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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 - Inclusive 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 |
