St. Paul’s Three-year Roadmap
January 2019 through 2021, the congregation and leadership of St. Paul’s agree to encourage people in their journey along the continuum of Exploring, Growing, Deepening and becoming Centered. We will pay particular attention to the transition between Growing and Deepening, which means moving from a person “more committed to their Christian faith, but still there are a lot of questions,” to a person with “faith by which they rely on God’s presence and power in their daily lives.”
To achieve this goal, we believe there are three “Landmarks” and nine “Signposts” to lead the way.
Landmark 1: Becoming spiritual leaders of our own faith.
Signpost a. Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Holy Scriptures.
Signpost b. Embrace a life practicing the disciplines that Jesus taught.
Signpost c. Share our gifts and money with gladness and singleness of heart.
Landmark 2: Develop a shared, visible, known and connected leadership at St. Paul’s.
Signpost d. Use Scripture and the Book of Common Prayer to center all meetings.
Signpost e. Create an Organizational Chart.
Signpost f. Expand leadership through recruitment, training, and relationships.
Landmark 3: Link service to Jesus.
Signpost g. Explore what it means when Jesus says, “Surely as you did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me.”
Signpost h. Receive the Sacrament of Bread and Wine, remembering that we, like it, are Broken and Poured Out.
Signpost i. Through service to the least, find our personal and collective witness to the Word.
Forward
Brothers and Sisters, communication and transparency are vitally important as we move forward. The RWG is but one actor with a specific encouraging and monitoring role in this three-year effort. The RWG expects that all of us in the congregation will join in charting the course forward.