I know, I know...who enjoys a strategic planning process? It is rarely something that stokes the excitement of a congregation or the individual. However, your Church Council and staff are gearing up for and actually beginning this 'process' as I write this.
Calvary is a community of faith numbering around 1000 members. We have much to celebrate and certainly God has been gracious to us in so many ways. Just ponder how many gifts for ministry the LORD has provided within Calvary's family. The challenge is to discover, utilize, and foster those gifts in a world that needs God's people to serve. This is the reason why such strategic planning is necessary...we LOVE to SERVE because Jesus has first served us!!!
The joy of Easter is that the Resurrected Christ is loose in the world and Jesus is loose in the community of Calvary...and great things happen wherever Jesus is present!
One thing is certain, as we begin this strategizing, YOU ARE NEEDED! Certainly no strategy is ever complete and there will be a need to continually re-assess the ministries of the church...but needing you, everyone, will not change. Oh, and one more thing, Jesus will not change...He's promised to be with us 'until the end of the age' and no doubt that is true. He is putting good 'ol sinners like you and me to work in His Kingdom...and there is no greater joy!
Please join in the fun and prayerfully consider your calling to serve!
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