Introducing St. David’s 2026-2028 Strategic Plan
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Read the full plan here.
Video transcript:
The Rev. Rick Morley: In the late spring, I announced that we were about to undergo a strategic planning process, and today I’m excited to have that strategic plan shared with you. To tell you about the plan is Hal Yoh, the chair of the committee, and Kate Ineson, who is a member of the committee.
Hal Yoh: This plan was developed by using the insights from the Holy Cow Assessment Tool in 2023, as well as feedback from the listening sessions that many attended in 2025 and discernment across all ministry es. This plan seeks to guide the church faithfully into what God is calling us to do over the next three years.
Kate Ineson: So, once we had all of the data from our listening sessions and the Holy Cow survey, we came together as a team to really synthesize the data. And that led to us coming together to a strategic vision for the plan.
Our vision is to be a spiritually vibrant, inclusive, outwardly engaged, and welcoming Episcopal church that fosters worship, multi-generational connection, stewardship, and transforms lives within and beyond our parish with the knowledge and love of God through Jesus Christ.
Our first overarching strategic theme is to inspire a sense of being one body as God’s children.
Hal Yoh: Ensure financial and operational sustainability for today and into the next generation.
Kate Ineson: Our third theme is to design ministry across commissions with and for all generations.
Hal Yoh: Leverage our beautiful and historic grounds more intentionally in ministry.
The plan also includes objectives across all years and focus areas year to year to help us guide into what we want to prioritize first and what we want to get to next.
The Rev. Rick Morley: It’s a simple plan. It’s two pages. It was distilled and honed down to be focused and achievable. We have identified a group of strategic leaders who will each champion the work of each of the four overarching themes. We are also assembling a group of strategic ambassadors made up of representatives of various commissions and ministries. They will bring their own commission’s perspectives, needs, and dreams, and create a collaborative path forward, grounded in the objectives of this plan.
Kate Ineson: The thing for me that makes me most excited about this strategic plan is that it really was built on what’s most important to you, our parishioners. So, our team really looked at what you wanted to see, both maintain in the present, and also see in the future of the church.
And the second thing that really excites me is it is very simple. And that simplicity excites me because it will keep us, I hope, focused on what is most important to our parish for the future.
Read the full plan here.
Published November 13, 2025.