Family Gathering Recap - May 2023

Highlights:

Lead pastor search update

• Search committee members

• Weekly prayer meetings

• Engaging professional help from Slingshot

• Launching the search process

• Need for patience and reliance on God's guidance

Elder update

• Nomination process

• Vetting and selection of candidates

• Seeking input from staff and congregation

• The transition of current chairman Marcus Lewis

Vision Update

• Prayer and seeking God's guidance

• Deliberation and discussion to craft a vision

• Survey to evaluate the current state of the church

• Recognizing diversity and hope in the church

• Examining historical markers and obstacles

• Leadership team involvement

• Importance of having a vision for the lead pastor search

• Three-year dream: a praying church impacting the city

• Being still for the city, waiting on the Lord

• Engaging with missional partners

• 100 prayer gatherings, corporate prayer services

• Thousand discipleship relationships

• Three-year dream, 18-month strategies, one-year focus

• 90-day initiatives

• Importance of being together as a church

• Harding care plan and interim campus Pastor search

• Staff-Elder interactions to build trust

• Governance coaching and developing governing documents

Video Recap