Our Vision, Mission, Core Values, & Goals
Strategic Planning Underway at St. Martin's
Following the Envisiong Retreat, July 25th, a committee was formed to draft St. Martin's Strategic Plan. The members were Ann Chambers, Marscia Ghali, Brittany Hanson, Cathie Hughes, Steve Mincer, Jara Sturdivant, and Kenley Wilson. The draft, that included a Vision Statement, a Mission Statement, and Core Values was presented to the Vestry and Congregation, and adopted September 13th. (Cf. News Section of this web site.) The Parish Profile has yet to be completed.
Here follows the text of what's been officially adopted:
Vision:
St Martin’s is a center of hope and worship for our community.
Mission:
- To be a sacramental and worship oriented church.
- To promote thoughtful reflection of what God is calling us to do and be.
- To practice a ministry of presence with all – where we are, as we are.
- To restore all people to unity with God through Christ. To be open and available to the possibilities as they arise.
- To be an Episcopal presence in South Omaha.
Core Values:
- To be a sacramental and worship oriented church.
- We are dedicated to serving our community.
- We proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ.
- We seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbor as ourselves.
- We strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.
Action Plan (Goals):
The plan details in part what's been accomplished this year, as well as what needs to be addressed.
- Maintain the priority of weekly worship and fellowship at Second Table
- Host and celebrate the baptism of one of our new adult members (Oct. 18th) and the confirmation of four adults yet this year. (Plans are being worked out with Bishop Burnett.)
- Host a Consecration Sunday with the assistance of Canon Tim Anderson
- Continue our growth as a singing congregation under Ann Chambers leadership
- Continue to provide pastoral support
- Continue J2A participation with St. Martha's, St. Luke's, and Holy Spirit for youth programming
- Continue our openness and presence (sumparakaleo: called ones alongside together)to the neighborhood
- Continue the Teen Parenting Program and the Infant Store. This program has brought us into partnership with South Omaha High Magnet School, Visiting Nurses of Omaha, Educare, Arts for All, inCommon Community Development
Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs represent a global partnership that has grown from the
commitments and targets established at the world summits of the 1990s. Responding to the world's
main development challenges and to the calls of civil society, the MDGs promote poverty reduction,
education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality,
AIDS and other diseases.
