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​The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Strategic Plan is your plan. Your requests and input on surveys early last year created a prioritized list of strategic goals for our parish.

Education, stewardship, outreach, and building and grounds improvements are just a sampling of this plan, and we now need your participation to make it succeed and keep our parish strong, dynamic, and growing.  

On June 7, 2020, after one year of preparations, we rolled out our Strategic Planning.  You are welcome to become a part of this exciting initiative.  Sign up to join our teams.

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1.1 Buildings and Grounds Master Plan and Improvements

Goals:

a) Within 6 months, we will determine the most critical facilities improvements and additions necessary to best provide for the present and future needs of the parish; 
b) Within 11 months thereafter, we will determine the projected costs, timelines, obtain all necessary approvals and prioritize the improvements and additions the parish will undertake; and 
c) Within 2 years thereafter, we will raise the necessary funds and complete the prioritized improvements based on the established timelines.


Co-chairs: 

Dave Price (email)
Diana Rooks (email)

1.2 Leadership Development

Goals:

Within 17 months, we will develop or customize a comprehensive and effective Orthodox Servant Leadership training program and implementation timeline that will be mandatory within 2 months thereafter for all new and current Parish Council Members and all Ministry Leaders and Educators, and voluntary for prospective leaders.

Co-chairs:

Christine Kerry  (email)

1.3 Administration Development and Support

Goal:

Within 18 months, we will identify the most critical parish operations, processes, training programs, support staff, and technology needs in order to allow the parish to thrive, that will be fully funded and begin to be implemented within 9 months thereafter.

Co-chairs:

Anastasia Mitropoulos-Rundus (email)
Father Alex Radulescu (email)

2.1 Religious & Spiritual Education

Goal:

Within 20 months, we will fully research, develop, improve and implement a best practices religious and spiritual education program that will drive a measurably more proficient level of knowledge of the Orthodox Faith and its practices to better live a Christ-centered life for all parish: 
a) youth under 18 
b) college-and and emerging adults; and 
c) adults.

Co-chairs:

Thomas S. Charis (email)
Sophia Grias-Radwanski (email)

2.2 Youth and Emerging Adult Ministries

Goal:

Within 20 months, we will fully research, develop or improve and implement a Christ-centered Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry and programs that focus on measurably increasing and improving the spiritual and intellectual engagement, fellowship, service and Orthodox Christian way of life for the Youth and Emerging Adults in the parish.

Co-chairs:

Anthony Miholopoulos  (email)
Panagioti Apostolou (email)

3.1 Engagement and Fellowship Ministry

Goal:

Within 18 months, we will research, develop and improve all parish ministries and programs to measurably assimilate and engage all of our parishioners into a loving, compassionate and accepting community.

Co-chairs:

Eleni Cisneros (email)
Chris Dallas (email)
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3.2 Welcoming and Newcomer Ministry

Goal:

Within 15 months, we will implement a Welcoming and Newcomer Ministry that ensures all newcomers and returning parishioners are fully welcomed and engaged in the life and ministries of the parish, including a dynamic Sunday and other worship experiences.

Co-chairs:

Nancy Dernbach (email)
Elaine Karam (email)

4.1 Evangelism Ministry

Goal:

Within 18 months, we will develop and implement an Evangelism Ministry that will measurably more effectively engage the greater non-Orthodox Ann Arbor community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Orthodox Faith through engaging catechetical and other outreach and evangelism programs, services and ministry activities.

Co-chairs:

Robert Ashley (email)
Nicole Kent (email)

4.2 Service and Philanthropy Ministry

Goal:

Within 15 months, we will create a vibrant Service & Philanthropy Ministry that will: 
a) within 8 months of the development of the Service and Philanthropy Ministry, implement a quarterly community service project or program helping those who are in need in the broader community, that will include at least 20% of parish families and that can include partnering with other similarly focused community groups; and 
b) within 12 months of the development of the Service and Philanthropy Ministry, respond to at least 50% of requested parish community needs.

Co-chairs:
Eva Mikhail (email)
Marla Letter (email)
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5.1 Stewardship Ministry

Goal:

Within 12 months, we will develop and implement a faithbased comprehensive Stewardship Ministry, including personal interactions with all parishioners, that within 3 years will measurably more effectively engage them in parish ministries and allow the parish to fully fund all operating expenses from stewardship, including at least 5% of the budget being dedicated to outreach and charity.

Chair:

Vicki A. Kiningham (email)

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