Trinity is currently exploring the possibility of a capital camapign. Despite what the name may imply capital campaigns are used today to fund all sorts of projects, not just “capital” investments like buildings and grounds. We started the Inform phase of exploration in Februrary 2019 and expect to complete the Invite phase towards the end of the summer. Should all of that be successful, we will enter the third phase of the campaign in the Fall of 2019.
A successful capital campaign occurs in three phases: Inform, Inquire, and Invite.
The Information Phase is a process whereby the needs of our Trinity community are identified, people are involved in examining those needs, and the resulting collective vision for our ministry is communicated to all constituencies. In the foundation-laying
The most important overall question of this phase is to consider: “What is God calling us to do?”
Information Phase timeline for Trinity Episcopal Church: January 2019 through April 2019
The Inquiry Phase involves a professionally-facilitated feasibility study that seeks the opinions and priorities of our entire church community, in order to assess our level of support for the proposed projects. A feasibility study has three objectives:
· Present our proposed Case
· Inquire about opinions and support
· Report the findings
· Decide whether a campaign is indicated
This phase formally seeks the opinions of every member of our congregation, confidentially, through a combination of personal interviews, direct mail and/or electronic survey responses to our case statement and a questionnaire, and provides crucial information about the potential success of a capital campaign.
We will organize the feedback we gather during the inquire phase using our Shared Values.
Inquiry Phase timeline for Trinity Episcopal Church: May 2019 through July 2019
IMPORTANT NOTE: Trinity will not continue to the final phase of a campaign without the clearly expressed support and desire of the congregation, as indicated in Information Phase work and Inquiry Phase results.
With the crucial information obtained from a thorough Inquiry Study, we have the building blocks for a joyful gifting phase when we will Invite Trinity community members to participate through gifts of time, talent, and treasure to help grow an even stronger spiritual community.
Potential Invite Phase timeline for Trinity Episcopal Church: August 2019 through January 2020
Thank you to all who were able to attend the tentative case statement presentation during the TED on Sunday, June 2. For those who were unable to attend or those who would like to review the materials again, you may view the video recording of the TED (as well as the presentation and planned maintenance documents) on Trinity’s website here: Tentative Case Statement Materials
Thanks to all who were able to attend the tenative case statement presentation during yesterday's TED. For those that weren't able to attend or those that would like to review the materials again in preparation for the survey and/or interviews, the presentation and planned maintenance documents can be downloaded by clicking on their respective links.
In addition there is a (partial) video of the TED session (we had some technical difficulties with the camera so there is about 10 minutes of missing footage across 3-4 different segments).
A updated program board for the Master Plan is now available. This board provides a one page summary of what the next phases of the master plan will look like. Click the image to download a PDF of the board.
All of you have been busy Dreaming. The Dream Catching committee has also been hard at work listening to all of your dreams and capturing them so we can have a better idea of what God is calling us to do.
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