1. Vision and Mission Summary From leadership retreat

2. 3. 4. 5.

MISSION : What are we doing?

VALUES : Why are we doing it?

STRATEGY : How are we doing it?

MEASURES :When are we successful?

VISION : Where is God taking us?

6. What? Mission

Mission statement of Open Table Community (draft):

• God has called Open Table Community Churchto love God passionately,share life intentionally,and together love our neighbors.

7. 8. What? Mission

Draft

• God has called Open Table Community churchto love God ______,share life _______,and ______ love our neighbors.

9. Who?Identity

Non-negotiables or core values

• Proclamation

• Equipping

• Multiethnic

• Life together

• Worship

• Missional

10. How? Strategy

How do we live out our core values?

• We want to create a bridge between what we do inside the walls to what we do outside the walls with our strategic ministry partners

• • In-house ministries:Women at the table, small groups, Girls Bible Study, Neighborhood events

• Strategic ministry partners*

• • We want to surround ourselves and invest in our parachurch ministries, such as Communicyle, Refugee Arts, Thrift store, and ESL classes, and form a strategic partnership in line with our vision

11. When?Measurements

Increase participation in small group ministries to 75%

• Small groups involved with ministry activities as a community

Continue to critically evaluate the weekly service, with intent to improve

Teach specifically on multi-ethnicity, and look for multi-ethnic interaction occur outside our walls

Develop metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of outreach, to be reviewed bi-annually

Ensure that the members of the body can articulate the Gospel

12. Vision

Its time to trade in our vision statements for a visionary state of mind by practicing two essentials. First, we need to grasp that clarity isnt everything, but it changes everything. Too many times, church leaders are making decisions and having conversations without the vantage point of clarity first.All activity is not progress. In churches today, its all too easy to be busy without intention or direction. Second, we need to state our vision framework before we frame our vision statement.

13. Vision

Vision transfers through people not paper:We must bring vision to life.

14. The commitment

Prayer and the book of Acts