- Devotion
- Housekeeping
- Survey Results and Small Group Participation
- Check in on individual work besides Small Group Meetings (additional One-to-ones)
- Small Group Learning
- MSP Responsibility Needs
- May Presentation Decisions
- Overall Transition Decisions
- Scheduling Next Meeting
Pastor Michele began with a Lectio Divina devotion from Luke 9:1-17.
We briefly discussed the meeting at church on Sunday following service. Most everyone spoke and it was a good forum for sharing individual thoughts. The small group meeting at Hartung's on the previous Thursday was a good opportunity for one to ones. Between the two gatherings, there were 31 people from the congregation. The third small group is scheduled for 5/5 at Hartung's again. Only two have signed up for it so far.
We proceeded to go through the MSP topics and determined who would be willing to be the lead for the various headings.
Demographics/ethnicity: Jan
Trends in the community: Gary has some of that put together. We will discuss as a group.
Ministry site characteristics: Shirley will coordinate, but we will do it as a group after the surveys are compiled.
Purpose/giftedness/mission: group
References: council; we will give them our suggestions.
Leadership needs: council
Top 5 ministry tasks: Meghan, survey
Gifts for ministry: Diane
Mutual expectations: council + transition team
Compensation/benefits/professional expenses: council.
Commentary: Meghan
We decided that a weekly announcement at church is a good idea; just a little update of meetings and the process. Also, a note in the bulletin as well as something in the monthly newsletter will be submitted. Diane will make the announcement on May 1st.
Our wish is to engage the congregation in as many ways as we can, not the least of which is their prayerful participation. We are hoping that as they follow our progress, they can pray for specific needs as we move through our process.
We look forward to when our team can meet with everyone present.
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