“What Is God Calling Us To?”
All-Church Retreat with Colin Saxton
June 12-14, 2020
As you probably know, intentional interim ministry focuses on three primary questions: Who are we? Who are our neighbors? What is God calling us to be and to do?
As we move forward in addressing those questions, we have been giving attention to the building and to finances. David McDonald’s recent financial analysis projects that the meeting will run out of funds in 7.7 years at current income and spending levels. Conversations about looking to the future needs of the Meeting, particularly as related to facilities and to transparency and sustainability of financial practices, have made clear that we need to tackle the third question—what is God calling us to be and to do? That is, if we’re going to make plans, we need to know where we’re headed.
In order to help us get clearer on that, we have invited Colin Saxton, Stewardship Consultant with Everence and former General Secretary of Friends United Meeting, to work with us. He will be coming to be with us the weekend of June 12-14 to address questions such as these:
- Who are we called to be?
- What has God called us to do in our culture context today in our community?
- What barriers/resistance confronts us?
- What changes in structure, organization, leadership or self-perception would free us to be faithful, fruitful and to flourish?
- What outcomes/indicators can we use to evaluate our faithfulness?
- How do we give thanks and celebrate what God is doing in and through us?
Addressing these questions will go a long way toward moving us
forward in this time of transition. Please keep the date of June 12-
14 in your prayers and on your calendar.
Your participation is important.
