The Wesley Foundation Board recently took inventory of the ministry’s present status, and has concluded that the present ministry strategy is not working, and has not been working effectively for some time.
+We do not presently have a ministry director and efforts to attract qualified, motivated individuals to the position have been challenging.
+No students currently reside in the house and it has been increasingly difficult to attract student renters.
+The house is in need of serious repair work: a recent assessment placed the necessary repairs at a cost of $40,000 for even basic habitation.
+We currently have very few reliable sources of funding.
+Student life has evolved dramatically in recent years; students are largely unresponsive to our current strategy.
+We do not presently have a ministry director and efforts to attract qualified, motivated individuals to the position have been challenging.
+No students currently reside in the house and it has been increasingly difficult to attract student renters.
+The house is in need of serious repair work: a recent assessment placed the necessary repairs at a cost of $40,000 for even basic habitation.
+We currently have very few reliable sources of funding.
+Student life has evolved dramatically in recent years; students are largely unresponsive to our current strategy.
The Board has determined it is time for a new vision for the Wesley House – and we need your help!
+Is it time to close Wesley House?
+Shall we use the grass lot for campus parking?
+Is it time to sell the parsonage and/or the Wesley House and move to a campus-centered outreach?
+Do we promote Wesley House as a gathering spot for various social justice activities?
+Shall we hire a campus minister and try to resurrect our previous ministry model?
+Is it time to close Wesley House?
+Shall we use the grass lot for campus parking?
+Is it time to sell the parsonage and/or the Wesley House and move to a campus-centered outreach?
+Do we promote Wesley House as a gathering spot for various social justice activities?
+Shall we hire a campus minister and try to resurrect our previous ministry model?
COULD WE COME TOGETHER AND SHARE OUR MEMORIES, THOUGHTS, VISIONS, AND PRAYERS TO SEE WHAT GOD MIGHT BE DIRECTING US TO DO WITH REGARD TO WESLEY HOUSE?
Please join us for a Visioning Event and Bar-B-Que
Saturday, May 11, 2019 12:00-2:00 pm
Wesley House, 1327 Arthur Avenue, Missoula
Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, beverages,
and desserts will be provided
Please RSVP by May 6 so we can have enough food
Email: grace1umc@gmail.com / phone: (406) 549-3855
(PLEASE NOTE: If you are not able to come, please share with us any thoughts, comments, ideas, or feedback you’d like – we will add these into our discernment)
(PLEASE NOTE: If you are not able to come, please share with us any thoughts, comments, ideas, or feedback you’d like – we will add these into our discernment)
We hope to hear from you soon!
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