In 2007, the church's Session (or governing body) appointed an initial ad hoc team of folks to oversee a process of assessing our present mission and ministry, as well as discerning our future mission and ministry. The ad hoc team members were a mix of longer term and more recent members.

It was all about FAITHFULNESS. Every informational meeting rooted the process in the guidance of the scriptures. The team concluded that if we were not in a perpetual process of discernment we were not being faithful. The biblical models offered were: Gideon (Judges 6-7); Elijah (I Kings 19); Mary (Luke 1); Paul (Acts 9); Peter (Acts 10); and Jesus (his prayer life throughout the Gospels).

Here are some pages/links with more information about the initial stage of the discernment process:

The Ad Hoc Team Members

LIFE Groups

New (11 AM) Sunday Worship

A Statement from the ad hoc Mission Discernment Team: "Discernment: The Journey Forward"

Following the work of the ad hoc Mission Discernment Team, in early 2008, the Session determined to make a Mission Discernment Team an ongoing part of our ministry. Here is a link to pages detailing the present status of discernment:

Strategic Planning Home

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