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Church/Charge Conference Forms Review

Church/Charge Conference Forms Review. July 19, 2011 at Mt. Vernon Mulberry Street UMC July 20, 2011 at West Lafayette UMC Presented by Rev. Jim Humphrey. Let’s Begin. Paperwork and Disks were passed out at Annual Conference at Lakeside

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Church/Charge Conference Forms Review

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  1. Church/Charge Conference Forms Review July 19, 2011 at Mt. Vernon Mulberry Street UMC July 20, 2011 at West Lafayette UMC Presented by Rev. Jim Humphrey

  2. Let’s Begin • Paperwork and Disks were passed out at Annual Conference at Lakeside • Schedule, forms and information about charge conferences are all available on District Website: www.3riversumc.org

  3. Clergy Deadlines and Dates Due • The following materials are to be completed and returned to the District Office • ONE WEEK prior to your Clergy Consultation: • CPA (Clergy Profile Annual) • CFC (Continuing Formation of Clergy) form • At the time of Clergy Consultation: • CPL (Clergy Long Term Profile) if you want to update • Clergy Bio form

  4. S/PPR & Church Deadline Dates • The following materials are to be completed and returned to the District Office • ONE WEEK prior to the Charge Conference or at S/PPR Consultation: • LCPA (Local Church Profile Annual) • LCLP (Local Church Long term Profile)update if out of date • Charge Conf OMNIBUS form (w/attachments) • 2012 Pastor Compensation report (w/signatures) • Pension and Disability worksheet

  5. AT Charge Conference: The following materials need to be signed, filed and totally completed: • Charge Conf OMNIBUS form (w/attachments) Appropriate number of copies made for those attending • 2012 Pastor Compensation report • Lay Speakers’ annual reports • Parsonage inspection form/report • Clergy Housing Exclusion • Any Pension enrollment forms/changes District will provide ballots

  6. Pastor/SPRC Work on Together 2011 Evaluation for Continuing Formation of Clergy (CFC) • This form has been updated from last year to include information being requested by the Council of Bishops and reportable to the 2012 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. We’ll look at this in a little more detail. A letter was sent sharing some specifics of information needed as we move into 2012.

  7. December 1 Deadline: • Leadership Directory (Return ONE copy) • 2012 Church Budget/Financial Projection December 31 Deadline: • Completed Goal Setting for 5 Key Areas

  8. Omnibus Charge/Church Conference Report for 2011 • Difference between Charge vs Church Conference? • Review form and items critical to be filled in. • Large church / small church differences • Why is a ballot needed? • Problem areas: • Lay speaker forms – completed and signed before conference. • Nominations/Leadership Committee • Parsonage Review – rental/not? Info • Review 18. l/m/n/o line items

  9. Reality Check Where We Are Today! • Drastically different than even 5 years ago • Challenging times to be in ministry – for pastor and the local church • Economic realities hitting home • Cost of pastoral leadership hard to sustain • Aging pastoral leadership • Need for increased lay leadership to engage in innovative ministries

  10. Reality Check Where We Are Today! • Compass Groups here to stay – growing need for churches to collaborate and develop shared ministry models to reach the mission field. • No lone ranger pastors • No lone ranger churches • If We Are The Body --- we are one with each other and the in ministry to the world.

  11. Quick Landscape Look Around Call to Action Report • A Call to Act: Reorder the Life of the Church. • 2009 – charged to find ways to become more effective at fulfilling mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world and to be vital in ministries addressing the Four Areas of Focus. • www.umc.org/CalltoAction

  12. The UMCVital Congregations Project A collaborative project of The United Methodist Church

  13. Key Drivers to Vitality • Effective pastoral leadership (management, vision and inspiration) • Multiple small groups and programs for children and youth • Mix of traditional and contemporary worship • High percentage of spiritually engaged laity who assume leadership roles

  14. Call to Act: The Way Forward • 1. For a minimum of 10 years, starting in January 2011, use the drivers of vital congregations as initial areas of attention for building and sustaining vital ministry in the local church. • 2. Dramatically reform the clergy leadership, development, deployment, evaluation and accountability systems.

  15. Call to Act: The Way Forward • 3. Collect, report, review and act on statistical information that measures progress in key performance areas to learn and adjust our approaches to vital ministry. We may utilize the Compass Groups to help in this gathering and reporting process. This will require pastors, churches and district superintendents to work closely together and as a team.

  16. Call to Act: The Way Forward • 4. Reform Council of Bishops: assuming responsibility and public accountability for improving worship attendance; increasing professions of faith; baptisms; participation in servant/mission ministries; lowering average age of participants in local church; and establishing a new culture of accountability throughout the Church.

  17. Call to Act: The Way Forward • 5. Consolidate program/administrative agencies and align their work and resources with the priorities of the Church and the decade-long commitment to build vital congregations.

  18. Vital Congregations are everywhere!

  19. So What About Us – Local Church • Identify our Mission and live into it. • Intentionally look at your history and demographics or other sources about our community so that we might lean forward into ministry. • Status Quo – NO MORE! • Honest appraisal of our relevance as a local church and our lay/clergy leadership. • God isn’t finished with us Yet!!

  20. Metrics • We, each and every local church, are being called to work toward and sustaining health and vitality. But how do we know the fruit? We don’t like metrics (measurements), but they are a valuable tool for tracking how we’re doing. There are 5 measurable indicators of the vitality indicated by the research:

  21. Key Indicators • Disciples in worship (average worship attendance) • Disciples making new Disciples (Professions of Faith) • Disciples growing in their faith (number of small groups that meet together regularly in order to support, encourage and hold one another accountable in their relationship with Christ) • Disciples engaged in mission (number of disciples doing outreach in the community and world) • Disciples sharing their resources for mission (amount of financial resources given to mission – including World Service, etc.)

  22. Past Performances Predicts Future Successes Our Story:Know your church’s story • Each congregation has a history – a past that has affected where they are at today. Even the denomination has a history that has affected our health and vitality today. This webpage uses GBGM church profiles research to help a congregation see its historical report. • Questions to consider when looking at historical reports: • Pastoral Leadership – Was there a change in the lead pastor? How long did the lead pastor stay? • What significant events in the church may have affected the worship attendance? • What significant events in the community may have affected the data of the congregation?

  23. www.umvitalcongregations.org

  24. www.umvitalcongregations.org

  25. www.umcvitalcongregations.org

  26. www.umvitalcongregations.org

  27. Vital Congregations • GROWING – have shown increased in AWA and Professions of Faith over past 5 years • ENGAGING PEOPLE – past 5 years increased small groups, mission and outreach • GENEROUS – past 5 years have shown increase in stewardship and giving within and beyond local church

  28. Goals • Each congregation is being called to set goals for each of these five areas for 2012, 2013, and 2014. You will note that on your CFC (Continuing Clergy Formation) form these numbers are to be recorded. While these numbers could be placed on the CFC form, they can also be turned in later, with a deadline of December 31, 2011.

  29. Continuing Formation of Clergy (CFC) • Evaluation for Continuing Formation of Full Members and Local Pastors is a continuous process for formation in servant ministry and servant leadership that must take place in a spirit of understanding and acceptance. Evaluation serves as a process for pastors to assess their effectiveness in ministry and to discern God’s call to continue in ordained ministry. The district superintendent, in consultation with the pastor-parish relations committee, will evaluate annually the pastor’s effectiveness for ministry, using criteria, processes and training developed by the cabinet and the Board of Ordained Ministry. The pastors of the local churches shall participate annually in an evaluation with the committee on pastor-parish relations for use in an ongoing effective ministry and for identifying continuing education needs and plans. (Paragraph 350.1 United Methodist Book of Discipline)

  30. Radical Hospitality “Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God“ • How is your congregation shaping a welcoming environment for newcomers? • What does your congregation follow-up with first-time visitors? • What is your congregation’s plan to increase hospitality in the coming year? • What new and innovative ministry have you launched in the past year? • What else, if anything, might be helpful in understanding the pastor’s and congregation’s effectiveness in the area of Radical Hospitality?

  31. Radical Hospitality Supporting Statistics • _____ number of first time visitors in 2010 • _____ number of those visitors who now attend worship at least monthly • _____ number who have made a profession of faith and received into membership (Table I- 2a) • _____ number who have been received into membership by transfer or reinstatement (Table I) Setting GOALS:201220132014 Number of People who will join by professions of faith: ________ ________ ________

  32. Passionate Worship “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the Lord.”(Ps. 84:1-2) • What is most engaging about worship in your church setting? • How do the pastor/s and laity work together to lead worship? • What practice does your congregation have for baptism follow-up? • What is your congregation’s plan for offering future Passionate Worship? • What else, if anything, might be helpful in understanding the pastor’s and congregation’s effectiveness in the area of Passionate Worship?

  33. Passionate Worship Supporting Statistics • _____ average weekly worship attendance in 2010 (all weekly worship events) (Table I – 10) • _____ number of increase/decrease in average attendance from 2009 • _____ number of times your congregation celebrates communion each year • _____ number of baptisms in 2010 (Table I – 11) Setting GOALS:201220132014 Average worship attendance: ________ ________ ________

  34. Intentional Faith Development “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayers.” (Acts 2:42) • How is faith intentionally nurtured in your children, youth and adults? • How are you training and equipping your leaders? • What evidence is there that your congregation is closer to Christ and deeper in relationship with God? • List the small groups where Intentional Faith development will take place in the next 5 years. • What else, if anything, might be helpful in understanding the pastor’s and congregation’s effectiveness in the area of Intentional Faith Development?

  35. Intentional Faith Development Supporting Statistics • _____ number of groups started in this past year which position persons to grow in grace and mature in Christ. • _____ number of small groups led by laity • _____ total number of faith small groups, SS classes, Bible Studies (Table I – 22 to 25) • _____ estimate percentage of your congregation engaged in small groups Setting GOALS:201220132014 Number of small groups, SS classes, Bible Studies: ________ ________ ________

  36. RISK-TAKING MISSION AND SERVICE “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:40) • What is your congregation’s plan for equipping people to share the faith? • With what community outreach ministries is your congregation involved? • How has this mission initiative or outreach ministry changed your congregation? • What future outreach ministries is your congregation planning? • What else, if anything, might be helpful in understanding the pastor’s and congregation’s effectiveness in the area of Risk-Taking Mission and Service?

  37. Risk Taking Mission and Service Supporting Statistics _____ number of outside groups invited to use your facility _____ number of persons who have served in community mission in the past year _____ number of persons who have been sent forth on mission trips (Table I – 30 to 31) _____ number of persons who have served in community outreach (Table I – 32 to 35) Setting GOALS:201220132014 Number of people from the congregation engaged in local, national, and international mission and outreach activities: ________ _______ ________

  38. Extravagant Generosity “You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity.” (2 Corinthians 9:11) • What are the signs that your congregation’s generosity has increased/decreased? • How does your congregation teach the concept of “Shared Giving” and tithing? • What ministries in your congregation are exciting people to give generously? • What plans is your congregation making for future ministry funding? • What else, if anything, might be helpful in understanding the pastor’s and congregation’s effectiveness in the area of Extravagant Generosity?

  39. Extravagant Generosity Supporting Statistics _____ Dollars paid in 2010 for Shared Giving Askings – both conference (Table II 40b) and district (Table II 41b) _____ Percent paid in 2010 for Conference Shared Giving Askings ______ Percent District Askings ______ total amount of 2010 spending that supported mission work beyond apportionments – both United Methodist and non United Methodist (add Table II lines 42 through 50) _____ percentage of yearly spending allocated to staff salaries _____ percentage of 2010 budget supported by interest from church held funds Setting GOALS:201220132014 Total giving to apportionments and other missions combined: ________ ________ ________ (projected sum of Table II 40b, 41b, 42 through 50)

  40. Covenant for Continuing Formation • Identify Goals in the Five Practices • Agree upon with SPRC/Pastor and present to DS at Consultation. • Identify what goals will be reported to Church Conference Omnibus form (Line 3.)

  41. People and Ministry 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 The Goal-Setting Card forEach Congregation Disciples worship Average worship attendance Disciples make new disciples Number of people who joined by profession of faith Disciples engage in growing as a disciple Number of small groups, Sunday school classes and Bible studies. Disciples engage in mission Number of people from the congregation engaged in local, national and international mission/outreach activities Disciples give to mission The total amount given by local church to other organizations for support of benevolent and charitable ministries (this amount includes apportionments paid and support for all United Methodist and non-United Methodist organizations active in work such as advocacy, education, health, justice, mercy, outreach, and welfare anywhere in the world)

  42. VitalSignsUMC.org • www.vitalsignsumc.org • DASHBOARD – Allows congregations to track progress towards their goals for health and vitality. • Congregations receive a weekly email to record their metrics. • Weekly recording of data that will be directly linked to GCFA. • Everyone in the connection can view data. • There will be a place for congregations to share weekly success stories via the website. • Leaders can celebrate milestones for the congregation regularly!

  43. Church vitality can not happen without YOU! • Acts 2 – The outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church. • 1 Corinthians 12 – The healthy church is one body and it is the body of Christ. • Ephesians 4:10-13 – Christ has gifted the church through a variety of gifts. • Galatians 3:28 – All are welcome in the body of Christ. • Luke 10:25-37 – We are called to be like the Good Samaritan. • Micah 6:8 – Righteousness and justice are the expectation for God’s people. • Luke 4:17-21 – Jesus announces his ministry, which is a calling for the body of Christ TODAY! Your church’s health and vitality Depends on YOU!

  44. Questions?

  45. Closing Prayer

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