Mission Site Profile

The following is a summary of your Mission Site Profile responses gathered via Transition Team focus groups.

Changes/Trends in the congregation in last 3 to 5 yrs.:

New members, young members, young families.

Congregation is outgoing.

Increased community outreach.

Strong leadership from church council.

Progressive music program.

A lot of visitors, but few join.

Redeemer is really excited about...:

New, young faces.

New families in church.

Increased outreach programs.

Opportunities for group activities and outreach.

Sunday school education for all ages.

Bringing people back to church that may have left.

Volunteer increasing.

Finance committee.

Music program.

Youth program.

Who are we?

Community of all believers.

Lutheran.

Children of God.

Family.

Why are we here?

To teach children.

Because we are a community of all believers.

To nourish our relationship with God.

To support one another.

Because of our faith.

What resources and gifts do we have available for fulfilling this purpose?

Our people.

Core member group.

Untapped members.

Opportunities to help out.

Money.

Support for community projects.

Outreach programs.

Youth group.

We are a welcoming congregation.

Primary areas of activity of focus that our new pastor should give attention to during his/ her first year:

Feed the congregation spiritually with messages from the pulpit that are relevant, well-spoken, and exciting.

Community outreach.

Shepherd, foster, facilitate and encourage community building, both spiritual and social.

Flexibility.

Youth and family activities.

Expand Sunday school.

Education.

Support music program.

Visitation to shut-ins.

How will congregation support our new pastor?

Prayer.

Financially.

Volunteer/ Support programs.

Be there and work through difficulties.

Help each other.

Be flexible.

Small, incremental changes.

Willingness to compromise/ agree to disagree.

Be inclusive and ask people to help out.

Balance congregational gifts with pastoral gifts.

Be approachable/ get to know new pastor.

Maintain sense of community.

Delegate tasks.

Volunteer and attend programs.

Get people involved.

As the Transition team comes to the end of our portion of the search for our next Pastor, we would like to thank all the members who took the time to meet with us, and for sharing your insight into Redeemer and visions for our future. You made our task pleasurable and easy.

A special thanks to Jim and Carol James, twice, Katie Davis and Laurel Simos for providing wonderful dinners for our meetings. We would also like to thank Pastor Sansgaard for his encouragement and many suggestions.

We hope you enjoyed reviewing the results of our many conversations. We are one step closer to meeting our next Pastor. The Call Committee will now take over, continuing to work with the Synod, reviewing candidates, as the Synod presents them. It was a pleasure working with you. Thanks again for your support and prayers. We know that you will join us in supporting our Call Committee through the on going process. We know God has made an excellent selection for us and are looking forward to meeting She or He!

Redeemer Lutheran Church 2920 Cassia Street Boise, ID 83705 Office: 208-344-6758 Fax: 866-284-7501

Church Staff
Pastor: Ken Carrothers
Admin: Marilyn Smith
Music: Sherry Georgeff
Choir Dir: Pat Engel
Nursery: Roz Baldwin
Custodian: Charlene Etoka

Church Council
Steve Knick - Pres.
Shirley Gilcrest - Vice Pres.
Darren Beckley
Larry Kidd
Dale Frank
Andrew Finstuen
Connie Seymour
Wanda Waybright