Completed Goals
Helping
Goal: Serve the Community with a Stronger Connection/Impact
- Members of the congregation and others completed Racial Equity Training
- The documentary, "Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope" was screened to explore how to help those who experience toxic stress
- Habitat for Humanity Apostle Build with other area congregations
- Increased financial support for NC Mission congregations in Charlotte and Cherokee
Goal: Promote Generous Stewardship & Maximize Impact of the HTLC Foundation
- Hearts on Fire Stewardship Campaign
- Planned Giving Workshop with Deacon Mitzie Schafer
Goal: Partner with other Churches & Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Participated in Ecumenical Good Friday Service
- Continued ecumenical Outreach food program
Teaching
Goal: Expand Adult Discipleship, Education, and Small Groups
- Recruited new members to the Faith Formation Team
Goal: Provide Early Childhood Development
- Pre-School Security Project
- Pre-School Co-Directors attended annual Evangelical Lutheran Educators Association conference
- Grew enrollment to 50+ students
- Hired a floating teacher
Goal: Develop Staff, Cultivate Leaders, & Equip Disciples
- Called an Associate Pastor
Loving
Goal: Unite the HTLC Family
- Held Cottage Meetings with the congregation to listen and learn
- Wrote new Mission and Vision statements
- Established strategic goals and objectives
- Developed a 3-year Action Plan (currently in progress)
Goal: Preserve Our Legacy & Restore Our Majestic Building
- Purchased staff computers
- Replaced Chapel projectors
- Exterior Painted (doors, railings, signage)
- North side of building cleaned and sealed
- Waterproofed and sealed area between Saints' Hall and Nave
Goal: Update Constitution, By Laws, Policies, and Guidelines
- Child Protection Program
- Gift Policy
- Worship Leader Manual/Handbook
Connecting
Goal: Invite & Engage New People into our Family, Worship, & Ministry
- Engage our community and make connections through word and deed
- Reach out to inactive members and encourage them to reconnect with us
Goal: Raise the Profile of NewSong and Grow Attendance
- Promoted special NewSong worship events
- Offered NewSong on some Sunday mornings
Goal: Ministry with Seniors
- Began providing free meals for Trinitarian quarterly meetings
- Installed 2 new AED devices in the building