Education Growth and Fellowship

Attendance: Date: 5/1/08
Jerry Andress Recorder: Ginny Gledhill
Ginny Gledhill Next Meeting: End of Kim Early Summer
Amy Foster
Margaret Thibodeau
Elsa Peters

Minutes – The 4/3/08 minutes were read. A change was made to read Personal will form a search committee, from Personal and two members of the team will form a search committee. Motion to approve accepted by Jerry and seconded by Amy.

Christian Education (Kim Early)
Church a Palozza was great fun they raised $1470.50. The curriculum was ordered at discount price.
Kids Sunday Service – All set. Don Russell and Mike Quinn wrote a skit and started working with kids.
Jayne Sawtelle is helping with “adult time” during service. May 11th there will be a run thru for May 18th.

Nursery
Amy wrote down names of high school /college students that could be contacted for help in the nursery for the summer. The teens will get paid. Someone will contact Stephanie to see if she could coordinate nursery for summer. The teens cleaned the nursery.

Coffee Hour
Ginny looking into coordinating lemonade on the porch for the summer months. Youth will be doing coffee hour Mothers Day with assistance from Steve Ferris.
There a plans to set up a separate cabinet in Wright Pavilion just for coffee supplies.

Inquirers Meeting – Jean Fisher covered meeting fine on 4/28/08.May 4th – Confirmation Sunday. To place a poster with sign up sheet for help for church picnic.
May 11th – New Members Sunday- Photographer all set. Need a greeter to help with name tags, flowers for new members.
May 18th – Church picnic- Margaret to coordinate a “to do “list.
June 1st – Elder Luncheon – Possible ask the Hilltop Guild to help out. The Eskimos will help out with the grills

Adult Ed – Elsa
Hymn Sing – Thinking of plans for the fall to be done by Shirley Curry



Growth Group

Congregation has lost members over the past 10 years. Group is looking at ways to have the members stay with the church. Focus on getting news out to the members.


Elsa Peters

Youth ministries – Merged the JYM & SYM
Need interest from members to serve as youth advisors for the group.

June 11th – Sex Ed for Parents video. Facilitator– Rev Marvin Ellison
Time 6:30 – 8PM.
Change for confirmants next year. Looking into have a joint class with the Williston-West Church in Portland.