Core Vision Approved and posted!

The final report of the Core Vision Team was approved by our Presbytery and we've posted it on the CGPC website. Click here to go directly to the report.



I'd encourage you to focus on pages 3 through 7. That is the heart of the vision and goals that we believe God is placing before our church. The rest of the document provides the background to the vision and goals.



Our next task as a church family is to continue down this path while our Pastor Nominating Committee searches to find our next Senior Pastor.



You can post comments about the vision here if you like.

Bigness versus intimacy

I know surveys can be misleading. However this article from Presbyterian Outlook is titled: Survey: Megachurches more intimate, believers less gullible and the lead sentence is:


A new survey by Baylor University researchers suggests that megachurches are more intimate, believers less gullible, and atheism less prevalent than popular stereotypes would suggest.



How can that be? Again from the article:



“How does that make any sense?” Stark asked. “The answer is: That’s how they got there. Their friends brought them to church, and then they brought their friends to church, and that’s how the congregation was built.”

Good News - Final Report is done

On Monday night our Session approved the Core Vision with a few edits. We made those changes and the report has been sent on the the Presbytery's Committee on Ministry. We will be posting the final version on the church web site in a day or two.

Milestones

Tonight should be a significant "milestone" for our church. The Core Vision Team and the Session (our church's board of elders) will discuss and hopefully approve our church's Core Vision.

This reminded me of a recent blog post by management guru Tom Peters on the importance of milestoning.

Agreeing on a vision is a milestone - a point worth celebrating. However it is not the end point. Actually calling and installing a new pastor is also a milestone and not the end point. As we reach any significant goal or milestone in our church or individual lives, may we borrow from Paul writing to the church at Phillipi:

No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. (Philippians 3: 13-14, NLT)

Be in prayer that we stay tuned in to where God is leading.