Form 2, Renewal Proposal Form Final

CHURCH RENEWAL PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM CHURCH DEVELOPMENT – PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONFERENCE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Name of Congregation______________________________________ If there have been changes in pastor or lay contact information, please indicate that below. (The following information is requested from churches whose initial renewal idea was deemed appropriate for CDC assistance. This information is designed to help clarify the project by describing it in detail. At the initial inquiry stage, your congregation included a “Description of Renewal Idea”. Please review that and include any updates to that description.) Update – Description of Renewal Idea CONGREGATIONAL INFORMATION DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONGREGATION Describe the membership of the congregation in terms of age, life-style, employment, tenure in the community, etc. WORSHIP PARTICIPATION Using information from Annual Reports and Yearbook entries, describe the following for the previous four years and the current year: Membership New Members (including confirmation) Average worship attendance Approximate number of first-time worshippers during the year Number of adults involved in adult education settings Number of youth involved in youth programs Number of children involved in children’s programs FINANCIAL INFORMATION Indicate the number of pledging units and the yearly amount received from pledges for the previous four years and the current year. Also indicate if there are other revenue streams (such as endowment interest, rental income, annual fund-raising project, etc.) Are you producing annual reports? (Please provide one copy) Do you have regular financial statements? (Please provide last year’s year end financial report) Please describe your stewardship emphasis, program or approach? FACILITIES Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the current physical plant, including parking. What other groups regularly use the facilities?

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE SETTING Describe the neighborhood (or wider geographic area) in which the church is located in terms of age, employment, economic condition, ethnicity, religious orientation, new residents, etc. Indicate trends expected in the near future. VISION STATEMENT OF CONGREGATION If the congregation has a written vision statement, please include it here. When was this vision statement adopted? DESCRIPTION OF CHURCH TO A NEWCOMER TO THE AREA What would newcomers to your neighborhood need to know to have a sense of whether or not they would feel comfortable in your church? HOW THE CONGREGATION DEALS WITH CHANGE How does the congregation handle change? Give examples. How are new things introduced into worship, committee work, education programs, mission opportunities? All renewal requires change – describe what you expect when the changes in this renewal project are implemented. HOW THE CONGREGATION RELATES TO CORE UCC VALUES? How does the congregation support UCC core values such as Just Peace and diversity, (openness to different faith journeys, open and affirming, multicultural/multiethnic, etc.) UCC polity values the autonomy of the local church and the covenant among our churches in the Conference. Please describe in what ways your congregation participates in the covenant (annual meeting, committees, camping program, UC News, etc.). As part of the proposal project, each renewing congregation is asked to set goals and make a commitment (covering the term of the renewal project – usually 3 years) to OCWM. Please list your OCWM commitment for each renewal year. Describe other goals for improving your participation in the church-Conference covenant. RENEWAL PROJECT GOALS FOR RENEWAL Describe your goals for renewal as they are taking form at this time? OBJECTIVES TO ACHIEVE GOALS Describe specific objectives that will facilitate the achievement of the goals. Include an estimate of the financial costs involved with completing the objectives. PROJECTED OUTCOMES / EVALUATION MEASURES How will you determine if you have achieved the objectives? What will you use to evaluate what works? When will you know you have reached your goals? REQUEST FOR GRANT FUNDS Specify the amount of grant funds your church needs and how they will be expended. Grants are

typically for three years, authorized a year at a time. Include a year by year breakout being specific as possible as this will be used as a benchmark for evaluating progress in the project. POSSIBLE DIFFICULTIES What are the possible difficulties you would anticipate in reaching your objectives? What would help reduce the impact of these potential difficulties? CONGREGATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN RENEWAL PROJECT What portion of the congregation is involved in this renewal project? How were the goals and objectives for the project determined? CONGREGATIONAL SUPPORT FOR GROWTH What portion of the congregation will actively support evangelism/development/growth/change?

The undersigned leadership people of the congregation submits this proposal to the Church Development Committee of the Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ on behalf of _____________________________________ (name of church) on ____________________ (date), recognizing that the proposal, and other materials and discussions related to this proposal and the renewal itself, may be treated as public rather than confidential information. ___________________________________ (Pastor) Print name__________________________

_____________________________ (Moderator or Council Chair) Print name____________________