tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3378731783013647647..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-48960012668661140992011-12-07T23:16:43.593-06:002011-12-07T23:16:43.593-06:00I'll stick to God's mission statement in H...I'll stick to God's mission statement in Holy Scripture. That is sufficient and you can't beat the Holy Spirit anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-77352819222540466192011-12-07T15:18:23.230-06:002011-12-07T15:18:23.230-06:00Anonymous said: "Writing a Mission Statement ...Anonymous said: "Writing a Mission Statement was meant to light a fire under the pew of those parishes who are doing absolutely nothing..."<br /><br />If the Word of God, if the Gospel, cannot light the fire...how can a mission sstatement do it?<br /><br />Bill H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-8466421618578121372011-12-07T14:57:41.963-06:002011-12-07T14:57:41.963-06:00Writing a Mission Statement was
meant to light a f...Writing a Mission Statement was<br />meant to light a fire under the<br />pew of those parishes who are doing<br />absolutely nothing in outreach.<br /><br />Too many parishes are simply in a<br />survival mode and never look outside<br />their 4 walls. Small parishes <br />expect the St. Louis or Fort Wayne<br />Seminary to send them a candidate<br />even if they can not pay him<br />decent salary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-14905505004874517652011-12-07T14:10:32.845-06:002011-12-07T14:10:32.845-06:00The words, the phrases, the adjectives, and the mi...The words, the phrases, the adjectives, and the mission statements sound exactly like the same stuff we did in the public school system about how to better serve our "customers". So typical and trendy.BrotherBorisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-80394105607370482342011-12-07T09:47:05.474-06:002011-12-07T09:47:05.474-06:00We were told by the accreditation committee that o...We were told by the accreditation committee that our Lutheran day school had to have a mission statement to meet accreditation standards. I just cringed and clammed up figuring it would go faster if I said nothing. I was wrong. A mountain of school board time was spent to come up with a simple statement. It seemed a bit pointless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-20185510930860229622011-12-07T08:18:50.726-06:002011-12-07T08:18:50.726-06:00Most LCMS Districts have a mission
statement and s...Most LCMS Districts have a mission<br />statement and strategic planning<br />committees. Obviously, our bloated<br />district offices have to justify<br />their existence as they continue to<br />drain financial resources away from<br />the Synod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-23157913652625629082011-12-07T06:54:20.564-06:002011-12-07T06:54:20.564-06:00You should also add vision statements and strategi...You should also add vision statements and strategic planning committees to the list.Jesse Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15598903902371142673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-25477356419510418032011-12-07T06:26:05.513-06:002011-12-07T06:26:05.513-06:00Oh, painful memories of being locked up in our dir...Oh, painful memories of being locked up in our director's home having to come up with a mission statement. All of us, in one day, none of us agreeing on anything. We wound up with a mission statement that mirrored what we already had, just using slightly similar words.<br /><br />You're right, if a church needs a mission statement, it's too far lost to find it.Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337019503451500138noreply@blogger.com