Deep Roots

Deep Roots

Thanks for coming to participate in our Fall 2025 Church Health Assessment!  By partaking in this you help us accomplish two things.

First, you help us as a church leadership make sure we are truly cultivating Deep Roots.  We don’t simply want to measure superficial statistics.  We want to make sure our community is truly growing deep in Christ.  An assessment like this, based on 7 dimensions of human flourishing and 15 dimensions of church health, gives us a better picture of our strengths and what to pay extra attention to.

Second, our hope is that his gives you a snapshot of where you are at in your journey with Jesus.  This assessment isn’t everything, but its one helpful reflection tool to see where you have been growing and are invited to grow more deeply.  And we appreciate that it looks at a multitude of dimensions of our lives, because Jesus is Rescuer and King over all of it.

So we’d encourage you to leave this tab open and take the assessment on a new tab.  At the end, the assessment will give you some feedback based on what you said about areas of strength and areas of potential growth.  Below on this page, we have reflection questions, resources, and possible next steps that correspond to the areas of assessment.  So you will be able to come back here, take what you learned through the assessment, and have some practical ways for you to grow deeper roots in Jesus.

Spiritual
Relationships
Purpose
  • Question:
    • What makes you come alive?  
  • Teaching:
  • Read
  • Next Step:
    • Fill out a Community Card and mark that you are interested in serving.  A pastoral staff would love to talk to you about where your gifts and passions could be part of our mission together.
Character
  • Question:    
    • What would help you most to grow in the character of Jesus?  More information?  More inspiration?  More perspiration (effort)?
  • Teaching:
  • Read:
  • Next Step:  
    • Join the Practicing the Way short term study group this fall about developing spiritual practices in one’s life to be shaped more into the character of Jesus.
Contentment
  • Question:
    • One of the most foundational questions Jesus asked people was, “What do you want?”  Our journey with Jesus begins by identifying what our deepest desires are.
  • Teaching:
  • Read:
  • Next Step:
    • Set up a one on one with a trusted friend to discuss what is holding you back from contentment in life and what your deep desires are in this season.
Finances
Health
  • Question:  
    • What part of your health, physical, emotional, or mental, feels most in need of Jesus’ care right now?
    • How does your health (physical, emotional, or mental health) shape the way you follow Jesus?
  • Teaching:
  • Read:
  • Next Step:
    • Fill out a Community Card to set up a time with a pastor to discuss healthy next steps, whether a referral to your PCP, or a Christian counselor, or another appropriate next step.
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