Working Toward Vision and Mission Alignment at Brighton First

Brighton First's mission is to be "Transformed by God to Transform the World". This shows where our church is going but does not answer the questions "Why?" and "Toward What?" In the next months we will be working on the crucial question, "Why should the mission of this church matter to people?"

With our purpose and vision clearly before us, we can join together in focusing outward into our community to provide fruitful ministry. Once we understand our "why" and "what", we will be better prepared to offer an effective "how", strategies to carry out our vision.

In the past few years, members of the church have worked together to articulate a vision for our congregation. (See the illustration below.) The vision reflects who we are and where we want to go. Unfortunately, we have not intentionally aligned our vision with our worship design, programming and outreach. In addition, we have paid more attention to strategy and less attention to the reasons why we are compelled to do what we do.

The process for vision and mission alignment will begin with an all-church vision workshop (tentatively scheduled for Saturday, August 22, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm). A vision writing team will take the results of that workshop and write a mission and vision statement for the church by October 1.