Vision

When someone asks you to come up with a "Vision Statement" it can often be overwhelming. Yesterday I was talking with my boss and he suggested I come up with something. The first thing I did was google "Vision Statement" because google has all the answers, right? Little did I know I wouldn't find a lot of help. Basically all of the websites simply said that you need to state the goal of your organization in a few words and then your responsibility would be to strive to reach that goal...that's a vision. Wow, so simple yet so very complicated.

I struggled over what our goal is in the SN Ministry here at SCC. The vision of SCC is to "encourage all people to pursue a lifelong, joyous relationship with Jesus Christ". I think that perfectly sums up what we're trying to do in the SN Ministry but it doesn't quite touch how you do that with children and adults with disabilities. So I kept thinking. The whole time I was pondering, the Lord kept bringing up some additional words my boss told me. He said that the vision should be something that I find myself saying over and over. It should be that one phrase that people hear me say so much, it sticks with them. It all clicked...I have it! I've been saying our vision all along, I just haven't ever called it a Vision Statement. It's something that I find myself telling everyone who works in the SN Ministry, everyone who asks about the SN Ministry, and everyone who has kids involved in the SN Ministry. The SN Ministry at SCC exists so that everyone, regardless of ability or disability, will hear that God loves them and they are created perfectly in the image of Christ. It's that simple.