Sunday Forum & Going Deeper, December 5

Sunday Forum

The mission of Prince of Peace is to “build the church and love the world”, but are old ways of organizing our work bogging us down in our efforts to achieve that mission?  Is the way we have structured our organization, both in our governing documents and our operating practices still working?  Or do we need to liberate ourselves from some outdated and cumbersome structures that are holding us back?

Join members of the Congregation Council for an update on the “Liberating Structures for Mission” project that Prince of Peace joined last spring.  We are one of six churches in the St. Paul Area Synod that are participating in this eighteen-month process of looking at our structures and how they facilitate or hinder ministry.  At the 9:30 a.m. presentation, Council members will discuss topics such as “how do our mission and vision statements help us organize and focus our work?” “Do we need to streamline our council and committee structures?” “What changes in our constitution, bylaws, and resolutions do we need to consider?”

Going Deeper

Rev. Liz Eide from Lutheran Church of Peace will join the “Going Deeper” Zoom meeting at 6:30 p.m.  She will share how her congregation has tackled these questions using the tools that Council members are learning about.  The session will also include a deeper look at some specific proposed changes to our bylaws that may be presented to the congregation at the January 30, 2022, semiannual meeting.