YOUR ADMIN COUNCIL plans ahead --
Aren’t we blessed for those dedicated individuals who have made a commitment to at least one special interest group or project regularly? Whether you’ve joined the choir, worked on one of the committees, helped with our monthly dinners, accepted a role of leadership – You are among those who have CONNECTED and are using your God-given gifts for some aspect of “outreach” or “inreach”, giving back to our church and community.
As we enter into a very reflective and moving time in the calendar of the church, we ask YOU to reflect on what Christ has done for you and ask what am I giving back in return? How can I help CONNECT our Church with Community and Mission Outreach, thus fulfilling our church’s Vision and Mission that “Our doors are always open, reaching to those within and those without, nurturing us to use our spiritual gifts and empowering all to do God’s work in His ways.”
Your Administrative Council spends time during our Council meetings asking these questions:
- How can WE become a vibrant, fruitful, growing congregation.
- It requires a change of attitudes, practices and values, one person at a time. Good intentions are not enough. Young people should not be expected to act like old-timers! Long-term members must be willing to support forms of ministry they might not personally appreciate with spiritual maturity.
- It requires a change of attitudes, practices and values, one person at a time. Good intentions are not enough. Young people should not be expected to act like old-timers! Long-term members must be willing to support forms of ministry they might not personally appreciate with spiritual maturity.
- Brainstorm ideas of Community Outreach & Local Mission & how that that can enable us all, CONNECTING our church congregation and community.
- Areas of ministry that are in the “hopper” for future development are listed below and provide projects that broaden outreach and say, “we are reaching into the future!” Will YOU reach with us? Join your Adm. Council at our regular meetings 3rd Wed. of month, when we will brainstorm possibilities & build goals in the following areas ~
- · Expand our Meal Ministries
- · Care for our Neighbors
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DO YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR OUTREACH? Please share with a member of the Administrative Council or let us know if you’d like to help in planning. Is there a specific group you’d like to see organized for Outreach? No matter how big or small your commitment; take that extra step to instill yourself into the life of our church outreach. When you take that extra step, 1st United Methodist of Unadilla begins to hold a more special place in your life. It is no longer just the church you chose to worship at, but becomes so much more. You will begin to form bonds of friendship and family. The more you give, the more you get back; the more you feel CONNECTED! Thinking about all that goes on in our church, we realize all the ways in which the people not only touch each others’ lives, but also reach out to others. Let these opportunities reach out to our community. From the smallest group to our Sunday Worship Services, come together not only to support each other, but to reach out generously to others.