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| PARISH PROFILE - Future Status |
| 667 Mount Road, Aston, PA 19014 610-459-2013 |
| Our Mission: To worship the Lord To serve the community To grow the church |
FUTURE STATUS
As much as we continue to delight in our long and proud history, we must look forward.
While we currently offer a variety of worship and outreach programs, we have a strong
desire to grow and with that we realize that we may need to change. A recurring theme
found in our survey, in general discussions at coffee hour, and in the Parish Growth
Committee is the need to increase our visibility both in terms of advertising (through
signs and other media) and general community involvement. We seek to attract and retain
new members, especially younger families and youth in general, while not alienating
current members or turning away any older prospective members. We want to be
inclusive, but we recognize that we are a rapidly aging congregation.
We show a strong desire to continue our Rite I,
Rite II, and Wednesday morning services. We
also want to continue our active ministries to
the Fair Acres Retirement Community, Riddle
Village, and the Rose Hill School. Additionally,
there is some enthusiasm for potentially adding
new services and styles (i.e., Saturdays and
variety of music/worship) as we attempt to
attract new members. We are determined to
remain committed to pastoral care of the
elderly, sick, and those in need, which is
increasingly imperative given our aging
demographics. The members of Calvary seek to
increase our print and personal communications, foster a greater sense of fellowship and
community by having more fellowship events, and continue to develop our Spirituality.
And though we have a tradition of eating well in the parish through dinners and other
festive occasions and services (such as the Agape following Easter vigil), we’ve also
heard calls for more social events geared to younger audiences such as “coffee house-
style” musical performances, game nights, bowling outings, and charitable outreach
programs.
We certainly have some ambitious goals that are largely due to the fact that we’d like to
share our hidden gem with the rest of the community. We know we have some truly
dedicated members and a wealth of ideas, but we seek someone dynamic enough to help
us bring out more from our present members (as opposed to the 10 percent of members
doing 90 percent of the work rule) and, indeed, help us develop new members and
leaders.
As much as we continue to delight in our long and proud history, we must look forward.
While we currently offer a variety of worship and outreach programs, we have a strong
desire to grow and with that we realize that we may need to change. A recurring theme
found in our survey, in general discussions at coffee hour, and in the Parish Growth
Committee is the need to increase our visibility both in terms of advertising (through
signs and other media) and general community involvement. We seek to attract and retain
new members, especially younger families and youth in general, while not alienating
current members or turning away any older prospective members. We want to be
inclusive, but we recognize that we are a rapidly aging congregation.
We show a strong desire to continue our Rite I,
Rite II, and Wednesday morning services. We
also want to continue our active ministries to
the Fair Acres Retirement Community, Riddle
Village, and the Rose Hill School. Additionally,
there is some enthusiasm for potentially adding
new services and styles (i.e., Saturdays and
variety of music/worship) as we attempt to
attract new members. We are determined to
remain committed to pastoral care of the
elderly, sick, and those in need, which is
increasingly imperative given our aging
demographics. The members of Calvary seek to
increase our print and personal communications, foster a greater sense of fellowship and
community by having more fellowship events, and continue to develop our Spirituality.
And though we have a tradition of eating well in the parish through dinners and other
festive occasions and services (such as the Agape following Easter vigil), we’ve also
heard calls for more social events geared to younger audiences such as “coffee house-
style” musical performances, game nights, bowling outings, and charitable outreach
programs.
We certainly have some ambitious goals that are largely due to the fact that we’d like to
share our hidden gem with the rest of the community. We know we have some truly
dedicated members and a wealth of ideas, but we seek someone dynamic enough to help
us bring out more from our present members (as opposed to the 10 percent of members
doing 90 percent of the work rule) and, indeed, help us develop new members and
leaders.
| Small Parish - Big Heart The little church you've been looking for! All are welcome! |
| To Contact Us: Calvary Episcopal Church 667 Mount Road Aston, PA 19014 610-459-2013 OFFICE mail@calvaryepiscopalrockdale.org |
