Who is Cocoa? Week 4 of Congregational Meetings

Who is Cocoa?  Week 4 of Congregational Meetings

What aren’t we doing that we need to start? 

·         Connecting with the proximate community

·         Getting new people, especially young families

·         Updating the worship service

·         Evangelism training

·         Asking members to do more

·         Offering our facilities to the community

What are we doing that we need to stop?

·         Being closed-minded and resisting change, living in the past

·         Judging others (incl the RFM school)

·         Thinking we are a big church

·         Territorialism

·         Being PCUSA

·         Being the big, white church on Dixon

·         Beggaring the facilities

What are we doing that is contributing to our success & should continue?

·         Our relationship with The Sharing Center and The Special Gathering

·         Being friendly

·         Mission involvement, BIRP

·         Fixing the facility

·         Music

·         Connecting with Westminster/Asbury

·         Our Shepherd Program

·         Women’s Ministry

What do we need to fix?  Keep it but fix it. 

·         Parking lot

·         Sound system

·         Lighting in sanctuary/narthex

·         Session committees

·         “Bridges” to WIC, Boy Scouts, RFM, Westminster/Asbury

What realistically are our main sources of new members?

·         Those like us who are near us

·         Those like us who are somewhat near us (Canaveral Groves/PSJ)

·         Those we have some connection to – Boy Scouts

·         Our own personal friends, family, neighbors, coworkers

What skills are most important to getting the above done?

·         Handyman

·         Senior Adult Ministry experience

·         Multi-ethnic, transitional ministry experience

Pastor Wood comments—I inserted a few comments above already.  Many of the points need a follow up question of, “How?”  Or, “What do we have to offer them?”  As in, “Get younger families.”  And what I call “the invite factor” must be owned by every member.  I’m going to Circle, who can I invite.  I’m going to clean up day, who can I invite?  I’m going to choir, who can I invite.  Thank you, those of you who came, for all your good work.