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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS the Mission Study Team Is Pleased to Present Our Analysis and Summary Report of the 2017 Mission Study Process at First Pres ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Mission Study Team is pleased to present our analysis and summary report of the 2017 mission study process at First Pres. Team members were selected in November of 2016, and have met weekly to discuss and document assignment results since January 2017. We are grateful for God’s presence, leading, and encouragement throughout the process! This report is more than the product of our prayers, research, interviews, listening, reflection, and discernment. This was a collaborative church effort, involving hundreds of congregants, the Session, staff, and Presbytery as well as the MST. We thank everyone who contributed time, ideas, and expertise. Interim Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Steve Schibsted met with the MST for several weeks as we assessed the spiritual health of our church and opportunities for leadership. The First Pres staff graciously spent hours sharing details about their current programs, goals for ministry, and help with fact checking. The Session and Presbytery provided leadership and guidance as we gathered and organized data about our church life, management p1ractices, and membership. Hundreds of congregants shared their time, personal information, experiences at church, hopes, and suggestions for strengthening First Pres through emails, surveys, conversation groups, stories, and photos. The MST is grateful to each of you for your contributions, prayers, and support in helping us give life to this Mission Study Report! Writing this document has blessed us with the surety of God’s love and leading for First Pres. God’s hand is on us as we go deeper in faith and reliance on him during this interim period. May it culminate in a season of renewal that will unify our church in knowledge of the Word, love for our neighbors, and service to the world, for the glory of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Your Mission Study Team Chuck Fry, Co-Chair Jeff Kang Caroline Taylor, Co-Chair Maximos Lih Charlene Chong, Elder Katie Spangler Sallee Hudgens Vent Traylor John Jacob OUR SPECIAL THANKS TO 2017 STAFF AND LEADERSHIP STAFF DEACONS ELDERS Aletheia Schibsted Li-Wen Monk Arlene Hatfield Kathy Goss Anna Fellers Blanca Underhill Mandy Kirby Ashley Downend Kathy Leong Avon Leong Bonnie Rauscher Mark Stryker Blanca Underhill Kay Flippo Charlene Chong Bridget Satchwell Mary Lins Bob Goss Kenzie Sodestrom Dave Kelley Calvin Sodestrom Megan Luckhardt Bonnie Johnston Kurt Osmer Doug Chin Carmela Lieras Megan March Wright Christin Cooper Lee Bindeman James Watt Chad Meeuwse Michelle Johanningmeier Christina Davis Liz Ball Janice Kolberg David Wagner Michelle Vecchio-Lyzenga Christopher Anderson Mike Williamson Jonathan Howard Delianne Koops Nicole Callis David Wagner Nicole Callis Kari Hamilton Diana Advani Paul Yeager Diana Henke Patty Uhland Kristin Loo Eric Thompson Peter Callis Don Swatling Peter Callis Laurie McLachlan Fry Grace Zhao Ralph Anderson Dot Walker Peter Schroepfer Lorenzo Bavoso Janet Sanders Rosemarie Eichner-Raja Eric Rauscher Rich Thompson Mary Ann Wight Jimin Yoo Ryan Pemberton Fa Lu Hutson Rick Redfield Mindy Phillips John Yoo Salvador Alejandre Fara Ratsirarson Sandra Ramos Nicole Reeder Korolyk Jun Kim Sharon Gowdy Helian Ratsirarson Suzanne Bryant Pat Phillips Karen Erickson Steve Schibsted Jan Gustavson Sylvia Chan Lopez Patrick O’Kane Katie Kelley Sue Burger Jeannie Lee Ted Streeter Paul Davis Katharine Staples Sue Yajko Jim Chagnon Tyler Davis Randy Brown Katrina Reynolds Tara Gray Jim Walker Virginia Robbins Renee Chagnon, Clerk Kay Ferguson Tom Elson Jon Stairs Vivian Ho Rod Hughes Kristen Engle Tracey Sullivan Justin Roth Yasuyo Abe Vivian McIlraith Kristen Gustavson Table of Contents 2017 Mission Study Report WHO WE ARE Vision and Mission Statements 1 Historical Overview 2 Congregational Overview 6 Strengths and Opportunities 7 Analysis of Congregational Health 8 HOW WE SERVE Management Practices 13 Organizational Charts 14 Ministry and Program Descriptions 16 WHAT WE SEEK Opportunities for Leadership 26 Senior Pastor Candidate Profile 27 Mission Study Report 2017 CONTENTS | ii Our Call on This Corner VISION ON THIS CORNER, WE GATHER TO SHARE STATEMENT THE LIFE AND GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. WE WANT TO BE REAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT OUR FAITH WITH EVERYONE WE MEET. BECAUSE WE BELONG TO JESUS, WE ARE BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE. SO WE DAILY: LOOK UP KEEP GOD BIG. WORSHIP ALOUD. BE IN WONDER. ENGAGE THE GOSPEL. EXAMINE OUR BLIND SPOTS. THINK CLEARLY GROW IN GRATITUDE. EMBRACE TRUST. EMPATHIZE AND LISTEN. OPEN HANDS RESIST CYNICISM. OFFER GRACE. JOIN OUR NEIGHBORS. COMFORT THE GRIEVING. STAND WITH CARE FOR THE POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED. STEP OUT OF COMFORT ZONES. MISSION **In response to the direction given to the team by the COM, the MST interviewed many in STATEMENT the life of our church as well as staff to capture the above vision and mission statements Mission Study Report 2017 WHO WE ARE | 1 Historical Overview Alive in Christ, Engaged in Word and World CONTEXT | 140 YEARS IN BERKELEY WORLD EVENTS The First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley (First Pres), historically hailed as a flagship church (non-exhaustive) is committed to sharing the good news of the Gospel and actively engaging with the surrounding community. First Pres incorporated on March 31, 1878, one day before incorporation of the city of Berkeley. While there is a vibrant story to be told about our last 100+ years in this city, the focus of this Mission Study Report is concerned with the p1ast 10 2007 years—from 2007 to 2017. 2007 was the inaugural year of our Global Church Conference, with Steve Jobs launches iPhone the theme “Jesus and Evangelical Power: the Gift and the Problem.” 2007 was also the year the iPhone was first introduced to the public. The timeline at the right is a reminder of events in our nation and the world as First Pres moved through these years.1 Tsunami hits Myanmar CHRIST OUR CENTER IN UNCERTAINTY At a time when communities within and outside the life of our church were struggling between hope and fatigue due to the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent Subprime mortgage crisis begins recession, our Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Mark Labberton raised up a banner for the centrality of Christ. He shared: "Our history enables us to live from the past not in the past . The primary reason for this, in my view, is the simple, living centrality of Jesus Christ. Since our Lord is always our contemporary, we can look to the past and celebrate God's faithfulness, knowing that we are called to discover that afresh today . This allows us to honor and learn from the 2008 past without being captive to it. We serve the risen Christ who is Lord today." President Barack Obama is elected This preaching message for the centrality of Christ continued from 2008–09 with Mark’s teaching, and newly published book, The Dangerous Act of Worship. In the midst of one of the most significant economic recessions in American history, our congregation remained committed to looking outward, seeking God’s will in the world. Sunday attendance 2009 experienced a 10-year high and many sermons reminded us of unexpected grace in the daily Newsweek prints cover story rhythms of our lives. When Mark was called to Fuller Seminary as the new Lloyd John Ogilvie “Decline and Fall of Associate Professor of Preaching, we celebrated him with a sermon series titled: “Jesus Christian America” Christ the Same: Yesterday, Today and Forever.” It affirmed how we saw God at work in the world even in a period of uncertainty, and a reaffirmation that the same God continues to call Natural disasters hit Indonesia, us to good work on this strategic corner. Philippines, Samoa, Sumatra The season between 2009 and 2012 was led by Interim Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. Tim Shaw, who Farmville (Zynga) had been on staff at First Pres for 25 years. Session, the governing body of elected church redefines social media as Elders, asked Tim to step into that role after an extensive search failed to find a suitable platform for engagement Interim from outside of our staff. Preaching during this season continued the momentum for “just compassion” as a form of worship: an important message for us that waiting was part of American job picture improves God’s generosity, and urging us to live into that generosity at home and abroad. as recession ends CHANGES IN MISSION FOCUS AND STAFFING In 2010, First Pres began considering the need for new approaches to evangelism, as well as 2010 new challenges for unity. Nick van Santen, then Director of University Ministries, remarked in a European debt crisis raises sermon that “We are living in a brave new world, on this doorstep of this campus . into concerns at home and abroad which the incoming freshmen class at Cal will have no functional memory of 9/11.” This statement highlighted changing demographics within the congregation and among our University neighbors. It spoke to changing views on issues from politics to same-sex #itgetsbetter brings attention marriage, as well as differing concerns for faith and how it’s at work in our world. to bullying/suicide rates for LGBTQ youth with One meaningful example of the challenge to unity was the 2010 PC(USA) vote to revise 50,000,000 views on YouTube ordination standards in the Book of Order, moving away from the previous language that eligible candidates live “in fidelity of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness.“ It’s worth noting that at that same time, difficult conversations around PC(USA) 2 | First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley PC(USA) policy and Biblical understanding were happening in formal and informal circles of WikiLeaks founder five to 20 members within the First Pres congregation. Julien Assange is arrested From 2010–15, First Pres undertook a significant transition with its mission partners and Earthquakes in China, Japan, Haiti strategic outward focus.
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