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Listening Session #1:�What does the Community need?

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Listening Session # 1

As you look at the community needs, what do we see God leading us to address?

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Existing Anchor Ministries

Food Pantry

Upward Basketball

Preschool

Micah

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UMC MissionInsite (2020 census) Data

Increase of 67,260 people by 2030

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Data

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Generations Break Out

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Data

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Population Increase

#1 - Suburban Style:: Diverse, midscale suburban families and couples.

#2 - Autumn Years: Older, retired individuals living on fixed incomes in established neighborhoods.

#3 - Flourishing Families: Wealthy married couples with children living thriving, upscale lifestyles.

#4 - Promising Families: Younger, upwardly mobile families in diverse neighborhoods

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Population REDUCTION

#3 - Booming with confidence: Upper-middle-income empty nesters and baby boomers.

#6 - Golden Year Guardians: Elderly seniors requiring specialized care or living in senior communities.

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Data

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Our thoughts … informed by the data

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Next Steps

  1. PRAY for the church and leadership.
  2. Continue to study and pray over the Data provided on the “Living into the Future” tab at www.fumcva.org .
  3. Nominate discerned priorities or goals for 2027.
    1. online form or in yellow boxes
  4. Invite others to participate (see #1 & 2 above).
  5. Listening Session #2 – July 19 at 4PM - Kobler Hall - “What is our response to God?”
    • Invite others to attend our next session