Vision Statement

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Vision Statement
  Zion Lutheran Church A welcoming community
equipped to grow and reach out to all with the
good news of Jesus Christ.
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Our Vision is acted out

• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship

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• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship

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• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship
• By teaching and learning

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• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship
• By teaching and learning
• Through faith active in mission

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• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship
• By teaching and learning
• Through faith active in mission
• By accepting change and moving forward

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• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship
• By teaching and learning
• Through faith active in mission
• By accepting change and moving forward
• By leading with vision and passion

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• Our Vision is acted out
• Through uplifting worship
• By teaching and learning
• Through faith active in mission
• By accepting change and moving forward
• By leading with vision and passion
• By promoting Christian values

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Mission Statement
Mission Statement   Our mission is to tell the
story, deepen our knowledge of the Gospel and
provide the means of Grace to all ages through
worship and learning experiences. We will do
this by developing the gifts of people and
equipping them to lead so that the world will
know Jesus.
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Objectives Strategies
Objective 1 That families will increasingly
worship, learn and play together.
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Objectives Strategies
Objective 1 That families will increasingly
worship, learn and play together.

• Strategies
• Create learning and play situations and
  opportunities that intentionally put people in
  different age groups together.
• Build an attitude toward intergenerational
  ministry where people automatically include all
  ages in planning activities and events.

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Objectives Strategies
Objective 2 That members have a better
understanding of leadership roles and are more
willing to become involved.
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Objectives Strategies
Objective 2 That members have a better
understanding of leadership roles and are more
willing to become involved.

• Strategies
• Educate all members about committees
  responsibilities and functions.
• Create task-specific committee structure.
• Encourage 8 10 member committees.
• Give committees decision-making authority.

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Objectives Strategies
Objective 3 That Christs presence is clearly
felt by members and our role as Children of God
is understood.
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Objectives Strategies
Objective 3 That Christs presence is clearly
felt by members and our role as Children of God
is understood.

• Strategies
• Provide a variety of experiences in which the
  community of believers shares love, acceptance,
  and belonging.
• Provide ways of articulating the gospel (Christs
  presence) for people during crisis or joy.
• Provide as many age appropriate resources as
  possible for learning the faith.

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Objectives Strategies
Objective 4 The core beliefs of the faith are
clearly understood by all ages.
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Objectives Strategies
Objective 4 The core beliefs of the faith are
clearly understood by all ages.

• Strategies
• Promote the preaching of the Word.
• Promote Bible study and other learning
  opportunities in a variety of ways that meet
  peoples needs and schedules.
• Develop ways to encourage attendance at worship.

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Mid-Sized Church Definition
Mid-Sized Church Adapted from Christian
Education and Evangelism for the 21st Century,
Fall 2000  
Definition Average weekly attendance
100-300 per worship
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Zions Attendance Record
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Mid-Sized Church 7 Struggles
Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Priorities Pastoring Programming Personnel Partici
pation Procedures Property
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Priorities Mid-sized congregations are torn
between the competing priorities associated with
small and large congregations. In smaller
congregations, relationships are the highest
priority. In large congregations, performance is
the key to ministry success. Members of
mid-sized congregations expect both relationships
and performance as priorities!
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Pastoring Members of mid-sized congregations
often want the same kind of pastoral attention
typical of pastors and members in smaller
congregations. The increasing demands on a
pastors time, however, makes this an impossible
expectation to meet! In larger congregations,
members expect to know their pastors through
large gatherings like worship services, weddings,
funerals, and newsletter articles. Discomfort
comes for a mid-sized congregation, when members
want the best of both worlds.
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Programming Mid-size congregations demand more
programming and ministries than smaller
congregations. As a result, leadership needs to
grow.
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Personnel Congregations struggle with the
personnel changes necessary to move from a heavy
reliance on lay volunteers, typical of smaller
congregations, to great numbers of paid part- and
full-time staff who assist members to accomplish
ministry.
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Participation At mid-size, tension often builds
around participation issues. People begin to
pick and choose the church events and activities
they want to attend, rather than participating in
every event hosted by the congregation. This
often causes concern among long-time members when
they dont see the faces of everyone at each
congregational gathering.
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Procedure Procedure questions arise at mid-size!
Unless a congregations organizational skeleton
changes appropriately, competing expectations of
control and involvement arise. Members of
smaller congregations expect their high
involvement to give them strong ownership and
control of decision-making procedures. Members
of larger congregations expect to delegate a
great deal of authority to the senior pastor,
staff and elected church council members. At
mid-size, members tend to want both a
participatory democracy and a representative
democracy.
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Seven Struggles of the Mid-Sized Church
Property Property issues create new tension at
mid-size. In small congregations, members expect
people to treat the church building as they would
care for their own home. In large congregations,
the church building is seen as a public
institution where many people gather and
maintenance costs are high. Mid-size
congregations operate with both expectations!
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Mid-Sized Vitality 10 Handles
Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Ten Handles Necessary for Mid-Size Vitality

• Multiply hospitality ministries
• Strengthen community outreach and evangelism
• Ground growth in prayer-filled planning
• Expand and diversify worship
• Create additional internal, lay-led caring
  ministries
• Expect conflict and deal with it constructively
• Adapt your congregations organizational
  structure
• Staff for growth
• Move from a volunteer to a minister mentality
  through spiritual gifts
• Expand Christian education and youth ministry

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship
Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Theological Basis for Christian Stewardship

• Christian stewardship IS a response of faith
• The motive is love and gratitude to God
• The purpose is to glorify God through the
• salvation of souls
• The guide is the revealed will of God
• The measure of stewardship is ability,
  emulating
• the sacrificial spirit of Christ
• The efficient cause is not our own will but the
  
• power of Gods Grace within us
• The reward is a good conscience and the
• anticipated well done of the Lord

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Zions Giving History
Regular Offering
1998 1999 2000
83,808
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Zions Giving History
Regular Offering
1998 1999 2000
83,808
90,340
7.8
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Zions Giving History
Regular Offering
1998 1999 2000
83,808
90,340
109,504
21.2
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Benevolence Giving
(YTD as of October 7, 2001)
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Leadership Responsibilities
When congregational leaders give a significant
portion of their income (a tithe or more) to
the work of the church, the following is
accomplished
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Leadership Responsibilities

When congregational leaders give a significant
portion of their income (a tithe or more) to
the work of the church, the following is
accomplished

• The core group has an
• investment in the congregation
• and its future.

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Leadership Responsibilities

When congregational leaders give a significant
portion of their income (a tithe or more) to
the work of the church, the following is
accomplished

• They will also experience the
• spiritual benefits of generosity
• in their own lives.

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Leadership Responsibilities

When congregational leaders give a significant
portion of their income (a tithe or more) to
the work of the church, the following is
accomplished

• They are able to ask others
• to be generous.

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Leadership Responsibilities

When congregational leaders give a significant
portion of their income (a tithe or more) to
the work of the church, the following is
accomplished

• They have provided a good
• model for others.

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Leadership Responsibilities

When congregational leaders give a significant
portion of their income (a tithe or more) to
the work of the church, the following is
accomplished

• A significant amount of money
• is available for ministry.

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So, whos leading?
So, whos leading the way in financial
stewardship?
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So, whos leading?
So, whos leading the way in financial
stewardship?
You are, Leader. You are!
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So where does the money go?
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Your regular offering
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Thank
you!