The Our Church 2030 survey will be available on Wednesday June 7th. This survey is a very important tool to gather opinions that will help us all define the future vision of Calvary Church and how we can better support the community overall. We want to hear from as many as possible, including parishioners, former parishioners, and even members of the community who have never had a connection with Calvary, but would like the opportunity to express their views on religion and spirituality in our community.
Read MoreDear Fellow Calvary Parishioners,
I am writing to give you another brief update on the work on the “Our Church 2030” initiative. Speaking for the entire task force our excitement has never been greater about the potential to make positive changes to energize more parishioners and members of the community to enhance our spiritual lives. This is a major opportunity for all of us.
As mentioned in my first progress report, we are working on four important projects to gather data.
These projects are:
1. Demographic Review: Understanding the demographic profile of Calvary and how it might change in the future compared to the Stonington community at large and the region in general.
2. Current Assessment: The team is undertaking an exercise to identify Calvary’s internal Strengths and Weaknesses as well as external Opportunities and Threats that we face. Many of you might know this is called a SWOT analysis.
3. Review Additional Models of Spiritual Life: We are exploring other traditional or new forms of worship, formation, outreach, and pastoral care used by Christian organizations that could enhance the spiritual life of our Parish and Community.
4. Evaluate Potential Partnerships: We are investigating opportunities to develop positive relationships with regional organizations that can add value through productive partnerships and importantly energize the community at large.
Read MoreIt gives me great pleasure to provide the first progress report on the “Our Church 2030” initiative. The goal of this initiative is to engage and energize the parish and community at large in defining the vision for what we want Calvary to be in 2030. We hope to make recommendations to the Vestry by the end the year.
To begin, a task force was created to coordinate the overall effort.
Read MoreI have been asked to lead an effort on behalf of the Vestry to define a future vision of Calvary that will engage and be embraced by the parishioners and community at large. I call this initiative “Our Church – 2030”.
Simply stated the environment for Calvary is complex.
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