I was honored to facilitate a mini-strategic planning session for the Board of Directors of the Mother of Light Center serving the hungry, poor, and needy of Northern Virgina. I challenged the member of the Board to tune their mission, vision, purpose, and activities like a laser to elevate the achievement of outcomes

1. St. Ignatius de Loyola

2. I want what You want, O Lord. By asking You for
guidance with complete confidence and faith that You are
helping me, nothing that I am called upon to do becomes
“too much” or “too bothersome.” Nor is there any room
for worry. I will find it easy to ask You each day to be a
partner in my work”¦to help me get things done”¦to
weigh my actions and decisions in the light of “is this
right?” “Is this just?” “is this doing Your will?”With Your
help I will make decisions better and faster, knowing that
You will not lead me astray. I will have confidence that, by
wanting what You want, I need not worry about the
outcome. So I will live my life, knowing that it is Your
will that I accomplish.
St. Ignatius de Loyola

3. Love the Lord with your whole heart and
soul and strength, and to love your
neighbor as yourself.
Renounce your own desires and ambitions
so as to be free to follow Christ.
Don't let your actions be governed by anger
or nurse your anger against a future
opportunity of indulging it.
If you are harmed by anyone, never repay it
by returning the harm.
Avoid all pride and self-importance.
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Meeting norms
--Saint Benedict's Rule

4. --Saint Benedict's Rule
The first step on the way of humility is to obey an
order with delaying for a moment.
Obedience given to superiors is a gift from God.
The Lord made it clear when he said: He who
listens to you listens to Me.
The abbot or abbes...must understand that the
call of their office is not to exercise power of
their subjects but to help them in their needs.
If you act always after hearing the counsel of
others, you will avoid the need to repent of your
decision afterward.
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5. F O C U S

6. The central work of
Mother of Light Center
(MOLC) is to faithfully
pursue a relationship
with each individual whom
God brings to our
encounter.

7. PURSUE A RELATIONSHIP
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU
PRE COVID COVID POST COVID

8. BOUNDARIES

9. Help the poor, needy, and homeless men
and women in our surrounding area to
build lives of stability, meaning, and hope
for the glory of God and the salvation of
souls.

10. WHO
POOR
In Virginia, a person under 65
with an income less than
$13,064 is considered poor. A
family of four, including two
children, has an income less
than $25,465.
NEEDY
Needy is a term used by the
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) program.
Currently this means less than
20% of the federal poverty level
(eg. $346/month)
HOMELESS
In a place not meant for
human habitation, such as
cars, parks, sidewalks,
abandoned buildings (on the
street).
In an emergency shelter.
In transitional housing or
supportive housing for
homeless persons who
originally came from the
streets or emergency
shelters.
An unsheltered homeless person
resides in:
A sheltered homeless person
resides in:
BOUNDED
OUR
PRIORITIES
YOU SERVE THOSE WHOM YOU ENCOUNTER, BUT WHO IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY?

11. NORTHERN VIRGINIA
INorthern Virginia, locally
referred to as NOVA or NoVA,
comprises several counties and
independent cities in the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the
United States. It is a widespread
region radiating westward and
southward from Washington,
D.C.
BOUNDED
OUR
PRIORITIES
WHERE
COUNTIES CURRENT ZIP CODES
HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO DRIVE TO DELIVER FOOD & SUPPLIES?

12. WHAT
LIVES OF STABILITY
Identify their talents
Redirect their lives
Find jobs
Find permananent housing
BOUNDED
L
OUR
PRIORITIES
WHAT OUTCOMES WILL YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR BY THE END OF 2021 / BY 2025?
LIVES OF MEANING & HOPE
Spiritual help
Encouragement
Support

13. With a coordinated approach and the
assistance of volunteers and others in our
community, we are dedicated to love and
serve men and women who are poor, needy,
and homeless.

15. BOUNDARIES

16. WHO
POOR
In Virginia, a person under 65
with an income less than
$13,064 is considered poor. A
family of four, including two
children, has an income less
than $25,465.
NEEDY
Needy is a term used by the
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) program.
Currently this means less than
20% of the federal poverty level
(eg. $346/month)
HOMELESS
In a place not meant for
human habitation, such as
cars, parks, sidewalks,
abandoned buildings (on the
street).
In an emergency shelter.
In transitional housing or
supportive housing for
homeless persons who
originally came from the
streets or emergency
shelters.
An unsheltered homeless person
resides in:
A sheltered homeless person
resides in:
BOUNDED
OUR
PRIORITIES
YOU SERVE THOSE WHOM YOU ENCOUNTER, BUT WHO IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY?

17. WHAT
LIVES OF STABILITY
Identify their talents
Redirect their lives
Find jobs
Find permananent housing
BOUNDED
Events
OUR
PRIORITIES
WHAT OUTCOMES WILL YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR BY THE END OF 2021 / BY 2025?
LIVES OF MEANING & HOPE
Spiritual help
Encouragement
Support

18. NORTHERN VIRGINIA
INorthern Virginia, locally
referred to as NOVA or NoVA,
comprises several counties and
independent cities in the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the
United States. It is a widespread
region radiating westward and
southward from Washington,
D.C.
BOUNDED
OUR
PRIORITIES
WHERE
COUNTIES CURRENT ZIP CODES
HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO DRIVE TO DELIVER FOOD & SUPPLIES?

19. The Mother of Light Center helps the food insecure
of Northern Virginia. We feed and clothe the hungry
and needy and provide the spiritual support to build
lives of stability, meaning, and hope for the glory of
God and the salvation of souls.
Synthesis from Bounding Exercise

22. The Mother of Light Center helps the food insecure
of Northern Virginia. We feed and clothe the hungry
and needy and provide the spiritual support to build
lives of stability, meaning, and hope for the glory of
God and the salvation of souls.
Synthesis from Bounding Exercise

23. The Mother of Light
Center helps the
New-Comers to the
City of Alexandria
(immigrants) who are
non-native English
speakers and are
food insecure.
We feed and clothe
the hungry and
needy and provide
the spiritual support
to build lives of
stability, meaning,
and hope for the
glory of God and the
salvation of souls.

25. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all you
lands; serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God, he made
us, we belong to him, we are his
people, the flock he shepherds. Enter
his gates with thanksgiving, his courts
with praise. Give thanks to him, bless
his name; good indeed is the LORD,
His mercy endures forever, his
faithfulness lasts through every
generation.
--Psalm 100