St. James has contracted with LCEF (Lutheran Church Extension Fund) to facilitate our VisionPath process.
The intention of the VisionPath process is to clarify the purpose of our church with the goal of creating a one sentence guiding statement by seeking God’s vision for St. James.
- What is our purpose?
- Why does St. James exist?
- What is our identity?
- “Who are we, Lord?” and “Why do you have us here, Lord?”
This process began with our LCEF facilitator, Rev. Tom Eggebrecht challenging us to gather a VisionPathteam. The following people are serving on the VisionPath Team: Eric Robinson, William Ellington, Tina Enke, Jamie Moldenhauer, Rod Nathan, Doug Roher, Nic Schatte, and Cheryl Schnicker. This team will meet four times over the course of the process: first to choose the questions for a congregation vision survey; second, gather with the rest of the congregation for a vision event; third, to condense comments and information from the vision event (May 4th); and finally to write the guiding statement.
How can you be involved?
- Prayer – The VisionPath process’ purpose is to seek the Lord’s guidance in clarifying our identity and purpose as a congregation. We can not do that without being in conversation with God through prayer. The St. James Prayer Team will be specifically praying for this process and for St. James. Additionally, we would like every person who calls St. James home to also be in prayer with the team.
- Participate in the VisionPath survey (April 2 – 23), accessing the survey by the QR code below or in the worship bulletin or announcements, or completing and returning a hard-copy survey available in the church narthex. If you need any assistance in accessing or completing the survey, please contact the church office to have a VisionPath Team member contact you.
- Attend the Vision Event (May 4). Every member counts! Please mark your calendars to attend this important event which will include a meal and free babysitting will be available.
The VisionPath survey will be distributed digitally and available in hardcopy in the narthex starting Sunday, April 2nd and ending Sunday, April 23rd. All surveys submitted will be anonymous with only Tom Eggebrecht receiving the responses. He will then condense the surveys into meaningful themes to be shared with the VisionPath Team.
Please watch the weekly announcements for updates on this process and details about the vision event to be held on May 4th.