Your Vision Team
Bottom, left to right: Pastor Diane (diane@storrscongchurch.org) , Sue Irvine (susanirvine0@gmail.com). Top, from left: Chris McLean (smoovec89@gmail.com), Jan Castle (jcastlescc@gmail.com) , Ellen Smith (elliemaetuvesmith@gmail.com) , and Paul Schur (paul.m.schur@snet.net).
Our SCC Visioning Process: The Beginning
On Sunday, January 12th, 2025, our congregation was introduced to Rev. Paul Nickerson, our guide along the path, who preached on “A Breathtaking Vision”. Rev. Paul stayed for a Second Hour to share the visioning process and answer questions.
Click here to see the Second Hour meeting with Paul Nickerson
Our SCC Mission reminds us: “We share in God’s love by growing in faith, courageously seeking justice, and generously caring for all people.” How is God calling us to this mission in this new season together?
May the Visioning Process guide our way.
| Summer 2026 Update Mission: We share in God’s love by growing in faith, courageously seeking justice, and generously caring for all people. The Visioning team (Pastor Diane, Sue Irvine, chair, Chris McLean, Ellen Smith, Jan Castle, and Paul Schur), was established to begin a process to identify why we exist, what is our purpose, and how do we get there. The team reviewed community demographics, visited neighborhoods / communities, and met with community leaders. The information obtained was shared with the congregation. THEN, There was a meeting with the congregation to acquire ideas / suggestions of what the congregation recommended addressing in the next 3 years. From that meeting and numerous “post its” a summary list of 9 subjects emerged: – Children and Youth, – Accessibility, – Social Justice, – Outreach, – Caring Ministries, – UConn Connections, – Small Group (social and spiritual friendships), – Pastor and Staffing, and – Inter-religious Connections. The members of the congregation were then asked to select and rank their four (4) priorities from the nine (9) subject areas, and as importantly indicate their interest in investing their time to be involved with / work on the ranked priorities. The four priority subjects the members of the congregation selected are: – Children and Families, – Inter-religious Connections, – Pastor and Staffing, and – Social Justice. Each priority has an action team created by the choices members of the congregation indicated that they are willing to invest their time and talent. Each team has been contacted by a vision team member about scheduled meetings. The first set of team meetings were held July 20th and July 21st. The meetings are open to attendance by anyone willing to participate. The second set of meetings are scheduled as follows: – Social Justice—Chris & Jan, Monday, 8/10 6:30-8:00 Sewing Room – Pastor & Staffing—Diane & Ellen, Monday, 8/10 6:30-8:00 in Library – Children & Families—Diane & Jan, Tuesday, 8/11 6:30-8:00 Sewing Room – Interreligious Connections—Paul & Sue, Tuesday, 8/11 6:30-8:00 Rm 201 The Vision Team thanks everyone for their participation to date and hopes everyone will continue to participate in the future by joining a team as time permits or staying involved with the process. |
Remember…
SCC VISION TEAM UPDATES will continue to go out regularly in the Tuesday Enews. You can also see regular updates on our SCC VISION UPDATE PAGE here on the church website.
“…But walking, which leads to seeing, now that’s something. That’s the invitation for every one of us today, and everyday, in every conversation, interaction, event, and moment: to walk, not run. And in doing so, to see a whole world right here within this one.”
from “Walk, Don’t Run” ~Rob Bell
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