In the fall of 2009, Pastor Heuser started discussions concerning the future of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and Concord Lutheran School. Several members of the congregation were asked to form a Strategic Planning Committee to address the issue of the future direction of the church and school. The leadership team was commissioned to attack this project in the spring of 2010.

This team enthusiastically approached the challenge of establishing a direction for the future of Zion Lutheran Church and Concord Lutheran School. The first task was developing a mission statement. The second challenging task was to complete a SWOT (Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) analysis that would form the basis for the Strategic Plan. Through this analysis, objectives were established. Each objective was supported by scripture. Initiatives were developed to complete the objectives along with target dates and measurements to insure the completion of the objective. The following Strategic Plan is the culmination of the process.