Vision - Mission - Values

I was fortunate to spend a few days last week in the ever-popular town of Leavenworth located in the center of Washington State.  Unlike most conferences/retreats I attend for work I was able to have Rachel (my wife) attend with me which made it a lot of fun.  This retreat was for the Worship Pastors of the Northwest Ministry Network (of which the church I serve at is a part) to get together and basically hang out and get to know each other.  Worship Pastors are usually called upon to work at everyone else's retreat/conference because I guess God doesn't show up to Christian conferences without someone leading in some singing (a blog for another time) but our retreat tried to prove them wrong as a number of multi-talented musicians gathered together for two entire days without an acoustic guitar, keyboard or even an a cappella inspired song session.  Overall, it was a great time to meet new friends who serve as dear brothers and sisters in the work of the Gospel.  

Now on to the real reason for this post.  I was able to seclude myself for a few hours near the pool (in the shade of course - I sunburn in .076 seconds) and finish the book "Killing Cockroaches" by Tony Morgan which threw me into a mind spin about visioning which is something I love to do.  Therefore, I'd like to throw out the new vision statement I've started working on for our Worship Department at ECC and let you chew on it and give me the much needed feedback it needs to make it not only better but effective.

Vision: To taste, see, feel and hear the unified body of Evergreen Christian Community proclaim the ultimate worth of Jesus Christ.

Mission: To stimulate people's knowledge and affections toward the praise and adoration of Jesus Christ.

Governing Values:

#1: Spiritual Growth: We desire our lives to reflect the on-going sanctification process in order to lead out of authenticity, not perfection.

#2: Musical Growth: We recognize that our team is made up of various musically gifted and skilled people who are all at different levels of their musicianship, yet we all constantly strive to push our own selves, as well as each other, further on in our musical development, not being satisfied with where we are but constantly seeking to improve in all ways possible.

#3: Musical Variety: We understand that our chief purpose is engagement from the body of believers, not musical performance, so we strive to expand our musical styles and influences in order to be as effective to the entire body as possible.

#4: Relationships: We desire to be a visual evidence of healthy relationships for ECC by supporting each other spiritually and artistically.  We also seek relationships outside of our spiritual community in order to keep the Great Commission as a cornerstone of our lives.

Please leave comments as I'd love to hear your inspiring feedback!