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Growth

• Programs
• Some examples of what we heard
• Contemporary service, more upbeat music
• More services, such as Saturday and Sunday
  evenings
• We need adult Sunday School classes ongoing
  classes and seminar type courses more current
  topics, contemporary issues, and how they relate
  back to the teachings in the Bible
• Facilities
• Some examples of what we heard
• Any new space needs to preserve the feelings we
  have would love a huge new kitchen, and a space
  that could be used for multiple purposes a fun
  place for people to get together and for the
  young people to come for socializing
• Gym new campus with same peaceful environment of
  trees, grass, etc. new kitchen, family life
  community center, expand parking lot
• Better or new sound system and better lighting in
  the sanctuary
• Personnel
• Some examples of what we heard
• 2 assistant rectors Michael needs an assistant
  more clergy
• Full time Christian Education Director full time
  Christian Education Directors for youth and
  adults
• Hire a volunteer coordinator we need a full
  time coordinator for communication and
  in-reachperhaps a combined in-reach/communication
  /out-reach coordinator
• Worshipers
• Some examples of what we heard
• More people participating in services, such as
  singing communion hymns, greater variety of
  people doing readings
• Children of all ages involved in services, some
  as lay readers

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Spirituality

• Worship
• Some examples of what we heard
• Get younger members more involved in liturgy
• Focus on how Christianity and Community relate
• Ongoing Bible study, particularly on Sunday
• Variety of services and opportunities
• Some examples of what we heard
• Some would like early Saturday evening
  servicesthen could go out to dinner
  afterwardsmaybe make it a contemporary service
• A more contemplative service in one time slot and
  a more lively service in another time slot
• Add a special service periodically like the
  U2charist
• Education
• Some examples of what we heard
• Youth music program instruments plus voice
• Foster acceptance of others
• Teenagers are here at variety of classes
  spiritual and non-spiritual (like SAT prep, etc.)

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Service/Outreach

• Within our Greensboro community
• Some examples of what we heard
• Tutoring programs after school for at risk
  schools
• Continue to support Habitat House
• See St. Francis become a resource for the
  community in health and wellness, both
  spiritually and physically establish ministries
  to promote health education opportunities that
  focus on wellness, such as food and nutrition
  programs (cooking classes), as well as feeding
  people, or programs designed to help decrease
  illness we can model this in the community and
  spread it to others
• Missions to meet needs in U.S. and abroad
• Some examples of what we heard
• Institutional the Costa Rica mission work on an
  annual basis
• Concentrate on one place, such as sister dioceses
  in Botswana or Costa Rica we cant change the
  world but we can help affect change a small
  community
• Build a green school in an underdeveloped place

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The Church Community

• Were a family
• Some examples of what we heard Hopes for the
  future
• Anyone who comes to our services sees love in the
  service for example, when Michael or Jamie
  dedicate the Eucharist to someone or something
  that has happened, we have an instant connection
  to that person. The sense of welcoming here is
  so warmenergy. We are a Christ-centered
  community, and the Day School children
  occasionally play a part in our Sunday services
  music sets the tone
• New families feel the fellowship and it is
  wonderful. We go out for Sunday lunchpotluck
  summersfoster fellowship
• People know each other by first name
• Identity - Inclusiveness
• Some examples of what we heard
• More diversity among our parishioners we dont
  want to be such a tight group that someone who is
  different doesnt feel like they can come in -
  this would add energy and inspiration to the
  church we need to be able to see the rest of
  the world in which we live
• Need to keep more college kids coming
• Pews are full, a collective mix of people,
  variety of dress, diversity in all forms
• Church where all would feel welcome and
  comfortable with usno such thing as being out of
  place

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Whats Next?

• Select a team leader for SDG
• Select leaders and parishioners for strategic
  direction committees
• Identify strategic directions and goals in each
  core theme
• Develop the plan for reaching goals
• Identify leaders for implementing plan
• Identify need for and sources of outside
  expertise
• Identify resources needed
• Share regularly with Vestry and parish family