Conversation 2

Conversation 2: Budget & Facility Use

Goals: Asset Inventory, Establish Facilities Working Group to make recommendations in Conversation 4.

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Conversation 2: Agenda

Open in Prayer

Review

• Goal: Vibrant and Relevant Methodist Faith Community
• Current and Projected Budget (Week 1)
• Current and Projected Facility Needs (Week 1)
• Recap: Our Dreams for this Church Activity (Week 1)

Pastor Presentation

• Presentation: Facility Use
  • All Possible Facility Repurposing and Refurbishment Options
    • Stop Maintaining the Facility
    • Minimal Improvement
    • Substantial Refurbishment
    • Repurpose
    • Lease Out
    • Sell
    • Lease New
    • Buy New
    • Close Facility
    • Fold the Church
  • Name our Current Facility Use Strategy

Activity

• Facility and Asset Inventory

Discussion

• Discuss Possible Ways Forward for Facilities
  (We will not be arriving at any conclusions. This is a chance to speak aloud every possibility and wonder about what choices might be both financially responsible and missionally aligned, even if they sound crazy.)

Next Steps

• Take-home Packet: Neighborhood, City, and County Needs Inventory
  (for Conversation 3)
• Establish Facilities Working Group with Clear Tasks and Deadlines
  • Working Group Goal is to Take Us 25-30 Years into the Future
  • Evaluate Facility Strategies
    (Stop Caring, Refurbish, Repurpose, Lease, Sell, Buy, Close)
  • Prepare a Recommendation (s)
  • Establish Facility Use Determination Process

Close in Prayer