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RESULTS - Congregational Survey – Part D (as of 2/19/10) N = 31

MUTUAL EXPECTATIONS:  

Please list the five primary areas of activity or focus that you wish your newly-called rostered leader to give special attention to during the first year of his or her ministry at this congregation:

·         Foster growth in young families while maintaining traditional worship service

·         Be attentive to financial well-being of this church and foster sound stewardship

·         Getting to know members and families

·         Working with church leaders as a team member

·         Meaningful sermons pertinent to today

·         Leading adult Sunday class in pertinent way that relates to today’s life

·         Going easy on introducing changes until after 1^st year

·         Effectively preach the gospel

·         Support ELCA

·         Support members

·         Provide appropriate direction for the congregation

·         Pursue new members

·         Visit shut-ins and hospitalized as well as lead worship

·         Call on all members, especially those unable to attend worship regularly

·         Don’t attack or run down other churches or people’s way of worship

·         Be involved and urge our church to do things with Luther Memorial

·         Provide a dynamic worship service

·         Visit sick, elderly, and lonely members regularly

·         Provide leadership in teaching

·         Determine ways to reach out to the community

·         Encourage various activities for different age groups

·         Growth in membership

·         Stewardship

·         Fellowship

·         Visit church members who are infirmed

·         Provide leadership and vision for council

·         Support ministry teams in their areas of focus

·         Leading us in worship

·         Encouraging stewardship

·         Bring back those that have strayed away from the church

·         Call on those in nursing homes

·         Call on those in hospital and after returning home

·         Fund raising

·         Couples group meetings; activities for all ages

·         Organize and execute a suitable business plan modeled on those used by most successful businesses

·         Maintain our friendly atmosphere

·         Grow the congregation

·         Increase spiritual insight of the congregation

·         Fire up the people who only show up on Christmas and Easter

·         Effectively teach on interesting topics in adult forum

·         Maintain or increase membership

·         Meet with people in need

·         Be involved with youth

·         Give inspiring sermons

·         Get to know the congregation

·         Understand the reason for worship

·         Learn more about Lutheran traditions

·         Financial management

·         Help children grow in all ways

·         Visit members – especially seniors

·         Help everyone grow spiritually

·         Be a good lecturer and teacher

·         Get to know the members of the congregation

·         Become active in the Quincy community

·         Provide leadership in our spiritual lives

·         Show us the joy of serving Jesus Christ

·         Innovation; keep up with the times

·         Social issues

·         Interpretations of theology and comparing it to today’s life

·         Working with our children and youth

·         Adding modern easier to sing hymns to our repertoire

·         Outreach

·         Youth

·         Visibility

·         In worship focus on how the Bible pertains to everyday life

·         Bring in more youth and keep them interested

·         Bible study

·         Participate in church projects

·         Provide spiritual leadership and guidance

·         Witness

·         Spiritual growth

·         Stewardship

·         Youth

·         Missions

·         Develop leadership & strength in members

·         Grow the church

·         Inspire members to love well and spread the gospel

·         Encourage members to not only support the church, but to support the poor

·         Adult & children’s education

·         Counseling for joblessness, marriage, etc. and how to make changes to better the results

·         Good sermons

·         Sing fests with music instruments; clapping & swaying for an hour

·         Increase programming for junior and senior high youth

·         Make at least one service more contemporary

·         Women’s Bible study group with woman leader

·         Help us discover means for additional revenue

·         Work with children/teens

·         Pastoral care for the ill

·         Make worship service meaningful

·         Encourage fellowship activities

·         Christian education for youth and adults

·         Help congregation get back and continue our sense of community

·         Be in the community and community activities

·         Be open to change

·         Involve the congregation in changes/ideas and listen to program ideas and to congregation as individuals

·         Worship experience

·         Visiting members to get a sense of us

·         Involvement with the youth

·         Have one service instead of two so as to become one congregation

·         Weekly Bible class

·         Involvement with outreach in Quincy; more visible in town

·         Worship service

·         Education of congregation

·         Youth

·         Instruction/classes for adults

·         Managing people

·         Working with community to have our church recognized

·         Create a food pantry

·         Build a sense of community both within and outside the church

·         Build on the fact that with God all things are possible

·         Care for our young, our elderly and our homebound on a daily basis

Please list five ways that this congregation will support and encourage the rostered leader during the first year in order to help him or her accomplish these responsibilities:

·         Step up and help

·         Be generous in regard to financial support

·         Good attendance and financial support

·         Acceptance of new pastor; no comparing with Pastor Schwartzkopf

·         Learning to understand his/her style of ministry

·         Accepting leadership of congregation

·         Allowing time for minister, church leaders, and congregation to unify into team for good of the church

·         Financial

·         Provide congenial, cohesive atmosphere

·         Pastoral support

·         Attend worship

·         Promote expansion

·         Follow up with visitors who attend our church

·         Serve on committees to help carry out our mission and to help with Sunday morning worship

·         Help the pastor to make our church friendly and accepting

·         Continue taking an active role in the worship service

·         Respond positively & enthusiastically when asked to do something

·         Provide positive criticism and helpful suggestions face-to-face, not behind people’s backs

·         Do not compare to past pastors

·         Regular attendance

·         Volunteer

·         Give faithfully

·         Serve on ministry teams

·         Volunteer for duties that need to be done

·         Prayer for a blessed relationship between church

·         Attend faithfully

·         Financial support

·         Share gifts and talents

·         Encourage volunteers to help with communion

·         Support pastor and his/her family with love

·         Help new pastor to learn about community & our members

·         Be open to new ideas

·         Help pastor with learning gifts of members

·         Be flexible

·         Be positive

·         Fellowship

·         Strong church council

·         Volunteer when needed

·         Attend classes and participate in discussion

·         Help him with leadership qualities of members

·         Help him with community organizing

·         Help with financial management

·         Help him get to know members needing pastoral care

·         Help with ministry for seniors

·         Have small meet and greet gatherings/invite him home

·         Invite him/her to organizations congregational members are active in

·         Attend church faithfully

·         Be open and helpful

·         Help with service projects

·         Support with visitation of members in need

·         Help with innovative ideas

·         Support effort through stewardship

·         Make guests welcome

·         Encourage youth to participate

·         If you have a complaint, offer a solution

·         Help the new pastor to get to know the Quincy community

·         Step up and help with church projects

·         Don’t constantly say: “Well, this is how we’ve done it before”

·         Be willing to accept change and new ideas

·         Open minds and hearts

·         Willing to work together

·         Expect the unexpected

·         Patience and love toward the new pastor

·         Be ready to grow; have excitement

·         Volunteer; don’t wait to be asked

·         Be available to familiarize him with area; etc

·         Support him when changes are made within the church

·         Provide history & future goals of the church

·         Communicate well

·         Be open to new ideas

·         Change! Change! Change! Grow with the new pastor

·         Attend church and adult forum every Sunday

·         Attend fellowship events; especially with newcomers

·         Not complain or find fault

·         Give more money

·         Smile and really listen to him

·         Congregation needs to attend regularly

·         Do more social events on a more regular basis

·         Take turns on having him/her for dinner

·         Be willing to help with work/committees; etc.

·         Advise pastor of members who are ill

·         Be open to his ideas for worship

·         Be warm and welcoming to him and his family

·         Help with ways to generate additional income

·         Be willing to help in some way to support Christian education

·         Share things we have done and listen to new ideas pastor would bring

·         Support the pastor and the church in the community; share expectations & ideas with new pastor

·         Be open to change

·         Speak to council members or pastor on ways to successfully bring about needed changes; be a catalyst in moving forward

·         Come to church

·         Small gatherings of membership to visit

·         Activities to keep the youth interested

·         Volunteer

·         Pray for him or her

·         Participate in the programs offered by the pastor

·         Be forgiving of mistakes

·         Respect him or her as our shepherd

·         Attendance

·         Volunteer for activities/ministry teams

·         Stewardship

·         Be involved in church life

·         Expect and accept change

·         Move people to the middle instead of letting them wander

·         Communicate lovingly and clearly that we are grateful for our new pastor and his/her talents

·         Help new pastor and family feel welcome and support them in every way possible

·         Pray unceasingly for new pastor

·         Give pastor clear ideas of what we would like to do as a congregation

·         State and re-state our names; perhaps use nametags for first 6 months