SUMMARY
During these "Piecing the Plan" Roundtables, stories, ideas, needs, wishes and suggestions were shared, prayed over and discussed. Our Strategic Ministry Plan was reviewed. The goal? To help each of us, all of us, to better understand our piece of His plan. To answer his call to serve.

STORIES OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
* He’s led us to our best understanding of His plan for us
* Our youth group opened this fall with 16 4th-8th-graders
* Sunday School & Bible Study attendance is up
* Our school is filled and thriving
* 39 FLS children are in this year’s school choir
* Growing fellowship/participation between church & school
* We continue to be blessed with sufficient finances
* Interior and exterior/grounds are being greatly cared for
* Bathrooms, plumbing have been repaired/upgraded
* Exterior windows, portico and trim have been painted
* Growth in unity palpable at worship, gatherings, meetings
* Thousands of people came through FL for election voting
* Number of weekly visitors is rising

CURRENT NEEDS & WISHES, BY COMMITTEE
Board of Education
* Help research available grant monies
* Help coordinate more after school offerings (examples: music, martial arts, dance, other sports)
* Training/tools for the office and staff to make their jobs easier
* More modern facilities -- A new gymnasium/social center

Children’s Ministry
* Fill FOUR vacant positions
o VBS Director(s) – co-directors encouraged
o Toddlin’ to Jesus Director
o Two additional elected positions for the committee

Fellowship
* One or more people to organize the Silent Auction portion of the
2nd Annual Family Fellowship night in March.

Stewardship
* Fill ONE vacant position

Trustees
* Capital to do projects that require skilled tradesmen
* Skilled tradespeople to help with projects (plumbing, painting, electrical, carpentry, roofing, masonry, landscaping, etc.)

Ladies Guild
* Help maintain/improve landscaping & plantings
* Help clean/maintain sanctuary, fellowship hall, kitchen

Other
* Prayer team – organize and implement prayer meetings/vigils, etc.
* Welcome team – welcome and follow-up with visitors
* Home Bible studies – organizing, communicating and/or hosting
* Updated Church literature – help create FLC brochure/literature
* Publicity organizer – help get the word out about church and school

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS
* Pray, pray, pray – over, and for, everything we do and consider!!!
* Try a Friday Night Family Night at FL: for all ages, an opportunity to simply spend time together over coffee, snacks, games, etc.
* Use FL bumper sticker art to create postcards, complete with service listings and website address. Use them for multiple purposes.
* Time for an updated member directory?
* Offer a kids craft club, regularly or on special occasions.
* Stewardship committee will become “HR” dept. for FL, tracking needs and pairing volunteers to meet them. This will make it easier to know what’s needed, and who’s doing what.
* With SMP complete and positive change underway, it might be time to reach out to inactive/lost members and invite them back.
* Update and better utilize member mailboxes.
* Consider: To make it easier for visitors and new members to feel part of our family, create a permanent nametag for each FL member, to wear at worship services and events. Provide “Welcome to our Family” nametags for all visitors to fill out and wear.
* Create two visible “bulletin boards”: One for posting information and photos of new members, baptisms, weddings, etc.; The other for posting photos of FL staff and all committee members.
* Upgrade our church website to include interactive blog or board.
* Shut-ins currently receive worship bulletin – consider including copy of bi-monthly email prayer circle, as well.
* Continue a weekday Bible study at church with visiting pastor.
* Follow-up and Care Ministry: We need to reach out to and better assimilate into our family those who walk through our doors! Co-directors of a “follow-up ministry” would work with a base of volunteers to follow-up (either via note, phone call and/or visit) with visitors, as well as with those who are baptized, confirmed and wed in our church. Additionally, a care ministry would provide comfort and support to members who are going through any kind of hardship.
* Would a group of volunteers be willing to fully clean and reorganize the kitchen, top to bottom? This could include a master list/chart of where everything is kept, as well as procedures for using certain items.
* Is there interest in starting a committee to look at the logistics and preliminaries of building a gym/community center?
* Use our multi-line phone system to better improve communication among members and committees and the public.

A JOYFUL RESPONSE
You are not obligated to serve, in any way.
Service to God, in its truest sense,
is a natural, reflexive response.
Filled and inspired and awed by God's gift to us,
we can think of no greater way to express our joy
than to give our gifts back.
To Him. To each other. To all.



WANT TO SHARE YOUR INPUT?
GET STARTED?
If you were unable to attend a Roundtable,
the stewardship committee is more than willing to accommodate an opportunity for you to do so.
Please contact us, and we'll schedule another roundtable and/or meet with you individually.

If you feel called to a piece of the plan,
or simply want to further explore and discuss,
just let us know.

We're here to help however we can to piece the plan.

RENATA BOWERS: HEYRENATA@SBCGLOBAL.NET
HANNAH KNAPP: HKNAPP@BROSCO.COM