Conversation 3

Conversation 3: Ministry
Serving at the Intersection of Our Gifts and Community Need

Goals: Neighborhood, City, and County Needs Inventory, Establish Ministry Working Group to make recommendations in Conversation 4.

---

---

Conversation 3: Agenda

Open in Prayer

Review

• Goal: Vibrant and Relevant Methodist Faith Community
• Recap 1: Our Dreams for this Church Activity (Week 1)
• Recap 2: Facility and Asset Inventory (Week 2)

Pastor Presentation

• Presentation 1: Possible Ministry Strategies
  • Focus examples include:
    • Needed Community Services
      (medical, food, job training, day care) 
    • Member Discipleship
      (studies, formation workships, worship)
    • Christian Outreach
      (eccumenical choir, joint missional work, prison ministries)
    • Catalyst Congregation
      (community and eccumenical cooperative use of space and resources in areas of missional alignment; “Where can we add our fuel to this righteous and faithful fire?”)
    • Other Strategic Focus 
  • Name our Current Ministry Strategy (intended or not)
  • Financial Implications
• Presentation 2: Matching Our Gifts & Community Need

Activity

• Neighborhood, City, and County Needs Inventory
• Ministries at the Intersection
• Possible Funding Mechanisms (grants, loans, use fees, rentals, etc)

Discussion

• Possible Ways Forward for Ministry
  (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

• Establish a Ministry Working Group with Clear Tasks and Deadlines
  • Working Group Goal is to Take Us 25-30 Years into the Future
  • Review and Update (if needed) Current Ministry Strategy
  • Establish Pilot Ministry Process

Close in Prayer