Back in 2018, we were invited by an organization called Vibrant Faith to be a part of an interdenominational cohort of 24 Churches learning about and focusing on recognizing God’s call in our lives. This Initiative, which was funded by the Lilly Foundation and titled Creating a Culture of Calling, has framed much of our programming and focus during the last few years. We had programs on finding God’s Calling in transitions in our lives, daily email interviews with parishioners and how they saw God’s Call in their lives, morning retreats, Family Faith programs on the call of parenting and the call to holiness in the family. Our Small Christian Communities (Roots) focused on calling and we started a book club which looks at finding meaning and purpose in life. Our Parish Mission and parent retreat with Becky Eldredge in November 2020 focused on God’s Call in the busyness of our lives. We focused on calling in Youth Ministry and Junior high as well. We have done a lot with this initiative!

If you remember, the parish completed an initial survey about calling when we started. We are now asked to complete another survey as we near the end of this project. We ask that you participate if you participated in any of the programs we held, or if you heard us talk about God’s calling from the pulpit, through in person and virtual programs, throughs daily emails, etc. Please think back, and take a few minutes to respond to the survey BY MARCH 30. We would appreciate it, and it greatly helps Vibrant Faith report to the Lilly Foundation about the project, which then enables even more churches to have the same opportunity. Thank you! We appreciate your responses!

The brief survey can be found here: https://samford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_56ghkV305PryL3g