Education, Growth and Fellowship

Meeting Minutes of March 5, 2009

Attendance: Aaron French, Amy Foster, Ginny Gledhill, Margaret Thibodeau, Jayne Sawtelle, Elsa Peters, Karen Pierce-Souza

Starting Time: 7:00 p.m.

Minutes – The 2/5/09 meeting minutes were read and unanimously approved.

ACUE and Congressional Life material – Team reviewed and felt it would be beneficial. We’ll inquire how specifically to fund.

Team Members Updates:
• Aaron (Youth Ministry) – It’s going great!
• Ginny (Coffee hour) – Ginny and two volunteers are going to reorganize the kitchen.
• Jayne (Nursery) – It’s been staffed better lately. Coverage has been better though attendance has been low.
• Amy (Scholarship) – Scholarship has no needs at this time.
• Karen (Library) – The Library Committee will spend their money. An Easter display of books is being planned to encourage circulation.
• Margaret and Karen (Ash Wednesday) – Ash Wednesday breakfast went smoothly. It was well covered with volunteers and about 25 people attended.
• Elsa (Faith Formation) – Sunday - School is going well. Two events are coming up: Christ Kid’s Club is planning a “Fun Raiser” on April 26 involving a scavenger hunt and they’re considering a Dance-A-Thon.
Next year a new volunteer will be needed for the third and fourth grade Bible Study.
Adult classes are going well.

During the next meeting the team will revisit the Safe Church Policy.

Easter Sunday – There will be no Sunday School however there will be volunteers in Guptill Hall for children not wishing to attend the service.

The team reviewed the Motivational Analysis and brainstormed ways to get new and old members involved. Ideas using name-tags and homecoming were noted. This topic will continue to be discussed.

The meeting concluded at 8:30 p.m.

Next Meeting: 4/2/09

Recorder: Amy Foster