2. Nativity’s Mission:
To inspire, nurture and expand
Nativity’s spiritual growth
through faith, worship and
community
3. Nativity’s 3 Year Objectives:
Faith
• Double percentage of parishioner participation in ministries
• Ensure 100% accountability of ministries to Vestry Members
• Provide transparent and regular communications in multiple
formats
• Achieve 80% pledging from households in good standing
Worship
• Expand the worship services to meet the needs and cultural
make-up of the community
• Provide alternative worship options, including style, music,
service times, and programs outside of Sunday morning
worship, to reflect the interests of members from all age
groups
Community
• Identify Key Communities to focus Outreach program
participation for adults and youth
• Increase membership 50% by being radically welcoming,
reflecting the cultures and diversity of North Carolina, and
reaching out to the community to spread God’s Word
• Align parish resources to meet increased membership
4. Ministry Team Structure:
• Helps move us from a Pastoral church to a Program
church
• Provides a focus on the important ministries of Nativity
• Facilitates communication about Nativity’s many
activities
• Develops leadership in the church
• Promotes involvement of church membership
• Creates a structure to manage new ministries, activities
and funding
• Supports the 3 Year Objectives through action plans
• Drives program management from the ground up
instead of from the top down
5. Ministry Team Structure:
• 11 Ministry Teams have been set up to represent all
ministries, activities and administration areas of
Nativity
• These teams will consist of 5-8 team members, a
team leader and a Vestry member to act as a
‘Steering Committee’ for the ministries they support
• Each team will be responsible for managing its
assigned ministries, determine budget, set calendar
schedules and provide communications to the parish
• The teams will meet the second Wednesday of each
month at the church and all meetings will start and
end with group prayer
6. Current Ministry Teams:
• Finance/Stewardship • Youth Formation
• Buildings and • Children’s Formation
Grounds • Parish Life
• Communications • Newcomers
• Outreach • Worship
• Adult Formation • Pastoral Care
7. 3 Year Objectives -
What Have We Accomplished?
Faith
• Went from 44 to 76 members in Ministry Teams
• Increased from 9 Vestry members to 12
• Assigned Vestry members as Liaisons to Ministry Teams
• Made significant improvements in Parish
Communications – Sunday Tidings, Facebook, Twitter,
new signage, A/V equipment, new branding, etc
• 41% of households pledged in 2012
8. 3 Year Objectives -
What Have We Accomplished?
Worship
• Introduced a Children’s sermon during 10:30 service
• Worship Team is discussing options for alternative services,
music, etc
Community
• Hunger and Poverty selected as Outreach focus and program
calendar is being developed
• Parish membership has not increased ‘officially’
• Newcomers Team has developed greeters team and Welcome
event for new members
• Youth Education consultant conducting an analysis of
Nativity’s program
9. 1 Year Later – Is it Working?
• Do we have the right Ministry Teams?
• Are we communicating successfully?
• How do we recruit Team Leaders and Team
Members?
• Do we understand the roles and responsibilities
related to the Ministry Team structure?
• Are we addressing our 3 Year Objectives?
• Do the teams feel empowered?
• Is it making a difference?
• Where do we need to go from here?
10. Feedback Session
• In your table group, discuss the
current Ministry Team structure
and capture any successes and
opportunities identified
• Debrief with group
• Identify action items as needed
