Convocation Discussion March 12, 2000

• This process (convocation)
• Having a (Diocesan) vision & mission statement
• Church leadership workshops
• Council / Program & Budget pastoral approach to DPA
• Youth at Triangle Lake
• Kyle’s webpage
• Diocesan administration
• Resources
• Support within congregations
• Churches share a common ministry, e.g. Alpha. Stephens Ministry

• Vagueness – want to be more connected, parish to diocese
• Chronic lack of clarity and definition about convocations, top-down
• New clergy need more orientation and support from the Diocese.
• Need more communication top-down, i.e. not knowing about the Vision Statement when it first came out.
• Need more resources and awareness of resources in the diocese
• Clergy shortage.
• Lack of candidates and perceived lack of support by Diocese for search process.
• Keeping youth involved.
• Once a committee decides, it stays in committee, it doesn’t get told to others
• We back away (too much) once a program is independent.
• If it doesn’t affect you directly, you don’t hear about it.

• Link with a "sister" parish nearby.
• Parishes within the convocation cooperating more and sharing activities and ministries with each other.
• Networking with neighbor parish for pastoral care.
• Reaching outside to community/neighborhood.
• Convocation-wide gathering to sponsor an activity or training, e.g. Stewardship.
• More "family relations" within the convocation.

• Get more lay people involved at the diocesan level, e.g on commissions.
• Get more Diocesan people (leadership, program groups) to come to the churches and talk
• Ask the Diocese: "Dear Diocese, tell us how you see us!"
• Get to the grass roots.
• Change mindset – from compartmentalization to connectedness.

Why we have a vision:

For purpose, priority, direction, identity

How to live the vision:

1. Develop strategies… in 3-5 years, in 10 years...

What do we want for ministry, local, national and international?

How do we minister where Christ places us?

2. Develop a plan: the specific "what" and "how" of breathing life into the strategy.
3. Evaluate the plan, the process, and the progress at specific intervals.

The Diocese of Oregon’s Vision and Mission Statements