Strategic Envisioning Process Progress Report

1. Strategic Envisioning ProcessProgress Report June 1, 2014

2. Agenda Vision video Introduction - Lead Team Implementation Team Reports: Community Outreach – Daniel Sattizahn Disciple Making – James Fowler Mobilization – Juanita Bowden Prayer time for these strategic areas Implementation Team Reports: Leadership Development – Nancy Crawford Location & Facilities – Jon King Staffing – Booder McWhorter Prayer time for these strategic areas Implementation Team Reports: Finance – Jim McDonald Creativity & Innovation – Sally Binnix Communications – Brian Polito Lead Team Prayer time for these strategic areas Closing remarks

3. Strategic Envisioning Process • Oct. 2013 - Strategic Leadership Team • Formed 26-member team as cross-section of congregation • Began monthly weekend sessions to examine strategic areas within the church • Dec. 2013 - Implementation Teams • Formed 10 teams to leverage more participation • Began developing strategies in key areas • Jun. 2014 - Progress Report • Implementation Teams concluding • Preparing for next phase of ministry

4. Meadows Mission Statement

5. Implementation Team Review Prayer Community Outreach Disciple Making Mobilization Leadership Development Location & Facilities Staffing Finance Creativity & Innovation Communications

6. Prayer Team • Objective: Intercede in prayer for the Strategic Envisioning process • Tasks Completed • Provide personal prayer support for each SLT member • Hold prayer sessions during each SLT weekend meeting • Pray for each Implementation Team • Pray for each aspect of the SE process

7. Prayer Strategies Provide prayer support for all ministries Develop detailed prayer guides for specific events Expand opportunities for corporate prayer Encourage development of effective prayer habits & techniques

8. Community Outreach Team • Objective: Develop strategies to reach our community for Christ • Tasks Completed • Identify the boundaries of our community • Analyze the demographics of our community • Research problems faced by our community • Define specific projects to impact our community

9. Community Outreach Strategies • Church-wide, on-campus outreach events • Easter Egg Hunt, etc. • Recurring group-specific events • PESH Free Lunch Day, Fitness classes, Good News Clubs • Off-campus service projects • Opportunities to plant and support non-English congregations • Training resources: inviting skills, evangelism, other

10. Outreach Ownership:Each One Reach One Strategies provide contexts through which our CONGREGATION can reach out into our COMMUNITY and attract a CROWD to worship Jesus. Cultural Evolution: Widespread personal ownership needed in the CONGREGATION, not just the CORE and COMMITTED.

11. Disciple Making Team • Objective: Develop a strategy for growing mature disciples of Christ • Tasks Completed • Identify the characteristics of a mature disciple • Identify current ministries for making disciples: Worship, Bible Study • Identify new ministries for making disciples: Life Groups • Define an intentional, disciple-making pathway

12. Outreach Team Outreach Team Outreach Team Outreach Team Bible Study Bible Study Bible Study Bible Study Bible Study Bible Study Bible Study MBC Member Evangelism Evangelism Evangelism Evangelism Evangelism Evangelism Evangelism Bible Study Christ-Centered Fellowship Fellowship Fellowship Fellowship Fellowship Fellowship Visitors Visitors Visitors Visitors New Member Class New Member Class New Member Class Worship Worship Worship Worship Worship Service Life Groups Service Service Stewardship Stewardship Member Outreach Member Outreach Grow Faith – Serve Christ – Share Gospel Path to Discipleship

13. Implement Life Groups as Third Primary Ministry Worship Bible Study Know Christ Christ Centered Share Christ Love Christ Life Groups

14. Mobilization Team • Objective: Develop a strategy for mobilizing the congregation for ministry • Tasks Completed • Identify current ministry opportunities • Research personal assessment tools • Examine ways to educate new members • Design process to get people effectively engaged

15. Mobilization Strategies • Establish Meadows 101 for new members • Introduction to MBC, beliefs, processes • Provide assessment tools • Spiritual gifts, talents, temperament, passion • Establish a process for assimilation • Personal guidance to get guests connected • Collect and publicize ministry opportunities • Connect people with opportunities

16. Mobilization Process Serve Mentor Educate Connect

17. Prayer Time Community Outreach Disciple Making Mobilization

18. Leadership Development Team • Objective: Develop strategies for developing leaders within the church • Tasks Completed • Define leadership: A leader is one who is called by God to influence others toward a shared vision, holding others and themselves accountable • Identify types of leaders at Meadows • Specify leader qualifications

19. Leadership Development Strategies Establish Leadership Development role for lay person who will serve on Personnel Committee Review potential candidates twice per year based on various sources: Nomination, Observation, Recommendation, Volunteers Process to include core beliefs, spiritual gifts assessment, mentoring, evangelism training, leadership style assessment Leadership Recognition Retreat

20. Location & Facilities Team • Objective: Develop strategies to address the ministry setting • Areas investigated • Coffee station • Lobby area & Welcome station • Fabric panels • Lights • AED • Carpet • West asphalt parking lot • Interior signage • Exterior signage • Storage • Landscaping

21. Location & Facilities Strategies • Replace carpet in Children’s area • Address exterior signage in front of church • Improve interior signage • Enhance landscaping • Construct storage building • Improve west parking lot • Enhance coffee station & Welcome Center

22. Staffing Team • Objective: Develop strategies for building and enhancing the staff team • Tasks Completed • Create job descriptions for all staff members • Develop annual staff evaluation process • Determine role of staff in training leaders • Evaluate current staff deployment • Create a blueprint for recruiting future staff

23. Staffing Strategies Research elder leadership through God’s word and other churches

24. Prayer Time Leadership Development Location & Facilities Staffing

25. Finance Team • Objective: Develop strategies to effectively fund ministries • Tasks Completed • Review current budget process • Examine stewardship patterns • Identify discretionary funds available • Plan for enhanced budget process

26. Finance Strategies Provide stewardship education and visibility into current process Investigate financial audit for 2015 Expand Finance Committee experience base Identify funding options for 2014 ministry projects Revise 2015 budgeting process around strategic ministry areas

27. Creativity & Innovation Team • Objective: Build a creative, innovative church that can adapt quickly to culture change. • Tasks Completed • Vision: “Get God out of the box” • Projects: Tech Team Organization • Focus Groups • Create avenues for ideas: ideas@meadowsbaptist.org

28. Creativity & Innovation Strategies Provide creativity consultant resource available to all teams Evaluate ways to keep corporate worship meaningful and moving Keep abreast of current trends in all aspects of church life Ensure effective use of technology

29. Communications Team • Objective: Develop strategies for communicating with the congregation and the community • Tasks Completed • Research how people want to receive information • Create template for publicizing events • Develop new church logo and branding • Update church website • Create social media pages: Facebook, Twitter • Photograph campus and congregation

30. Communications Strategies • Provide focal point for consistent, effective communications internally and externally • Ensure consistency in presentation • Launch semi-annual message marketing campaigns • T-shirts, bumper stickers, etc. • Provide electronic data entry at Welcome Center • Better guest experience, more efficient follow up • Maintain and update online presence • Take the message to the people

31. Lead Team • Objective: Facilitate the SE process • Plan & evaluate monthly SLT sessions with consultant • Assist & support Implementation Team activities • Review & prioritize Implementation Team strategies • Integrate & assess the “big picture” strategy

32. Ministry Strategy Teams • Create teams covering each strategic area of ministry • Outreach • Discipleship • Leadership Development • Prayer • Mobilization • Communications • Worship • Creativity • Facilities • Finance (existing team) • Personnel (existing team) • All other teams/activities aligned with a strategic area

33. Next Phase: Summer 2014 • Monthly meetings for: • Strategic planning • Project execution • Team accountability • Cross-functional team with representatives from: • Ministry Strategy Teams • Age-Targeted Teams • Facilitated by Lead Team Outreach Children’s Ministry Discipleship Student Ministry Mobilization Strategic Leadership Team Women’s Ministry Worship Men’s Ministry Facilities Senior Adult Ministry Finance Personnel Lead Team 33

34. Turning Ministry Strategies into Ministry Success will require: Prayer Time Funding People

35. Prayer Time Finance Creativity & Innovation Communications