MISSION AND MINISTRY PLAN

On Sunday, November 11, 2007 the Vestry approved The Mission and Ministry Plan for Saint Paul's.  The approved Plan is below. We received input from parish members, parish committees and groups, friends in the community, civic and religious leaders, and finally the Vestry.  This Mission and Ministry Plan will be our guide as we continue to move forward and "Together Build the Kingdom of God."  Status updates will be added at the end of each calendar year so that everyone will know how we are achieving our mission and our ministry.

The plan has three components: our mission and ministry as a parish family as we grow in spirituality, service and disciples; our goals and objectives regarding the renovation and use our wonderful facilities; and specific leadership goals for the vestry.

SAINT PAUL EPISCOPAL CHURCH

A JUBILEE MINISTERY CENTER

MISSION AND MINISTRY PLAN

2008 – 2012

VISION AND MISSION

Saint Paul Episcopal Church is an integral part of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA, the Episcopal Church in the United States, and the worldwide Anglican Communion. Our mission is “Together Building the Kingdom of God.”   We do this by feeding, nourishing, and sustaining the People of God in word and in sacrament, in prayer, in service, and in the bonds of friendship and affection based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

We will grow in spiritual development, in outreach ministry, and in the number of disciples as we pray, worship, learn, and grow together. We see Scripture as containing all that is necessary for salvation and as the Word of God. We see the great Traditions of our Church as important in understanding our past as well as a guide to our future. As Anglicans, we also see Reason – the great gift that was given to us by God – as a way to learn and understand how God speaks to us in Scripture and Tradition.

This Mission and Ministry Plan is divided into three sections: Mission and Ministry; Facilities; and Vestry Leadership.

MISSION AND MINISTRY: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

This section of the Mission and Ministry Plan is divided into three sections: Spiritual Development; Outreach Ministry; and Growth in Disciples. The following goals and objectives are those things that we must accomplish over the next five years in order for us to continue our presence in, and impact on, our community. They are not a set of arbitrary or process driven goals and objectives; they are directly related to our mission and our ministry – in this place – at this time.

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

• Visitation of new members, guests, and former members by clergy and current members – This has been completed and is now part of our standard process for continually inviting former members to come home to their family and how we greet and welcome guests.
  • Identify a list of former members to be visited – Completed.

  • Develop and implement a plan of visitations to former members by the Rector, Vestry, and other members of the parish – Completed.  We invited all former members to return to the parish with less than stunning success.  We will keep a process of continually inviting them to return every year or two.

  • All new members will be visited by the Rector within 30 days of completing a parish registration form – Completed.  Now a part of our standard process.

  • All guests (who leave contact information) will be visited by a parish member within 30 days of their visit (this is in addition to a visit by the Welcome Committee) – Completed.  Now a part of our standard process.

  • All guests will receive a gift of “bread” the day of their visit – Completed.  Now a part of our standard process.

  • All guests (who leave contact information) will receive a “thank you for visiting” card and a folder of parish information from the Rector during the week following their visit - Completed.  Now a part of our standard process.

  • Increase the number and train greeters for all services.  Have at least two per service – Completed.  We will continue to add to the number of greeters with annual training in their ministry.

  • Put a welcome table in the back of the church with information about the parish and its ministry and programs – Partially completed.  Some information is there; but we are revising additional brochures and church information.  We are also waiting for new bookcases in the back of church which are designed to hold various pieces of information for members and guests.

  • Put up pictures of new members so that everyone will recognize them and welcome them to the parish

• Get more of the current membership involved in the full life of the parish.
  • Develop and implement a plan of contact with all current members to document their past and current involvement of the parish (for recognition and celebration) – In process.  We have established Honoring Sunday each month to recognize those who give of their time and talent to the parish.  The Stewardship Time and Talent book will be updated during 2011.

  • Specifically ask those not currently involved in the parish what limits their involvement and how we can help them become more involved. – In process.  We do work with new people to help them get involved and we have specifically asked some who are not involved to get involved.  We will continue to do this.  Success has been mixed but overall good.

• Increase the level of Bible study (Sunday, weekdays, evenings)
  • Conduct bible study programs on Sundays between September and Lent (when Adult forum is on Monday evenings) – Completed.  The survey indicated that there was not sufficient support to implement this.

  • Plan a bible study program during Lent (possibly before or after Stations) – Completed.  The survey indicated that there was not sufficient support to implement this.

  • Plan a bible study program during the day – Completed.  The survey indicated that there was not sufficient support to implement this.

  • Encourage group study by members on their own – In Process.  Study materials need to be gathered and made available.

• Form a men’s group for mutual prayer and study
  • Send a letter to every man (age 16 and above) in the parish inviting them to a breakfast to discuss the possibility of a men’s group – Completed.

  • Outline the possible activities of a men’s group for discussion at this breakfast (e.g., study, service, fund-raising) – Completed.

  • Implement recommendations of the group – There was not sufficient support to implement this.

• Increase the number of combined Sunday services (at 9:30 a.m.)
  • Conduct combined Sunday Services at 9:30 a.m. on the following occasions: Feast of Saint Paul (when celebrated on a Sunday); Feast of Saint Patrick; Bishop’s Annual Visitation; Homecoming (normally held in September); and possibly the Sunday after Christmas – Completed.

• Increase the size of the choir and / or begin other choirs (youth, Handbell, etc.)
  • Explore the possibility of a Community Youth Choir – Completed. There was no interest at this time.

  • Make direct invitation to specific members of the parish to join the choir – Completed.  We increased the size of the choir in 2008 and 2009; however in 2010 and 2011 the choir decreased in numbers.  We need to extend the invitation again.

  • Make more of a general effort to gain new choir members from the parish membership – Completed.  Continues to be part of our effort each year.

  • Have each choir member approach one member or person from the community to join our choir – Completed.  Continues to be part of our effort each year.

• Increase the ways that attendees of the various Sunday services can communicate with one another
  • Have quarterly “meet and greets” between the two services

  • Mix people from both services at parish social events - we encourage this but do not "force" it to happen

  • Have greeters from one service greet at another service

  • Assign vestry members to a service that they do not normally attend to meet people that they do not normally see / meet and let people meet them - it has been difficult to get Vestry member to be at their regular service - let alone another service.

• Strengthen the Adult Forum program
  Involve young people more in the liturgy (readings, Prayers of the People, etc.)
• Continue the Monday Night Adult Forum with Saint John Lutheran and Saint James Lutheran (from the first Monday in October through the Monday before Ash Wednesday) – Completed.  It is our intention to continue to be part of this program for the foreseeable future.

• Increase the number of outside speakers for the Sunday Adult Forum (from the First Sunday of Easter through the Sunday before Memorial Day) - cost and time of program makes this very difficult due to regular Sunday committments of potential speakers

• Seek suggested topics for the Sunday Adult Forum from members of the parish – Completed.  Will be part of the annual process of seeking input.
• Involve young people in parish life
• • Drop the age (from 16 to 14) for members to be Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Prayer Leaders, Ushers, and Greeters – Completed.

  • Schedule the young people on the regular rotation – Completed.  However the number of school age young people in the parish is small. One high school student and one middle school student.

  • Explore the possibility of a children’s sermon and a young people’s sermon for Sunday services

• Have more Saturday evening services
  • Pilot a program during the summer of 2007 of having a Saturday evening service at 5:30 p.m. at the chapel of the Saint John Herr Retirement community – Completed.  Part of the standard week-end service schedule

  • Do a press release about this service inviting the whole community

  • Place ads in the local papers for this service - most ads have been stopped due to cost

• Institute a contemporary Eucharist
  • Conduct an education program about what a contemporary Eucharist is and is not

  • Implement a contemporary Eucharist on a regular basis (at least monthly) - worship music for this service is not within the current membership of the parish.  Musicians outside the parish are already committed.

• Institute an early morning service (Eucharist or Morning Prayer) on weekdays at 7:00 or 7:30 a.m.
  • Do survey of parish members to see if there is wide-spread support for this – Completed.

  • Implement a service if warranted by the feedback of the parish – Survey indicated a lack of support at this time.

OUTREACH MINISTRY

• Conduct regular and targeted advertising / press releases
  • Continue ads in the Columbia/Wrightsville and the Hempfield/Mountville Merchandisers for all events – Completed.  However cost is an issue and we are very intentional about placing ads. Number of ads has been reduced.

  • Place targeted ads in the Columbia Register for specific events – Completed.  However this paper no long exists.

  • Do press releases for all activities and events and send them to Merchandizer, Register, and Lancaster papers – Only partially addressed.  The Publicity Committee needs to expand their role in this area and be more pro-active.

  • Attempt to determine source of why new people start attending – Completed.  But only informally.

  • Develop a specific evangelization program for each year of this mission and ministry plan – Completed for 2008 and 2009.  Was not done for 2010 and 2011.

·         Increase the amount of community outreach and other ministry with other churches and organizations – Completed.  We work with a number of churches in support of their outreach ministry; however the Outreach Ministry Committee has determined that we have reached our limit in outreach ministry due to age of members and the small number of members.

• Talk with each church in the Columbia area to determine if a partnership is possible - See comment above.

• Create additional partnerships with other churches to support outreach ministry programs – See comment above.

• Encourage participation in civic groups (VFW, Rotary, library, etc.) by members of the parish

• Add these affiliations to the parish directory and possibly the web site

• Bring the parish together more via bus trips, social events, etc. – include wider community in these events
  • Implement the plan to have a trip to Ireland – summer of 2008 – Not done due to cost.

  • Survey the parish to determine what bus trips and social events they would like to see us offer – Completed.  Survey indicated that two trips a year was best with one in December to New York City and the other in the spring or summer.

  • Look at local trips and attractions – Completed.  Trips to Hershey Park, Dutch Wonderland, and Sight and Sound.  We will continue to explore other trips as we continue forward.

  • Implement the plan as determined by the survey – see comment above.

• Host an annual Free Community Christmas dinner
  • In discussion with other churches see if this is a program that can be offered jointly – Completed.  Another church decided to do this on their own.

  • Determine if this would be a replacement for, or an addition to, our already scheduled Free Community Christmas Breakfast – Completed.  Not applicable.

  • If not feasible at Christmas, determine if another date (e.g., Thanksgiving, Easter) might be a better time

  • Consider an additional breakfast at a non-holiday time – Completed.  Community has a free breakfast / lunch every Saturday in the month

• Implement a nursery for both services, during any Sunday / Monday Adult Forum and during Sunday School
  • Create a pool of nursery volunteers - no volunteers have come forth even after repeated requests.  Requests have gone to parents of young children

  • Create a schedule based on the number of volunteers

  • Utilize parents of nursery age children to help with nursery

• Obtain a handicapped van to bring people to church and other church-sponsored events – Food Bank has had some discussions regarding a van; but has not come to any conclusions.
  • Determine cost (purchase / lease, maintenance, insurance, license, etc.)

  • Determine the team of possible drivers

  • Seek grants to offset the costs

  • If not feasible; then determine if there can be a volunteer team to do this with their own vehicles

• Increase our evangelization efforts
  • Determine an annual evangelization program each year of this plan – Completed.  Done for years 2008 and 2009 but not 2010 and 2011.

  • Seek grants to offset the costs

  • Evaluate all current brochures, bulletins, newsletters, visitor cards, etc. - In process.  We are evaluating all brochures and other materials.  We upgraded our bulletin and newsletter with the new copier.

  • Increase among members the view that all community activities and events are opportunities for evangelization

  • Determine how our buildings can be used more by the community (concerts, plays, etc.) – In process.  We started an Annual Choir Festival and four outside organizations use the parish hall for activities.

  • Determine how our social events can be used for evangelization

GROWTH IN DISCIPLES

• Inspire young people to join our parish and to participate in the life of the parish
  • Study the possibility of a full-time, paid youth minister to develop and conduct programs that would attract young people beyond the current membership – Completed.  Not financially possible at this time.

  • Determine what it is that brings young people to church

  • Obtain statistics about young people in the Columbia (and area) community - we have the information which states that over 75% of young people (12-18) report being currently part of a church community.

  • Partnership with other organizations (Boys / Girls Club, after-school programs, school, etc.) in reaching out to young people - these program are not interested because we are a church and they maintain a strict separation of church and their programs

  • Study the possibility of a family ministry program that involves all members of a family as a unit.

• Increase membership (especially young singles and young parents)
  • Develop a program of outreach to these families

  • Develop a mentoring / pairing program with parish members to provide support and assistance

  • Develop a program for single parents

• Increase average Sunday attendance to 155
  • Commit to every current member inviting at least two people (of their choice - e.g., former members, people they know who do not go to church, etc.) to visit, attend, and become members of Saint Paul’s between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010 – Not achieved.  We have moved from about 100 on average every week to about 78 on average (2011) every week.  We have moved the wrong way.  Much of the decrease is due to the death of older members; but we have not replaced them at a fast enough pace to achieve this goal.

FACILITIES: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• New roof on the church and parish hall – Completed.  It was determined that with an 8 year accelerated maintenance program we could prevent the need for a new roof.  With this program it is expected that the roof will last 75 to 100 years.  We were not able to do this program in 2011 due to insufficient funds.
  • Get three bids on a new roof for the church and parish hall (separate costs of each building) - Completed.  We did get the bids; but no longer necessary.  Bids were in the 1.8 to 2.4 million dollars for a complete roof replacement with slate or fake slate.

  • Determine whether to be slate, slate look-alike, or shingle - No longer needed – see comment above.

  • Seek grants to offset costs – No longer needed – see comment above.

  • Conduct a capital campaign both within and outside the parish – Completed.  The campaign was conducted and we achieved slightly more than our goal.  Money was directed to the renovations of the main room of the parish hall and refinishing of floors and new carpet in the church.

·         Improve the general cleanliness of the church and parish hall – create a better image

• Instill in every member and user of the facilities that all our space is sacred and thus should be treated with care and respect – In process; but a slow process.

• Implement rules that all users take an active part in the cleaning of the church and parish hall – In process.  We created a Parish Hall use policy and rules.  All current users of the parish hall were sent this information.

• Work with the sexton to ensure that general cleanliness is part of their job description and schedule – Completed.

• Build new cabinets for the food bank – Completed.
  • Finalize design specifications for new cabinets

  • Get bids on the cost

  • Seek grants to offset the costs

• Air-condition the main floor of the parish hall – Completed.
  • Continue with our consultant-assisted evaluation of our HVAC needs

  • Determine system and related costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign 

  • Seek grants to offset costs

• Install new heating in the parish hall and church – Completed.
  • Continue with our consultant-assisted evaluation of our HVAC needs

  • Determine system and related costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

  • Seek grants to offset costs

• Create new Sunday school classrooms – Was determined that our existing classrooms are sufficient for us at the current time.
  • Determine number of rooms needed

  • Determine what amenities are needed in each classroom

  • Integrate them with the new food bank cabinets

  • Explore new room dividers (source, costs, etc.)

• Refinish the wood floor in the church – Completed.
  • Determine what floors will be redone

  • Get bids on the costs

  • Seek grants to offset the costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

• Finish the repairs to the slate floor in the church - Completed.
  • Determine what needs to be done

  • Outline schedule for completion

• Renovate the parish hall – all three floors (including kitchen) – Was determined not to be a priority at this time.
  • Engage architect to determine best way to renovate

  • Get bids on costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

• Install additional lighting in the church – Completed.  We installed larger more energy efficient bulbs and this seems to have addressed the issue in a most cost effective way.
  • Have a lighting consultant determine what is needed

  • Get bids on costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

• Improve the parking situation – In process.
  • Seek ownership of the parking lot across the alley from the church – In Process.  Father Patrick has contacted the new owner.  We do have five assigned spaces in the lot at this time.

  • Meet with borough officials about this issue and seek assistance

• Create better handicapped access to the church and parish hall – In process.
  • Finalize specifications in keeping with ADA – Completed

  • Get bids on costs – Completed.

  • Seek grants to offset costs – In process.  Grants committee has this item as a top priority.  No grants thus far available.  One new handicapped ramp has been installed - the other one will be done when funds are available.

• Re-point the stone on the outside of the church and parish hall – Not achievable at this time due to the high cost.
  • Get bids on costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

• Re-paint the main floor of the parish hall – Completed.  Was part of the total renovation of the main room of the parish hall. 
  • Determine color and costs

  • Implement

• Pave and use the crypt of the church and the area under the offices – Was determined not to be a priority at this time due to cost.
  • Determine uses of these areas

  • Seek bids on cost to do this

  • Seek grants of offset costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

• Install new carpet in the church – Completed.
  • Determine where carpet will go

  • Select the carpet

  • Determine the costs

  • Seek grants to offset the costs

• Install an elevator in the parish hall for access to all floors – Was determined not to be a high priority at this time.  Grants committee has this as a secondary issue for which to seek funds.  Grants thus far not available due to being a church.
  • Have architect determine placement – Completed.

  • Determine costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

  • Note: This item is essential if we are to use the basement and second floor of the parish hall

• Fix all cracked and broken windows in the church and parish hall
  • Parish Hall
    • This should be considered as part of the parish hall renovation project – Completed for the windows in the main room of the parish hall since they were all replaced as part of the total renovation of the main room.  Other windows in the parish hall have not been addressed at this time.

  • Church
    • Have stained glass experts inspect our stained glass windows – Completed.

    • Determine needs and costs – Completed.

    • Seek grants to offset costs – Grants Committee will explore this issue. No grants available at this time.

    • Conduct a capital campaign

• Install a fire stairwell for access and exit from all three floors of the parish hall – Was determined not to be a high priority at this time due to cost.
  • Have architect determine placement - Completed

  • Determine costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

  • Note: This item is essential if we are to use the basement and second floor of the parish hall

• Create a memorial garden in the church yard – In process.  Final plantings to be done in spring of 2012.
  • Determine placement – Completed.

  • Place markers to outline – Completed.

  • Determine plaque placement – Completed.

• Implement better landscaping for the church yard
  • Have a master gardener / landscaper create a staged garden plan (including placement of memorial garden) – Completed.  The plan is complete; however the implementation will take time.

  • Determine costs – In process.

  • Seek grants to offset costs 

  • Implement plan in stages – In process.

  • Create maintenance program for continued care – In process.

• Fix the chapel steps – On hold due to cost and access issues with the chapel (ADA guidelines).
  • Determine what are the needs and what can be done

  • Examine handicapped access to the chapel in keeping with ADA guidelines

  • Implement plan

• Air-condition the church – Was determined not to be a priority at this time.  The new heating system was designed with larger duct work to accommodate AC in the future – we would only need the outdoor cooling units.
  • Continue with HVAC consultant staged approach to this issue, which will include type of system, costs, etc. – Completed.

• Create a parish library for study, reading, and reflection – Was determined not to be a high priority at this time due to lack of space.
  • Select location

  • Obtain shelves and other furniture

  • Obtain and catalogue books

  • Implement

• Re-place kneelers in the church (more suited for our pews) – No longer needed as we have replaced / repaired the existing kneelers.  New kneelers would have been cost-prohibited and our pews were not designed for kneelers so custom kneelers would have raised the cost beyond what was reasonable.
  • Determine if this is feasible – Completed.  Not feasible.

  • Should kneelers be taken out completely and not replaced – Completed.  Survey of members indicated a desire to keep the kneelers.

  • Determine costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Also review the possibility of cushions for the pew seats and seek grants / donations for this

• Move the parish offices off-site – Was determined not to be a priority at this time due to cost.
  • Working with the architect determine amount and type of space needed

  • Explore all options (including location, costs, etc.)

• Install pipe organ – Was determined not to be a priority at this time.  Ranked last in the list of 29 facility updates.
  • Explore the type of organ needed and related costs

  • Seek input from parish to see if this will be supported

  • Seek grants to offset costs

  • Determine maintenance costs

  • Conduct a capital campaign

• Create new meeting rooms – Was determined that due to lack of space this could not be accomplished.  We did create one new conference room in the center Sunday school classroom by making it larger.
  • Determine location

  • Determine purpose

•           Implement plan

• Install technology in the building so it can be used for meetings and conferences – Was determined not to be a high priority at this time due to cost
  • Seek consultant to review our current situation

  • Seek proposals to include phone, Internet, video conferencing, etc.

  • Determine costs

  • Seek grants to offset costs

VESTRY LEADERHSIP: GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

These items are never really complete.  They are always something in process because they are values and behaviors that are always in need of reflection and reinforcement.

• Improve communication among vestry members, between the vestry and parish members, and between vestry and vestry committees
  • Minutes of vestry and vestry committees be shared with the full parish via bulletin board and web site and communicate to the parish that they are in these locations – Completed.

  • Monthly financial report shared with the full parish – Completed.

  • Each Saturday / Sunday service will have a vestry member assigned to be present and available for questions and discussions – Completed.  Is done once a month.

  • Vestry members will wear name tags at all parish functions – Completed - if the Vestry members wear them

• Become more focused as a vestry and as vestry committees
  • Develop a Mission and Ministry Plan – Completed.

  • Commit to full attendance at annual vestry retreat in January – Completed.  Part of the annual schedule for the Vestry.

  • Read and discern materials in advance of vestry meetings – Consistently in process.

• Improve the strength and dedication of the vestry and vestry committees
  • Be open, honest, and respectful in discussion – Consistently in process.

  • Share viewpoint even if different from others – Consistently in process.

  • Ensure that it is the Gospel that drives our actions – Consistently in process.

  • Decide based on “what is in the best interests of the parish” not a personal agenda – Consistently in process.

• Ensure that the vestry is accountable and trustworthy
  • Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest all information – Consistently in process.

  • Be honest and forthright with all members – Consistently in process.

  • Be respectful – Consistently in process.

  • Be supportive – even if the decision is different from your position – Consistently in process.

  • Accept responsibility – don’t’ “pass the buck” – Consistently in process.

  • Ensure committees are really doing their work – In process.  Needs more consistency and accountability on the part of the committees and more clear expectations from the Vestry.

• Increase the active participation of all members in the vestry and on vestry committees
  • Talk with those not involved and issue a personal invitation – In process.  Have expanded the pool of nominees for both vestry and committee membership.

  • Explore possibility of “automatic involvement” (vestry, committees, etc.)

  • Develop way to share with the full parish just what the needs are in terms of time and talent

  • Develop “job descriptions” for all volunteer positions so that people know what is expected when they do volunteer

• Improve the knowledge base and level of the vestry and vestry committees
  • Document (more than just the minutes) everything we do – In process.  But we need to do a better job at this.

  • Re-do the stewardship “talent survey” to find out what people would like to do and what skills they have

  • Create a list of “professionals” or “experts” (even if they are outside the membership) as those we can call on for guidance or expertise when needed

• Develop a long-term outlook perspective by the vestry
  • Create a strategic (mission and ministry) plan – Completed.

  • Reaffirm our mission and our vision for the future in a clear statement – Completed.

  • Commit to attendance at the annual vestry retreat – Consistently in process.

  • Consider two consecutive terms as a possibility rather than the current one term (this will require a By-Law change)

• Be more visible to the members of the parish
  • Wear name tag at all parish functions including Sunday services – In process. 

  • Put up pictures of parish leadership in the parish hall – Completed.  But with needs to be updated with the new pictures taken in the fall.

  • Have vestry members speak at Sunday services on a rotating basis

  • Include vestry members in the annual Stewardship Campaign

• Display a leadership role in the areas of stewardship: time, talent, and treasure
  • Commit to being a leader in this area by giving abundantly in time, talent, and treasure to the mission and ministry of the parish

  • Set a goal / plan to increase the level of giving in time, talent, and treasure

  • Set a goal / plan to eventually tithe (if you are not already there)

• Increase the level of leadership skills in vestry and vestry committee members
  • Develop a leadership training program that can be used each year to provide leadership skills to vestry member and others in leadership positions within the parish especially in the area of personal comfort with communications so that they can feel comfortable speaking to members of the parish personally or as a group about issues in the parish (this type of communication should not always be left to the Rector or the Treasurer)

  • Attend the above training program at least annually

  • Attend other leadership training programs sponsored by others that would increase the level of leadership skills in vestry and committee members

• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior as a vestry and as vestry committees
  • Constantly ask parish members, "What more can we do?" or "What would you like to see happen?" or other questions to solicit feedback and input – In Process.

  • Play by the rules and don’t cut corners – Consistently in process.

• Create a decision-making process that is effective
  • Outline a decision-making process for various situations, document it, and then follow it

Approved by the Vestry of Saint Paul Episcopal Church, Columbia on Sunday, November 11, 2007

Reviewed and updated:  January 2009

Reviewed and updated:  January 2010

Reviewed and updated:  January 2011

Reviewed and updated:  January 2012