Saint John's: The Episcopal Church in Pine Meadow, CT
Saint John's: The Episcopal Church in Pine Meadow, CT
Saint John's: The Episcopal Church in Pine Meadow, CT
As communicated over the last two months via the weekly emails, the Sunday bulletin and mailings, St. John’s conducted a rapid
feasibility study in partnership with CCS (a consulting firm contracted by the diocese) to evaluate our capacity for a collaborative
capital campaign and to discuss the goals our parishioners envision for St. John’s. This was done in conjunction with the Episcopal
Church in Connecticut’s Joining Jesus initiative, which aims to support parishes in more faithfully participating in God’s mission.
The participation was outstanding with 18 families participating in in-person interviews and 36 families completing the e-survey or
paper survey. The results were extremely positive. 87% of the participants indicated a willingness to give or consider making a gift
to a possible campaign. 25 of those families indicated potential gift amounts totaling $230,100. Below are the highlights of the study.
There was concern among some of the families interviewed that this was not the right time for a campaign and/or the proposed goal
was too high. The results of the study contradict that. The high level of parish involvement, leadership, and support, along with the
enthusiasm for the proposed plans and strong gift indications make a capital campaign with a goal of $400,000 feasible. The Vestry
will be prayerfully considering our next steps in the fall and welcome your feedback.
In conclusion, the most important thing that we discovered from the survey was that St John’s has, as a parish, the level of enthusi-
asm, support, and desire to grow our ministry that suggests a capital campaign might be considered in the near future. The vestry
would welcome all of your feedback and questions as we prayerfully consider what our next steps should be. A full copy of the CCS
report is posted in the parish hall.
Faithfully,
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God every time I remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of my
prayers for all of you, because of your sharing in the gospel from the first day until now. Phil. 1