The Church Council invites members of the congregation to a conversation on July 14, 2024 about the world we foresee 25 years from now and the role of the church within it.

The Council has been discussing launching a planning process, and this conversation will allow the congregation to participate in the pre-planning discussion.

Our goals are to get a sense of the importance of planning at this time, and the scope of planning we may need.

We will ask four questions:

1. Given the way things are going today, what do you think our society and world will look like in 25 years socially, environmentally, economically, culturally, politically or any other way?

2. What kind of support will the people of that time need, either of a kind that a church traditionally has offered or support that goes beyond past practices?

3. If there is a spiritual community in Strafford serving the people of that time, what would that spiritual community ideally be and do?

4. Churches, like most institutions, go through life cycles of rising anew, reaching a plateau and then descending.  Different kinds of planning are appropriate at each stage.  Where would you say we are in our lifecycle now?

The meeting will end at or before 1:30 PM.  Please email us if you have questions.