The Parish of St. John the Evangelist

1. The Parish of St. John the Evangelist Strategic Plan Spring 2004

2. Parish Purpose To present Christ in life and work in the power of the Holy Spirit in such ways that we will be led to believe in him as Savior and follow him as Lord within the fellowship of the church and community. To create and nurture a liturgically – based community of believers and followers of Christ who will serve the church and world.

3. Purpose of the Strategic Planning Committee • The committee was charged by the Vestry in the Fall of 2003 to incorporate some long-range plans already in place, and strategic planning data already collected, into a single document. • The foundation of the plan is based on the seven missions of our Church as defined in “A Mission Strategy for St. John’s.” • The Strategic Plan would ask “ Where are we now? and “Where Do we see St. John’s in five years?” • The plan will be used by the Vestry to develop actions plans to achieve mission-based goals. • Actions plans will be measurable and quantifiable.

4. PROCESS • The process of defining a Strategic Plan will be open and participatory, with input from the entire parish. • Meetings focused on examining existing mission statements, the stated Parish purpose, questionnaires, demographic information and other data, and considering these in the context of our seven core missions. • Responses solicited from the committee and Vestry have been compiled into a draft document for comment and input from the whole Parish. • Parishioners are being invited to incorporate their ideas into the draft. This input will be collated and incorporated into one document for final publication.

5. Demographics & Socio-EconomicCharacteristics Population: • 1970 18,845 • 1980 20,339 • 1990 19,821 • 2000 19,882 • 2010(proj) 22,096

6. Age in year 2000: Under 5 1,487 18 and over 14,367 21 and over 13,955 65 and over 2,803 85 and over 394 Median age 40.4 years Housing Units: Occupied 7,189 Seasonal 61 Owner Occupied 6,212 Renter Occupied 977 Total: 7,250 Demographics & Socio-EconomicCharacteristics (cont)

7. Household Forecast for Hingham Households: 10,000 7,660 7,420 7,170 6,915 6,232 5,000 0 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Year:

8. Projected Enrollment Through 2007, Based on Data From School Year 2002-3 ENROLLMENT 4000 3617 3604 3599 3549 3497 3496 3500 2500 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 YEARS

9. Attendance @ St. John’s since 1991 Year

10. Concentric Overview of Components Of Parish Life Growth Vision Mission G R O W T H G R O W T H Growth

11. DRAFT SPIRITUAL

12. SPIRITUAL

13. DRAFT EDUCATIONAL

14. EDUCATIONAL

15. DRAFT FELLOWSHIP

16. FELLOWSHIP

17. DRAFT OUTREACH

18. OUTREACH

19. DRAFT STEWARDSHIP

20. STEWARDSHIP

21. DRAFT ADMINISTRATION

22. ADMINISTRATION

23. DRAFT COMMUNCATION

24. COMMUNICATION

25. The Key To Success Members of the Parish are invited to share their ideas, creativity, vision, enthusiasm, passion, and love for our Church home by adding to St. John’s plan for the future! The Committee knows that the Parish has high expectations. Not all suggestion can be implemented. We know that themes will emerge and priorities will surface that will guide us to an exciting vision of growth. Once the document is published, this excitement will be sustained by each of us, as we participate in designing initiatives, developing programs, and implementing our Parish vision.

26. The “How-To” Guide to the Strategic Plan There are three ways to add your input to the Strategic Plan: 1. Fill out the paper copy here today, and drop it off or send it to the Church. 2. Visit our website: www.stjohns-hingham.org to download a copy, add to it, and e-mail it back. 3. Send an e-mail with general comments and suggestions to stjohnhing@aol.com

27. Time Line We would like any comments, changes and suggestions back to the committee two weeks from this date, i.e. May 16th, 2004.