2010 Goals

These goals for 2010 were presented by Pastor John Hill and approved by the Administrative Council on October 19, 2009:

Bethpage United Methodist Church

Pastor’s Goals for 2010

Bethpage UMC’s  mission statement is “to be a loving and welcoming Christian community that invites everyone into a relationship with God, grows as followers of Jesus Christ, and shares God’s love through faithful service.”  This statement can be divided into five sections or clauses, and we will set a goal for the coming year for each section:

To be loving and welcoming – to make everyone who walks through our doors feel like they are part of our family because we intentionally reach out to them, greet them, and make them feel at home.

To be a Christian community – to make our worship services more vibrant, creative, and innovative through collaboration among the pastor, the musicians, and a group of committed church members to plan each worship experience.

To invite everyone into a relationship with God – to partner with the Hope Clinic to create and support a worship service to offer hope, healing, love and grace to an underserved population

To grow as followers of Jesus Christ – 1) to create a regular (weekly or monthly) event for a large number of children and youth to attend that will be both fun and faith-forming, that will reach out to young people not currently involved in church and that is led and driven by our church members; 2) to create a ministry specifically for young adults (aged 18-30/35); 3) to create more opportunities (small groups, studies, etc.) for the spiritual growth of our adults so that they might more effectively minister through the children/youth event

To share God’s love through faithful service – to focus on our local Bethpage community and pick 1-3 projects during the year that will improve the lives of those here and make Bethpage a better place in which to live, work, and worship

Other Goals:

• Increase our average worship attendance to 160 people [currently 136 through 42 weeks in 2009]
• Increase All Stars and Youth Group average attendance to 24 young people each [15% of worship attendance goal]
• Bring in 20 new members to the church
• Fully pay our apportionments
• Bring on board a paid Youth Minister
• Launch a church website that is easy to use and to update
• Transform the report-focused Administrative Council to a mission-driven and ministry-minded Church Council
• Clean up our Membership Rolls and put together a photo directory