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Strategic Ministry Design for Schools

We believe that the future of the LCMS is shaped in our schools. Through our Strategic Ministry Design process, we help schools discern God’s vision, equipping leadership to confidently move forward with purpose and clarity.
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LCEF believes in intentional and continual devotion to seeking God’s will for ministries.
For our partners, this means beginning with our Strategic Ministry Design process where we assist you in discerning God’s vision for your school.

The path to clarity varies for each school, but the end goal is clear: Your leadership is confident in the path and purpose that God has lain before them.

Our Strategic Ministry Design process helps your school discover and embrace God’s vision over eight to 10 months, providing the guidance needed for your leadership to confidently move forward with purpose and clarity.

Visioning

Visioning is a facilitated process to discover God’s vision for your people. It often is the first process for congregations because it honors the truth that God gathers congregations for His purposes. The result of this 10-week process is a clear and concise vision statement that answers the question: God, who do You say we are? This gives your congregation its identity and purpose, which drives everything you do

Goal
Your school knows God’s vision for them and is inspired to pursue it

Ministry Planning

LCEF employs a unique approach where we equip the leaders of a school to be the strategic planners as we build the first iteration of the plan. This will create a dynamic and continually evaluated and updated plan by the people called to lead the ministries, not an outside consultant. Our Ministry Planning process includes leadership training, tools development and a facilitated creative session that both models the Ministry Planning process and creates the first plan.
Goal
Your leaders are equipped to lead your school and generate a dynamic strategic plan to move ministries forward.

Campus Master Planning

“Facilities Facilitate.” This simple phrase guides our work with schools looking to match their facilities to their current and future ministries.
Goal
Your school has a Campus Master Plan that works to match your facilities to your ministries.

Financial Planning

Just as “facilities facilitate,” finances facilitate. In our process, we first want your leaders to have a solid understanding of current finances and be working with modern tools and practices. Then, as ministry plans come together, a clear financial plan is built to leverage annual offerings, special accounts, endowments, planned capital campaigns and the loan resources of LCEF.
Goal
Your leaders have a clear vision of your school’s financial future in support of your ministry.

Strategic Ministry Design Communication

As the Strategic Ministry Design process ends, our final goal is to support your communication of findings and plans to your school and congregation(s). Solutions will vary and can include designing sermon series, forums and special presentation events. When applicable, we help bring together a final presentation for your voter’s assembly or board, so together, your school can step forward with confidence.

Discover God’s Vision for Your School

Contact our Ministry Solutions team today to get started on a strategic plan, so your school can move forward with confidence.
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