Living Hope Lutheran Church Annual Congregational Meeting Agenda May 5, 2013 10:00 am

1. Living Hope Lutheran ChurchAnnual Congregational Meeting AgendaMay 5, 201310:00 am

2. Agenda • Opening Prayer – Pastor Michael • Approval of January, 2013 Business Meeting Minutes • Council Election • Financial Update • Council Report • 25th Anniversary • Focus for the coming year • Pastor’s Report • Living Hope’s Renewal/Mission path • LH Website Walk-through • Programmatic Vision Going Forward • Ministry Team Reports • Lord’s Prayer

3. Council Election • Leaving: Amy Lorence • Re-election: Kathy Schilter Dale Herrick • Election: Cathy Higgins Alex Pieper

4. Financial Update Q1-2013

5. Financial Update Q1-2013

6. Here We Grow Preschool & Childcare Center

7. Fair Compensation: Current Wage Range $8.30 - $12.35 Teachers required to earn college credits each year Top paid teachers – employed since 2001 No Health Insurance/Benefits to offer Challenges/Goal

8. Directors Beki Tetzlaff Dawn Zirtzlaff Karen Krueger Chris Lear Pastor Michael Stats 65 Families 20 Staff members Here We Grow Annual Report

9. Spring Cleaning Church Basement Cleaned New Kitchen Counter-top New Folding Chair Rack Cross Removed from Roof Serve

10. Heart to Hands Food Pantry Crop Walk ELCA World Hunger Appeal Feed My Starving Children Lutheran World Relief Soup Kitchen Habitat for Humanity Relay for Life

11. Celebrating 6 Years Inventory of 193 items Donations to Hope Christian Schools Delivered 9 Prayer Shawls Provided 6 baptismal gifts Donated 25 newborn hats to Wheaton Franciscan Hospital Successful 2nd Annual day-long retreat Hearts to Hands

12. Annual Summer Picnic Fish Sticks Comedy Planning 25th Anniversary Celebrate

13. Outstanding Teachers Sunday School Coordinator: Chrissy Curran Pre-school 3 & 4 yr olds – Lindsay Nelson & Sue Dobberpuhl Kindergarten & 1st Grade – Alison DeVillers-Burke & Roxanne Colwell 2nd & 3rd Grade – Chris Koss & Lisa Schulze 4th & 5th Grade – Tori Haydin & Carrie Drewiecki Children Choirs – Mary Seboldt & Jen Eason Children’s Ministry

14. HayDay Weekend – focus on kids growing their friendship with Jesus Confirmation students will help with VBS VBS

15. Study Focus: Creating the early Christian Church Service Project: Feed my Starving Children Excursions: Youth Quake Goal: Development of a strong Confirmation & High School Youth Program Youth Ministry

16. Fund Raisers Souper Bowl Sunday Pizzas Car Wash Movie Passes Synod Wide Gatherings Retreat Day NOLA Family New Orleans High School

17. Cherub Choir Living Hopefuls Children’s Choir Adult Choir Music Ministry

19. Relationships… Relationships… Relationships…

20. Renewed Mission-Minded Congregations Congregational renewal is a Biblical journey by which congregations deepen their understanding of the word of God, expand their practice of the word into the world, and share with others the beauty of the word and its relevance for the Christian walk into the world. The journey will result in a more active engagement in God’s mission and an increase in their capacity for multiplying ministry in the world.

21. ACTS 1:1-14

22. Spiritual Transformation WAITING

23. Spiritual Transformation DEEPENING OF FAITH

24. Spiritual Transformation SENSE OF HOLY URGENCY

25. Spiritual Transformation INVITATION TO ADVENTURE

26. Spiritual Transformation PRAYER

27. Transformational Ministry Congregational renewal or transformation process • Seeks to equip congregations to become growing centers for evangelical mission • Renewing/transforming the church from its Lutheran core • Planting the seeds of renewal in any context • Deepening congregational roots in a diverse context out of its missional identity

28. The Changing Church Laity infiltrate through vocation “Communities of care” “Missionaries of grace” Dr. Alicia Vargas

29. Transformational Ministry Transformational Ministry = Returning to Our Faith Foundations (Bible study/discussion, prayer, discipleship) + Re-rooting in the Community (Relationships, Relationships, Relationships)

30. VISION at LIVING HOPE • Every member-disciple is a missionary • The pastor is a mission director • The congregation is a “mission base camp”

31. Baptismal Covenant • to live among God’s people, • to hear God’s word & receive God’s sacrament, • to proclaim the good news of God in Christ through word & deed • to serve all people, following the example of Jesus • to work towards peace & justice in the world

32. 3 Characteristics of Healthy ELCA Congregations Identity/Purpose – A collective sense of what God wants them to do. Always contextualizes the “missio dei” and points to the world Willingness to Change – So committed to God’s purpose that they will change what they do to get it done Leadership – laity and clergy who work together as a team Priesthood of all believers – everyone knows that all of life is ministry and service to God and happens 24/7 – not just in a church building or when we are “religious” It takes all of these to make it happen!

33. The Congregational Life Cycle STABILITY DECLINE GROWTH DECLINE REDEFINITION DECLINE REDEVELOPMENT REBIRTH BIRTH DEATH

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36. Demographics/Trend Reports 2005 to 2010 Change in Average Worship Attendance • Declining: 6,563 congregations (65.6%) • Stable: 1,860 congregations (18.6%) • Growing: 1,585 congregations (15.8%) Growing: AWA growth by more than 5%; Declining: AWA decline by more than 5%; Stable: AWA change between -5% and +5%

37. OWNERSHIP/ BUY-IN to the JOURNEY PLAN