Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church

Strategy + vision
Written By Kyle Lasky

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church: who are they?

The people of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church seek to witness God's love in word and action. Located in State College, PA, they're a parish committed to students through their mission Episcopal At Penn State, and to local outreach at their Community Cafe.

 

Core values + strategic thinking

Leadership at Saint Andrew's understands that — given rapidly changing cultural understandings and expressions of faith and religiosity — churches are best served by articulating the core of who God is calling them to be in the world, and by making decisions consistently based on those values. We worked with leadership to:

  • articulate their core values

  • lead a Vestry retreat to practice the work of collective decision-making based on those core values

  • translate their core values into a strategic filter for the entire congregation to utilize so that every decision, no matter what the scale, can be rooted in this parish's most meaningful shared beliefs

  • utilize their new strategic filter to evaluate three areas of their life together — such as stewardship, buildings and grounds, and programming

 
Kyle Lasky

https://kylelasky.com
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