Trinity United Methodist Church
215 South Sycamore Street
Petersburg, Virginia  23803

2010 Goals
Continue and Expand on our 2009 Goals
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Incorporate The "Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations"
(connecting to place, people, God, task, and self )

Radical Hospitality
(Adopt A Room Ministry)
Continue to Paint, furnish and heat/cool one or more unused rooms.
Continue to Expand our audio/video ministry in the basement and first floor.
Finish the remodeling our children's room.
Make our Good Morning Fellowship room more family friendly
and use it for more purposes such as special meetings.
Continue expanding our "Vacation Bible Train" and "Get On Board" family ministry.
Focus on Visitation Teams with assignments.

Passionate Worship
Provide foyer music/chimes before worship times.
Investigate building an outside Bell Tower.
Expand Laity involvement during all worship services.
Use more objects during worship to relate to the message.
Employ different musical talent in our worship services.
Implement a combined area churches Special Event Service such
as Community Thanksgiving Eve Service, at yearly rotating locations.
Hold worship services at different settings such as our
chapel room, basement area, or at an outside park.
Expand our personal, daily prayer life ministry.

Intentional Faith Development
Lead by taking more laity training classes and encouraging others to follow.
Offer our facilities for more local laity training classes.
Offer computer/internet/photo/audio/video basic hands-on classes for the ministry.

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2010 Goals
Continue and Expand on our 2009 Goals
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Risk-taking Mission and Service
"Single Mothers Morning Out" 
Provide a children's program with music and video and provide
popcorn, snow cones, candy, etc. to allow single mom's free childcare
so mom's can shop and conduct business.
Expand our feeding program with a special meal menu or 
special meal date.  Begin feeding program fund for anyone
desiring to help support this program.
Support food pantry, disaster relief, and other at risk projects.

Extravagant Generosity
Leading by example, meeting all our budget obligations encouraging
everyone to be involved.
Begin a membership emergency assistance fund for one-time unusual circumstances.
Provide time, talents, gifts, and training to encourage others
to get involved in learning, enjoying, and expanding their talents for the ministry.
Believing that giving is contagious,  allow others to experience the joy of serving
together as a team in extravagant generosity

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