Setting Goals and
Strategies for an SU
Mission
SUFM/Theos Team Goals
Mission
Date
Directors
SU has established mission goals that reflect Biblical Mission Principles; they are
gathered around three areas: Mission, Team, Program. The leadership from your
mission is invited to prepare specific strategies for achieving these goals for your
team in your context.
Mission:
SU Mission Goal:
We join in God’s mission to help children, families and young people come to life in
the Lord Jesus, grow in Christian maturity and be part of a church.
We do this in obedience to Christ, in the power of his Spirit and in partnership with
churches.
Things to consider when contextualizing this goal for your context:
o The people we are connecting with: age, culture, where they come from
o The people we are not connecting with well
o How well resourced our team is in opening the bible with participants, and
inviting them to come to life in the Lord Jesus
o The churches we are partnering with:
 where the participants come from
 in the local community
 where our team members are being sent from
o How we will safely follow up participants
Strategies to achieve this goal:
Team:
SU Team Goal:
Our team aims to develop missional leaders who are:
o competent, confident and compassionate disciples of Jesus
o reflecting the reality of God’s Kingdom in our community life
o engaged in sharing God’s good news in word and deed with the people we
meet
Things to consider when contextualizing this goal for our context:
o How our team members will be equipped for mission
o How we can create a context where team members are living as a missional
Christian communing and growing in their faith
o How our team members’ gifts are being utilized, stretched and grown
o How many team members we need to fulfil our mission goals
Strategies to achieve this goal:
Mavis Payne, 2013
Program:
SU Program Goal:
We share God’s good news through a holiday program which:
o connects with people where they are through quality, engaging, safe events
o demonstrates God’s love through caring and honouring relationships
o opens the bible and invites people to come to life in the Lord Jesus in a way
that is accessible and appropriate for them.
Things to consider when contextualizing this goal for your context:
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How our program can most effectively connect with people where they are
How we can most effectively use our physical location for mission
How our team members can be enabled to develop honouring relationships
with participants
How to ensure the content of our program is quality, engaging and safe
Strategies to achieve this goal:
Mavis Payne, 2013