7/13 Transition Team Meeting - 6:30 Church

Agenda:

• Devotion
• Housekeeping
• Agree on goals and milestones to report progress (Bring personal calendars, Council Meeting)
• Closing Date for Survey 
• Check in on individual work (additional one-to-ones)
• Reviewing and consolidating the MSP responses 
• Any needed MSP Responsibility Adjustments
• Addressing different congregational understandings about Creator
• Overall Transition Decisions - What do we need from council?
• Scheduling Next Meeting

Minutes 

We began with devotions using Romans 12:1-8.  We spent time considering our own personal gifts and those of Creator.  

We then discussed some of the things that came up at the two cottage meetings.  There is still a major concern surfacing about finances.  Concern about the identity of Creator also cropped up, especially in the area of social justice.  There is a deep sense of social justice, but it does not particularly resonate among the congregation as a whole.

However, after all that discussion, we agreed that it is not the job of this group to address these concerns, but to make sure they are not ignored in the future. These are suggestions that will be passed on to council. 

 Moving on to the progress of our purpose:  we came up with a timeline for the next few weeks.

The hope is to submit the MSP to council by August, September at the latest.  After council has reviewed the MSP, we would schedule a town hall meeting and get feedback from the congregation, noting any concerns that might be pointed out.

Before then, each committee member will finish his or her area of responsibility and finalize their parts of the report, submitting them by 8/5/16.  We will then meet on 8/10/16 at 6:30 at the church and have the MSP projected on the screen and go over it as a group, fine tuning where it might be needed.  Council will be handling the financial parts of the MSP.

Again:  our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 10th at 6:30 pm at the church.  It would be nice to have full attendance, and If there are those who can't make it. perhaps we should consider finding a day when all could be present.