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zLast June during our congregational meeting, our church voted to engage in the PULSE Church Health Process through the SDB General Conference and that the Trustees will serve as the PULSE leadership group.

The trustees met in September to discuss our first steps in PULSE. It was decided to pursue a review of the ministries and programs of the church in relation to the vision, mission, and values of the church. This will gradually occur over the first two quarters of 2025. President Neil Lubke and Operations Pastor John Pethtel will help lead this ministry review. Everyone will be asked to participate and we are looking forward to sharing a summary of the results with the congregation at our June 29th congregational meeting and through the newsletter.

A brief description of the PULSE Church Health Process is:

The PULSE Church Health Process (hereafter referred to as PULSE) will provide our church with a process and tools to assess and improve its leadership and health on a regular and periodic basis. PULSE is an intentional process to be journeyed through with a guide (PULSE facilitator) as a covenant community. This process is designed to focus on four key elements in healthy churches by providing time for evaluation of ministries, strategizing and planning for God’s more preferable future, prioritization of goals, strategizing, praying and listening for God’s revealed will, joining God in the work that He is already doing, and executing the mission that God has given the local church in their immediate context. This process is meant to be cyclical (revisited on a regular and periodic basis).