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Strategic Plan Statement of Why, Mission, Vision, Core Values, SWOT and Strategic Areas of Focus Task Force Teams ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “Where there is no vision, the people will perish”
Proverbs 29:18

2. STATEMENT OF WHY

3. St. John the Baptist Church provides an authentic experience of transformational love, healing, peace and the fullness of truth and salvation through Jesus Christ.

5. The Mission of St. John The Baptist Church is to reach out and welcome all people to live an Orthodox Christian life, grow spiritually and become disciples of Jesus Christ through serving others.

7. The Vision of St. John The Baptist Church is that we will:
Achieve consensus and begin to implement a plan for our Parish’s future (including our Parish home, size, mission churches, school, and the means to achieve these goals)
Develop a more cohesive united community
Pursue charitable acts
Foster engagement in spiritual life and education
Implement comprehensive stewardship
Evangelize the broader community

9. CORE VALUES Cohesive, loving and hospitable community
Education and spiritual growth
Maintaining / living Orthodox Faith / Tradition
Sacramental / Liturgical life
Living a prayerful and Orthodox life
Community outreach and service to those in need
Missions and evangelism
Transparent communication

11. Strengths Commitment to accessible liturgical / sacramental life
Love for God and one another
Sense of community
Welcoming to all
Commitment to spiritual growth and education
Quality, caring and accessible clergy
Vibrant ministries
Demographically diverse Parish
Family friendly

12. Weaknesses
Inadequate stewardship (including time, talents and treasure (annual and capital))
Inadequate broad engagement
Inadequate facilities
Lack of Unity (Vision, parish size, building size and ASA)
Lack of open communications
Insufficient education regarding the church and its traditions
Unwelcoming – cliquish – a lack of connectedness
Distractions in church
Inadequate outreach
Too much emphasis on Greek cultural identity

13. Opportunities
Evangelism among the larger population and growing numbers of seekers
Increasing ethnic population and diversity
Serve the great socio-economic need
Partner with growing numbers of groups
New and expanding technologies
Increasing Pan-Orthodox interactions

14. Threats Moral decay, secularization, materialism, individualism)
Active antagonism and attempted brainwashing in education, media and politics that is antithetical to Orthodox Christian beliefs
Societal redefining of Christian terms and beliefs
Anti-Christian laws
Rising cost of property and construction and church accessibility
Perceived Greek ethnic exclusivity of the church

15. STRATEGIC AREAS OF FOCUS TASK FORCES

16. Strategic Areas of Focus
Charitable Acts and Service
Cohesiveness and Consensus
Evangelism
Spiritual Life and Education
Stewardship

17. STRATEGIC TASK FORCES TEAMS

18. Cohesiveness & Consensus Becker Michael Cherry Diane
Last Name
First Name
TASK FORCE
Barnes
Patrick
Cohesiveness & Consensus
Becker
Michael
Cherry
Diane
Charitable Acts & Service
Chiprout
Eli
Evangelism
Chosvig
Erik
Stewardship
Contes
Andy
Spiritual Life & Education
Corazza
John
Corozza
Nathaniel
Crosby
Jessie
Daniels
Seraphim
Davis
Downs
Bethany
Duchow-Pressley
Dn. Innocent
Goldman
Eleni
Hafez
Nicholas
Hailey
Jodi
Hudanish
Jill
Cohesiveness and Consensus
Thomaida

19. Cohesiveness & Consensus Mirras Demetri Spiritual Life & Education
Last Name
First Name
TASK FORCE
Ketrenos
Agape
Evangelism
Barry
Stewardship
Knight
Naomi
Cohesiveness & Consensus
Mirras
Demetri
Spiritual Life & Education
Powell
Kathleen
Charitable Acts & Service
Psiropoulos
Michael
Solomon
Eyob
Souza
Maria
Swehla
Fr. Matthew
Trumpower
Cindy
Van Sickle
Collene
Matt
Weick
Joe
Linda
Whitton
Paraskevi
Ziton
Anna Sophia
Cohesiveness and Consensus

20. You have now been called as one of the 70 Disciples
Luke 10:1