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Getting Involved

Past and Future Visions for St. Paul ’s
On Saturday, November 20 th, the Vestry met with a consultant, the Rev. Canon Richard Tombaugh, to review the mutual ministry of the Vestry, Rector, clergy, staff, and parish, over the past five years.

We looked especially at ideas developed from our annual Vision Events and spent some time discussing what we learned from these efforts, and where God might be leading us next in our journey together. We pondered some year-long and multi-year priorities, most of them focusing on developing our life together as a Christian community. Look for a chance to discuss these ideas and to generate others when our next Vision Event comes along in the late spring.

The following overview of where we’ve been was helpful to the Vestry’s discussion, and they thought it would be of general interest to the parish.

Major Initiatives Arising from Parish Vision Events, 1999-2004

• The Campaign for St. Paul’s, 1999-present
• Fundraising Campaign design, Sept. 1999. Leadership pledges spring 2000. In-house, donated expertise relied on.
• Pledges & donations totaled $878,500. Parish set-aside reserves of $154,000 provided total funding of $1,032,000. \
• $300,000 was borrowed from the Endowment for cash needs as pledges came in. About $200,000 will have been repaid by year-end 2004.
• Design phase fall 2000 as Vision 2001
• General parish fundraising 2001-2002
• Phase I Construction
• Roofs replaced 2001
• Parish hall & environs, Offices May 2002-January 2003; dedication Jan. 2003
• Phase II—interior repainting of church, exterior trim summer 2003
• Phase III—tower repainting, interior furnishings, tower re-pointing, gold-leaf work, 2004-05
• Completion of collections of pledges due Dec. 31, 2005.
• Background--Major renovation projects 1993-2000
• Chancel and nave aisle slate, sound system, telephone system $24,000
• Organ repair and enhancement, church interior woodwork restoration, $140,000
• Rectory renovation, church oil tank replacement, church kitchen and chimney repair, $250,000
• Steeple interior structural repair; Education wing flat roof replacement, $40,000 (bequest utilized)
• Major Vestry initiatives relating to staff, 1999-2004
• Committee-lead search for associate rector 90% employment to 100 %, 2004
• Job-sharing with assistant rector entered into, 2004
  Enhance Church School Director position to half-time with benefits, 2001
• Enhance Youth Minister’s hours to 19 per week, 2002
• Enhance Accounts Director position to half-time with benefits, 2001
• Maintain Organist/Music director position as full time, 1999
• Three priests sponsored for ordination; one deacon; two MEEP students; three seminarians

Major Vestry initiatives relating to administration & funding

• Created Heritage Preservation Fund for setting aside reserves for future Capital needs, 1994
• Transfer Trust Agreement holdings from Chase Bank to U.S. Trust, 2003
• Rewrite Trust Agreement as an Endowment Agreement and create new Endowment
• Funds for the purpose of attracting bequests and donations, 2004
• Dollar Matching Challenge, 2004
• Developed and implemented Balanced Scorecard goals and tracking plan, 2004

Major program initiatives, 1999-2004

• Second children’s choir England tour, 2003; Messiah sung with Fanfare Consort
• Parish Web site, 2003
• Palm Saturday intergenerational event, 2001
• Vacation Bible School
• Workshop Rotation Model for Church School curriculum, 2004
• Two-year Confirmation class inspired by Journey to Adulthood model, 2000-01
• Mentors utilized during second year, 2003
• Expanded to two classes, 2004
• Expanded Outreach program, focusing on Covenant to Care, Foster Children, Women Linking Women, and St. Luke’s/ St Paul’s meals and pantry
• St. Paul’s Legacy Society formed to encourage bequests, 2004
• 150 th anniversary of the founding of the parish, 2003
• Pentecost Brunch, 2001-present
• Dinners for Eight, 2003-04
• Renewed awareness/energy/budget devoted to
• Newcomers
• Fellowship (Sundays and weeknights)
• Adult Education (Forum, weeknight programs)—
• Via Media, 2004
  Family Constellations, 2004-
  Parish Retreat, 2004-
  Pastoral care, elderly
• Youth and children
• Single and single-parent households, 1999
• Agreed-on themes for marketing/publicity: worship (music, preaching), outreach, education (children & youth), 2003
• Stewardship initiatives

Special edition of Epistle; testimonials; timing earlier in fall; created fresh themes

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