Way to Grow !

May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love...

Ephesians 3:17 (LB)

A Five Year Strategic Ministry Plan (SMP)
for Champlin United Methodist Church 

2007-2011

Key Initiatives

For the next five years: 2007–2011

Equip our Members and Friends

Equip the saints for the work of the church.

Ephesians 4:12 (ESV)

Develop a Family Ministry

God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ.  This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

Ephesians 1:5 (NLT)

Excellence in Christ-Centered Worship

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship God in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers God seeks.

John 4:23 (NIV)

Every Person Serving

And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed – keep that ablaze!  God doesn’t want us to be shy with God’s gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.

2 Timothy 1: -7 (MSG)

Develop a Congregational Care Ministry

He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence – and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.”

Luke 10:27 (MSG)

Develop a Sustainable Funding Stream

With God all things are possible.

Matthew 19:26 (NASB)