Ready, Set, Grow Project!

Does your congregation have all the vitality that you think it should? Are people energized by welcoming new people and new ideas? When you complete the enclosed “Church Vital-O-Meter” survey, are all your responses in the top category? If not, the Ready, Set, Grow Project may be ideal for your church!

This is a special project of the Missouri Mid-South Conference to assist churches to engage the Congregational Vitality resources being developed by the national UCC Evangelism Team.

It involves 3 steps:
1. Commit to explore possibilities for becoming a more vital congregation.
2. Create a Local Church Team that will meet quarterly with other church teams and consider ways to share and implement the vitality materials within your congregation.
3. Develop ways in which the congregation can support and learn from your Local Church Team about ways that will lead to more congregational vitality.
 

FORMS:

Church Vital-O-Meter                 Score Sheet for Church Vital-O-Meter

Overall description of the Project

Position description of a Local Church Team and how to create one

Church Registration Form

Liturgical Commissioning Service for the Local Church Team

Our module 3 "Grow" will begin being presented in April 2008. Here's the schedule:

Eastern Association Saturday, April 5th Zion UCC, Union, MO

St. Louis Association Saturday, April 12th Eden UCC (Affton), St. Louis, MO

Western Association Saturday, April 19th Salem UCC, Higginsville, MO

All meetings will run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the scheduled dates. Lunch will be provided onsite by some group within the local congregation for a maximum $6-8. Dietary needs should be communicated, along with RSVP for the meal, to Carole Barner beforehand. As always, participants are welcome to bring a lunch themselves if they prefer. Drinks will be provided on site.

If you or others in your congregation are interested in more information please contact Rev. Carole Barner, serving as the Program Coordinator for the Ready, Set, Grow Project. She can be contacted with any questions at Csongofjoy@aol.com

We are excited to offer this opportunity to our local churches! Come and join in the spirit of enthusiasm and possibility!

Conference Congregational Vitality Task Force

Carole Barner – Friedens UCC (Brazito), Jefferson City
Cindy Bumb – Pilgrim UCC, St. Louis
Jim Caughlan – Grace UCC, O’Fallon
Jay Edwards – Garden Light UCC, St. Louis
Michael Stephens – Southwood UCC, Raytown
Dale Parson – Conference Staff