Be a Part of St. John's Centennial Visioning Project

As part of our celebration of the 100th Anniversary of St. John's Episcopal Church, we are pleased to announce the St. John's Centennial Visioning Project to engage our parish in an open and inclusive discussion of several key questions regarding the future of St. John's Episcopal Church, including:

    What kind of parish do we believe God wants us to be?
    What specific activities and initiatives are important to us as a parish in serving God and meeting our parishioners' spiritual needs?
    What should we enhance and what should we change about what we do on a daily basis at St. John's to facilitate a vibrant and growing parish?

The Centennial Visioning Project will be an eight month process, beginning in October 2011 and ending in May 2012, and is being led by a Leadership Group of eighteen parishioners, including Chairman Clarke Hobby, Co-Chairman Drew Graham, Donna Barrs, Katey Brown, Mary Beth Carastro, Hugh Cruse, Bill Hardy, Tim Killgoar, Steve Leal, Lionel Lowry, Lorraine Lutton, Dax Nelson, Jeremiah Pederson, Lindsey Robbins, Meg Russell, Bill Sansone, Steve Straske and Anne Voss.

 

The Visioning Project will run concurrently with the St. John's Centennial Celebration, and the two initiatives will offer our Parish a unique opportunity to both celebrate our past and help define our future. The Leadership Group will seek broad input and involvement from as many parishioners as possible. The Project is led by St. John's parishioners but will also utilize the services of a professional organizational consultant, Susan Steiner, PhD, who is trained in facilitating organizational development and growth. The Project seeks to be an upbeat and positive endeavor that inspires the St. John's community to think proactively about ways to improve our Church and better fulfill its mission. The Centennial Visioning Project will seek to achieve consensus within the St. John's parish for recommending and implementing a specific set of initiatives in order to increase our church membership, cultivate a more active and committed group of parishioners, and foster deeper relationships among existing church members.

 

The first of two Visioning Project "Town Hall Meetings" will be led by Clarke Hobby and Dr. Steiner and held on Sunday, November 13th from 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM in the Parish Hall (there will be no Adult Sunday School that Sunday so that as many parishioners as possible can attend, and it is not necessary to stay for the whole meeting if you have schedule constraints). In addition to the Town Hall meetings, we will schedule several other meetings to solicit feedback on specific areas of interest to be determined through feedback from parishioners from the Town Hall meetings and a parish-wide survey.   The Leadership Group has also been charged with soliciting feedback from parishioners on ideas that will further the goals of the Centennial Visioning Project, so we are encouraging all parishioners to please communicate directly with the members of the Leadership Group about ways to help St. John's grow and flourish in the months and years ahead.