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Meet our 2026 Church Board
Church Board Info
The Church Board is excited to share with you missional priorities for 2025. These goals are something to become familiar with as our church grows under God’s nurturing guidance.
Please read the abbreviated missional priorities below. More importantly as you review these, open your heart and mind for God’s voice to speak to you and spark the excitement within you to help act on these priorities.
The Church Board Town Hall is a fixture of the One Board model that happens four times a year to promote transparency and open discussion around all aspects of life in our church.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Board Chair, Laura Allen, below.
- Priority #1
Recruitment, Outreach, and Growth
Continue to reach new people through worship, services, and activities by focusing on demographics (families with young kids, followed by grandparents, then young adults).
Success: We are successful if we see at least ten new families with young kids and ten “grandparents” regularly participating in church activities by the end of the year. Increase average Sunday in-person attendance by 10%.
Completed by when? 12/2026
Responsible: This requires effort from the Pastor, Staff, Outreach and Hospitality teams, and the entire congregation in addition to the Church Board.
- Priority #2
Engagement and Communications
Mature discipleship through increased participation in worship, small groups, giving, serving, and witness. We must improve and properly advertise the many ways we communicate with the congregation.
Success: We are successful when we have a solid understanding of what our current level of engagement is by the end of the year so we can set appropriate growth goals for the future and have a solid review of our communication strategies and methods.
Completed by when? 12/2026
Responsible: This will involve the Pastor, Staff, and a “new” Service Coordinator in addition to the Church Board.
- Priority #3
Church Board Year Three
Continue building on the WUMC church leadership model, focusing on mentoring and growing the leadership pool for 2027, looking to bring additional age diversity to the board through young adult members.
Success: We are successful if we are implementing and following the documented best practices throughout the year and have young adult candidates we are mentoring through the year.
Completed by when? 6/2026
Responsible: This is focused on the Church Board.
- Priority #4
Church Direction
Create strategies and take actions to help define and set the direction for the future of Waukee UMC.
Success: We are successful if we have forward momentum on our roadmap vision, infrastructure, and discipleship plans that are outlined and documented to share with the congregation.
Completed by when? 12/2026
Responsible: This will involve the Pastor, Staff, Ministry Leaders, and the Church Board.