Strategic Plan Update 3 - We Might be Being Led (Keith Howard)

During the next two years we will

1. Welcoming, Hospitality and Community Formation

• develop and execute an intentional advertising plan that includes direct mail, the web site, Twitter and Facebook, the Oak Bay News and other media
• continue the development and provision of education and training events for the Hospitality Team
• continue the focused reading and conversation in the Hospitality Reading Group
• develop and test the Connection Card concept
• develop further the practice of intentional conversations by trained people with people new to the OBUC community to assist them in discovering their place within the community
• intentionally and regularly recognize the work of volunteers
  

2. Worship and Community Care

• work to continually improve the development and provision of extraordinary worship services that meet the spiritual needs of the congregation
• explore the implications of growth and an alternative worship service
  

3. Spiritual Formation

• develop further the gathering of new family parents
• continue to develop the Sunday School program with the welcoming of new children and increasing our capacity through leadership development
• develop, promote and deliver small group focused events, e.g. Enneagram, Hospitality Reading Group, “A Christianity Worth Believing” conversational group
• explore further the possibility of a Healing Ministry based in OBUC
• continue the development of Godly Play, VBS, the Sunday School and Pro-D day initiatives
  

4. Serving the world

• continue to explore and develop the WonderCafe concept
• continue to explore and develop partnerships as outlined in the Serving the World brochure
• continue to refine, resource and expand the work and partnerships fostered by the Thrift Shop and Annex
  

5. Managing our Resources

• develop and execute a two year Stewardship plan
• achieve greater Clarity in the Governance structure – clarify the decision-making process and communicate who talks to who about what; and how are particular resources allocated.
• develop a new model of property management that reflects the new realities facing volunteers, the (volunteer) property manager and the custodian
• hire a front office staff person
• continue to build our capacity on the web with new materials and updates
• complete the Donor Recognition Project
• develop a different reporting model that will allow those responsible for spending budget areas to manage their commitments against their budgets
• continue to develop and promote the Community Garden
• adjust our revenue and expenses so that we have a break even operating budget by 2013.