Wednesday 8 February 2017

ST. MARK'S ANNUAL MEETING THIS SUNDAY

Annual Congregational Meeting this SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12TH  at 2:00 p.m. 
Pre-meeting discussion at 1:15 p.m. Returning to Strategic Planning: 
An exercise to re-imagine St. Mark's.


St. Mark’s Planning        Understanding who we were, are, and…might yet be!


FOUNDING ERA—ZION ROBERTSON
GLORY DAYS
NOW
CONTEXT
What was going on in out context?
     -local community
     -wider culture
     -wider church




CONGREGATION
How did we understand ourselves as a congregation? Our distinctive “calling”? Clues:
     -name
     -location
     -building style and size
     -clergy strengths
     -primary programs 









DEFINITION OF “RIGHT SIZE”
What was our definition of the “right size”? How did that definition relate to:
     -our context
     -our distinctive calling










(above is the chart received in worship this morning and used for conversation today)
Please fill in as many of the spaces above as you can and either drop your responses off at the table in the entry or bring this page along with you for conversation prior to the Annual Meeting this afternoon. 
Pre-meeting discussion (Nan facilitating) this afternoon at 1:15 p.m.  
 ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING TODAY AT 2:00 P.M.