Immanuel’s Mission and Ministry: Discerning the Spirit’s vision for our next decade

Download the Draft Vision Statement

The Immanuel Board of Leadership (BoL) invites all members of Immanuel to join an exploration of where the Spirit is inviting us next. Throughout 2026 we’ll be running a vision and planning process about our mission as the household of God (oikos). This process will involve a series of conversations, first to articulate a clear, specific vision statement with the next ten years in mind, and then to turn this vision into achievable next steps along the road.

BoL have asked Pastor Jacob to facilitate this process. We’re hoping to have the vision statement finalised around October 2026, with some initial steps in place early in 2027.

At church camp and in the lead up to the first workshop in June, people had been asked to contribute a word or sentence which described what Immanuel would be like in 10 years’ time. A key repeated theme was ‘community.’ At the workshop we explored this question further, using metaphors to imagine how Immanuel could be as we follow where God is calling us.

You can find some of the images from the June workshop with reflection questions and some suggested vision statements in this document [download PDF].

In October we developed a draft vision statement [download PDF]. This vision statement is a work in progress and is open for feedback as we move to the next stage of the mission and vision process. You can provide feedback through the form below.

The final workshop is scheduled for Sunday 21 November, from 2-5pm in the Immanuel hall. In this workshop we’ll refine and finalise the vision statement, and begin to connect it with some concrete next steps to take.

If you have any questions, please contact Victor (chair@immanuellutheran.org.au) or Jacob (jacob.traeger@immanuellutheran.org.au).