Last fall, I posted an item about goals at First Congo, and asked for ideas from you about what goals you would like to see First Congo adopt.
I tried a similar line at the All Boards meeting Monday night. I asked folks to brainstorm for a few minutes about things they would like to see happen at First Congo. Results included: safety/emergency training for ushers, a faith in hard times class, filling the boards to their full complement of people, a larger choir, increased funding for the board of outreach - leading to more outreach activity. I have no immediate plans for what to do with the ideas. I do think it is a good thing for folks to think openly about what could happen at First Congo in the future.
Tracy, Sue, Cathy, Tom and Jeanne on Day 1 of ACT6
Currently Reading
- Way too much about the "energy efficiency gap" and not enough about spirituality.
Blog Archive
Books on Church Growth and Renewal
- Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary by Lee Strobel
- Leading Change in the Congregation by Gilbert Rendle
- Rerouting the Protestant Mainstream by Hadaway and Roozen
- In Search of the Unchurched by Alan Klass
- I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church by Paul Nixon
- A Field Guide for the Missional Congregation by Rouse and Van Gelder
- Unbinding the Gospel by Martha Grace Reese
Books on Christianity
- The Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborne
- Jesus for President by Claiborne and Haw
- Making Sense of Church by Spencer Burke
- The Great Omission by Dallas Willard
- The Gospel of Jesus by James Robinson
- A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren
- More Ready Than You Realize by Brian McLaren
- The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren
About Me
- Tom Syring
- I am a Member at Large on the Executive Council, and the immediate past Moderator of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison, WI. I am 42 years old, and have been a member of the church for just over four years. I am interested in church growth and vitality. I define vitality as the level of excitement people have about the church.
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I really like the idea of God's coffee... perhaps we can have volunteer baristas ranking out espresso for all who venture into our historic building!
Of course, that means we would have to purchase something besides decaf coffee, but I think I could convince the kitchen czar to do that ;-)
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