Education Growth and Fellowship

Meeting Minutes of January 6, 2011

Attendance: Scott Ayre, Jennifer Fetting, Carolyn Foster, Tom Hamerksi, Karen Pierce, Elsa Peters.

1) Standing Sub-Committee Reports
a. Coffee hour: There hasn’t been any problems with getting volunteers this year, which is great. There have been some breakdowns in communication, but overall it is going well.
b. Sunday school: Carolyn reported that the 2nd semester teachers are recruited - lots of enthusiasm.
c. Library: Karen reported that they’ve spent their money and bought new books. New ones are being catalogued, and new purchases will be displayed on tables before worship so that people can see them.
d. Scholarship: Scott was in contact with Nancy re: how people can donate to the scholarship fund. The committee’s first meeting is in late January or early February.
e. Growth: Next Inquirer’s meeting is Monday, March 7.
f. In general, there is a sense that there is too little communication between the EFG team and the people on the subcommittees. Scott Ayre is going to send the leaders of each subcommittee an email, inviting them to send a representative to our March 3 meeting (and twice a year hereafter) to report on their activities, needs, etc. and let us know what we can do to help them.
g. Jennifer will email Tom in the church about turning the heat on in Wright Pavilion at 7:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month. Brrrr it’s cold in there.

2) New Business
a. Concerns were raised that too much team meeting time is bogged down with the details of the different subcommittees, and not enough generating new ideas for activities, etc. So there is going to be a huge, seismic shift in how the committee works. This is a good thing.
b. Next meeting will be agenda-free and will involve lots of brainstorming, so show up with ideas!