Mission statement: our Activities

Tomorrow, November 15, we'll meet to review our mission statement. To prepare for this meeting, I looked at all the comments listed on the blue paper in the narthex and collected all the contributions people have made.

Here are the statements about the activities that accomplish our purpose. Tomorrow we'll look at them and see how we can craft them into the mission statement.

ACTIVITIES THAT HELP US ACCOMPLISH OUR PURPOSE:


Youth group, community activities, fundraising

St. A's Wednesday dinners

Worship

Lesson group


Welcome people

Help those in need


Worship services

Study group

Outreach


Congregation is a church home

Worshipping together in our own way (some stand, some kneel, etc.)

Diverse church congregation - respecting each other


Liturgical service with occasional smells and bells and variety in music

Social and community get-togethers (coffee hour)

Prayer chain, healing service

Occasional retreats, programs for spiritual development, guest speakers


Frequent times of worship

Work on public projects

Fellowship

Music


Intentional prayer, planning, and obvious needs


Eucharist and Compline

Greeters, coffee hour, potlucks, pastoral care, community activities

Outreach - hands on and budget


Welcome people

Help those in need


Dinners together, like youth group dinner
Fellowship

Prayer


Bible study, book group, Sunday School, pastoral care, outreach, whaling days, parish life activities


Actions to seek renewal and refreshment in community through the celebration of the Eucharistic feast


Inclusive worship

Youth services


Being a truly welcoming community of people – welcoming each other, welcoming strangers, and welcoming Christ
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