A Hope and a Future! -- Information Session

A HOPE AND A FUTURE! is the title Carolyn Weese, consultant with Multi-Staff Ministries, gave to the report she prepared for Sylvania United Church of Christ following her nine-day visit with us in February.

Cabinet and the Transition Team have been reviewing and prioritizing the recommendations in the report, and subcommittees have been studying the suggestions and how they can best fit our needs and traditions at Sylvania UCC.

A Hope and a Future! is a positive report and stresses the importance of ALL our ministries, outreach and activities. It is the intention of the Transition Team to design proposals that will retain and support all our church's work.

Come learn about the report on Sunday, April 15, during the 9:20 - 10:20 am education hour. Members of the Transition Team will be there to present the findings and recommendations outlined in the report and to share our hopes for the future.

Bonnie

A warm welcome to Carolyn

Sylvania UCC welcomes Carolyn Weese, Consultant, of Multi-Staff Ministries, Goodyear AZ, who agreed to leave sunny 75° weather to spend the week with us in 40° Toledo. (But, hey, no snow -- it could be worse!)

Carolyn is apt to see little of the outdoors anyway as her 13-hour days are filled with meetings, meetings ... and more meetings. Approximately 45 to 50 by my count. Added to that will be lunch and dinner meetings, church services and education hour attendance and Sunday School observation.

As we talk with Carolyn, both individually and as members of staff, committees, boards and Cabinet, she'll get to know us and learn a great deal about our church. With this insight and knowledge of our organization Carolyn can:

• Present an objective perspective
• Provide guidance through the preparation for transition and call process
• Recommend needed and necessary changes that will prepare Sylvania UCC to receive a new pastor. *

Thank you, Carolyn, for visiting us this week and sharing with us your experience and expertise in creating viable and healthy attributes for our church.

* from "Request for Proposal" for Sylvania UCC, Multi-Staff Ministries, January 3, 2012.

- Bonnie