Berry Leadership Team Retreat Update
What’s Berry’s Leadership Team focused on these days? While your Board has been evaluating the Albany Park Ministry Center opportunity, we’re also looking at the bigger picture as part of the Board’s primary purpose of making ministry possible.
On Saturday, September 9, Berry’s Leadership Team participated in a half-day retreat to look holistically at Berry’s ministry in three key areas:
Goals – the Board set measurable goals for Berry’s programming for the remainder of this and next year in areas such as consistency, growth, ministry, and visibility and outreach. We developed three screens to evaluate future activities:
Is this activity consistent with our mission, vision and values?
Are there people excited to do this with you?
What support does this activity need from the congregation to make it successful?
Simplified Accountable Structure – as many of you know, in 2023, Berry’s adopted a new model that enabled the Leadership Board to focus on the UMC’s mission – To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. At the retreat, we examined what we are doing well, and what we need to do differently as a team and individuals. This discussion led to our third outcome -
Communications Plan –the Board is developing a Communications Plan which will include our schedule of quarterly Berry Church Town Halls to keep you up to date and reflect together on what we are doing well and where we may need to adjust. Our next Town Hall is scheduled for Sunday, October 15, after the service.
Berry’s Leadership Team welcomes your ideas on our ministry. Please share your thinking with the Board including Pastor Matthew, Lay Leader Martha Lundgren, Karen Syverson, Cheryl Dykstra or Jim Motzer.