These goals and measures serve as a guide for setting Session committee goals and individual staff goals during 2010 and 2011. They were developed by the leadership of First Presbyterian Church of West Chester, including the Session, Deacons, Trustees, Co-PNC and Transition Team, along with the support of the Long Range Planning Committee. Efforts are underway in 2010 to progress toward achievement of these goals.

Foster spiritual growth among congregation

Purpose: Involve a greater number of members in programs focused on spiritual growth

Create a more diverse congregation seeking ways to welcome people who are diverse in age, culture, race, language, income or who have physical or emotional challenges and to foster a welcoming environment for on-going participation in worship and programs

Purpose: Better serve both our members and community through intentional outreach to theologically diverse population, a membership that represents many theological views and commitment to respectful dialogue

Increase service in the local community both financially and in the number of members, including youth, in local partnerships

Purpose: To facilitate members living their faith by serving the community and local service and outreach partnerships

Identify programs with greatest need/opportunity for growth and begin to measure participation

Purpose: Meet the needs of our congregation and the local community

Build a supportive community for people of all ages and abilities including emotional, developmental and physical (particularly as we design the new addition)

Purpose: Create a welcoming environment for people of all ages and capabilities

Increase youth attendance involving both church families and the broader community

Purpose: Future vitality of our church is dependent on a healthy group of youth involved in the church on a regular basis

Identify staffing strengths and weaknesses as well as needs and opportunities and develop strategies to build a purposeful pastoral and staff team

Purpose: Create an effective and efficient staff

Increase the number of pledging members with a focus on young adults and families

Purpose: Increase sustainability of our church by greater involvement of youth and young adults in financial support of our church

Proactively develop a budgeting strategy that supports Session’s decision making with sufficient time and information

Purpose: Develop a process for making decisions that balance our Service and Outreach budget and our Personnel budget

Approved 2009