1. Strategic Planning #4 Outcomes & Actions Rev. Dr. Robert E. Kasper and Rev. Dr. Richard J. Wolfram Congregation Ministry Facilitators Michigan District, LCMS

2. Values Mission Vision Actions From Mission to Ministry

3. DEFINITIONS GOVERNANCE The work of leadership which defines an organization’s VALUES, VISION and MISSION and aligns the STRATEGIC PLAN with these core elements.

4. From Mission to Ministry DEFINITIONS VALUE An enduring belief that a specific behavior or outcome is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse behavior or outcome.

5. From Mission to Ministry DEFINITIONS VISION A snapshot of the future in the mind(s) of the leader(s) that will not fade away.

6. From Mission to Ministry DEFINITIONS MISSION The unique reason or purpose for the existence and efforts of an organization.

7. From Mission to Ministry DEFINITIONS LEADERSHIP FOCUS The direction the organization should go in the next three to five years to live its VALUES, pursue its VISION, and address its MISSION in the context of current internal and external environments.

8. From Mission to Ministry DEFINITIONS STRATEGIC PLAN The identified targets and corresponding goals which are to be accomplished in three to five years to effectively address the MISSION.

9. From Mission to Ministry DEFINITIONS OPERATIONAL PLAN The developmental and day-to-day implementation of unit goals, objectives and action plans which are fully in support of the STRATEGIC PLAN.

10. From Mission to Ministry MICHIGAN DISTRICT VALUES 1.We value love for and God and faithfulness to God’s Word in doctrine and practice. 2.We value love and demonstrated compassion for all. 3.We value the servant-posture leadership of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4.We value accountability.

11. From Mission to Ministry MICHIGAN DISTRICT VISION STATEMENT Our congregations are filled with people of HOPE! Our living hope, indeed our joyful and confident life and witness to the world, comes from the transforming power of the Gospel and the resurrected Christ who has graced us with an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade–kept in heaven for ALL who believe in Him as Savior and Lord. (1Peter1:4) This living hope inspires our dependence on, devotion to, and commitment to the Word of God, worship, prayer, and each other and moves us to take the love of Christ to our family, friends, neighbors, community, and the world in word and deed.

12. From Mission to Ministry MICHIGAN DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT In grateful response to God’s grace and empowered by the Holy Spirit through Word and Sacraments, the mission of the Michigan District of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is vigorously to make known the love of Christ by word and deed within our churches (congregations), communities, and world.

13. From Mission to Ministry MICHIGAN DISTRICT STRATEGIC DIRECTION/CRITICAL TARGETS Great Commission Ministry Great Compassion Ministry Healthy Congregations Healthy Church Workers

14. From Mission to Ministry TARGET : GREAT COMMISSION MINISTRY OUTCOME / GOAL : Being People of Hope, Michigan District congregations and ministries will share the Good News of Jesus with people who do not know him. MEASUREMENT / OBJECTIVE: All church workers are encouraged and equipped to teach, exemplify and carry out the Great Commission in their local community and beyond.

15. From Mission to Ministry An ACTION PLAN is 1.a sequence of activities 2.undertaken by assigned individuals 3.within a given period of time 4.in order to achieve an OBJECTIVE

16. From Mission to Ministry Smart Objectives / Measurements S tretch M easurable A ttainable R eflects the Mission T imely / Timely

17. From Mission to Ministry ACTION PLAN Objective # _____ (write out the objective here) State the specific action toward the objective: Steps to Implementation: How will we evaluate our progress?

18. From Mission to Ministry TIME FRAME: In the next three weeks: Who? In the next 90 days: Who? In the next 180 days: Who? In the next year: Who?

19. BBQ Illustration From Mission to Ministry

20. Questions? From Mission to Ministry