Well, I don’t think that the last three groups are sufficient – parents, SS teachers, and 20 somethings don’t cover a large enough swathe of the church. But that is a quibble, not a substantive complaint.
I wonder how pastor’s would think this would work?

More on the quibble … of all of these groups only one is asked to look at the issue from a personal point of view.
Pastors, elders, Sunday school teachers and parents are all engaged to determine as leaders what “they” (the others they lead) need.
Only the 20 somethings are (presumably) engaged in the process to contribute as recipients – to buy in from the ground level.
I think that we need much broader input and buy in as persons, Christians, not as leaders leading.

RJS asks how pastors think that this would work.
This gets to the nub of the issue: How equipped and prepared are pastors and other leaders to solicit, listen to, discern and then engage what the congregation, let alone the Holy Spirit, express as the needs and goals of the church? IMHO accomplishing these goals will take a dramatic paradigm shift in how we think about leadership and what kind of leaders we educate, promote and employ in our churches.
A second issue, at least in the context where I attend church and think about leadership, is: Given our specific geographic and demographic location, ought this be merely a discussion in the congregation, or should it include neighors and community stakeholders as well?
Finally, regarding RJS’s first point — I would specifically say that middle school and high school students need to be given an opportunity to claim ownership in any such process.

Wow! I’m reading this and thinking the same thing, “How do we get there?” I really like the ideas of CE teachers getting together. That’s one area we’re missing in my church. I couldn’t even get them to show up for a teachers training class. I guess each church has to assess it’s culture and determine the best way to get there. We’re in the midst of a pastoral search, so that could be the opportune time to launch into something new like this.

Pat,
I believe you are right. This is the opportune time. God’s blessings in the search and the “getting there.”
Peace,
Randy Gabrielse

I would sat we must stop ‘educating, promoting and employing’ as a necessary first step.

I like the plan as it is laid out here–but won’t you end up with 200 differant needs and goal? How do you get people of any age to look at what the church’s mission is rather than their own needs?