Strategic Action Plan

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Strategic Action Plan
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Welcome

• Opening Prayer

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MAT Research

• Based on the Vision
• No matter what path it has to be in response to a
  desire to fulfill the vision
• Congregation needs to believe in the vision

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MAT Research

• Research Areas
• Current and Future needs
• Facilities
• Ministries
• Staff
• Trends
• Worship Attendance
• Giving
• New Members

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MAT Research

• Research Areas
• Church Plant and Multiple Campus Pathways
• Relocation
• Land
• Future Development
• Developers
• Communication Plan

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Facilities Usage

• Worship/Faith Alive 100 usage
• Usage every day of the week
• Hinders our ability to be a Beacon to the
  Community
• BSF
• Sports practices

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Facilities Usage

• Hinders our ability to be a place of spiritual
  growth
• Significant logistical hurdles when adding
  anything new.
• Requests for seminars
• Some have been turned away.
• Some rescheduled to off nights.
• Youth - Not enough space to have small group
  meetings.
• Using offices, cry room and library

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Facilities Usage

• Shortfalls and Unmet needs
• Too few specialty rooms
• theater space, musical rehearsals,
  orchestra/choir rehearsal
• No room for expansion of technical equipment. 

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Ministry Action Teams

• Current Number of MATs 63
• Current Involvement in MATs
• 1409 ministry partner positions filled by 313
  individuals

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M.A.T. Involvement By Length of Membership
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Membership ratios vs. Volunteer ratios
Blue Volunteers Red Membership
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Staffing

• Current Staff
• Full Time Support Staff
• Administrative Assistant General
• Building Supervisor
• Director of Publications and Promotions
• Part Time Support Staff
• Administrative Assistant Sr. Pastor
• Administrative Assistant Family Life Ministry
• Administrative Assistant Worship Ministries
• Administrative Assistant Youth Ministry
• Business Manager

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Staffing

• Current Staff
• Full Time Ministry Staff
• Senior Pastor/Director of Ministries
• Associate Pastor/Director of Congregational Care
• Associate Pastor/Director of Adult Ministries
• Commissioned Minister/Director of Family Life
  Ministry
• Commissioned Minister/Director of Early Childhood
  Ministry

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Staffing

• Current Staff
• Full Time Ministry Staff
• Commissioned Minister/Director of Youth Ministry
• Commissioned Minister/Director of Worship
  Ministries
• Director of Media Ministries

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Staffing

• Current Staff
• Summary
• Three Full Time Support Staff
• Five Part Time Support Staff
• Eight Full Time Ministry Staff

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Staffing

• Future Staff
• Support Staff
• Receptionist
• Administrative Assistant - Preschool
• Ministry Staff
• Executive Director
• Administrative Duties of the Senior Pastor
• Reports to Senior Pastor
• All other staff report to the Executive Director
• Guides, encourages, and keeps staff accountable
• Administrates the Budget

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Staffing

• Future Staff
• Ministry Staff
• Director of Assimilation and Outreach
• Currently done by Director of Congregational Care
• Focused on Outreach in our community and abroad
• Focused on Assimilation of current and new
  members
• Ministry Partner coordinator
• Director of Junior High Ministry
• Currently done by the Director of Youth Ministry
• Focused ministry of sixth, seventh, and eighth
  grade age youth

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Staffing

• Future Staff
• Ministry Staff
• Director of Older Adult Ministries
• Focused Ministry on adult age 50 and above
• Demographics show more of this age group in our
  community than represented at Gloria Dei
• Director of Small Groups
• Currently being done by the Director of Adult
  Ministry

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Trends

• Worship Attendance Averages
• 2000 730
• 2001 706
• 2002 752
• 2003 754
• 2004 841 Parking lot added
• 2005 847
• 2006 989 Saturday Night Service Fourth
  Sunday Service

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Worship Attendance Trends
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Trends
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2005 All of Iowa Weekly Worship Attendance (Top
15)
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2005 IDW Weekly Worship Attendance (Top 15)
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Average Worship Attendance in Iowa Churches 2005
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Church Plant

• Carmel Lutheran Church, Carmel Indiana
• Planting churches is in their DNA
• Four Plants to date
• 2009 Second Campus

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Church Plant

• Holy Cross Lutheran
• Planted in 1989
• 563 Average Worship

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Church Plant

• Advent Lutheran
• Planted in 1993
• 410 Average Worship

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Church Plant

• Family Of Christ Lutheran
• Planted in 1998
• 52 Average Worship

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Church Plant

• Lord of Life Lutheran
• Planted in 2000
• 167 Average Worship

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Church Plant

• Second Worship Center _at_ Carmel
• Congregation in a congregation
• Dedicated in 2005

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Church Plant

• Second Campus
• Westfield Indiana
• 2009

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Church Plant

• Positives
• Started ministries in new areas of the city
• Mother church has regained those who started the
  plant and continues to grow

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Church Plant

• Positives
• Believe they are reaching more people through the
  plants than any one location
• Two of the locations are strong and one is
  growing

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Church Plant

• Negatives
• One site is struggling
• They have broke away from the original vision
• Since it is a plant the mother church has no
  influence

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Church Plant

• Interesting
• They postponed the last plant so that they could
  build a second worship facility on the original
  site to accommodate the growth

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Church Plant

• Interesting
• The next project will be a multi-campus approach
• They are considering projecting the message
• Test running this approach on their new Sunday
  night service
• Response has been positive
• Maintain one staff, one congregation, but
  multiple sites

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Multiple Campuses

• Meredith Drive Reformed
• Bridge in Johnston
• 200 members began in Johnston High School
• Same size as Gloria Dei
• Worshiping around 900
• 8 acres of land
• 3 services on Sunday before the second campus

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Multiple Campuses

• Meredith Drive Reformed
• Moved the middle service from Sunday morning to
  the Bridge
• Positives
• Relieved the space crunch at Meredith Dr.
  location
• New Building is up and worship is increasing at
  the new site
• Negatives
• Budget is very tight

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Multiple Campuses

• Meredith Drive Reformed
• Interesting
• Overall worship is only up around 100 in three
  years
• They have no plans to replace the third service
  on Sunday or add a Saturday service at Meredith
  Dr. site
• No plan for when the 200 who started the Bridge
  are replaced by new members

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Relocation

• Property Considerations
• Population Trends
• Future Transportation Corridors
• Visibility
• Accessibility
• Cost

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Relocation Population Trends
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Relocation-Possible Transportation Corridors
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Relocation-Possible Transportation Corridors
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Relocation-Possible Transportation Corridors
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Relocation-Possible Transportation Corridors
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Relocation

• New Development Waukee
• Approached by District
• Potential to Expand our Ministry Area
• Demographic Research
• Accesibility

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Communication Plan

• Phase One
• Refocus on the Vision of G.R.A.C.E.
• Congregation wide focus
• Sermon Series
• Banners, Posters, Narthex Display
• Vision is Driving the Strategic Planning

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Communication Plan

• Phase Two
• Convey the Research of the Strategic Planning
  Ministry Action Team
• Town Hall Meetings
• Weekly Word Articles

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Communication Plan

• Phase Three
• Promote the Recommendation of Leadership for the
  Strategic Plan
• Congregation Mailing
• DVD Project
• Weekly Word Articles
• Cottage Meetings for every member
• Prepare for Congregational Vote

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Whats Next

• Continue Research
• Waukee
• Land Availability
• Best way to reach western suburbs and still
  minister to current congregation

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Whats Next

• Choose best pathway to fulfill our Vision and
  write a Strategic Plan
• Phase three of Communication Plan to the
  congregation