Congregational Growth and Development Committee
 
Working with existing churches and helping to establish new churhecs to help them fulfill their calling to be mission outposts for the kingdom of God in the world
 
 
Our Mission
 

The Congregational Growth and Development Committee practices partnership in ministry as clergy, elders, and lay people from all over the Presbytery work together as “change agents” to foster reconciliation, restoration and renewal to all churches within the bounds of Presbytery, to develop new churches, and to  envision, realize and celebrate God’s future together.

 
Email Chairperson Shirley Luhmann
Council Liaision: Rev. Christina Berry 

Resources
Grant Application Forms - coming soon
Transformation Conferences
Cluster Grants
Congregational Grants
Pastor Theological Educational Loan Repayment

Some of ways we have worked with churches include :

  • Working with churches to develop parish nursing programs
  • Working with churches to provide computers
  • Providing scholarships for churches to send members to transformation conferences
  • Working with interested parties to start new churches
  • Providing grants to clusters for officer training and other educatinal and fellowship events
  • Providing grants to churches to hire consultants to work with them on transformation
  • Providing resources and coaches for churches working with Natural Church Development
  • Visiting sessions to talk about vision, ministry, and mission
  • Sponsoring the Clearwater transformation conferences
  • Providing grants to churches for advertising campaigns

These are just some of the things the committee has been involved in over the past few years.  If you would like the committee to help your congregation work on health, vitality, growth and development, email the chairperson, and we would be glad to talk with you about how we can work with your congregation.

 

Upcoming Meetings

 Not Set                           Presbytery Office

Committee Members

Class of 2008
Rev. Herb Rotunda
Rev. Don Crissinger-Clark
Charles Moore
Duane Scherbing
Class of 2009
Rev. Jim Krapf
Rev. Bill Kleymann
Rev. Christina Berry
Heidi Stauffenecker
Class of 2010
Shirley Luhmann
Rev. Ed Morgan
Rev. Tim Sutton
Ted Miller