UPDATE ON MINISTRY PLAN

CHURCH: Peoples United Methodist of Oregon PASTOR: Jon Claude Bartlett 2011 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Goals evaluated by Council as those on which we made the most progress: Goal #1: Increase Work Beyond Our Walls:
1st CROP walk to raise money for hunger causes greatly exceeded participation and financial goals Strengthened Community Garden through formation of oversight committee and receiving additional help from volunteers Held 2nd Service Sunday event, doing service projects in the community Continued to give excellent support to The Road Home as a buddy church when families are staying in Oregon. Greatly expanded attendance at our Wednesday Night community meal (held weekly between September and May) Held dramatic event on planning for end-of-life issues that was open to members of the community Sponsored SERRV sale for second year Increased total mission giving Offered CPR class to 90 people including many from the community Merged Living our Faith and the Monthly Mission Giving Committee Adopted a policy to include service opportunities as a criteria for selecting monthly mission-giving projects Initiated meetings with other south Madison UMC churches to discuss collaboration on missions Started Mission Entrepreneurs program to encourage development of new mission ideas Served UMCOR Free Trade coffee for Sunday Hospitality and offered it for sale

CIRCUIT: #46 DATE: 12/11/11

Goal #2: Improve Hospitality, Connections, and Member Care Ministry: Attracted many visitors, some of whom have continued to attend worship Created inventory of member/friend participation in groups and activities Began to develop member care system Revisioned membership process Provided Lady Bug greeters training Added Welcome Table in the narthex and instituted monthly Coffee Connect for visitors Served nutritious beautiful treats after worship that encourage lingering for conversation Began putting get-acquainted member and staff profiles in the LINK (newsletter) Improved overall culture of hospitality Increased visibility of hospitality and broadened participation on Sunday & Wednesday nights After much work, obtained new sponsoring source for the Parish Nurse Program Parish nurse created a breast cancer awareness initiative Sponsored From Start to Finish, musical theater about end of life issues
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Held free flu clinic Conducted womens mental health workshop Worked with ongoing group of Care Team Ministers Continued work with 1st Monday (over 50 group) Cared for those with chronic illness through special Clouds and Silver Linings

group Goal #3: Invite Adults into Faith Formation: Held four successful retreats Offered many adult education classes: Bible, everyday living, theology, and spiritual practices Large Disciple Bible class started in the fall. Increased participation substantially Lenten prayer partners 51 people for 40 days First ever all church camp-out at Pine Lake Held first ever Green Fair with many community participants First ever series of summer field trips with an environment instructor from Upper Iowa U. Other Goals on which much good work was done Goal #4: Grow Children/Youth Programs:. Hired two new, enthusiastic children and youth directors Increased attendance at childrens programming Increased visibility of children in church Initiated one childrens service per month where children attend the whole worship service. Initiated 4K kindergarten offered for the community Continued expansion of Little Angels Christian Pre-school Held baby sitting night to free parents for Christmas preparation 20 children Goal

#5: Encourage Generosity in Giving: Brought in guest preacher for Stewardship Drive On track to meet annual giving goals Developed new policy for handling large gifts Were able to retire deficit due to the generosity of one member Began to place a monthly summary financial report in the LINK Reported and celebrated mission giving with the congregation

Goal #6: Build Passion for Worship: Started Thursday night service one night per month (4th Thursday worship) Brought new participants into Praise Band Secured an additional pianist Resolved sound/video system issues Honored community firefighters Goal #7: Focus on Volunteer Development: Very consciously sought new, younger members for leadership positions
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 Filled committee openings as they appeared instead of waiting until the end of the year Held half day leaders meeting with Jaime Nolla Carried out extensive Transition Planning process to gather input on the future directions of the church and prepare to receive our new pastor. Goal #8: Develop High Membership Expectations: Brought in guest preacher for annual Stewardship Drive to challenge congregation on giving Developed approach for new members with more focus on commitments involved in being a member of the church

OUR PLAN FOR 2012

The Church Council held its annual planning session on 12/6/11 with the following results. Bullet points below are statements made by small groups in the Transition Planning
Process which we have recently completed.

Priority Foci for 2012

Goal #1: Begin a Faith-Filled Journey with our New Pastor that is comfortable, caring, warm and yet challenges all of us to grow Complete Transition Planning process Prepare for the reception and introduction of our new pastor Implementation assigned to: SPRC, Transition Team, and Church Council Goal #2: Develop High Membership Expectations Expectations for members to grow, worship, serve, and give Implementation assigned to: Church Council (a sub-team was appointed to get us started) Goal #3: Invite Adults into Faith Formation Small group opportunities that support and strengthen our adults in faith Implementation assigned to: Adult Discipleship Team and Staff Goal #4: Build Passion for Worship Offer greater variety of services with defined styles of worship and music which results in more people attending and being involved More meaningful, God-centered and vibrant worship Growing and improving our music program Implementation assigned to: Worship Committee, Church Council, and Pastor

Other Goals that Assigned Teams Will Keep Working On

Many of the goals listed below were 2011 priorities, much good work was done on them they remain goals for the assigned work teams

Goal #5: Continue to Encourage Generosity in Giving Implementation assigned to: Stewardship and Finance Committees Goal #6: Continue to Focus on Volunteer Development Create a stronger sense of team leadership Develop a leadership development process Create more understanding of becoming a large church Greater use/appreciation of the talents of our staff Implementation assigned to: Lay Leadership Development Committee Goal #7: Continue to Grow Children/Youth Programs Continued growth in programs for children and youth In the process of growing stronger middle and high school youth programs Implementation assigned to: Children and Youth Leaders and Staff Goal #8: Continue to Develop the Hospitality, Connections, and Member Care Program Initiate Member Care Program Move forward with New Membership Process Continue to improve process of getting visitors/friends involved -Connections program
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Implementation assigned to: Hospitality & Connections Team

Goal #9: Continue to Increase Work Beyond Our Walls Grow our mission program: more people involved, regular mission trips for all ages, ability to respond to needs of local and broader community Continued expansion of emphasis on and participation in community outreach Attention to understanding and broadening the diversity of our congregation Implementation assigned to: Living Our Faith Missions team Goal #10: Improve Our Use of Technology to Reach Others Implementation assigned to: Create new Communications Team Goal #11: Begin Planning for a Building Expansion Program Maintain active building fund giving program Implementation assigned to: Goal put on hold for 2012