St. Andrew’s Vision Statement
Growing Together in God’s Love
We are called by the gospel to continue to expand the Kingdom of God. We at St. Andrew’s are truly blessed with a vibrant, growing Spirit-filled parish family that makes a real impact on the lives and spirituality of our community. The vision presented here is built upon the faith that we can, together with the Holy Spirit, continue to impact our parish and local and global communities through ever-expanding offerings and programs. Our vision is to continue to do God’s will by growing our church in three specific areas: our Community, our Mission and our Faith. To support these areas, we will need significant growth in our church’s resources.
In Growing our Community, we will continually expand the impact that St. Andrew’s has on the fellowship of our parishioners and our place in the local community. Specifically, our vision is to:
- Create sustainable, consistent growth, ideally achieving average Sunday morning attendance over 250
- Increase our impact on the needs of the local community and be recognized as a true extension of God’s love for our neighbors
- Continue to expand the life-giving, active membership of the church and provide them the nourishment and support needed to grow in their ministry
In Growing our Faith, we will offer significantly more spiritual development for our parishioners. Our vision is to:
- Continually expand opportunities for individual faith growth and education
- Diversify our worship experience beyond Sunday morning liturgy
- Expand our music programs to enhance our worship experience and to attract new members to the church through a vibrant, growing music ministry
In Growing our Mission, St. Andrew’s will be consistently outwardly focused on the needs of the local community, nation and the world. Specifically, our vision is to:
- Profoundly increase the giving of our resources, not driven by fundraising alone, but by directly giving from the top of our pledging treasure
- Include more people in the mission work of the church, both through their time and talents, but also in the discernment of the Holy Spirit's direction of our efforts
- Create a new, large-scale Outreach operation that has a prominent impact on a specific community in a developing nation, in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals
In order to make our vision a reality, we will need to Grow our Resources, specifically:
- Provide the necessary staff, both paid and unpaid, to support the mission and ministry
- Achieve continual sustainable growth of the income of the parish
- Develop and build the necessary infrastructure to support the growth of parishioners and programs