You might recall the conversations that the Session commissioned our own John Sharp to have with all of us over the winter months, conversations that yielded tremendous insight from all of you but also included data that John provided us about the state of the mainline church in the U.S., the PCUSA, and the demographics of our congregation. John wrote a final report with a series of recommendations the
Session will begin to implement.

You can find the summary of his report as well as the comprehensive report below.
If you prefer to listen to the report you can do so by clicking Here.

At its meeting on April 28, the Session took two initial and important steps toward enacting the
Horizon 2035 initiative it endorsed in March.

First, it hired Rev. John Sharp, Ph.d, as director of spiritual formation. In his role, John will lead the Horizon 2035 initiative and direct adult programming at FPC. John is a seasoned and accomplished pastor, scholar, teacher, and leader. He and his wife, Whitney, joined our congregation last year and are tremendous blessings to our community. John began his part-time role on May 1.

Second, the Session created a Horizon 2035 steering committee to assist John in implementing the initiative’s vision. The steering committee consists of Jeff Thode, Sharon Koch, Lynn Kszos, Tom Feldhausen, and
Matt Nieman. The committee will champion the project and chart the steps taken to realize the vision of fulfilling God’s call to FPC for the next decade.