The Strategic Plan

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The Strategic Plan

• Annual Meeting Report
• January 25, 2004

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Outline

• What is a Strategic Plan?
• The Road to a Strategic Plan?
• What is the Balanced Scorecard methodology?
• Vision, Mission and Core Values
• Parishioners Survey
• The 2004-2006 Strategic Plan
• Next Steps
• In Summary

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What is a Strategic Plan

• Thinking and Acting
• A Long Range Plan
• A roadmap
• A means to achieve a goal and reach a target and
  avoid reactive management
• Reference Books
• Strategic Planning a new model for church
  ministry leaders - Aubrey Malphurs
• Twelve Keys to an effective church Kennon
  Callaghan
• Master Planning Bobb Biehl
• Developing a Dynamic Mission for your Ministry
  Aubrey Malphurs

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Road to a Strategic Plan

1. Ministry Analysis
2. Values Discovery
3. Vision Development
4. Mission Development
5. Strategy/Objectives Development
6. Strategic Plan Implementation
7. Ministry Organization
8. Ministry evaluation

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Road to a Strategic PlanMinistry Analysis

• What type of church are we
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats
• Congregation Analysis
• What does the congregation feel/want/need
• Vestry Ministry Committee Analysis
• What does the Vestry Committees want/need
• How do we perceive Gods plan for St. Matthews?

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What is the Balanced Scorecard Methodology

• Developed as a balanced method of strategic
  planning
• Balances the following areas
• Service, Financial, Processes and People

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What is? The Vision

• A clear challenging picture of the future
• Differences between mission and vision
• Mission Vision
• Planning
  Communication
• Informs Inspires
• Doing Seeing
• Head Heart
• Verbal Visual

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What is? The Mission

• Dictates the Direction
• Focus point for the future
• Guideline of decision making
• Shapes the strategy
• Enhances Ministry effectiveness
• Ensures an enduring organization
• Facilitates evaluation Balanced Scorecard
• Its not the why, its the what
• What are we supposed to be doing
• A broad biblical statement of what the church is
  supposed to be doing

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What is? Core Values

• Values are passionate and from the heart
• Determination of Core Values
• Conscious versus Unconscious
• Shared versus unshared
• Personal versus organizational
• Actual versus aspiration
• Single versus multiple
• Good versus bad
• Values are important
• Determine ministry uniqueness
• Dictate personal involvement
• Communicate what is important
• Embrace good change
• Influence overall behavior
• Inspire people to action
• Enhance credible leadership
• Contribute to ministry success
• Influence ministry mission and vision

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Results from the Parishioners Survey
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Survey respondents
Total Number of Responses 70
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Which service do you usually attend?(By Age
Group)
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Which service do you usually attend?(By Service
Time)
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What reasons keep you returning to St Matthews?
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Spiritual Growth

• Most felt their spiritual needs were met by St
  Matthews
• Areas for growth
• More small groups
• Acknowledge those who have come to the Lord
• Consideration for others and their efforts

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Values

• Congregation Values
• Gods Love and a deep relationship with Him
• Family
• Honesty
• Opportunities to share with others and the
  community
• Fellowship
• St Matthews Values
• Fellowship
• Being a good Christian
• Love
• Family
• Service within the church and outside

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Do you feel that your participation at St.
Matthews is allowing you to fulfill Gods
mission for you?
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Strengths

• Father Rob
• Sermons
• Community/Congregation/Fellowship
• Christian Education/Devotion to Children
• Youth Group
• Music/Choir
• Good Leadership
• Caring

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Weaknesses

• Outreach
• Cliques
• Number of volunteers
• The size and condition of the church
• Lack of focus on 8.00 service
• Lack of acolytes
• Money
• The pace of life for many in the congregation
• Advertising

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Stewardship Do you participate in pledge funding
today?
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Stewardship Do you understand todays financial
needs of St. Matthews?
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Stewardship - If Gods future vision for St.
Matthews required additional financial
resources, would/could you support that need?
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Stewardship - If Gods future vision for St.
Matthews required additional congregational time
resources, would/could you support that need?
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The Future? - Your focus for St MatthewsLow to
high order (Number 1 equals most important)
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The future ? What should we keep

• Father Rob
• Services that suit everyone
• Fellowship/community within St Matthews
• Youth Group
• God First

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The future? Challenges

• Opportunities for a better future
• Larger congregation
• Bigger/better church building
• More children/larger Sunday school
• Greater outreach soup kitchen/worldwide/local
• Dynamic Youth Group
• Fellowship small groups
• Bilingual
• Issues for the future
• Financial overextension
• Need for a 2nd clergy
• Number of volunteers
• Training for volunteers
• Choir location

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Stewardship Challenges to involvement?

• Better communication on needs
• Would help with
• Outreach for the community
• Music
• Need for better training
• time management
• organizational

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The future? what we need to change

• Choir location
• Building and grounds
• Better planning
• Childrens sermons
• Youth group for teens
• Full time Youth Minister
• More money
• Less programs
• Parking paving/sidewalks/tile

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Other comments

• Rearrange the music practice for 9.15 to allow
  8am congregation fellowship time
• AA or other group sponsoring
• Charging more for use of the building
• Improve communication website etc
• Revise parish profile
• Avoid negative comments instead show appreciation
• Avoid perceptions of Cliques/gossip
• Caring for Gods world needs to be a focus

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Parishioners Survey - In Summary

• Church is growing and in a good way
• Most feel blessed to be part of this church
• Many see continued growth in the congregation
• Lots of love for God and the members of St.
  Matthews
• Challenges
• Resources building/financial/people
• Ideas are overflowing for the future

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2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Vision To live life at its fullest in Christ
• I have come that they might have life, and
  have it to the full. John 1010
• Mission To Know and Share Gods Love
• Through the following actions
• --to do all in our power, and then some, to
  foster, nourish, and sustain
• authentic, living relationships with God in
  Christ
• --to build a community devoted to becoming one
  human family in pursuit
• of Gods dream for us
• --to promote personal growth so that, with Gods
  leading, help, and grace,
• we will more fully realize our God-given
  potential and purpose tomorrow
• than we have today
• --to embrace the highest standards, as
  individuals, families, and a church, of
• love, dedication, honesty, integrity, and
  service

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St. Matthews Core ValuesThe members of St.
Matthews follow God and embrace his Word as
reflected in our Core Values which we communicate
to one and all

• Enthusiasm - to undertake Gods work using our
  energies, innovations, laughter and adaptability
  in the use of our resources
• Faithfulness to Gods Word and all our
  relationships
• Gods Gifts to us our personal talents and
  skills, our families and our building and grounds
  which we use to celebrate the Lord and Gods good
  earth that sustains us all
• Humility and Grace in serving the Lord and his
  children
• Integrity through truthfulness, sincerity and
  honesty in our thoughts, words and deeds.
• Kindness - to our families, friends our
  community of St Matthews and also every stranger
• Love for God, our families, our community and
  the World
• Praise through joyful song, spirited sermons
  and daily prayer
• People whom we love, protect and lead to God
  through Christian teaching (especially our
  children)
• Spiritual Growth for each member of St
  Matthews on their personal journey of faith

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Our service objectives form the word C.R.O.S.S.
• Community Reverence Outreach Spiritual
  Formation Stewardship
• Objective 1 Community.
• Create a community in which people experience
  vital, life giving connections with God and one
  another.

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Objective 2 Reverence.
• Craft services that honor God and powerfully
  bring people into His presence

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Objective 3 Outreach.
• Genuinely improve the quality of life for
  those less fortunate than ourselves in Sterling,
  the local community, and the world

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Objective 4 Spiritual Formation.
• To introduce and/or further the relationship
  individuals have with Jesus, as Lord and savior,
  by helping them grow in their faith, knowledge,
  worship, and services as His devoted followers.

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Objective 5 Stewardship.
• Ensure St. Matthews has ample financial resources
  available to do the Lords work
• Ensure St. Matthews has ample human resources
  available to do the Lords work. Create an
  environment where we can match the skills of the
  members of St. Matthews to the needs of the
  church and community in service to Gods and his
  children
• Ensure that St. Matthews protects the Earth God
  has given us, uses the resources of the Earth
  wisely and with reverence, and celebrates the
  beauty of His creation.

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Objective 6 Building and Grounds.
  Ensure St. Matthews has takes care of the
  resources to maintain a healthy church

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St. Matthews2004-2006 Strategic Plan

• Objective 7 Process
• Create an organization that provides the
  trained personnel and the organizational
  structure to support St. Matthews for the future

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Next Steps

• Establishment of Ministries
• Finalize Initiatives/Targets/Measures
• Begin the work
• Continue Ministry evaluation
• Communicate, communicate, communicate

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In Summary

• Accomplishments
• SWOT Analysis
• Parishioners Survey
• Strategic Plan with draft initiatives
• Work has just begun
• Monthly Vestry review
• Newsletter and website communication
• Annual Report
• Any Questions?