The Foundation of St George’s College Jerusalem met over a series of days in late June.

On the first day the Executive Committee of the Foundation met with College staff for a strategic planning workshop facilitated by The Very Revd Ian Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary. This session was the culmination of a strategic review process extending over several months, with data collected from alumni, church leaders, and staff. The success of the day is partly a reflection of the input by so many people, and especially the excellent role of Dr Markham.

By the end of the day we had a realistic but challenging strategic plan to guide our operations during the next five years.

The plan has five major strategic objectives:

1. A campus ‘fit for purpose’.
2. Letting the world know.
3. Connection through partnerships.
4. Global center for reconciliation.
5. Adventurous programs for new audiences.

For each of these five objectives has a one line descriptor and then a set of several specific  outcomes, each with a number of action steps. See the complete Strategic Plan online.

Of course, the success of a strategic plan is in the implementation and not the drafting. All the same, this process has brought together a number of priorities that have emerged from conversations with alumni and other partners around the world in the past six months.

We hope that this planning document will be a useful resource for alumni and friends, as well as a thoughtful base for the Dean to speak from when representing the College around the world.

On the second day the full Foundation met to receive reports from Archbishop Dawani (Chair of the Foundation), from the Dean and from the regional committees. We also received the formal reports on the 2015 financial year and adopted the strategic plan that had been formulated the previous day.

On the third and final day the Executive Committee met to consider the implementation of the outcomes from the previous two days.

There was a good spirit evident throughout all three days, and the strategic planning process has helped us to form a new shared vision for the future directions of the College.